EPISODE 9: LISTENING TO WHAT SURROUNDS US
JOIN US FOR A ROUND TABLE with guest Jamaarien Gant AS WE DISCUSS the importance of listening to our surroundings when considering our creativity and the human experience.
THE ROUND TABLE EXPLORES
Together we discuss with guest Jamaarien Gant the mindsets and business of photography, how creativity can be iterated from generation to generation, and the joys of broadening your creative boundaries. Additionally, we explore Gant’s experience and reflections on the 100cameras program experience as a student. “How photography and that course, in general, have related to me and expressing emotions and understanding it, I would summarize that as photography - the course, the 100cameras course - has allowed me to really conceptualize and understand the point, the importance of empathy in a photo and the importance of accuracy and precision in the photo,” reflects Gant.
“Slowing down and realizing that I have to make time for certain things and not rush because I tend to rush a lot. I’m always wanting to get to the next step in life. And if I continued to rush and not breathe, I’m not really boosting my mental state or my physical being.”
MEET THE GUEST
JAMAARIEN GANT. Currently an undergraduate who believes that waiting on knowledge to fall in your lap is never really beneficial; Moreover, and we quote, “I don't want to be dependent on another person to pursue the knowledge that I have to learn. I want to strive and earn what I'm working towards, and this is the time to do it.” Jamaarien sees social networking, engineering, and software development as a bridge to the ingenuity and creativity to the technological future that he wants to contribute to shaping. Jamaarien was a 100cameras student participant during a program based in Chicago in 2019.
