Advice for the Young Photographer

Last week's Aperture panel "Fine Artist or Commercial Photographer?" apparently turned into a "advice for the young photographer" session. Pop Photo's "State of the Art" blog has posted some tips from Charles Traub, the panel's moderator and chair of the MFA Photography department at School of Visual Arts.

The hobgoblin of my little mind sees an interesting contradiction:

"Do something old in a new way.
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Don’t use alternative processes—if it ain’t straight, do it in the computer."

Before you know it, 35mm will be an alternative process.