ABSTRACT
Critique is a point in the process of making images at which to create small or large celebrations of learning. If the critique will be meaningful for celebrating student efforts, then the grading must be stripped from the critique process. This will require that the critic not enter into establishing evaluation for the photographs. There are two basic times for evaluative critiques: at some point in the learning process and as a culminating event. Each time plays a role in the continued development of the students photographs. As a final event in a course, a critique needs to shift the balance from concentrating on progression to celebrating completion. If a course is the end of a sequence or there will be no subsequent work for some or all of the students, then celebration seems appropriate. It does not interfere with continuation to have a culmination for specific goals of the learning process.
