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Eastern Partnership Photography and explaining. If we have questions, we can ask them online and immediately get the answer. What needs to be added is an opportunity of getting teachers’ comments on our works, regardless of the fact, whether they were accepted or not. Other students assess the school in a very similar way. Armine Balasanyan, a student from Armenia, speaks about the opportunity to get the opinions and consultations of various teachers, while Xanim Aliyeva from Azerbaijan particularly likes the online form of studies: “You can visit the school’s website any moment, watch the video or read the task again, or download a photo”. Since the online photo school was founded within the framework of the Eastern Partnership, the teachers come from the member states. Teachers from Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are all experienced lecturers and photographers. Nino Mghebrishvili, Association of Photographers of Georgia: – Practice shows that students do not necessarily choose teachers from their country of residence. For example, certain lessons of the teacher from Ukraine were chosen by Belarusian, Georgian and Armenian students, and the Belarusian teacher was at some point selected by students from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, etc. According to Nino Mgebrishvili, such a peculiar choice is certainly an additional advantage for students, since each country has its own traditions of photography, which is reflected in different approaches and teaching methods of different teachers. For most teachers of photo-school.eu online teaching is new and challenging. However, both for students and tea