When do you plan on graduating?
May 2013
Where have you, or will you be interning?
Still working on the whole interning thing. At this point I'll intern for anyone.
What are your plans and goals for after graduation? Grad school? Starting a business? Getting a job? Being an artist/commercial shooter? Please be as specific as possible. How do you plan on making a living?
I plan on moving to New York as soon as I can! That's where I want to end up so it doesn't make any sense to not to just ahead and go for it so that I don't get stuck doing something here in Dallas.
Establish a budget for yourself, post-graduation. What does it cost to live in a manner that you’d be comfortable? Again, be specific. Do you have school loans, credit card debt? Need insurance? A place to live?
Living in New York is going to be extremely expensive. I haven't researched any places but I know my mom was actually wanting to go up there with me so that she could get out of Dallas too. So that'll make it easier to find a place cause we'll have two salaries coming in. Other than that all I would have to worry about is my school loans and the whole eating thing.
Do you require any special equipment to make your work or start your business (for example, a wood shop, studio, video equipment, cameras, computers, printers) that might be cost-prohibitive or difficult to access after you graduate? If so, what kind?
Lenses, lenses, and more lenses. I just recently bought a Canon 7d but didn't get any lenses so basically everything I shoot with (50mm, 85mm, 16mm) I don't own. I need to. Once I graduate I should probably invest in some of my own lights as well but we'll just have to see what the money situation looks like.
Are you planning to go to graduate school? If yes: right away, or later? Have you started researching graduate schools? Why do you want to go to graduate school? Tell me what five schools you'd like to go to, and how you plan on doing it.
Still debating. What I want to do in the long run doesn't require it or anything. But there is always that possibility that things won't work out for me and I would like to have that option to teach or do something else that I like to do just in cases.
Name five people that will write letters of recommendation for you?
Chad Smith. My boss and teacher for the past 2 years.
Vaughn (right you would write one for me?)
Barry Snidow. Former teacher at North Lake Community College.
Katy and John Burton. Former clients.
Avery Souders. Former client.
What kind of job would you most like to find?
I think everyone is tired of me talking about what I want to do. But I want to work for Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, etc etc. I want to work for every major magazine. I want to see my photo on the covers of the greatest publications.
What kind of job do you expect to find?
At first I expect to find assisting or interning type of jobs. I know it's very rare to just be picked up and discovered and then have all of your dreams come true without even doing anything. But I expect to work everything that gets me closer to where I want to be.
Name either a dozen potential employers, clients, galleries or graduate schools, depending on your goals.
Vanity Fair, Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Cosmo, Interview, W, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, GQ, Details, Glamour, Alure, Style
Do you plan to live off freelance work or commissions (perhaps in addition to a part-time job)?
I plan on living off of freelance but I will not turn down a job for commission. I know I'm gonna need a part-time job as I start off.
What did you do this summer to move you toward your goals? What art have you seen this summer? How much work did you make?
This summer was a strange one for me. I was going through a crisis with my own self worth and spent a lot of my time focusing on my emotional and physical health rather than my art and photography. I don't regret the amount of time I put into myself at all because it made me feel better. A lot better. But I do wish I had picked up my camera just a bit more than I did.
Do you have a portfolio of your work? Website? Blog? Can you tell me in 30 seconds what your work is about? Do it.
My website is currently http://taylorannephotography.tumblr.com. And this is my blog! My work is about making the person I am shooting look just as beautiful as I see them. I'm a true believer of everyone is beautiful and I love to show that through my work. I don't use a lot of photoshop and like to make the viewer believe that everything you see is just as that person looks in real life because that's the way I see them.
What artists, musicians, photographers, writers, movies, books have influenced you/your work?
Photographers: Annie Leibovitz, Mary Ellen Mark, Ellen Von Unwerth, Mario Testino, Peter Ash Lee, Francesca Woodman
Artists: Molly Crabapple, Brigid Vaughn, Artemisia Gentileschi
Musicians: Incubus, Muse, Eisley, Arcade Fire, Foster The People, Regina Spektor, The Civil Wars, The Beatles, The Spill Canvas, Bob Dylan, Blake & Kate
Writers: JK Rowling, Shakespeare, Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sylvia Plath
Movies: Garden Sate, The Dark Knight, The Social Network, Black Swan, Across the Universe, Another Earth, The Ring
Books: Harry Potter. If you don't know this by now then you don't know me very well.
Please share any important websites that you are referencing for art/photo competitions and/or information. Name at least five of them.
I don't have 5 but I always go to Artists Wanted, 3rd Ward, and PDN for my contests & art news.
What do you feel is lacking in your education to prepare you for your future? What is lacking in your portfolio? Please be specific.
I think at this point I'm pretty on top of my education. I'm currently in Commercial with Greg Milano and I feel like he is preparing me so much for the real world. It makes me excited, anxious, nervous...all of the feelings. I think I could use some for high fashion and editorial work. I'm on top of all of my portrait work but I feel like if I really want to work for magazines then I need to work on my fashion photography.
Why does someone want to hire you? What makes you unique?
I know I can bring something to the table that not a lot of photographers have. Not only do I believe I am incredibly kind and can work well with everyone but I feel that my ideas are rather innovative and impressing.
What do you expect from me?
The only thing I expect is always what you give. To make me pull my head out of my ass and get to work or else I'm going to graduate and wonder when the hell it happened!
What do you expect from this seminar?
Same thing as above. I expect it to make me take a good hard look at what I'm doing with my career and start thinking about the future.
What do you expect from this degree?
I've never really thought that having a photography degree was going to make or break me when it comes to what I want to do with my life. But the amount of stuff I have learned here can never be taken away from me and just having a degree as well can never be taken away. So basically long story shot I have no idea what I expect from the degree itself.
Design your ideal Junior Seminar course.
More pizza? I thought about this for a while and everything that usually happens in Seminar is exactly what I would keep and put in. Ugh I suck at this question and I apologize.
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