http://rwfwfd.net/2007/04/05/kurt-westfall-one-fo-the-first-mfas-in-photography-at-fsu-passes/ Robert W. Fichter Winged Flying Dog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:02:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://rwfwfd.net/2007/04/05/kurt-westfall-one-fo-the-first-mfas-in-photography-at-fsu-passes/#comment-455 .. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:28:55 +0000 http://rwfwfd.net/2007/04/05/kurt-westfall-one-fo-the-first-mfas-in-photography-at-fsu-passes/#comment-455 [...] I also found out one of my former professors passed. Kurt Westfall, Photography Instructor at Tallahassee Community College, MY first collegiate photo teacher, and one hell of a man, passed on March 30th. He earned my respect the first day when in response to a student who stated he would not have his camera until the second week of the semester, replied deadpan, “I can tell this is already not working out for you.” Within the hour the student disappeared from class never to rejoin us. He treated us like adults and expected us to act like it. A student of photographers Jerry Uelsmann and Robert Fichter, he advocated not just showing finished prints, but all the work related to the finished prints. Funny, a concept I hated in math, I loved about photo. A man who was enthusiatic and enlightened, Kurt Westfall was someone who gave his best to his students and expected the same in return. He will be missed. [...] […] I also found out one of my former professors passed. Kurt Westfall, Photography Instructor at Tallahassee Community College, MY first collegiate photo teacher, and one hell of a man, passed on March 30th. He earned my respect the first day when in response to a student who stated he would not have his camera until the second week of the semester, replied deadpan, “I can tell this is already not working out for you.” Within the hour the student disappeared from class never to rejoin us. He treated us like adults and expected us to act like it. A student of photographers Jerry Uelsmann and Robert Fichter, he advocated not just showing finished prints, but all the work related to the finished prints. Funny, a concept I hated in math, I loved about photo. A man who was enthusiatic and enlightened, Kurt Westfall was someone who gave his best to his students and expected the same in return. He will be missed. […]

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