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My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Worldwide | Saturday, November 5, 2011 | 5 photos

I'm a nineteen year old photography student at the National Art School. Photography is all I want to do with my life and no matter what I will be pursuing a career in photography. The first ideal photography job that I wanted was to be a National Geographic photographer, that's why this opportunity means so much to me. At University we do art photography, photography that has a thousand meanings and that doesn't even need to look good to be considered art. I love cliches, to me it's just an opportunity to do better then the original photograph or idea. I want to make beautiful photographs that everyone can appreciate, and that's what I see in the National Geographic magazines. The opportunity to go to South Africa to do this would boost my photography career immensely. I want to improve my technique as much as I can, I've recently received a new camera, a Sony Alpha 900, at the present time I have three lenses that go with this camera and am in the process of purchasing a portable flash to go with it. I am willing to do anything to succeed with photography, so the long days of doing photography with a professional National Geographic photographer doesn't worry me, it's exactly what I need.