Wellll went to the Valerio lecture the other day here are of some of the key points I learned about this photographer:
*He didn't start off doing his own work, more commercial. He worked as a fashion photographer for 15 years.
*He then realized he didn't want that lifestyle anymore, it was stifling his personal creativity.
*He realized this when he saw a girl that he needed to shoot, he describe how he gets really shy and literally can't speak when he sees an individual he must take a picture of.
*"I have to take a picture of this girl, I die if I don't."
*He photographed this girl each year at the same time.
*He spoke on the process of documenting a murdering case and creating a book and the struggles that went into the whole process.
*He explained how he had the idea of a book within a book and intertwined photos from the murder case with his own personal photos of other subjects.
*I thought it was interesting how he heard that if you sell 500 photo books it is considered a success. He printed exactly 500.
*His process involves simply going out and seeking interesting subjects.
*His work involves a lot of powerful colors.
Overall, it was an interesting lecture and cool to hear his process of his work.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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