The notebook is your place to explore in word and pictures the history of the medium we love.
 It is to be filled with observations, experiences, questions and thoughts. 
 The following are some inspirations to help you with the entries. 

1. Imagine that you are bringing your portfolio to show Alfred Stieglitz. 
Tell the story. Give me the details. 
Read pages 122-125 in Ansel Adams: An Autobiography to see how Ansel’s meeting with Stieglitz went. 

2. What does digital photography mean for photography in general? 
How do you think it will change imagemaking, your career in photography, our perspectives on images of the past?

3. “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” Lewis Hine. 
Comments?

4. William Carlos Williams was in the group around Alfred Stieglizt and 291. 
In The Hieroglyphics of a New Speech, Bram Dijkstra compares the following poem to photographs from the Stieglitz circle: 

so much depends
upon
a red wheel 
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.

What do you think?

5. Write a letter to your favorite photographer. 
Explain how they have influenced you and why you admire them and their images. 
If they are alive, consider sending this letter. 

6. What was the first photographic book that inspired you? Why?

7. “The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.” André Kertész
Does this ring true for you? Do you photograph? Why do you photograph? 
Is there something else that gives you “a reason to everything?”

8. Choose a quote from your favorite or least favorite photographer. 
Write about the quote and the photographer.