A couple of weeks ago I attended at lecture at the Getty museum to become a part of its Master Class program. I'm not all too sure what the class or program is about but from what I do know, several colleges, some community and some university, take part in this program and of those schools, a couple of photographers from those schools are invited to become representatives of said school and submit work that is inspired by whatever theme or photographer is being showcased.
Last semester, Pierce College and some of its students were a part of the architectural program within the class. I was not a part of that one but their work went on display at both the Getty and the Museum of Architecture + Design.
This time around, I was invited to take part in the program and we are to submit photographs inspired by the work of Japanese street photographer Mikiko Hara. I won't go into detail as to what kind of style she produces her street work as I'll go into that in my next entry and if you're not lazy to do so, you're probably already Googling her work.
Anyway, I submitted a roll of film based off her style and I'm quite excited to see what I've shot. The only thing I will say is that her style of shooting isn't text book. A lot of it is from the hip but not necessarily from that region alone.
I'm expecting less than stellar shots with this roll. I'll probably be disappointed by them but I have until "sometime by the end of the semester" before I have to turn something in as one advisor told me so I have time to get better at it.
I'm expecting the lab to hand over my photos on Monday so when I get those, I'll post some of photos with more detail on Mikiko, my thoughts on the class and the process in which I'm going about it all.
-Q