My first everything
A way to get in touch with people passionate about pictures and communication. Not just photography but pictography. My goal is to communicate, to cause a reaction...
I started photography two years ago before my first trip to Europe. Why? I am not completely sure, but I had to do it. It was not completely out of the blue, my brother Javier used to be a social photographer and my father also have a camera. So I read and read websites to be a little bit more prepared, but as it happened to many people before, my pictures were empty.
At the beginning I was captivated with nature photography, not only because I was too afraid to approach people but also because I am a biologist. It allowed me to get out of the bench and sensed the world. I needed it. I didn't know any photoghapher's name at that time, but Ansel Adams. Then, Art Wolfe, Galen Rowell (a shock when I realized he had passed away a few months before), John Shaw (his books were fundamental in my understanding of photography), Jim Branderburg (teaching me that is not the amount of pictures taken but the inner vision that matters) and others started to be more familiar.
It took me a while to realize that New York is a center where photographers have to be. So to continue my learning I went and I keep going to any lecture, conference, talk, exhibition, you name it. Once again, certain names were mentioned everywhere: Henry Cartier Bresson, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Richard Avedon... I also watched War Photographer just because photography was part of the title. It made me reevaluate my idea about photography. At the same time I went to one of my first book signings, Magnum Stories. From nowhere, Magnum agency was part of my vocabulary. Back then I realized that names like Steve McCurry, Martin Parr, Eugene Richards, Susan Meiselas, Bruce Davidson, Alex Webb, James Nachtwey, Sebastião Salgado were or are still part of something bigger.
In every talk I find new ways of seeing the world. It's incredible that in such a short amount of time I 've met travel (Bob Krist, Jim Richardson, Michael Meldford, Eric Meola), Magnum (Steve McCurry, Bruce Davidson, Paul Fusco, Thomas Hoepker, Susan Meiselas, Eli Reed, Maya Goded), VII Photo (Lauren Greenfield, Alexandra Boulat, Joachim Ladefoged, James Nachtwey, Christopher Morris, Antonin Kratochvil, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, John Stanmeyer), portraits/commercial (Jack Reznicki, Craig Orsini, F. Scott Schafer, Matthew Jordan Smith, Joyce Tenneson, Greg Gorman, Vincent Versace), fine art/conceptual (Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Stephen Shore, Thomas Demand, John Paul Caponigro) and nature photographers (James Balog).
Nature photography is no longer my main interest. Right now, I am not completely satisfied with just a nice picture. I'd like to say something as well, to make a commitment. I am not sure what is going to be my next step. I am still thinking about it. I'll continue going out looking for fresh ideas.
I started photography two years ago before my first trip to Europe. Why? I am not completely sure, but I had to do it. It was not completely out of the blue, my brother Javier used to be a social photographer and my father also have a camera. So I read and read websites to be a little bit more prepared, but as it happened to many people before, my pictures were empty.
At the beginning I was captivated with nature photography, not only because I was too afraid to approach people but also because I am a biologist. It allowed me to get out of the bench and sensed the world. I needed it. I didn't know any photoghapher's name at that time, but Ansel Adams. Then, Art Wolfe, Galen Rowell (a shock when I realized he had passed away a few months before), John Shaw (his books were fundamental in my understanding of photography), Jim Branderburg (teaching me that is not the amount of pictures taken but the inner vision that matters) and others started to be more familiar.
It took me a while to realize that New York is a center where photographers have to be. So to continue my learning I went and I keep going to any lecture, conference, talk, exhibition, you name it. Once again, certain names were mentioned everywhere: Henry Cartier Bresson, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Richard Avedon... I also watched War Photographer just because photography was part of the title. It made me reevaluate my idea about photography. At the same time I went to one of my first book signings, Magnum Stories. From nowhere, Magnum agency was part of my vocabulary. Back then I realized that names like Steve McCurry, Martin Parr, Eugene Richards, Susan Meiselas, Bruce Davidson, Alex Webb, James Nachtwey, Sebastião Salgado were or are still part of something bigger.
In every talk I find new ways of seeing the world. It's incredible that in such a short amount of time I 've met travel (Bob Krist, Jim Richardson, Michael Meldford, Eric Meola), Magnum (Steve McCurry, Bruce Davidson, Paul Fusco, Thomas Hoepker, Susan Meiselas, Eli Reed, Maya Goded), VII Photo (Lauren Greenfield, Alexandra Boulat, Joachim Ladefoged, James Nachtwey, Christopher Morris, Antonin Kratochvil, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, John Stanmeyer), portraits/commercial (Jack Reznicki, Craig Orsini, F. Scott Schafer, Matthew Jordan Smith, Joyce Tenneson, Greg Gorman, Vincent Versace), fine art/conceptual (Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Stephen Shore, Thomas Demand, John Paul Caponigro) and nature photographers (James Balog).
Nature photography is no longer my main interest. Right now, I am not completely satisfied with just a nice picture. I'd like to say something as well, to make a commitment. I am not sure what is going to be my next step. I am still thinking about it. I'll continue going out looking for fresh ideas.
posted by matiokawa at 10:01 PM
3 Comments:
Who said all the pictures are the same? I haven't even post a picture yet. :)
Artist? No, somebody else said it. HAHAHA.
matus, queria borrar el comment, pero no pude.
besos
Hacete cargo!!!
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