How To Be Taken Seriously As A Photo BFA.

Carry around an enormous box of equipment wherever you go. By doing so, you can be counted on to have all of the necessary equipment on hand for those “spontaneous moments.” Carry around a garbage bag to change your 4x5 magazines. Keep a detailed journal of everything you photograph, including small test prints, quotes from your favorite photographers, and mindless doodles.  Obsess over your prints and make constant adjustments to your contrast. Complain incessantly about your lack of sleep. Make sure any open sores you might have on your skin are exacerbated by photographic chemicals.

Film Equipment Hierarchy (In order of status symbols)

 

  • Leica
  • Hasselblad
  • View Camera (8x10 a bonus…a Deardorff 8x10 double bonus!)
  • 2&1/4 Twin Lens (Rolleiflex a bonus!)
  • Diana camera (must be vintage – Holgas and Lomos do not have the proper pastiche!)
  • Nikon F  (double points for one that’s black with brassing!)
  • Polaroid Land Camera/600 Series: beloved but dead, a sacrificial lamb for hipsters.

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