I had been teaching myself for a couple of years when I got a job in a professional photo lab. Although I admit I didn't much like the job, I had some really great coworkers. My supervisor had recently upgraded to a Hasselblad camera and she generously gave me her old Yashica G twin lens reflex. Moving to medium format (and the square!) from 35mm was a real revelation and lead my work in a direction I don't think it would have gone. I ultimately used that camera to shoot the portfolio which got me accepted to grad school. Several years ago, I gave that camera to a really talented student of mine. I can only hope it does for her what it did for me.

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