I agree Mario,
Excluding some kind of a purely technical course, how or why would anyone want to talk about photography and leave out the aesthetic critique? A critique isn't about expressing likes or dislikes or taste. Part of teaching anything is to learn to use the language - jargon, if you like, of the subject. Photography for most people is an expressive avocation requiring a fluent visual language.
AZ
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Subject: [SPAM] Re: Another top three Teaching tecnhniques
From: Mario Pires <retorta@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, July 16, 2007 4:12 am
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
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3. Avoid criticizing aesthetics - just because the image doesn't work for me means nothing. My experiences in life aren't the same as them and their view of the world is as legitimate as mine - stick to critiquing the technique.
It's safer that way, but i believe in criticizing (in a soft way, asking questions, never antagonizing) as a way to make people to think diferently.
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Mário Pires
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