If you Play It By Ear, you don’t plan ahead but you do whatever seems best at the time depending on the situation.
Work Activities:
Welcome to the second week of the internship 2.0. As you all read that last week we started research on galleries. After that extensive research we took the step further with extensive research on all the photo fairs around the world and look for all the photographers, exhibitors and galleries. Last week I searched for the galleries that could be everywhere but mainly in the big cities in the world, this time it was for all over the world. Till now this was the most extensive and detailed research which was difficult in every aspect.
Reflection:
As I discussed above in working activity that it was a step further in research with more detail and depth with additional things. So far this was the most difficult task which I was assigned as I told told you all that I was not familiar with this field and I had to carry out some extra efforts to understand the value of these. In the last week research was for galleries mainly in the big cities in the world, for example London, Amsterdam, China, New York, Germany, Paris or any other country/city but this time it was for worldwide. I had to research the photo fairs, exhibitions and events all over the world and had to research who is competing, exhibiting and arranging the events. To gather all the information it took a whole week and it was less time to be honest to do this. Hundreds of names were chosen and I had to collect all the data about them which agencies or galleries they have represented, what their history is, which is the best work they have done so far, their contact or PR details and the other places they have represented. One of the best example of fair was Paris photo fair. Only that fair alone took me many days to conclude that whole event and carry out the information which PIBE magazine was requiring. This was not easy at all it took me many discussions and meeting in the middle to complete this task and as of know I cannot say I have much knowledge about the photography field but I can say I have started to gain knowledge and interest in it. Not to forget there was a language barrier in research because after the translation everything was not in English so gathering all the information was a tough task. Stay tuned for the next week.
References:
Parisphoto.com. 2021. Next editions – Paris Photo. [online] Available at: <https://www.parisphoto.com/en-gb/fair/editions.html>
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