Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Women as pros
From: Matthew Powell <mlpowell@directvinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 21:49:34 -0500

On Monday, July 29, 2002, at 06:34 PM, Roy Feldman wrote:
> As to the poster who inquired about the number of women in the pro 
> ranks:
> I was asked to teach a class at a college that offers a 4 year degree 
> in photography. I would say that about 70 percent of the graduates are 
> aiming for a pro career.
> Then I attended this school 20 years ago; out of 100 in the class only 
> ten or so were women.
> For the last two semesters (2001, 2002) I was surprised (and delighted) 
> to find the women make up about 70% of the photography student body.
> The department chairman notes this number has been steadily growing for 
> the last 5 years or so.

In my intro photo class, I was the only guy in a class of 15-20, along 
with my professor. That looks to be the standard - we're 5-10% of the 
photography department.

> Roy Feldman
> Ford Photographic
> rfeldma1@ford.com

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