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By Pat Stanbro, Brooks Institute of Photography, CA, student of Robert Smith

11Planning and Changing

“If you do not know where you are going, any path will do.”

Sioux Indian Proverb

The cliché “that the only constant in life is change” rings so true as one looks back over the years. Change is everywhere, and educational programs are no exception. Ten years or so ago, darkrooms and chemical processes were an integral component in photographic departments. Now they are a thing of the past, taken over by light rooms, digital cameras, scanners, computers, and software such as Photoshop. Analog has given way to digital.

Programs are not the only ...

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