RE: “Fellowship in Photography” By Mr. Jerry Avenaim

My “unofficial” mentor Mr. Jerry Avenaim authored an article at http://blog.avenaim.com/2009/11/19/photographer-fellowship/ encouraging photographers to exemplify camaraderie, rapport, and collaborative spirit. I’d like to re-echo his practical teachings to my entries, hoping that it would cascade this fundamental pedagogy of unifying and strengthening our artistic community.

The concept of “fellowship” isn’t foreign to me because I came from academia. We were drilled and conditioned from the first day of our laboratory courses–the productive collaborative spirit. However, the only individual responsibilities are submitting our lab report. We synthesize our own hypothesis, formulate and arrive at our conclusions. I was glad to read Mr. Avenaim’s thoughts and encourage my blog readers to amplify the spirit of building-up each other.