Exhibition of student work from Introduction to Street Photography class

This past Friday, March 23rd, UCR Extension hosted an exhibition of student work from "All the World's a Stage: Introduction to Street Photography," a class taught by Eric Kim. Some of Eric's photos were also on display.

Eric Kim and students from his class, "All the World's a Stage: Introduction to Street Photography"

Student work on display

Eric Kim and Ibarionex Perello, host of The Candid Frame podcast

*photos by Jacqueline Rodriguez

Eric is teaching the class again during the Spring quarter. It is taught using a hybrid format, with some face-to-face meetings and some online work.

Back in August, I was listening to The Candid Frame episode where Ibarionex Perello interviewed Eric Kim. Eric mentioned that he had recently been laid off from his job and was going to devote his time to street photography. I emailed Eric and told him about our free class for potential online instructors and asked if he might be interested in teaching online at UCR Extension. He was interested, and he completed our class, wrote up a proposal and had his class approved and ready to go in January. There are probably many more potential instructors out there, just waiting for an opportunity. Our next free class for potential online instructors or for anyone who has even a little bit of interest in teaching online starts April 10th. More details are available on our Moodle home page.

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