photography class . santiago

Well, to say that I'm loving Santiago would be quite an understatement. It's not at all comfortable, but it is fun and adventurous and big and charming and exotic and deep. On day one of my first ever photography class, I was all smiles as the professor talked about how "photography" means writing with light, and how it's kind of magic to capture something from one time and take it to another. I love this quote that he gave us:

Una buena imagen nace de un estado de gracia. La gracia se manifiesta cuando uno se ha liberado de las convenciones, libre como un niño en su primer descubrimiento de la realidad.
A good image is born from a state of grace. The grace manifests itself when one has been liberated from conventions, free like a child in his first discovery of reality.

-Sergio Larraín

After less than an hour of classroom time, we went out to explore the city, cameras in hand. To say that is my kind of class is also an understatement.
Figuring out this city, it's metros and cute, more narrow and colorful back streets, has been a blast. I love that some of my friends from our group are excited to just go exploring, with no particular destination or expectation in mind. Here are some of the photos I took during class!