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RangefinderSunday, September 25, 2011 Volume 63 - Issue 1 and thesurrounding farmscape. That canbedy situation thatrepresents someaspectofClinton Your challengewillbetofindaninteresting represent thetown. Know thetown,beforeyoudecide onastoryto this place,thesepeople?Start yourresearchnow. have seenandlearned. What intriguedyouabout ing withyourfaculty, theywillaskwhatyou before youdecideonastory. At yourfirstmeet in 2011. That requiresseriouslocalinvestigation and economiclevelsofthisonetowninMissouri give usinsightsallacrossthesocial,demographic Collectively, let’s gatherphotographsthat small townyouknow. Lookfordifferences. this week.Itwon’t belikeany reporting whatyouseehere,now, Mostofallbehonestin you bring.Strivetobeopen. you see.But,beawareofwhat experiences. Those influencehow Ofcourse,youcan’t ridyourselfofprevious should be. observe andreporthowitis;notyouthink town folksengagewithoneanother. Your jobisto look like.Don’t bringyournotionsofhowsmall your preconceptionsofwhatasmalltownshould That meansyoumustnottaintClintonwith your reporting. learn toapplydocumentaryphotojournalismin us thistownasittrulyexists. This weekyouwill and aninquiringeye. You arechallengedtoshow CometoClinton,Mo.,withanopenmind Clinton isyourlaboratoryforaweek.Experiment. by DuaneDailey In theGolden Valley any smalltownyou It won’tbelike - - know. as youdidbefore, wewillhavefailed. change. Ifyou leave unchanged,makingphotos forget toenjoyandshareyourjoy. Bewilling to Itwillbeintense. betiring.But,don’t of .Italways happens. This week,wewilladvancetheartandcraft tional momentstobecaptured. Beready. my heart. There willbegritty, beautifuland emo that makemegasp.Makelaugh. And, touch your camerareportit.Ihopeyoubringinphotos Ilookforwardtoseeingthistownasyouand fool yourself. not easy. Subjectscanfoolyou. Worse, youcan people ofClinton.Seektruthwithacamera.It’s observations ofwhatlifeislike.Keepinmind history ofClinton.Letusdoitwell,withhonest Together wewillsnipaweekoutofthe ing. You havearealjobtodo. not makebelieve.It’s notnostalgicwishfulthink This isaworkshopinhonestreporting.It a cameraseekingfacts Don’t jumptoconclusions. You’re areporterwith deeply. Talk tomanysources.Don’t assume. eyes. Don’t befooledbyyourownmind.Look But, testthathypothesisagainstreality. Trust your You canhypothesizeaboutwhatyou’llfind. namic orquietandsublime. you willastoundus-andthe Ifyoubringfresheyes, tions reflectedlocally? nationally. Are thosecondi economic changesgoingon all ofthesocial,politicaland - - - Now and Then Photos by participating by Liz Pierson “When we leave Clinton we will return photographers of the So you’re all using digital cameras. Photo Workshop, That seems like a given. Sure, this to a tough, demanding world where week you may be limited by number success comes to the most disciplined, 1982 (MPW 34) of frames—but you are certainly not most caring, and the hardest working limited by technology. From the vast array of Nikon gear photographers” available to you here to the ability in- Howard Chapnick, faculty, MPW 34 stantaneously view your photos on the DAVID SHARPE back of your camera, photography is in a pretty good place. So why do I even “Amos Baehr, Day Care Provider,” bring this up? Because, on the 29th an- SUZANNE MURPHY niversary of when we were last settled in this town, it’s important to consider how things have changed. Can you imagine not handing off your memory card at the end of the day, but, rather, a roll of film that then would have to be developed? Well I Welcome [back] to can’t, and I’m not even a participant. But in riffling through all of the 1982 Rangefinders, it seems they got along just fine. And when you look at these photos that came out of MPW 34, you know they were definitely more than fine.

“Since its inception, MU’s Photo Workshop has had a CLINTON “George Wakerman, Piano Tuner,” BRIAN WALSKI number of friends and sup- porters from many chemical and photo products manu- facturers. Among them are Eastman Company, which has supplied us with Ektamatic paper and chemi- cals to make the contact prints and enlargements... without these things, the evening sessions could not “Puppy Love,” DEAN HANSON be held.” -- Vi Edom, October 3, 1982

“Priscilla Lipsis--Diamond Drug,” “Judge not lest ye be broken,” KAREN KEENEY “The Gold Foundry,” ANN GRIMES RACHEL RITCHIE