LW1504 - Photo Groups

About this episode

Brooks Jensen reflects on the importance of group dialogue in photography and his experiences with the Portland Photographer's Forum.

I miss the dialogue of a group. An incredibly important part of my personal growth as a photographer came as the result of my participation in a group in Portland, Oregon known as the Portland Photographer's Forum. (The last I heard this group was still going strong after 40 years.) We had monthly meetings. We looked at photographs and talked about them. That's about it. There were no contests, no awards, no sniping anonymous critique bombs. It was just a group of people who cared about ph

People in this episode

Host: Brooks Jensen

Topics covered

• photography
• group dialogue
• personal growth
• community
• critique

Keywords

• photography
• group discussions
• Portland Photographer's Forum
• personal growth
• community critique

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Portland Photographer's Forum

Places: Portland, Oregon

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