Before going off on holiday last week, on Tuesday 10th of this month, I went to an event at what used to be called the London School of Printing, but which is now called this:

Website here.  Click on that photo to see at bit more of what sort of building this is.

This was the end-of-year show of photos put on by Goddaughter 1 and all her mates doing the ABC Diploma in Photography.  It was a crowded show, packed with friends and relatives like me.  All the photos looked great to me.  I couldn’t find a single duff set among them.  They all know how to do photography, I can confidently report.  Which is scary if you want just one of the photographers on show to do really well.

What struck me particularly was how many non-Brits were involved in this event, as students and as supporters of the students.  Particularly Asians, and particularly Asian women.  Higher education in Britain is no longer something laid on merely for Brits.  It is a huge British export industry.  Young friends tell me that this is because foreigners have to pay more, so foreigners are preferred.

That’s Goddaugher 1 and her set of photos, which seemed to be attracting quite a bit of attention, and which I thought were very well displayed.  She showed a couple of good big ones, several smaller ones that you could take out of their racks and scrutinise, and a portfolio containing lots of other equally good photos.  Just like me, Goddaughter 1 likes to photo photographers.  That’s her in the green top, anxiously awaiting the verdict of the European Photo Editor for Time MagazIne.  Or maybe not.  Let’s hope it was someone of significance.

I hope to learn more about this course, but from what little I’ve learned of it so far, it was pretty good.  In particular, it is practical, with classes not just about how to do the work, but about how to get it in the first place.