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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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Not The Decisive Moment

March 21, 2022

Street Photography Is Social Documentary Photography

Writing last week's blog posts about the book Lost London: 1870-1945 made me realize that there is an easily overlooked aspect of street photography.

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In Photography Info, Street Photography, Social Documentary Tags b/w, b&w, bnw, black and white photography, people, film photography, monochrome photography, urban photography, anxiety, Eygelshoven, the Netherlands, decisive moment, social documentary photography
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Book Review: Lost London 1870-1945 by Philip Davies

March 14, 2022

How A Photo Book With Old Images Impacted My Photography

I was lucky enough to stumble upon this book while browsing the bargains area of Barnes & Noble. It is a photo book with old images from London, United Kingdom, taken between 1870 and 1945, providing a unique insight into how the city and its inhabitants looked during those years.

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In Book Reviews, Photography Info, Street Photography Tags book review, black and white photography, b&w, black & white photography, documentary photography, film photography, books you must read, photobooks you must read, lessons learned from photographers, monochrome photography, photography books, Lost London, London, social documentary photography, Philip Davies, English Heritage, England, United Kingdom
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Why Subjects Need Space

November 1, 2021

To Crop Or Not To Crop, The Question Is

I need to think more about when to crop my images and when not. Reducing what the viewer can see of the subject of an image to the bare minimum can take away from the message that I want to share.

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In Photo Background, Photography Info, Street Photography Tags black and white photography, social documentary photography, lessons learned from photographers, street candids, the search for meaning, non-violent demonstrations, aspect ratios, is cropping allowed, when to crop your images, when not to crop your images
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Book Review: Henri Cartier-Bresson - The Modern Century, by Peter Galassi

June 6, 2021

Eight Lessons I Learned From MoMA's Henri Cartier-Bresson Retrospective The Modern Century

Henri Cartier-Bresson. Admiringly called HCB by his followers, almost no documentary photography documentary does not mention him. Loved, imitated, copied: the photographer who defined documentary and street photography.

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In Book Reviews Tags books you must read, photography books, photobooks you must read, documentary photography, documentary photographers you must know, great documentary photographers, social documentary photography, lessons learned from photographers, Henri Cartier Bresson photography, The Modern Century book, lessons learned from photography books, MoMA, MoMA books, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art books, book review
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In Focus: Bargain Found

May 27, 2021

The Joy of Finding a Bargain at a Madrid Market

This image was created during a stroll in sunny Madrid, Spain, in August 2019…

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In Art Info, Photo Background, Street Photography Tags black and white photography, monochrome photography, street candids, market shopping, shopping in Madrid, what to do in Madrid, candid photography in Madrid, street photography in Madrid, black and white photography in Madrid, where to shop in Madrid, shooting with a Leica M4, social documentary photography, shooting film, film photography
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Book Review: Hold Still, by Sally Mann

May 2, 2021

Five Lessons I Learned From Sally Mann’s Autobiography Hold Still

Sally Mann's 'Hold Still' is one of my favorite photographer (auto) biographies. It provides a fascinating and intimate view of her family's history and about how that history influences her life and how she photographs…

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In Book Reviews Tags books you must read, photography books, photobooks you must read, documentary photography, documentary photographers you must know, great documentary photographers, social documentary photography, Sally Mann photography, Hold Still boook, Hold Still book, lessons learned from photographers, lessons learned from photography books
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Reading, And Learning From Photography Books

January 13, 2021

2021 Photography Book Review Schedule

…I decided to not have a looking-back-looking-forward article at the start of this year. However, this does not mean that I did not set some goals for my photography and this year's blog posts and one of the goals I have set…

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In Book Reviews Tags photography books, photography info, documentary photography, great documentary photographers, documentary photographers you must know, social documentary photography, Sally Mann photography, Noor Ali Rashid photography, military photographers, Robert Capa photography, photographer's biography, Elliott Erwitt photography, Henri Cartier Bresson photography, Vivian Maier photography
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