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What the Heck Is
Street Photography?
I thought I knew what street

The Street theme also includes a
spin on the question, What do you want to
photography was. Black and white,
featured photo essay by Lane Hartwell
be when you grow up?
Henri Cartier-Bresson, that couple
– about her time with the Easy Bay Rats

The 9 to 5 theme also includes
smooching in NYC, rangefinder cameras
motorcycle club – as well as inspiring
Underbunny’s photo essay, “The Dismal
… that kind of street photography.
street shots from all over the world,
Trade,” which provides an inside look

But once we opened the Street
contributed by the JPG community.
behind the doors of the funeral home.
theme, my preconceived notions were

We may not have answered all
We also sat down with a couple of
challenged daily. As the submissions
the questions, but I think that street
professional photographers, Nick
flooded in, difficult questions arose.
photography is still about what it’s
Nichols and Jonathan Taylor, to find out
Does street photography have to
always been about: Engaging with the
what it’s like to shoot for a living. Their
take place on a literal street? What
people around you. Capturing a moment
answers may surprise you.
if there are no people in the shot?
in time. Documenting your world.
Street photography was defined by
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JPG MAGAzINE ISSUE 9
CONTENTS
9 to 5
Street
JPG Magazine Issue 9
21 Manca Jevscek
83 TJ Watt
April - May 2007
82 Street
16 Shoot Like a Pro
78 Eyes Wide Open
22 Ben Roberts
84 Peter Carr
Derek Powazek talks shop with
Shooting Street with the Hardcore
23 Dina Goldstein
85 Eddy Joaquim
Editor & Publisher Derek Powazek
Photo Teacher Jonathan Taylor
Street Photographers Group
24 Brian Adams
86 Marie-Maude Brunet
Editor Emeritus Heather Champ
25 Warren Harold
87 Dacian Groza
Designer Laura Brunow Miner
68 The East Bay Rats
102 The Polaroid Kid
26 Cristina Cocullo
88 Kevin Meredith
Copy Editor Magdalen Powers
Photo Essay by Lane Hartwell
Deborah D. Lattimore interviews
27 Luis Liwanag
89 Katya Evdokimova
Publisher Paul Cloutier
Mike Brodie
29 Jim Rohman
90 Zohar Lindenbaum
VP Business Devin Poolman
30 Enrique Saldivar
92 Andras Nemeth
VP Technology Jason DeFillippo
104 No Flash Corner
31 Gerrit Baumer
93 Dina Goldstein
Programmer Devin Hayes
How To by Michael David Murphy
32 Wilson Webb
94 Rogelio Pereda
UX Developer Jason Schupp
Tony Greif
Eike Schroter
33 Eike Schroter
95 James Wendell
This issue of JPG Magazine was put
35 Brian Wallace
Vlad Birdu
together with help from Blondel
36 Matthew Avignone
96 Frank Hamrick
chocolate, 30 Rock, DayQuil, coffee,
37 Joseph David
97 Mike Peters
Battlestar Galactica, Lagavulin, and
38 Derrick Chang
98 Justin Ulmer
the incredible support of the online
39 Songkran Weerapong
100 Kris Krug
photography community.
40 Vincent Bitaud
101 Michael Hughes
41 Brandon Roosa
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53 Andy Silvers
54 Nicole Bruni
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55 Debbie Hartley
56 Paul Sparks
Cover photograph by Hughes Leglise-
8 Ricoh GR Digital
13 Puptography 101
20 9 to 5
57 Trey Hill
Bataille, who says: “The photo was
By Andrew DeCoste
Ten Tips by Myla Kent
58 Toni Moore
taken on Rue St. Jacques, in front

59 Kit Latham
of the Sorbonne. It’s very unusual in
9 Depth Becomes Her
14 The Dead zone
60 Brian Adams
Paris to have this kind of steam and
Canon 85mm lens by Myla Kent
Polaroid Manipulation by Ritchard Ton
61 Patrick Evesque
the backlit smoke caught my eye. I
62 Flanegan Bainon
asked the homeless man if I could stay
10 Ramblin’ Man
18 On Assignment with
63 Scot Hampton
for a while and take photos. He said he
Gitzo Tripod, Acratech Ballhead, and
Nick Nichols
65 Michael King
didn’t mind.”
Kirk Enterprises Quick Release Plate
66 Raina Vlaskovska
Interview by Leah Peterson
by Joseph Holmes

JPG Magazine is an 8020 Publication.
11 Love in Automatic
42 The Dismal Trade
52 Elegance
© 2007 JPG Magazine and the
Exposure: Canon AE-1
Photo Essay by Underbunny
contributing photographers.
By Valerie Cochran
106 Light Up Your Photos

Submit to Issue 10 now on the themes
Post-processing by Karina Berenson
Entropy, Breakthrough, and Beauty
12 Crumpler 6 Million
Redefined, at jpgmag.com.
Dollar Home
108 Fly-by-Wire Gallery
By Bryan O. Fenstermacher
Post-processing by Derek Powazek
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MY PRECIOUS
Ricoh
GR Digital
By Kevin Meredith
By Andrew DeCoste
Depth Becomes Her
One day I was on the train headed for
Canon 85mm lens
work here in Tokyo, and I noticed an
By Myla Kent
old man sitting with this interesting-
looking camera that said GR in the
lower right corner.
I recently upgraded from the Canon EOS Rebel 350XT to the
show, indoors, at night, with virtually no light, and from

I researched the Ricoh GR Digital
400 XTi and couldn’t wait to get the 85mm f/1.8 lens on and
about 20 feet away. Seems impossible, right? These were the
intensively, and one week later I found
go shooting. This lens is my favorite to date—it will transform
conditions I was up against this past September when I shot
myself walking out of an Akihabara
your photographs and give them depth you will come to crave.
my first fashion show. I set my aperture as low as it would go,
camera shop with a GR.

I was originally inspired to buy the lens after seeing the
bumped up the ISO to 800 and shot in “P” mode (also known

This camera has changed me
results Rion Nakaya and Derek Powazek were getting. There
as Program AE). The shots came out crisp, the models really
in a very good way. In commercial
was something surreal about the quality of the images they
popped out of the soft bokeh, and best of all, the designer
photography school I found myself
and time again. Many people gripe
much trial and error, I feel as though I
were posting, yet at first I couldn’t put my finger on what it
loved them.
photographing watches and perfume
about the high level of noise at high
now have an understanding of this most
was exactly, but it’s one of those things that you know when

I think that the more you learn about photography, the
bottles, sometimes spending more
ISOs, but I have learned to embrace
amazing little tool.
you see it. I learned that the “thing” that I was loving was
more you realize that there are certain types of shots that can
than an hour setting up the lights. This
this as a wonderful thing. Sure it isn’t

I’ll probably never get to thank
what most people refer to as bokeh (background blur). When
only be achieved with better quality glass, and that upgrading
was, to say the least, just not for me. I
anything like film grain, but it definitely
that little old feller on the train
you want to separate and pop your subject forward from a
your lenses can make all the difference in results. While most
wanted to be outside taking pictures
has some wonderful characteristics.
for introducing me to this new and
beautiful, abstract, blurred background; this is the lens for
lenses can run you anywhere from $600 on up, the 85mm f/1.8
of the things happening around me.
Because of the GR’s small size and
beautiful camera. I have already
you.
is a great buy for a little over $300.
Many of the teachers were really
silent functioning, you can be extremely
travelled around the world with it, beat

I’ve had the 85mm f/1.8 for about a year now, and

I started out using the 85mm f/1.8 for street photography,
inspirational and technically adept, but
candid and even shoot in really tough
it up during skateboarding, cycling, and
absolutely love the results I get from it; it is my lens of choice.
but have learned that it is probably best known as a portrait
it was a commercial school. Because of
situations.
braving out the stormiest weather, and
It took me a little while to get used to the feel of it, as it’s
lens—and for good reason: the results are simply beautiful.
the heavy workload and assignments,

The GR has helped me overcome
surprisingly it keeps going and begging
got a sort of mind of its own, in that it wants a subject to
I now use it at weddings, and invariably the shots that I’ve
I became too frustrated to pick up my
my fear of photographing people and
to be used. I never leave my house
lock on to so it can do its thing and have its way with the
taken with this lens are the couple’s favorites.
camera recreationally for years. The GR
allowed me to pursue my love of street
without it, and I think this love affair
background. Once I learned how to shoot with it, and how

If you’re looking for a great portrait lens, for a lens
has allowed me to overcome this period
photography. In the past I have tried
will last long into the future. Thank
to get the effects in the bokeh that I wanted, it was then that
to do street work with, or just to upgrade your glass, this
of frustration and stress. I now take my
photographing in the streets, but I
you, my little GR, for reintroducing me
the proverbial light bulb went on. For best results, first figure
is definitely one you will want for your kit. It will give you
little beast with me everywhere I go.
was cursed with the usual beginner’s
to the world of photography.
out what or who you want your subject to be, then lock onto
beautiful, professional shots that you’ll treasure for a

Some of the technical points: its
problems: shooting from too far away,
it, press the shutter, and voilà. Experiment with the aperture
lifetime.
simple interface and wonderful, easily
hesitating and completely missing the
Andrew DeCoste is from Nova Scotia,
settings and you’ll be amazed at the gorgeous results this lens
accessible aperture and shutter-speed
shot, etc. The 28mm lens is perfect for
Canada, currently living in Tokyo, Japan.
will give you.
Myla Kent’s photography explores the people, beauty, and rhythm of
dials make it a charm to use, and the
shooting here in Tokyo, since things are
Known on Flickr as “druedrue” – everyone

Where this lens will also impress you is in a indoor,
life in the Pacific Northwest. You can find her online at mylakent.com.
lens yields wonderful results time
usually pretty close and compact. After
else just calls him drue.
low-light situation. Imagine shooting models at a runway
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MY PRECIOUS
Love in
Ramblin’ Man
Automatic
Gitzo Tripod, Acratech Ballhead, and
Exposure
Kirk Enterprises Quick Release Plate
By Joseph O. Holmes
Canon AE-1
By Valerie Cochran
For a couple years, I thought of myself almost exclusively
as a street photographer – always on the move, shooting as
I walked, stalking and snapping, and carrying nothing but
Although it was made in the late
are following parades, protests, or other
studio or landscape work as well. It uses
my Nikon dSLR with an ultra-wide lens. Tripod? Please.
1970s, my Canon AE-1 didn’t arrive
street action.
the Canon FD series of lenses, which
Why would anyone carry such an anchor? I scoffed at
on my doorstep until the fall of 2004.

The controls are simple, and if you
you can find in almost any size on eBay
photographers who always shoot with a tripod. Lord, I’m a
At the time, I was just getting back
use the Automatic Exposure setting
and at used camera outlets. I prefer
ramblin’ man.
into photography, and was excited to
(hence the name AE), it is one of the
prime lenses, and stick with the 50mm

And then one day I needed a good tripod for some
shoot real film again following a brief,
easiest cameras to operate. All you
f/1.4. It delivers close, intimate shots
freelance work, so I took the A train up to B&H Photo to
disappointing stint with digital.
have to do after setting your film speed
with a razor sharp depth of field that
examine the choices.

I had shot for many years with
is focus, shoot, advance the film, and
fits my preferred look. Shooting with

To paraphrase an old saw, you can get cheap, light, or
another 35mm camera, and felt
repeat.
one camera and one lens in a variety of
steady – pick any two. I’d be carrying the tripod all over
comfortable with that format. After

Of course, you can also shoot
settings has been an incredible learning
New York City, so I knew I needed light, and this freelance
giving it a good once-over, adding a
manually, but the AE-1 is much quicker
experience that has improved my
gig allowed me to afford a good brand. So sacrificed a bit of
new battery in the front “cubby hole,”
than I am, and probably smarter, being
photographic techniques and helped
steadiness and picked the very light Gitzo G1097. It was about
skimming over the manual, and loading
the first 35mm camera with a CPU.
with me develop a signature look to my
a pound and a half, and not actually expensive in the scheme
some film, we went out on the streets
It is fast and extremely accurate. You
work. When I want to change the look,
of things at $300. All the Gitzos are superbly designed: the
of Berkeley for a test drive.
can also pick up a used automatic film
I just change films.
leg sections slide out and lock with a little twist of a ring; the

A few hours later, I was sitting
winder that will make it even faster, but

While other cameras may have
center column includes a ballast hook for added steadiness.
in my apartment looking at scans
I’m fine with the satisfying click and
piqued my interest, my AE-1 is the one
And this one is made of basalt. That’s right, fibers spun from
from my first roll shot with the AE-1.
swoop of exposure then manual film
that disappoints the least, and rewards
volcanic lava. How cool is that?
I felt like I had finally come back to
advance.
the most. It has an eerie sixth sense,

But when you buy a tripod at this end of the quality
the plate makes me feel like an assassin assembling a finely
where I belonged: a world of analog.

One of my rules about street
and is somehow always able to make
spectrum, you’re basically buying into an entire system. The
machined high-powered rifle. I carry the tripod in a cheap, old
At that moment, I knew I was madly
photography is to be obvious about
terrific photographs out of less than
Gitzo tripods are just legs. They don’t come with a head, to
carry case, slung over my shoulder. It sets up fast enough to
in love with my AE-1, and that my
shooting. Being nonthreatening while
perfect conditions. It forgives and
which you attach the camera for tilting and turning.
slap on the sidewalk on a whim for that extra bit of sharpness,
photographic journey had begun anew.
shooting on the street puts everyone
forgets when I do something stupid,

For a time I used a solid little ballhead by Slik, the SBH-
and if I take my time, I can make it steady even in a pretty

The first thing you notice about
around you at ease. It is easier to take
like knocking it off a table or loading
280, and it worked just fine – it’s probably
good wind. And it does make a difference.
the AE-1, besides the rugged good
pictures with a small, unassuming
the film wrong. It has the ability to
the best $100 ballhead you can get. But
Even at shutter speeds that should be fine
looks, is the nice weight of the camera.
35mm like the AE-1, than with a more
make others smile and relax, so I
one day I checked out a friend’s Acratech
hand-held, a tripod adds that extra-crispy
It is comfortable enough to carry in
expensive or larger model. People who
can get the best shot possible. It is
ballhead, and saw immediately what I
sharpness that lets me blow up real big.
your hand if you are following street
know about the AE-1 will come up and
my other eye, my scapegoat, and my
was missing: the Acratech didn’t sag, not

Walking through the Lower East
action for long periods of time. Mine
talk about it, which is one way I’ve
partner in crime. Yes, I am in love with
a millimeter. Plus it was a quick release
Side last fall, I glanced in the window
usually hangs from a strap on my right
gotten several of my street portraits.
my Canon AE-1, and I don’t foresee a
– a spin of a knob and the camera locked
of a Chinese restaurant and spotted the
shoulder while I am looking for my
Others just assume that I am a poor
cure anytime soon.
onto the ballhead like they’d been forged
most wonderful display of family photos
next picture, then moves to my hands
student and will give me more leeway
in the same fire. The Acratech Ultimate
and origami covering the wall behind
when I am getting serious. Being light
when I’m shooting.
Valerie Cochran is a part-time waitress and
runs $280 new, but I bought a used one.
the register. I set up the tripod on the
also makes it a snap to change film on

The AE-1 is extremely versatile,
aspiring full-time photographer in Berkeley.
It’s a tad under a pound. The thing is – and
counter and shot that scene, later blowing
the move, which helps quite a bit if you
not only for street photography, but for
She can be found at YourWaitress.com.
looks like – a work of art.
it up to a sharp, beautiful, 44-inch print

But of course one expense leads to
which hung in the Jen Bekman Gallery in
another. These quick-release ballheads
February. I couldn’t have done it without
need to grab onto to a bracket attached to
the Gitzo tripod, the Acratech ballhead,
the camera, a simple piece of light metal
and the Kirk L-plate, all light enough to
known as an “Acra Swiss compatible quick
carry everywhere. Lord, I’m a ramblin’
release plate,” a term designed to prepare
man.
you for the price: $50 for a plain model,
and as much as $170 for an L-plate, which
Joseph O. Holmes posts photos of New York
lets you quickly switch between vertical
City at josenyc.streetnine.com and teaches
and horizontal.
digital photography at NYU’s School of

Assembling the legs, the ballhead, and
Continuing and Professional Studies.
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MY PRECIOUS
TEN TIPS
Puptography 101
10 Tips to Help you Foto your Fido, by Myla Kent
There’s an old saying: If you think your
(or lies down, or rolls over, or whatever
dog doesn’t know how to count, put
it is you want to photograph him doing
three biscuits in your pocket and only
– like, say, sit very still, you know, in a
give him two. It’s so true – dogs are
tutu). Believe me when I tell you this,
incredibly smart creatures, and not just
they know the words for “peanut butter”
when it comes to arithmetic. They also
or “nummy” or “treat” – and will work
make great subjects. Here are 10 tips to
just as hard for the promise of the word
help you get Fido to look his best when
as the treat itself. Once you feel you’ve
he’s in front of the camera.
got the shot, make good on all the
promises or next time they may not fall
1. ATTiTude The first and most
for it.
important thing, in my opinion, is
attitude. If your pup senses that you’re
6. MAke iT eAsy Make it easy for Fido
stressed and “trying to get the shot,” it
to do what you want him to do, and
just won’t work. You’ve got to be having
difficult to do what you don’t.
fun, and Fido needs to feel like he’s
pleasing you.
7. ProPs Clothes, costumes, and
Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home
Doggles are just a few ideas. Use your
2. PrAise This might sound silly, but
imagination.
trust me, it works. Praise Fido. A lot.
By Bryan O. Fenstermacher
Let him know that you’re SO, SO proud
8. Angles/croPs Try something
of him and his behavior. Do this by the
different (an ants-eye view or looking
tone of your voice and the look on your
sideways); or unique lenses (such as the
I love capturing moments on film
didn’t accept a few six packs of good
without it making my shoulder sore.
face. Dogs like to please their humans
fisheye). I often put my pups on the
– finding that “decisive moment” Henri
microbrew as payment) without ever

One of the best things about it
– so make it easy for Fido to please you,
sofa or on the bed so I can work from
Cartier-Bresson described. The idea
touching it. I was a bit nervous, but
is what it doesn’t do: It doesn’t draw
and he will.
different angles. I have also been known
that everything has a decisive moment
that was short lived: once the bag
attention to itself or me. I’m able to
to focus on just the paw and let the rest
to document requires you to be ready,
arrived, I was in love.
walk around the city streets without
3. PlAn The shoT I would
of the photograph slide into a blur, or
camera poised and finger on the shutter,

My red Crumpler “6 Million
anyone knowing I have a camera on me.
recommend that you definitely plan
get really close up and do macros of
because seldom in life do we get a
Dollar Home” bag is made of durable
I just look like your average guy with a
the shot before you start to shoot – or
their faces.
second chance.
water-resistant nylon, with seatbelt-
messenger bag. The Crumpler is really
at least have some idea of what you’re

Because these moments are
type material for a strap, and a nice
quick to get into, allowing me to see an
going for, leaving plenty of room for
9. exPressions Canine body
fleeting, you can often find me with my
shoulder pad that is much appreciated
upcoming “decisive moment” and have
spontaneity. Check your ISO settings
language is so fascinating – capture a
camera bag. It isn’t just another piece
after a long day of shooting around
my camera in hand in an instant. Then,
and lens choices, before you begin. That
yawn, a smile, a furrowed brow, a whine,
of gear; it’s an extension of my body, so
town. The bag has a padded interior,
as quickly as the camera came out,
way you can forget all the technical
a beg, a crazy tongue. Embrace the blur
looks and comfort are as important as
with Velcro dividers that are easily
it goes back into the bag, frequently
stuff, and have fun during the shoot.
– to me it just makes the shot look that
how well the bag protects and organizes
moved as needed. It also has a few
without anybody even noticing.
much more real. Try this: Capture a
my equipment.
pockets and pouches to carry odd bits

I’ve have had my Crumpler “6
4. PATience is A virTue And
dozen different expressions – you’ll have

After searching all over the
such as memory cards, a nutrition bar,
Million Dollar Home” bag for over two
probably one of the most important
fun getting the elicited response, and
internet and my local camera stores,
or an iPod.
years, and it looks almost as good as the
things to remember. Not Fido’s – yours.
then can focus in on the one you want.
I was somewhat frustrated to find

In terms of camera gear, the bag
day I bought it, despite a lot of use and
Well, okay, Fido’s, too. Because let’s
few bags that didn’t scream “camera
holds my Canon 20D with battery grip
not-so-gentle handling. I love it even
face it, to get “the shot,” it may take a
10. leAve rooM for sPonTAneiTy
bag.” The lone exception was from an
and a 24-70mm lens mounted, along
more than the day I pulled it out of
lot of shooting. It often takes 20 or 30
Some of the best photos are happy
interesting little Australian company
with a Canon 580EX flash, and still has
the packing. Now I can easily carry my
shots to get one that I really like. Film
accidents – where Fido’s personality
with a very quirky website, called
enough room for another lens or two
camera with me, always ready to capture
directors have been known to say that
takes over the shoot – and you catch a
Crumpler. They had recently held a
depending on the size. It’s tight, but I
those decisive moments that would
the hardest scenes to shoot on a movie
shot of him doing what he does best.
“Beer for Bags” event in New York,
can fit my Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS
normally slip away if I didn’t have my
are the ones with dogs and children.

And of course, as with any
where they accepted beer in return for a
in the bag. More often than not, I have
camera with me.
photography how-to list, feel free to
free bag.
a few primes and an ultra-wide zoom
5. The PAyoff That’s right, resort to
break all the rules and do your own

Since I wasn’t in New York, and
stacked on top of each other. The bag
Bryan O. Fenstermacher lives in Columbus,
good, old-fashioned bribery. Whatever
thing.
was unable to find a Crumpler dealer
carries enough gear to allow me to get
Ohio. He goes by “fensterbme” on Flickr
Fido’s favorite is, have it on hand – but
anywhere close to me, I had to buy a
almost any shot, but is still light enough
and JPG and can be found online at
don’t pull it out at the beginning of the
Myla Kent resides in Seattle with her two
bag from an online retailer (who sadly
that I can carry it for a long time
fenstermacher-photo.com.
shoot, or it will be over before it begins.
Chihuahuas, Bear and Daisy. You can find
First tell Fido what he’ll get if he “sits”
her online at mylakent.com.
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HOW TO
The Dead Zone
What to Do with a Fridge Full of Discontinued Polaroid Film and an Ice Pick, by Ritchard Ton
I have a morgue in my fridge.
The Tools
The Process

Encased in a shoebox, behind the
Go-gurt and eggs, are the remains of
1. Any PolAroid cAMerA
1. TAke A PicTure
36 packs of unexposed Polaroid SX-70
There are several plastic Polaroid
Let the image develop completely. What
Time Zero film. The toe tag on the last
models available (OneStep, Pronto!) but
I mean by “completely” depends on the
pack is stamped 01/07. Polaroid stopped
I recommend the original SX-70 Land
expiration date of the film (see below).
production of this film early last year.
Camera folding SLR. The glass is sharp,

Polaroid SX-70 Time Zero film has
2. keeP The PhoTo wArM
and the manual focusing allows the

the unique ability to be manipulated
photographer control that the plastic
This is very important. The image is
after exposure – without the use of a
cameras can’t. Plus it has a coolness
easier to move when the chemicals are
computer. The manipulated images have
factor that’s off the charts. Whip it out
warm. During the summer, I usually let
a “painterly” feel.
and watch the attention it brings.
the photo develop on the dashboard of

I first stumbled across the
my car in full sun. Otherwise, I stick it
technique as an art student in college.
2. sx-70 TiMe Zero filM
in my back pocket or tuck it under my
Photographic magazine had an article
This is the hard part. After Polaroid
arm while it develops.
about Michael Going’s images of the
ended production, there was a run on
digital brain.
1986 U.S. Open tennis tournament. I
3. MAniPulATe The PhoTo
the film and the price doubled, if not

was amazed by his work. I showed the
tripled. I know of only one online store
On a hard surface, take your tool of
analog soul.
article to one of my professors, only
that is currently selling it: unsaleable.
choice and gently apply pressure to the
to find out that he was a fan of the
com. I have purchased several packs
photo. I start with light, broad strokes
surprisingly well adjusted.
technique. The next class he brought his
from them, and have been happy with
with the flat part of the tool to loosen
sx-70 camera into class for the students
the professionalism of the company. Or
a wide area, and then I move the detail
and gave a demo. He let each of us take
you can roll the dice on eBay.
with the tip of the tool. If you use too
a photo and manipulate the image.
much pressure, the black back of the

I was hooked.
3. A Tool To Push The eMulsion
photo will show through.
Basically, anything with a point that
won’t bend when pressure is applied.
So, that’s it: photo manipulation without
I’ve heard of people using the top of a
the processors and hard drives.
pen, a nail, dental instruments … almost

Maybe I was wrong about the
Ritchard Ton, aka “sx70manipulator”
anything. My current tool is an ice-pick/
morgue. Maybe I should think of it as
on JPG, admins the Polaroid SX-70
hole-punch-type tool that is curved on
a cryonic chamber. Like Disney and
Manipulation group on Flickr. He can be
the end. I’ve also used a wooden cuticle
Ted Williams: not dead, just frozen and
found online at ritchard.com.
stick that came from a local drugstore.
waiting for the future to save them.
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INTERVIEW
Tell us about a day in the life of a professional photographer.
what are the best/worst parts of the job?
The best part of being a photographer is having the chance to
experience and see so much of the world and its people. The worst
part is marketing oneself – I think it is a case of left-hand/right-
hand side of the brain thing. Creative people are rarely good at
business, too. And often businessmen have no eye for art or
photography. Not all, of course, but a good few. The first part of this
year I am working on building my Photography School Asia. I have
begun teaching regular classes and am now working on my first
workshop. There is a lot to organize, but everything is going great
and I am enjoying it, too.

Shoot Like a Pro
Derek Powazek Talks Shop with
Photography Teacher Jonathan Taylor
could you share a recent shot and the story behind it?
I was asked to photograph a special police unit in Thailand that
helps women deliver babies in traffic jams. Expectant mothers often
how did you get your start?
have trouble making it through Bangkok’s notorious traffic jams
My first influence in photography was seeing Don McCullin’s work
while on the way to the hospital to deliver their babies. When I said
regularly featured in The Sunday Times then The Observer back in
yes to the assignment I expected I would have to wait days or weeks
the UK. I knew from very young that I wanted to be a photographer.
for a pictures of an actual birth. I was with the unit only two hours
Both my mother and father were in the papers back in my home,
when the call came in: lady giving birth in a taxi. The police officers
London. Even back then McCullen was expressing his frustration at
and I rushed to the scene on motorbikes and got there just in time
photography as a career. More and more editorial self-censorship
to help this mother deliver her son. I have been back to the unit
was becoming a common practice as editorial publications worried
with a French TV crew to cover the same story, and even after three
about the heavier issues being shown. Advertisers didn’t want their
weeks they never got an actual birth. So I was very lucky.
products placed next to images of human suffering. So I knew it

would be a tough trade to crack. If I wanted to take pictures of wine
you do a lot of shooting in dangerous places. how do you stay
bars and boutique hotels around the world there wouldn’t be a
safe? ever had a really close call?
problem. I never really got a first start though, just built on things
Safety is an issue with a lot of street photography; the only thing
year by year.
you can do to minimize the risks is to spend time in an area. Learn

who is who. Befriend the hardest group you can find – they run the
let’s gear geek for a moment. what was your first camera? what
roost – then let them protect you. Never rush a job. Always know
do you shoot now?
your limits and never argue or show emotion. Be professional but
I have just left a job as picture editor on a regional insert of the
empathetic to your subject. Also resist using money or buying gifts
International Herald Tribune, here in Bangkok. I was using the
to get in. The odd packet of cigarettes or bottle of beer soon leads
firm’s equipment then. For personal use I still like my Nikon
to a misunderstanding, and you end up paying for everything and
FM2 or FM3 set on manual. An FM 2 and a good hand torch work
not getting your job done. I have had a couple of hairy moments but
wonders. Digitally I sometimes pick up a D200 with Nikon’s 14mm
would prefer not to go into detail.
f/2.8 lens. Nice lens, that – no aberration at all. Never moved over

to Canon even though I like the 5D. A 1.1 ratio is the way to go. My
what’s your advice for shutterbugs who dream of going pro?
photography friends and I never talk about equipment, by the way. I
Don’t, unless you have to. It is one of the hardest most competitive
always find it funny if I look at photography forums with thread after
industries in the world, so unless you are prepared for the hard slog
thread being about photography gear. I have a friend who recently
stay an enthusiast. Of course there is always the option of coming to
won a World Press using a Lomo that he filed down to let a bit of
study with me in Thailand with my new Photography School Asia. I
light into each photograph. Photography must have resonance, what
will put you on the right track.
you shoot with shouldn’t get in the way of that.

Jonathan Taylor can be found on the web at jonathantaylor.net.
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do you use film or digital?
The project I did in the Grand Canyon was the beginning of digital
for me. After 30 years of film, I decided to include digital cameras.
And by shooting with both, it was easy to see how great digital
was for amateurs to learn with. When you shoot film in a remote
location, you may be shooting for seven months and then processing
it all at once. There is no way to go back and improve the shot you
almost got when you’re looking at an image on another continent
from three months ago. But digital has changed everything. You can
see instantly what works and what doesn’t. It totally changes the
learning curve. I now use all Canon cameras, from the Rebel for
street shooting, to the 5D. And I use all Canon lenses. If I’m shooting
Pygmies, I’ll generally use a less intrusive camera like the Leica M6
Rangefinder.
what is your shooting process?
I don’t look at the digital images while I’m shooting. I analyze after
the shoot is over, when I have time to really look at them. I want
to find ways to improve, and then go back to the watering hole or
whatever and get even better shots. By looking at what wasn’t
working, you learn from all the failures. I always say that 99% of
what I shoot should go in the trash. Only the ones that rise to the
top should get in people’s hands. Every image has to have all the
elements come together. But all that is fine, because it wouldn’t be
any fun if it were too easy to do.
On Assignment with Nick Nichols

If you have the time to be looking at the back of the camera
during the shoot, that’s not good. Think about the image – look
through the viewfinder and shoot. Give yourself at least an hour and
By Leah Peterson
a half at an event and then edit later.

If I had to choose my all-time favorite pictures over the past
30 years, most of them would be shots that were accidents, and
Nick Nichols uses the power of photography to help
could you explain more about the camera traps?
photos that I forced to happen using traps or otherwise. I depend
with conservation projects – primarily endangered
The trap works like a burglar alarm. There is an invisible beam and
on serendipity and accident. I’ve taken thousands of boring and bad
jungle habitats in central Africa. He believes in
when the animal breaks it, the camera is set to take one, three, or
pictures, but I stay with it with the hope that eventually, something
many multiples of pictures. The animal sees the flash, which could
will happen inside that frame that will be special. I obsessively go
photography with a mission, and is willing to live for
cause him to bolt or to freeze. We had one ape take 53 images of
back to the same well to get the shot.
months in remote areas to get the one shot that will
himself by staying and triggering the flash. The cameras adjust the
help shape the future of those animals.
shutter speed throughout the day and we also set the TrailMaster
what inspired you to become a photographer?
– the computer that triggers the camera – for certain times of the day
Before the camera, I studied and tried my hand at painting and fine
how did you get started?
when we know the animals will be there. Set-up for each animal is
art. I wasn’t very good at it. I didn’t know then that I had journalism
Charles Moore gave me my break into the business. I’d just been
different.
in me, but the immediacy of the camera made me think: This is
rejected by National Geographic as an intern, and he came to

You have to remember we are in these remote areas where
what I want to do. As a kid, I read National Geographic relentlessly.
Alabama and asked me to come and work with him as his assistant
human don’t walk through often. Leaving our scent will scare the
I was very influenced by Charles Moore and his images during the
in San Francisco. The first time I went to New York was with him. In
animals, so we don’t go more than once a week. Sometimes we rub
Dominican Civil War. Eugene Richards, Alex Webb and Gilles Perez
1979, I showed my images to GEO magazine and my career took off
dung all over the equipment so the animals won’t smell us.
come to mind as inspirations, because I like their images and their
from there. I came along right at the rebirth of the picture magazine.
commitment.
do people say using traps is not the same as shooting it yourself?
what it’s like to shoot for national geographic? how do you get
Yes, some people like to say that I didn’t take them. My reply to them
what are you passionate about?
those amazing close-up shots?
is: Of course I did. I find the spots and rig the cameras. I adjust how
I’m not a big fan of straight-up wildlife photography. I want the work
It’s great. I know I’m in a privileged position, and I worked very hard
the camera functions. It wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for me.
to have a mission. When I took part in Mike Fay’s walk across the
to be here. I want to spend an insane amount of time on each on
But to get the shot I want, I can’t be there. It’s not possible. They are
Congo, we were hoping to raise awareness and get one national park
project and where I am now, I’m afforded that luxury.
very personal shots. Intimate. And a wild animal wouldn’t be in that
to protect the animals. Mike would have been happy with that. But

My mission is to represent nature in the wild. I use camera
same spot if I was.
because of the images, people could really see, and they ended up
traps to get close-ups of the animals. The Serval cat image was a
creating thirteen national parks. We raised money. We created two
trap that was set in front of a croc watering hole for three months.
have any advice on how to take great photos?
books with the nine articles that came out of the project. We got the
My assistant would come back with the images, we’d check them
Don’t sit around! The images are out there. There’s really no front
whole thing funded by wealthy donors, so that all the money we got
out and make an adjustment from there. We’re making giant leaps in
page anymore. You can get your work out if you keep trying. Selecting
could go to the parks. I’m pleased with the results, because I wanted
the quality of the photos. These wild animals are shy and dangerous,
your images should be done in a highly edited manner. Because I’ve
it to be substantial. So much of my life is in there. Images make
and in the past it’s been all about the telephoto lens – whatever
always been a photo essayist, I’ve learned to edit. It’s a very important
words much more powerful.
you could capture from far away is what you were stuck with. When
skill. Shooting a lot of images doesn’t make you good. Improving on

you’re shooting closer, the images feel really wild.
the frame makes you good.
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PHOTO ESSAY
The Dismal Trade
By Underbunny
My trade is the dismal one. It devotes itself to the
living by caring for their late loved ones, from rising
in the middle of the night to collect someone that has
passed away at home to lowering the casket into the
ground at a graveside service in the middle of the
day. Although my formal title is Funeral Director and
Embalmer, I prefer the old-fashioned Undertaker,
for this profession is nothing short of a tremendous
undertaking.

These are photographs from my job. I feel they
show both the warm and cold facets of my work
– funeral directing for the living, the embalming of the
deceased. I began taking these photographs to share
with dear friends some of the strange beauty I would
glimpse everyday in the most unexpected places.
Eventually these scenes, along with my explanations
of them, became helpful to many in demystifying what
goes on behind the locked doors of the preparation
room of a funeral home.
Underbunny is an undertaker in the P
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PHOTO ESSAY
The East Bay Rats
By Lane Hartwell
My fascination with bikers began in my
that the Rats had been the subject of
teens, after my mother told me a story
a reality TV show or numerous other
from my early childhood. We lived in
articles in magazines and papers. I
Southern California and had a small
didn’t know they put on large-scale
house in the suburbs. My mother,
events, such as “Fight Nights” where
a pretty, stay-at-home mom, would
anyone can step forward, lace up a
play with my brother and me in the
pair of gloves, and get into the ring to
front yard while my dad was at work.
box an opponent. Or cocktail parties
Apparently, a local member of the
where everyone is expected to dress in
Hell’s Angels took a shine to her, and
gowns and tuxedos and drink and party
would ride past every day, circling the
in the grungy clubhouse. By the end
block to check her out.
of the evening, many of those gowns

She was terrified. Each time he
have been peeled off as some of the
appeared on our block, she would
girls strip and dance around two brass
gather us up, run into the house, lock
poles. As a friend of the Rats said to
the doors, and stay inside until he went
me, “Lots of people sit around and
away. Today I smile imagining such a
think of crazy things to do. The Rats
scene, but the stereotype of bikers as
think of them, then actually do them.”
dangerous men lives on.

Since that first night, I have

Fast forward to a hot, sunny
been going back regularly. I have
summer afternoon in 2006. I’m
been inside their homes, established
stopped at a traffic light on my way
friendships, and gotten to know them
home through Oakland when I notice
as individuals. And while some people
a small white storefront with large
may find it odd that I, as a woman with
black letters: East Bay Rats Motorcycle
a camera, would be welcome to hang
Club. A biker is outside getting onto his
out with bikers, I think the Rats and I
bike. I see his jacket – the club name
have found a mutual respect. Some of
and logo of a rat with wrenches for
my best shots of them came from my
crossbones. I think of stopping to ask
first few nights there, which tells me
about the club, but the light changes to
that they have never been anything but
green, and the moment has passed.
who they really are around me.

I look up the club and fire off an

My mom would be horrified.
email asking if I can come photograph
them. A few days later, I get a
response: “Come on Friday night.”
Lane Hartwell is a

I tell only one friend, who worries
San Francisco Bay
about me going there by myself.
Area photographer.
I go, and stay late into the night,
She attended the
photographing them as they drink,
San Francisco
Art Institute, and
throw flaming axes into a door, and
graduated from
shoot a crossbow into an old car seat
Emily Carr Institute
propped against the wall across the
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in Vancouver, BC.
that night reeking.
You can find her as
“fetching” on JPG, or

Until that night, I wasn’t aware
at fetching.net.
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I remember the first real rat bike I ever saw.
guys have seen combat. Davey was a Marine, and
There are all sorts of rat bikes – bikes ridden into
guarded Bill Clinton. Some of the guys work in
the ground, stripped down for speed, or just crashed.
computers or go to school or whatever. Me, I did
But this was a creation. It was a brand new BMW K-
constuction my whole life and bounced on the side
Bike that had been altered violently into something
until recently I started running a bar. None of that
very ugly and very beautiful. We’d all seen Road
matters when we’re together; all we talk about is
Warrior, but here it was on the street. My bike was
motorcycles and guns – the fun stuff. Real life, not
black and ugly, but I’d never been proud of that. And
work. Who wants to sit around and talk about that?
now, looking at this thing, I was.

Somehow we started the club, and built it into

The East Bay Rats were founded in 1994. I was
our own little mini-society. Here’s your glimpse at it.
22. We’d been riding together for over a year, but

People always ask me the purpose of the club,
couldn’t come up with a name or a logo. Somehow
and I don’t really have an answer. All I can say is:
we weren’t like other clubs. We rode and partied like
It’s a lifestyle. We like to burn things and fight each
jackasses and basically didn’t fit in.
other and ride our bikes in such a way that we often

At the time, every sport bike was pink and purple
lose our licenses. A lot.
with crazy graphics. You couldn’t buy a bike that was

But all that aside, we’re the tightest group of
one color, let alone just black.
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We came from all walks of life – electricians,
of these guys.
contractors, motorcycle mechanics. A few of the
– Trevor, President EBRMC
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HOW TO
Eyes Wide Open
How to Shoot Street According to the
Hardcore Street Photography Group
The Hardcore Street Photography group (HCSP) on
Flickr was founded by a couple of western Australians
as a bit of fun. But in the last 18 months it has
exploded into an online meeting point for debate
and critique. The group is run by 14 admins from
a multitude of locations with a shared passion for
getting out on the streets to make beautiful, exciting
photographs.

JPG asked the group for some thoughts about
Michael Simon is a New York City based freelance photographer
Hin Chua was born in Malaysia and grew up in Australia where he
James Hendrick is 27, studied math in school, and, as soon as he
street photography. In the discussion threads in our
covering stories about people, places, and everything in between.
studied Computer Science. Attempting to compensate, he took
graduated a few years ago, started traveling and teaching English.
group, an often-repeated subject is, “How do I go about
up photography a couple of years ago in order to impress a girl.
He now lives and works in Seoul, Korea. Before he became seriously
making photographs of strangers?” The responses are
• Be ready: A lot can happen while you dig in your bag for your
Although unsuccessful with the girl, he has persevered and has
interested in street photography, he used to take pictures of water
camera. Sometimes you just need to not focus.
since moved to London to further his photographic development. He
skiers, until he got knocked on the head after getting too close.
usually numerous. In this article, a handful of us have
can be found wandering the city on most days, camera in hand, and
• Get to know a camera, a lens, and a film. Being familiar with
written down some thoughts and advice for aspiring
is famous for being completely anonymous in a crowd. When he gets
your kit is essential for a fast-working street photographer.
• You don’t have to be invisible, just briefly unnoticed. If you’re
street photographers.
in trouble, he pretends to be a Japanese tourist.
shooting in a place where you’re foreign and exotic, you’ll feel
• Hide yourself among the people, move with them, stand with
very visible, and most people will notice you. You only need their

We’ve tried to avoid being too techno geeky behind
them. Move easily, slowly, and do not draw attention to yourself.
• To get comfortable, photograph in locations with lots of people,
inattention for as long as it takes to make an exposure.
the scenes of the group pool. We have a very active
where people expect to be photographed (e.g., fairs, parades,
• If you are noticed, do not act guilty. Be confident, smile, you have
• Get comfortable taking pictures of people while they’re looking
admins’ email group where the discussion about
places with lots of tourists).
done nothing wrong.
right at you. If you’re quick enough, you may catch just their
photography is often a bit more spiritual and studious
• Learn to work fast. The faster you work, the more things you’ll
• Never give anyone your film. Even if you are well within your
response to you.
than in the forums. One of the most popular threads in
catch and the less conspicuous you’ll be. A small camera may
rights, do not push your luck with maniacs or cops.
• If you’re a foreigner and are feeling uncomfortable because
help you work faster. A light prime lens (a lens with a fixed focal
our email group is “Hin Chua’s book club,” where we
• Be extra mindful of photographing children.
people are gawking at you, permit them to gawk but allow
distance) may help you work and see faster.
find out from our resident book collector the skinny
yourself to look back and to reciprocate their curiosity by taking
• Be aware of what is happening all around you, especially behind.
• Learn to recognize scenes before they occur. A sense of
pictures.
on what we should be looking at. So there’s lesson
• Don’t forget to make images where all of the people are not.
anticipation can be really useful on the street.
• Pay attention to how figures are posed and arranged in the
number one: Don’t work in a vacuum. Look at other
Everyone who goes to New York has a photo of the Empire State
• Be curious. Wander, explore, take the unknown path.
frame, and how they overlap. Look closely at how people walk.
photographers’ work and learn from it. – Ben Roberts
Building. A street photographer might have a photograph of the
• Learn to smile, charm, and bullshit. Stop being shy. Look like
Remember that, when photographed, all those figures become
Empire State Building, but it’s more likely to be as a framing
you belong, that you should be doing what you’re doing. People
lines.
element in a photograph of something completely different.
For more, visit the Hardcore Street Photography Group:
will ignore you. Learn to take calculated risks.
• Don’t allow the serendipity of street photography to become an
• Be mindful of the neighborhood you are in.
flickr.com/groups/onthestreet
• Ask yourself lots of questions: “What makes a good street shot?
excuse for sloppy work. Pretend the picture is a painting, that
• When traveling, think about what is in the background of your
Why am I photographing this scene? Am I trying to say anything?
you have the freedom to arrange the elements however you wish,
photos. Is it an army barracks? A government building?Think
Does it matter if I’m not?”
and ask yourself if there’s anything you would change.
preventative.
• Be your toughest critic.
• Don’t be sneaky. If you have to be sneaky, don’t get caught.
• If you need to, swing that camera like a bat.
• Learn from (but don’t copy) the work of photographers better
• Open your other eye so that it can look past the camera and
• Look at William Klein’s New York 1954 - 1955.
than yourself.
check what’s going on outside the frame.
• Look out for that really stunning reflected light.
• Appreciate that your mood and mental state has a great effect
• It’s better to take a shot you’re not completely sure of than to
forever lose the opportunity. As soon as the moment passes,
• Figure out what you want your images to look like; be able to talk
on your photography ability. Learn to predict and optimize your
you’ll know it would have been a tremendous picture, and will
about it.
moods. When you’re feeling down, think about how this is going
to affect your photographs, and go with it….
kick yourself for an entire week for letting it go. Better to shoot it
• Move around, revisit places, get to know a certain area.
and be proven wrong.
• Listen to The Chemical Brothers or John Coltrane!
• Listen to Slayer!
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eyes wide open how to shoot street according to the admins oF the hardcore street photography group
What is Street Photography?
Not content just to hear from the admins, we asked the
members of the HCSP group to define just what exactly
“street photography” means to them.
“Street photography captures a moment that happens
randomly in an urban environment where the
interaction between the streetscape, the people, and
the elements couldn’t have happened anywhere else.”
– Robgnyc
“Good street shooting is all about capturing places
and moments that are both utterly mundane and
totally unique. On the few occasions when I’ve really
felt like I was ‘in it,’ I’ve usually moved from worrying
about having too little light to simply shooting what I
can get, and accepting what happens.”
– Lennon Day-Reynolds
Ludmilla Morais is Brazilian born and raised, currently based in Los
James Wendell is a mixture of German, English and Native
Ben Roberts is a 28-year-old freelance photographer based
Angeles. Since she found the amazing world of street photography
American, born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. He became
in London, UK, specializing in portraiture and documentary
“To me, street photography in L.A. is taking a busy
and got seduced by it, she has met her dreams and disappointments
interested in photography around the age of 12 when he found his
photography. He shoots for Fader magazine in New York and The
city and stopping time for a fraction of a second and
walking down the streets disguised as people carrying on with their
dad’s old Polaroid Land Camera. He has always had an affinity for
Royal Town Planning Insitute in London.
capturing that one unique moment that may never
everyday lives.
candid photography and found the streets or public metro of NYC
be seen again. Sometimes it’s even taking pictures
to be the best place to set his eyes when looking for such shots. He
• Hold your camera so that it is ready to shoot straight away. I
of inanimate things that people walk, run, or drive by
• Make sure to walk at least a couple of times back and forth in the
graduated from the New England School of Photography in 1998 and
adjusted my camera strap so that it loops round my wrist. My
every day that never took the time to see what kind of
area you are going to photograph, to learn as much as you can
currently work at Magnum Photos NY.
camera is always in-hand, and the loop around my wrist keeps it
life it brings to the city they call home.” – Brash77
about it, ’specially about the light condition and people’s traffic;
from being dropped or stolen.
trust me, if you are not much of a post-processing photographer,
• Patience is key.
“Everything is secondary to the fact that I’m out in
• Look for interesting situations, and be brave. Lots of people’s
those factors will really become handy.
the street with a camera in my hand. From waiting
• If you find an interesting background/scene, hang out for a while.
backs makes for a dull photograph.
at a train crossing to being propositioned by an
• Learn how to channel your energy toward the work you are going
Something or someone might turn up and make a possible
• Look for stories and locations on your doorstep. Get to know
overly eager pimp, the reality and vividness of these
to develop. The bad and the good can be well applied, and the
image into an actual image.
an area, and visualize how you could get the best shot out of a
moments become almost trivial to the fact that I’m
results may come out better than you expected.
• Wait for life to unfold in front of you.
location. Keep on going there until you get that shot.
photographing them. Street photographers don’t
• Look at photography books as much as you can – educate your
• Move your body, not your zoom lens. By getting in close to your
• The sun is your studio. When you wake up in the morning, look
know exactly why they feel the need to take photos
eye, research, but don’t become a copycat. Using someone else’s
scene or subject, you’re going to have more intimacy with the
at your ceiling and see if you can work out what kind of day it is.
– they just do. Kinda like sex.” – Brian Peterson
work and technique as a font of inspiration is good; trying to
moment.
Learn how different qualities of light (intensity, angle) affect the
emulate their work is horrible.
surfaces in an image. Learn how to use a light meter, and put
“To me, street photography isn’t just about taking
• The picture should be in your head before it’s in your camera.
• If you like to shoot with friends, learn how to give space, and
what you learn into practice on the street. Find out what happens
pictures of people on the streets. It’s also about
make sure they know how to do the same.
• Shoot, shoot, shoot. Edit, edit, edit, down to one.
to an image when you expose for the highlights or shadows.
getting outside, stepping out of your own life,
and peeping into the lives of other people. Street
• Your camera has to become an extension of your body – it won’t
• Don’t be afraid to shoot from the hip, i.e., chest, eye level, or
• If you think you have found your comfort zone, step out of it. It
photography is about discovering the remarkable
bite you – don’t carry it around as if it was a 9mm.
above your head. I say afraid because people tend to think this
will always be there as a safety net.
moments in everyday situations.” – Stijn Swinnen
technique is a cop-out. While I don’t recommend beginners using
• Listen to what’s going on around you. By tone of voice, you will be
• Find some people who you know and trust, and whose opinions
it, or anyone relying on it too heavily, I think for the advanced
able to perceive the amount of emotion in people’s conversation
you respect. Get them to critique your work every so often – it
“SP is a religion to me. It is a whole different
shooter it can be the ultimate Zen way of shooting. If you know
– emotions that most likely will be followed by great body
can give you a fresh impetus to go out shooting, and also help
philosophy to photography. With street, a normally
your lens’ angle of view, I think this technique can free you up to
language, and voilà! You got a good shot!
you to think differently about how you are making photographs.
reticent me gets out and, with the lens as my mask,
experiment with different angles that you might not find when
transforms into another person. Pointing a lens
• Be content with your photographs, but don’t rest on you laurels;
the camera is held up to your eye.
• Don’t go shooting in packs: Meet up with friends, sure, but go
at total strangers evokes a sense of curiosity and
the next shot will always be better. Persistence is the key.
shooting alone and then meet up again later.
• Listen to Radiohead.
trepidation. Sometimes the subject breaks into a
• Be cheeky. Get in people’s faces when required, but always keep
• A photograph of some graffiti is not street photography. It’s a
smile. Sometimes, a glare. Either way, it’s totally
in mind that not everyone will be receptive to your enterprise.
photograph of some graffiti.
random and unrepeatable. That is what inspires me.
Don’t allow insults to bum you out.
• If you go to a street carnival, get there an hour or more before
There is no room for being shy, because if you are,
• Be cordial and excuse yourself when needed, and sometimes
everyone else. There’ll be more interesting photographs. Often
you just lost a chance.” – Ashwin Mudigonda
when not needed, too.
the best photographs can be found on the margins of big events.
“If you want to see exotic people doing exotic things,
• Be innovative and adventurous. Inhale, exhale, and be proud of
• Make sure you wear good underwear. When you’re out on the
then pick up a travel magazine. If you want to see
yourself for doing something you are passionate about.
street for a long time, your chances of getting run over by a bus
desperate people in desperate situations, then just
• Share opinions, critiques, and points of view with a close friend,
increase. Wear good underwear in case this happens.
turn on the news. But if you want to see normal
but go mostly with your heart. Critics are good to purify your
• Find a girlfriend who understands or shares your passion. By
people, doing normal things, collected in a way that
taste, but cannot be transformed into your only lead.
“understand,” I mean she doesn’t mind you not being around,
makes you want to read the image over and over like
and doesn’t mind playing second fiddle to your cameras. (If you
a book, then seek out street photography!”
have a girlfriend like this, I hate you.)
– Joe Colligan
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THEME
Street
Street photography is about getting out there,
observing the public, overcoming your shyness,
and documenting the world around you. It shows
the world as it is, like holding up a mirror to
society, capturing a moment in time.
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86 warm summer by marie-maude brunet
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88 my bike & bird + blue wall by kevin meredith
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summer time by rogelio pereda
bikini carwash by james wendell
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INTERVIEW
have you ever gotten hassled for doing street photography?
your websites, ridindirtyface.com and plrds.com, are very
I never really had any unsettling experiences at all, but one time this
compelling. do they reflect who you are?
lady got irate who was in the background of a photo I was taking,
They reflect my personality in the way that I like making and doing
but she was confused. I was like two blocks away and she thought I
things. If I’m not making or doing something, I’ll just shrivel up and
was shooting photos of her secretly. There are times when I shoot a
die. And the found photos on there are pretty hilarious. I think my
“portrait” and I ask, but most times I just shoot away, and if anyone
personalities show out a bit in those.
has a problem with that, they can kiss my ass.
where do you live and how do you kick back and relax?
you left Philly in June of 2006 to travel around the country by rail.
I’m currently living in Pensacola, Florida, with my mom and brother,
how did the experience change you?
and we have family nights. My mom will make chicken casserole
The “experience” is ongoing. I didn’t just go out and take some
and things like that, then we’ll kick back and watch American Idol
photos and quit traveling. I’m only 21; this is my life. I ain’t quittin’
and other bad TV.
anytime soon; I’m just scratching the surface. But thus far I feel I’ve
changed in so many ways. Ultimately I’ve realized the world is just a
since you’ve been famous as the Polaroid kid, in what ways has
big stinkin’ joke and we shouldn’t treat it like it’s not. This interview,
your life changed?
my shows, and my “fame” are just premature ejaculations. Let’s just
My mom asks me for money every day.
The Polaroid Kid
pray it doesn’t ruin me.
how did you get the name Polaroid kid?
Besides yourself, who else is brilliant and offbeat with the
One night a couple years ago I was walking down a string of train
do you have a favorite Polaroid camera?
Polaroid?
cars and I saw this dude’s moniker that read “the Kodak kid,” so
Deborah D. Lattimore Talks to Mike Brodie
The SX-70 Sonar OneStep. It folds flat, has an auto/manual focus
I think schoolteachers, prison guards, railroad bulls, cops, and
I was like, damn, I do Polaroids so I’m “the Polaroid kid.” Been
and is all-around the most interesting camera ever! Everything
coroners take great Polaroids.
tagging that name ever since.
about it – the way it feels, looks, sounds, and the photos it makes
Riding freight trains since the age of 18, Mike Brodie
– is awesome.
Are there questions i didn’t ask that i should have?
what was your first Polaroid experience?
captures through Polaroids a world few of us can even
Are there answers that I gave that I shouldn’t have?
A friend of mine had a Polaroid camera lying around in her car.
you also shoot with 35mm film. is it different than Polaroid?
imagine. His photography gets under your skin and kicks
She said I could have it. One day I went out and took a photo of the
Yeah, completely. Polaroid is slow and patient; 35mm is much faster
Deborah D. Lattimore is a San Francisco Bay Area photographer
you in the gut. He’s been exhibited in galleries from New
handlebars of my BMX bike, and the Polaroid that developed blew
and forgiving. Polaroid is what taught me to make a good photo.
who can be found at deborahlattimore.com.
my mind!
York City to Atlanta to Paris Photo 2006 at the Louvre. He
describes his photography best:
what is your favorite Polaroid that you took?
My favorite Polaroid would be one that I took about three years ago.
I was hitchhiking through Langley, British Columbia, and I stumbled
“Maybe I’ve just become obsessed with dirty cloth & dull
upon this abandoned house along the highway. Inside one of the
rags, objects that have been touched by a million different
walls hung a giant white stuffed unicorn wearing a diaper. Next to
hands then set back down – right there – just for me.
it someone wrote on the wall “Welcome to my home, house of a
Things that are made by chance or found on the side of a
brocken childhood,” all misspelled and shit, hahaha.
road, rather than bought or sold. What’s a story anyways?
what makes you tick?
Why do people tell them?… The photos. I want people to
Freight trains and fried chicken!
see ’em just as you’d want to tell someone a good story.
Nobody enjoys boredom. And when I’m good and dead,
since “street” is one of our issue 9 themes, we’d like to know
your thoughts about shooting on the street.
maybe my lungs’ll still be around, with some words
Get to know whatever the hell it is you’re trying to photograph
beneath. Everything comes as a surprise – thank GOD.”
before doing so.
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THE PROJECT
No Flash Corner
By Michael David Murphy
One of the great pleasures of street photography is its

The more attention you attract, the harder it is to
What to Look For
unpredictability. Every day is different. Last year, while trying
candidly photograph. The more you blend in and move
to harness the intuitive, chancy nature of shooting on the
with people, the less time pedestrians have to react to your
1. Find a tall, mirrored building that faces west,
street, I photographed people as they passed through bright
presence. Each time someone inquired about what I was doing,
spots of naturally reflected light at a street corner in San
I showed them the spots of light in the street, and explained
but has shorter buildings on its west side.
Francisco. I photographed that one location (Post and Grant)
how the light only happened for a few minutes a day, and how
for over a year.
it led to well-lit photographs.
2. If the mirrored building abuts a street that runs

For about 40 minutes a day, weather permitting, the most

Like any worthwhile pursuit, street photography takes
amazing light would be cast into the intersection. It was both
time. Some afternoons, I’d come home without a decent
east/west, visit that street in the late afternoon,
intense and soft. It was the kind of light you get in a studio,
picture, and other days I’d go to the spot only to have fog
when the sun is low and slanting. Sunlight should
under tightly controlled settings, with expensive strobes. I
swoop in and scuttle my plans. One of the best tools I’ve found
bounce off the mirrored building and land in the
called the spot “No Flash Corner.”
for taking better pictures is to take fewer pictures – I’d spend
intersection to the west.

Over the first few months, I learned how to photograph
hours at No Flash Corner just watching the light move, making
candidly at close range, while walking alongside pedestrians,
mental notes that would help me anticipate opportunities later,
usually while crossing the street. I learned how to take pictures
when subjects presented themselves.
3. The best kind of No Flash Corner light is when
quickly and quietly. After a while, it felt like I could anticipate

You can find a No Flash Corner anywhere, really. I’ve seen
reflected spots are cast into direct sunlight. Your
everything: the timing of the stoplights, the sweep of the
them in Tokyo, Las Vegas, Mandalay, Los Angeles, Mexico City,
reflected spots, and most important, pedestrians and their
and Atlanta. They can be found in huge cities and average-sized
subjects will be lit equally from two sources, 180
motions.
towns.
degrees apart. You can check this by looking at

But pictures are only as intriguing as their subjects. And

Once you’re comfortable at the location, it’s a waiting
shadows; if you see a double shadow, you’re in
the best subjects don’t always intersect with the best light.
game. Manual camera settings are best; just meter your camera
Every once in a while, the right subjects walked out of the
to the reflected spots so you’ll be ready. Relax. Smiling helps. If
the right spot.
shade, stepped into their spotlight, and I was in the right place
you’re waiting with a crowd on the curb, act like you’re waiting
to take a photograph.
for the light to change like everyone else, because you are!

Being in the right place at the right time is half the battle
with street photography. To get a good candid picture at close
Michael David Murphy is a photographer and writer in Atlanta,
quarters, I trusted the reliability of the manual settings on my
Georgia. He writes about the practice of street photography at
camera, and I’d quickly focus and click the shutter.
2point8.whileseated.org.
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POST-PROCESSING
Light Up Your Photos
By Karina Berenson
The days are getting longer and lighter for us
Panorama Lampshade
Lighted Box Frame
Photo Candle Votives
northern hemisphere types, and that means more
Love panoramas? Like lamps? Then this project is for you. Here’s
This is a little project to make your own light box, with no power
What you need:
natural light for shooting. Want to keep that light
how to make a very simple lampshade from a panoramic photo – you
tools required. You can use a photo printed on inkjet vellum or
• Cylindrical glass candle holder (recycled glass jars work, too)
can use it for an existing lamp base or use a hanging-bulb kit to
have it professionally printed – just find a photo printer that makes
• Inkjet vellum paper
going as long as you can? Light up your photos after
make a pendant lamp.
Duratrans prints.
• Double-sided tape
you’ve processed and printed them, and enjoy the

The light source used here is a night light with an extension
What you need:
cord that was fit into the back of the frame by cutting out a hole in
This one’s the easiest of the three. Print out the photo on the vellum,
cool glow of your awesome photography into the
• A lampshade (drum or cylinder shape is the easiest to deal with)
the cardboard backing. Christmas lights or rope lights can be used
with the image sized to fit around the candle holder. Cut it out, and
wee hours of the night.
in white or very pale color
as well – these will give the image a dappled-light effect. And if you
attach to the holder with double-sided tape. That’s it.
• A panorama photo cropped to fit the circumference and height of
already have a hardwired sconce, you may be able to remove the

If you’ve got the Martha gene, you might dig making photo

Here are three projects that take a digital
the shade and printed on translucent paper – inkjet vellum paper
shade and hang the frame over it, if it is deep enough.
votive placeholders for your next dinner party – just use a photo of
photo from the dim glow of your computer monitor
works nicely (Note: Instead of a panorama, you can also put
each dinner guest on a candle at each place setting. Or decorate
together more than one photo or use pieces of a photo)
What you need:
a party with the guest of honor’s photos from different years of
to a lovely light, to amp up the atmosphere at your
• Double-sided tape or glue dots
• A shadow-box frame (available in many sizes at most craft
their life (perfect for your folks’ anniversary party – don’t forget the
next party, brighten up a dark nook in your home, or
supply stores)
cheesy wedding shots).
give as a cool gift.
Print the photo out onto the translucent paper; it’s fine to print it
• Photo cropped to fit frame and printed on translucent paper

Try spelling out a secret message for that special someone with
on more than one piece of paper. Measure your shade and cut the
(vellum or Duratrans)
photo votives, using pictures with different words or letters on them
photo to fit around the shade. Attach to the inside of the shade using
• White tissue paper
(a cool way to propose, maybe?).
double-sided tape or glue dots. The image will appear when you turn
• Plexiglas or other hard plastic cut to fit your frame

Disclaimer: Of course it’s common sense, and we know
on the light and disappear when the light is off. For a more intense
• Thumbtacks
you know this, but don’t leave any of these photo lights burning
effect, you can put your photo on the outside of the shade so it is
• Light source (night light with extension cord, Christmas lights, or
unattended. There is a risk of fire. Okay, we told you. Now go have
visible at all times.
rope lights)
fun!
Print the photo out onto the translucent paper; it’s fine to print it
Karina Berenson likes sparkly lights and making stuff using photos.
on more than one piece of paper. Measure your shade and cut the
Find more of her projects on her website, fototiller.com.
photo to fit around the shade. Attach to the inside of the shade using
double-sided tape or glue dots.

The image will appear when you turn on the light and disappear
when the light is off. For a more intense effect, you can put your
photo on the outside of the shade so it is visible at all times.
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WE DON’T BLOW
Fly-by-Wire Gallery
You know ’em – they fall out of every magazine
on the rack. They’re called “blow-in cards”
By Derek Powazek
and they suck. They litter the aisles and annoy
For a couple of photographers, Heather
to be putting a lot of pressure on this
of pliers and pulled hard while Heather
magazine readers worldwide.
and I sure were lax about hanging prints
thing. I prefer to put the wire about
threaded it through the hook and
in the house. We looked around at our
eye-level, but your tastes may vary. Also,
wound it tight. Clip off any excess wire.
So we don’t use them. Instead, we just say
walls and saw prints we made in college,
in our house, the wall is made of a very
sTeP 7
which was the last time we bothered
flaky plaster, so to avoid crumbling, I
Now all you have to do is grab a
this: If you like this magazine – and we hope
to frame anything. There were millions
primed the hole using a small drill. Then
few of your favorite prints and clip them
of images sitting on our hard drives
screwing the eye hook in was easy: I
to the wire with the binder clips. Prints
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and a decent color printer in the office,
used a screwdriver for leverage.
on thick paper work best, as they’re
waiting to be used. All we needed was
sturdier. If your prints buckle, just use
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sTeP 4
a way to conveniently hang them. And
Level it! To find the placement
more clips! If your line sags, use fewer
our website without wasting any paper.
that’s when we came up with the idea
of the second eye hook, run a string
prints or try stringing it up tighter.
for the Fly-by-Wire Gallery.
from the hook you just placed to where
you think the other one will go. Then
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• A stud-finder (not a euphemism)
the string, and move the other side up
easy to change your in-house gallery
• Two eye hooks (2-3” long)
and down until you find the place where
show. Just take one photo out, slide
• A bubble level
it’s absolutely level. (This is especially
the rest around on the wire, and add as
• Framing wire and wire cutters
important in San Francisco where, after
needed!
• A dozen binder clips
a hundred years of earthquakes, you

For extra credit, hang two or three
• String, a screwdriver, pliers, gloves
can’t count on the floor to be level.)
wires on one wall, or break up one
photograph into multiple prints. Or
sTeP 1
sTeP 5
Locate a wall somewhere in
Screw the eye hook into the
have a gallery party and invite friends to
your house that you’d like to use. Make
right stud in the spot you identified.
bring prints to hang.
sure there’s a good amount of horizontal
Now you can remove the string from

Heather and I set our Fly-by-Wire
space and the light is good.
the first hook.
Gallery up a few years ago, and it’s
been very durable. All it needs is a little
sTeP 2
sTeP 6
Find them studs! Use the stud-
Insert the framing wire into
dusting every once in a while. And the
finder to find where the studs are in
one side and twist the remaining wire
best part is, there’s always someplace to
the wall. Locate one on each side of the
around until it’s tight (a pair of gloves
put our most recent favorite print.
wall, and mark them with pencil.
will save your fingers). Now you just
have to do the same thing on the
Derek Powazek is the cofounder and editor
sTeP 3 Screw an eye hook into the
opposite side while pulling the wire as
of JPG Magazine. He lives in San Francisco
left stud. Make sure you get all the way
taught as possible. To do this in our
with his lovely wife who just happens to be
through to the stud, because we’re going
house, I grabbed the wire with a pair
JPG’s other cofounder.
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Hughes Leglise-Bataille
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Steve Sype 3rd-eye.deviantart.com
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I am a freelance photographer in Anchorage,
I am made of million of pieces, always
I am a freelance portrait/documentary
I am an artist / photographer / musican that
Alaska.
searching and seeking, following echoes,
I’m a French amateur based in Paris. I’m
photographer based in London, UK.
makes a living drawing and applying tattoos.
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finding and losing. Photography is a way to
Frank Hamrick frankhamrick.com
doing mostly street photography and
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get through this process.
I grew up swinging on muscadine vines in the
photojournalism, both color and B&W.
Matthew Avignone
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Georgia woods. In the summers I helped my
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Justin Ulmer sevenapples.net
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papaw drill water wells. When I was ten, I
I am Justin.
I am a freshman studying Art with a
Joseph David josephdavidphotography.com
traded one of papaw’s hats for a camera. In
zohar Lindenbaum zoharlindenbaum.com
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jpgmag.com/people/jdimages99
concentration in Photography at Olivet
2001, Nexus Press published my photography
“A day that has gone will never return,”
Brandon Roosa brandonroosa.com
Nazarene University.
book, i found it when i stopped looking. I believe
says my mom. Once I fully understood the
I am Chinese food, Gonzaga Bulldogs,
Raina Vlaskovska
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Kosta Dimitrov photo-cult.com/brujo
soul is more important than skill.
meaning of this line, I increasingly found
Hitchcock, coffee, the Lakers, stencils,
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I am Kosta Dimitrov from Sliven, Bulgaria. I
myself drawn into photography, trying to
cameras, Thai food, Astoria Oregon, late
Flanegan Bainon flaneganb.net
am 21 years old. My English is not very well,
capture life in frames. Photography is the
nights, afternoon drives, King James, not
Brian Wallace
I am from North Borneo and one of the last
so that’s for the moment.
Warren Harold
only medium that could capture a single
working, and family.
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native Borneons who still live here. I love
moment in life and lock it motionless, true to
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snapping all kinds of pictures if something
the way it was, forever.
attracts and distracts me in opposite ways.
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I’m hanging out under the summer haze
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I am 38 yrs old, Mexican, amateur
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Patrick Evesque blog.patrickevesque.com
Hi I am Luis and I steal moments in time
photographer and gynecologist.
Psychedelic clouds full of galactic colors and
I am still pretty childish sometimes.
I’m 30 and live in Paris, France. I’m married
Trey Hill flickr.com/photos/squarerootofnine
and capture them in images. It is the only
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shape shifting sounds. Floating through fog
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and the four-year-old child’s father.
I am a believer in redemption, a fan of the
way I know to live my life.
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ordinary, a husband, a father, a guy who wants
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Vlad Birdu vladbirdu.fototarget.ro
to write the next great American screenplay, a
I am a photographer. I like to take picture.
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Dina Goldstein dinagoldstein.com
follower of Jesus.
Kevin Meredith flickr.com/photos/lomokev
I try really really hard to take excellent
Wilson Webb
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I’m a professional photographer who still
picture. I like you. Would you like to favorite
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Vincent Bitaud
loves to shoot for fun.
one of my picture?
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Michael Hughes hughes-photography.eu
Toni Moore
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Songkran Weerapong
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I am a 23-year-old street photographer based
I am in love with fiction.
in Paris, France.
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I am a single gal living in southwest
Andy Silvers
Creative and Special Lecturer, Rajabhat Suan
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I am an amateur photographer and
Michigan. I’m also a full-time preschool
I am a Senior Graphic Designer and
Dusit University, Bangkok.
professional photography student from
Manca Jevscek
teacher and spend most of my free time
photographer located in SW Virginia. My
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Marie-Maude Brunet
Altoona, IA. I shoot both digital and film
I am communication sciences student.
on photography. I find the most beauty in
photography interests are in fashion and
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photography, 35mm & 120. I enjoy shooting
simplicity.
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James Wendell eyeblink.net
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landscapes, street, candid, and most of all,
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Nicole Bruni
nature photography. I am a husband and
Eddy Joaquim
Native American blood line born and raised
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father of three. I love my family, I love life, I
I am aqui-ali.
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Paul Sparks
in Huntington, WV. I became interested in
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A good Italian thirtysomething girl with a
love Jesus, and I love photography.
I am firmly a digital photographer, though
photography around the age of 12 when I
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deep and abiding love for dogs, calamari, a
sometimes I wish for my lighter Pentax ME
found my dad’s old Polaroid Land camera. I
good stiff drink, and bald men. I am working
Michael King burningbridge.org
Rogelio Pereda flickr.com/photos/eyesman
Super. I take photos of whatever interests
graduated from The New England School of
on my technique, but I take pictures of
Alison Grippo inkcapture.com
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me, though I’ve been pegged a nature
Photography in 1998 and currently work at
things for fun, and for my sanity. I have a
I am a gal from New York with a camera. I
photographer. If you are a squirrel, you had
Magnum Photos NY.
high stress job and photography is my escape.
have been really lucky to be able to shoot
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better watch out.
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amazing situations and people from New
I am whatever you say I am.
I shoot professionally for a university and
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Orleans to New York Boxing. I’m represented
have a variety of commercial clients. I’m a
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by Jen Bekman, who is an enormous influence
bit of a purist in terms of how I work, no
Thomas Synnamon
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and good friend. I wish to do this all the
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lighting if at all possible, straightforward
I am a son, a brother, a lover, a friend.
time, all day long.
I used to be an editorial photographer
vision.
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Derrick Chang
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who learned the biz by being an assistant
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for photographers in the fashion industry
I am an amateur Canadian photographer
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in NYC. Now I specialize in Solutions in
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living in Hong Kong who enjoys traveling in
Telemedicine through the Internet.
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Mainland China.
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