Interview result - or "loike me murphy's I'm not bitter"

OK, today an email from the UCAS happily plopped itself into my inbox saying I had received a result from a university application (makes a change from the usual penis enlargement and offers to recover untold treasures from African bank accounts). Knowing that it related to last week's university interview I logged in to find the below amongst my choices:



Actually I don't feel that fussed.

To explain I have to go back to the introductory talk given at before my interview, I remember listening to the what was said and having the distinctly uneasy feeling that I didn't want to study there. Don't get me wrong, the university has a cracking reputation, lovely campus and I know looking around the net that a lot of their students are doing quite well, but the style of photographer they churn out is leans distinctly toward the 'contemporary' category - so much so that the images are definitely not of the ilk I have ever shot or aspire to. This became evident during the talk when they dissected images to the extent that they found meaning every little aspect, to the extent I wondered if I'd wandered into the talk for an art photography degree!

Another disturbing trend presented itself in the interview when, talking to the lecturer, I was informed of the close links to a certain photographer whose work I really don't like. This happened not once, but on three occasions during a conversation! The photographer in question, he who shall not be named, is very much like Marmite - you either love his work or you hate it (though probably without that horrible lingering stomach churning smell). This made the interview rather tricky and I definitely didn't sell myself as well as I should have (hard when I felt no real enthusiasm, certainly I know my portfolio (which some of you will have seen) wouldn't have appealed to them.

All of this added up to a very neutral feeling as I left the interview, which on the train back to Ruralshire changed to a mindset, where I knew 100% the course wasn't for me and that even if the offer came I would turn it down.

Photography for me is just as much about understanding myself as it is the world around me and this time I've learnt a little more about what I want.

On another note, just about to get in contact with someone about a project (have four that I want to get started before summer kicks in) exciting times - obviously because I'm the Unknown Snapper I'm keeping them all under wraps!