Via the always amazing blog of Alec Soth comes SVA Graduate Photo Department Chair Charles Traub’s list of grad school do’s and dont’s. A sampling: “Do celebrities—if you do a lot of them, you’ll get a book, “If it’s the ‘real world,’ do it in color,” “Don’t dare photograph yourself nude,” and “Don’t photograph indigent people, particularly in foreign lands.” The trusims that follow are also outstanding, including “The curator or the director is the one in black,” “The owner is the one with the Prada bag,” and “Know the difference.”
