Valley College class helps photographers to add skill
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Goldwater, Jeff
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated February 28, 1963 reads, "A good picture is a portrait of a thought. A photographer must show what a person is thinking for his picture to be meaningful. This is the philosophy with which 38 photographers - most of them professional - are working in a photography class at Valley College, Van Nuys. Their instructor is Earl Theisen, Sherman Oaks, senior photographer for Look magazine." Photograph caption reads, "Class of professional photographers focus their camera eyes on model Linda Bower. Instructor Earl Theisen gives pointers on magazine photography technique to class at Valley College."; See image #00126557 for additional photo in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles Valley College Los Angeles Valley College--Faculty College department heads--California--Los Angeles Community college teachers--California--Los Angeles Community college students--California--Los Angeles Classes (Groups of students)--California--Los Angeles Photographers--California--Los Angeles Models (Persons)--California--Los Angeles Cameras--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Community colleges--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Group portraits
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