Editorial stuff

Imagine if all school where as fun as the one I’m in right now, then probably children would learn a lot more.

I’m in a class of journalist wannabes ages 18 to 40. Each week we have lessons in journalism, society of today and Swedish writing. Last week we had no lessons at all. Instead we were trying to resemble a real newspaper editorial staff. Some where writing, some were doing the layout, and three were photographers (I was a photographer)! We also had two managing editors of course.

The first day it seamed to be totally impossible to make a newspaper together. Nobody know what would or could be written, which news would be found, how it would look or if anything would be ready on time (Thursday was printing day all ready!). But we made it, and learned a lot while doing it.

There were a lot of misunderstandings and difficulties, but also lots of cooperation and fun. I took a bunch of photos that I’m real proud of, specially the photos of girl wrestling (I attended a group of children in the ages 7 to 11 years old and was very impressed by them) that made the first page (colour print) and that has lots of movement in them.

I also had time to make help the layout team, and did a spread. These two pages were put together by me:

I wish I had more time in life, then I would make a zine about creativity for sure!

Photography is so fun, I love it!

Here are some links I’m enjoying right now:

• Pictures from my friends who have been in Shanghai with their little son Jacob which the Chinese people seem to admire a lot! :-)
• Another Jonas we know is doing his post doc in Nagoia, Japan (writing a resedagbok online, in Swedish), where he posts lots of great (+ really cool / crazy fun) pictures and fun anecdote stories about life in a foreign city.
• And while linking to friends I might as well show you this photoalbum of “sewn bags and other stuff”, where you can find quite a few beauties that inspires me right now, bags that my mother have made! Crazy quilting is so cool, and it was me who introduced it to her, hehe.
• Today I’ve also been hanging around at Sweet Pea Kate’s photostream looking at her beautiful art space and coloursful art journal pages on Flickr, she blogs at Typepad and I enjoy her blog as well. Just look at “these brushes”. Lovely.
• And I’m a big fan of Jojo Falk – a Swedish illustrator who also has a blog. I recently found her inspiring Photoblog – amazing and unusual stuff!

Take care!