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My favorite part of my favorite class
I recently wound up my time in Asia with a stop in Singapore, where I gave a few short presentations to large audiences as well as some longer workshops for smaller audiences. Everyone I worked with seemed happy with what I did, so I will be going back next year. So keep an eye on the workshops page of my website to see exactly when I will be going back and what I will be doing. The very last thing I did when I was there this year was to teach my favorite class. I ended that class with my favorite teaching exercise.
25
Jan 10
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An editing exercise - part two of two parts
This podcast takes you through the second section of a two part process of editing a large number of images down top a select few.
02
Dec 09
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An editing exercise - part one of two parts
This podcast takes you through the process of editing a large number of images down top a select few.
18
Nov 09
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The important process of naming a project
The members of a critique group that I head recently had an email dialogue about what to call one of the member’s ongoing projects. As the process unfolded, I thought about my own struggles naming my projects and how the naming of a photographic project is arguably the most important step in the process of defining and shaping such a project.
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Apr 09
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The early photo-essays of David H. Wells
This podcast explores the evolution of my photo-essays, including many of my grant-funded projects, including my work on the pesticide poisoning of farm-workers in California, the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, fishermen in Gloucester , MA as well as the communities of South Asian immigrants in America
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Mar 09
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Photo-essays, past, present and future
I have been producing photo-essays in one form or another for a couple decades. In that time, my approach to them has changed, as have the various ways that photo-essays are seen. After a long, slow decline in outlets, a new and exciting one has appeared.
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Feb 09


