Listening to my classmates describe their ideas for their final projects was one of the best classes this semester. Whenever people are passionate about their work, it seems to set off a chain reaction. One person’s ideas lead to a brain wave for another person, which may inspire someone else’s work.

During these presentations, I found myself both scribbling down notes about my peers’ work as well as ideas for my own work.

Cassie’s idea for a POV walk through of Building 20 gave me an idea about how I could follow my interviews subject around.

Jackie’s collage idea just seemed so cool and original that I wrote down that I would need to watch her work on the shooting day.

Bec’s idea for a photo essay was something we had discussed early, and it was great to see the idea become more formed and to see Bec talking so clearly and interestedly about it.

I think that the way we have bounced ideas off one and other, helped each other out with projects, and worked through problems together has been the best part of the studio format. Being in a small group, working on different things and being together for 5 hours a week has meant that we have been able to really work together and get to know each other, and this has inspired better ideas and better work from everyone.