Galina is currently a senior at Mason Gross, pursing a B.F.A with a concentration in photography. She is currently working as a wedding photographer for three studios. However, she does not want to continue this line of work after school. She would like to branch out into marketing, fashion or maybe even own her own studio. Since Galina has an interest in fashion, she is currently trying out for Trim Magazine (a Rutgers fashion magazine), in hopes that it will help her understand what it will be like, to be on set. Galina has held many internships and jobs in photography thus far, because she understands that after school employers are not interested in a transcript, they are concerned about work experience and who you know.
This year Galina would like to focus and learn more on how to edit her portfolio. She believes, not only will the thesis class help her with this but Trim Magazine can also bring her knowledge on editing, as well. She also wants to learn more about her peers work and is open to collaborating with other students in the thesis class, as well. A few years ago Galina took a sculpture class over the summer and has continued to incorporate the skills and knowledge she learned from that class into her photographs. The artist also commented on how her work is not just photographs but sometimes crosses over into mixed media, when she combines painting and sculpture with photography. Galina also plans on lessening her dependence on digital photography this year and wants to get back into the dark room. When asked what type of photography she enjoys best, she answered, "Black and white because it is simpler, especially when compared to coloring film."
Galina realizes that breaking into the field of photography is much harder then it looks. Even though she currently earns good money as a student and will come out of college with two years of experience, she also recognizes that there is a lot of leg work involved in making photography a viable career. Galina is more than willing to devote her time to her passion and sacrifice her weekends for work, as many events will take place during the weekends. It is still up in the air for the artist as to whether or not she'll wind up working for a corporation after school, but based on the fact that she likes to put her own personal style in the photographs she takes, as oppose to following cookie cutter formulas at larger corporations, I would assume she will not end up at one.
This summer has been a surreal wake up call for the artist and she is nervous, as am I, about getting a job after graduation. Not only are artist and author on the same page with nerves after graduating but we also share in the same fact that had we gone to a school in New York City, maybe we would have had more opportunities to get our feet wet in real word experiences and more guidance as to applying our degrees to real world jobs.
Galina is not interested in getting her MFA or PHD. Many of her soureces say "don't go", to graduate school unless you want to teach. Many experts in her field reiterated the fact that this industry is about who you know and where you have worked. Even though she is ready to make money, the artist has her reserves about where she'll get her income from. After hearing the passion and inspiration in the artists voice about her work and photography in general, I have no doubts in my mind that Galina will not only be successful in her final year of undergrad, but I believe she has a long and prosperous future ahead of her in photography.
To find out more about Galina and view her work click on her facebook link below. However, you wont find this savvy photog on instragram, because she believes in copy right and that everyone's photos should have one.
https://www.facebook.com/galina.eccles?fref=ts
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