Photographic Project Creation

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“Yes! We have succeeded: we have reached the end. Congratulations. In the process of creating a personal project, you have already seen that one of the most important as well as intangible things is connecting with what moves you. It can be something deep or everyday, more emotional or more rational. The important thing, since you are going to have to continue working in this conceptual framework for a more or less long time, is going to be that you don't hesitate to recognize what excites you and makes you vibrate. From that moment on, the combination between the work of structuring production and creative development will have to be combined and balanced. If you get tired, leave it for a few days, it is quite frequent to feel that there is no way out, or that we have reached a blind spot from which we do not know how to proceed. Do not be sad. Pause! And you follow a couple of days later. The good news for these types of projects is that they do not have a delivery schedule, and time is always in your favor. Poetry cannot have a delivery date! A very important aspect to start your project is that it has to be about what interests you and moves you. Any subject is valuable and a good potential project if you work with perseverance and passion. Self-censorship is not worth it. But neither is it worth not working! I can think of millions of things to think about a project: my grandmother's life, how does she spend her time? That makes? That eats? Or a very different one could be built by photographing all the routes you take through the city, the transitions, how the urban landscape changes at different times of the day crossing different areas of the city... Or you could make a series of portraits of girls and children athletes, or who do rhythmic gymnastics, or couples who are engaged in ballroom dancing. As I say, any topic, well worked, with passion and perseverance, is a great potential project! I say goodbye to you with the joy of knowing that we will continue to see each other through the tasks and comments. I really want to see how your creativity opens and your projects are born and evolve. I will be on the other end of the line and I will try to respond quickly, but keep in mind that I am active, with many projects underway, and sometimes I am not able to respond at the moment, I know you will understand. It seems fundamental to me that in this flow of learning not only my opinion, so I encourage that we go commenting on all those projects and tasks that are shared. Sometimes we can be ashamed or maybe we have doubts about our opinions but it is essential that we learn to listen to what they tell us about our projects, as well as launch ourselves into talking about what others do. Always in a constructive tone, needless to say! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“FINAL PROJECT What we are going to do now is a review of what we have seen during the course. At the beginning I introduced myself so that you know me a little more and I have also shared the work of some photographers that inspire me in my day to day. I have devoted quite a bit of time to artistic research, to think about what we want to tell and what is the most interesting perspective from which to do it. I have created a fully visual map to be able to see what inspires me and what moves me. This information in view, has allowed us to create the approach and establish the purpose of the ...”

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Course summary for: Photographic Project Creation

• Level: Beginner
• 91% positive reviews (102)
• 2443 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 11m)

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Fine-Art Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photography