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Hi Jared, I’m sorry I’m writing to you only today, but I’ve been sick. However, as I told you in my last message, I write here below some selected comments from my pupils about your works and about the real meaning of art. Remember: they are twelve years old (but they do not seem superficial).
I hope you will appreciate.
Here are the comments:
Francesca:
“ In my opinion for creating art it’s necessary that a person is able to imagine, to know, but -first of all - to dream. Through the phothos and the answers of Jared I have understand that he’s very fond of his work of photographer and he tries to capture the most important moments of life”.
Luca M.
“A real artist is able to create something full of meaning, for himself and others and universal, which can last forever”
Sara P.
“For me if a photographer loves his subject he must decide freely what he has to portray, so the others will feel his true emotions”.
Luca P.
“I liked especially the part of his interview where he exhort us not to waste time to buy a sofisticated camera and so on, but to waste time for finding the right light, a good position … and the best for an important photography “.
Nina:
“Making art means to succeed in building a very original work even through few and ‘poor’ instruments“.
Tommaso:
“A photographer who wants to make art is a person, like Jared, who’s able in finding the most true and typical features of a place, even if it is difficult to reach“.
Jessica:
“Maybe Jared Martin travelled to several countries for job, but only when he became a photographer he could appreciate more and more the deep beauty of that places!“.
Martina:
“I’m completely agree with him and I found very interesting the part of his interview where he told his own research of ispiration”.

Could I add something about my opinion? Art - the real art - is possible only when an artist arrives to see behind the shadows of life and others find truth in what he has built…

When I read your interview to my students – which I translated completely in italian – my students understood the real passion for your work and appreciated your sincerity (the great silence in my classroom was very expressive, and they’re twenty-six teen-agers). Someone asked to me if it will be possible to meet you at our school. I’ve answered, honestly, that it would very difficult to organize - and probabily our poor public institute shouldn’t refund even the travelling expenses to you!
But if you’ll have a public exhibition in Italy I’ll come to see it and I’ll invite my pupils if it will not be too far (by the way, Milan offers very much from this point of view: for example there is the so called Mi-Art, a great exposition of contemporary art every year, in Spring). I’ve seen on the web your photobook about China but I hope to find more information about two originals which I liked in particular.
At last, can I admit that in your words, which I approve, I’ve seen something of myself? And as you, I hope to let to the others something meaningful in the future, through writing.
Finally let me say you gave to all of us a lot.
Please forgive the little ability to synthetize!
I’m grateful to you,
Best wishes,
Gabriella