From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in Texas with Keith Carter

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Finding your inner drive

Finding your inner drive

From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in Texas with Keith Carter

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Finding your inner drive

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Keith Carter: I think some work harder than others, and some of them just catch fire. I think if you give a student, if you give the right kind of student who is ready for it a proper introduction to the big, bold, beautiful, glorious world of making marks, marking systems--which photography I think is probably one of the most important of the graphic arts, period-- if you give them a proper introduction, then they just sometimes catch fire. You have to love to do to look. You have to find a way to get the joy out of doing the work, you know? Chris Orwig: So why is it that some photographic students make it, and others don't? I posed the question to Keith, and I found his response interesting. He said, some students, they work harder. I wrote, "You have to love it to do the work." There has to be some internal drive. Over the last decade, I've had the privilege of teaching hundreds and hundreds of students, and I've always asked myself that question, why do some make it? Why do some…

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