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Photog schools that participate in post 9/11 yellow....??
Adam Heller, Photographer
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Grafenwöhr | DE | | Posted: 7:01 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> Does anyone know of (or perhaps work for) any good photography schools that participate in the post 9/11 GI bill Yellow Ribbon program. (For those uninformed: it is normally a substantial grant from the school, which the VA matches, to allow veterans to go to school for less money.)
My end of service is quickly approaching, and either I get a job here as an IT guy, and continue doing mundane work on the side, or come back to the states and go to school. I was at the Art Institute of Philly before I dropped out and joined the army, honestly, I wasn't too impressed.
And secondly, what should I look for in a photo program? I'd like to focus in photojournalism. Do you really think it's needed to have a college degree in this field? From what I've seen so far, I'm pretty sure it's a lot of knowing people, and doing your time as an intern....And meeting people on SS. Haha.
Thanks,
Adam |
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Scott Serio, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Colora | MD | USA | Posted: 8:28 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> If you have the financial means to go to school, go to school. Most of them do not require any college beyond having the prerequisites to actually attend the college or university.
I will weigh in that Missouri, Western Kentucky, Ohio and Brooks are probably the tops. There are others out there. Here is a SS link on the topic of Photo-J schools - http://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=24543.
Some folks seem to stress it is about your portfolio and not the name of the school. I just know this. I went to a college with a newspaper, worked my rear end of and was pretty much the big fish in a little pond. I didn't really get better.
I went to Missouri. Little fish, big pond. You sink or swim. You see talented people, lots of them. You have mentors on so many levels. You learn how to do what you need to do to be successful.
You don't have to go to Missouri, I am just biased towards my alma mater. Either way, go some place where you will be a little fish and tons of room to grow. If you want to grow, you will. And, it will show in your portfolio.
Also, no matter where you go, make the trip to volunteer at POY of CPOY. You learn so much watch and hearing the judges comments about what flies and what doesn't with an image. The podcasts from POY are also useful. |
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Patrick Fallon, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Columbia | MO | USA | Posted: 5:08 AM on 09.13.09 |
->> Realize you are not looking for an ROTC program, but besides the student financial aid office - http://sfa.missouri.edu - perhaps the ROTC program on campus might be able to point you in the right direction. http://armyrotc.missouri.edu/
I'm in the Missouri photojournalism program, I have awesome friends at Ohio, WKU, Brooks. Each of those programs have some very talented student photographers and some amazing teachers.
However, what I have decided now is it is more about how you apply yourself and your goals - and getting an education beyond just taking pictures - learning how to think critically and understand things. Being a small fish in a big pond like Scott says is also good, because it will push you to grow and challenge you.
Feel free to email me if you have more questions.
P |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:25 AM on 09.13.09 |
| ->> Adam, I would suggest you take a long hard look at the photojournalism field right now before making a decision. Speak to any newspaper shooter and you'll find this might not be the way you want to go right now. Pay cuts, lay-offs, furloughs, and little or no job security rule the day in this business now. If speaking to folks who are lucky enough to still have jobs doesn't work for you then ask graduates from the last couple of graduating classes at the "big" j-schools how their job search is going. (yes still going). It's a sobering and distressing fact but at one school (according to emails I received when I did an informal poll last year) no one in last year's graduating class found a full time job in this field. Good luck to you. |
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