[Andrey]

Then, if you are really courageous, you should read Sontag's books (I think reading that in the first term/year is just dumb and would have made me throw my camera into the ocean).

Funny. It's the first book on philosophy of art/photography I picked up by chance. Before that it was either elements of graphic design or just technical cameraworks/posing/light placements.

Wow, are you sure you haven't been to art school?

Nah, it's more of an engineering approach. Message, audience, medium in finite timeframes and on a certain budget.

Thanks for the advice. It's really helpful.