I’ve learned how impactful the online photo community is in influencing and accelerating trends in photography. When I was in school, I saw a lot of work influenced by more ‘canon’ figures like the New Topographics, Nan Goldin, Gregory Crewdson, 70’s color photography, etc. While that’s still a big influence to a lot of the work I see, I’m also seeing work that is peer-influenced, young/emerging photographers taking cues from their peers, from work they’ve seen online… it’s interesting to see how quickly this develops and spawns new ideas and trends. In some ways this is great and really helps to keep photographers thinking on their feet, but I also see a lot of young photographers rushing their ideas and getting their work out there too quickly, which results in a lot of projects that feel unresolved, and incomplete.