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Beyond the Cars: Photography as a Window into the People and Communities that Surround Car Shows

May 9, 2023

How Photography Can Tell the Story of Car Shows As A Social Phenomenon

Since their conception, cars have captured the interest of all kinds of people: those who are interested in design, those who are interested in racing, people who are interested in mechanics and engines, those who like to show off with fancy cars, and individuals who collect cars, to name a few.

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In Art Info, Essay, Photo Background, Photography Info, Project Info, Social Documentary Tags b/w, bringing people together, black and white photography, black & white photography, documentary-style photography, observing in photography and project management, car shows, vintage car shows, observing people
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Photography Skills and Project Management

February 20, 2023

How my photography makes me better at my day job

Working with people is essential to my day job and documentary-style photography. From one-on-one meetings to global zoom meetings, from capturing a general street scene to documenting protests. Therefore…

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In Photography Info, Project Info, Social Documentary, Photography Skills Tags documentary photography, documentary photography skills, social photography skills, social documentary photography, social photography, documentary-style photography, lessons learned from photographers, paying attention, skills to see the bigger picture, photography skills, project management skills, photography and project management skills, vision, observing skills, people skills, seeing patterns, creativity for photography and project management, solution skills, observing in photography and project management, bringing people together, stimulating out-of-the-box thinking, seeing and listening to stories, the skill of telling stories to explain things, explaining through story telling, why to stay open-minded and objective in photography and project management alike
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Finding Focus

January 30, 2023

THE NEXT STAGE IN MY PHOTOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION, OR: HOW TRYING PURE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY HELPED ME TO FIND MY ROAD AHEAD

While I explored different photographic genres over the years, since moving to the US and being driven by my passion for people, I have come home to my true passion: documentary-style street photography and essays.

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In Art Info, Photography Info, Social Documentary, Street Photography, Project Info Tags decisive moment, documentary photography, documentary photographers you must know, Elliott Erwitt photography, focus, hybrid photography film and digital, z, evolution, photographic evolution
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Project Updates

January 27, 2021

Two Projects Selected For 2021

In addition to publishing 12 book reviews on the blog, I want to work on two specific long-term projects, which I started last year. The first project is about car enthusiasts. The second project I am working on is about people's dreams that…

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In Project Info Tags photography project ideas, essay projects 2021, what photo projects for 2021, street photography projects 2021, social documentary projects 2021
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