Charlessley Rountree Post 4 Crusade For Your Art.

Chapter1

I thought the first chapter gave an interesting perspective for us as growing photographers.
Its starts off telling us that we have to go out and make work and that it can take a long time for us to create a strong portfolio consisting of 20 images. When I first read it I was a little taken back because how do we determine that so easily you know? What images are strong enough for people to be draw to my work?
I ponder cause I knew it takes time and work but as I kept reading it reassured me of the process that it take to make strong bodies of work. The explanation of the three stages made it seem easier to understand how I do my process a little. Another thing the chapter covered was context. I liked this section cause I've been over thinking (as you all know I do) on wanting my images to be unique and new especially pertaining to my project that covers something that's been the theme of all art in history, love. Offering something new is great but I need to understand where it fits in photography. Thus I feel I might need to do more research for artist similar to my work this semester.  The last part of the chapter was talking about residency programs. I thought this is great cause I never really understood what a residency was but this section gave some good information on them so I have a better understanding. Overall so far the book is interesting and helpful.