Post on 17-Jul-2015
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The Importance of Photographing People
Paul Strand Quote
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The artist's world is limitless.It can be found anywhere far from where he lives
or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
Quote from Paul Strand
Beginnings
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Henry Fox Talbot1800 – 1877
Key Inventor of Photography
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Henry Fox Talbot1800 – 1877
Key Inventor of Photography
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The birth of photographyView from the Window at Le Gras Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 1822
Key Inventor of Photography
NADARGaspard-Félix Tournachon 1820–1910portrait photographer extraordinaire
Franz Liszt
NADARGaspard-Félix Tournachon
portrait photographer extraordinaire
The Photographer’s Mother
NADARGaspard-Félix Tournachon
portrait photographer extraordinaire
Gustave Dore
NADARGaspard-Félix Tournachon
portrait photographer extraordinaire
Charles Baudelaire
NADARGaspard-Félix Tournachon 1820–1910portrait photographer extraordinaire
Sarah Bernhardt
Julia Margaret Cameron1815 - 1879
Ellen Terry 1864Carbon print
Julia Margaret Cameron1815 - 1879
Tennyson
Eugene Atget
Eugene Atget
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Irving Penn 1917–2009The Small Trades
The Coal Man
Irving Penn 1917–2009The Small Trades
Chimney Sweep
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Young Boy, Ecuador 1989Originally shot with Kodak TriX film
Scanned on Imacon Uploaded into Lightroom as high res TIFF
Then over to Silver Efex for finishing touches
Workflow Three using Lightroom®4, Silver Efex and Photoshop
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“Photographers deal in things which are
continually vanishing and when they have
vanished there is no contrivance on earth
which can make them come back again.”
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Documentthe Past
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Berenice Abbott
Placa de la Revolucion, Habana, Cuba
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Children of the Revolution, Habana, Cuba
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Eugene Atget
Celebrate diversity
Maestro Esteban ValdezSan Miguel d’ Allende, Mexico
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Adegboyega Najeem Hammed
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www. comManuel Alvarez Bravo
Create Legacy
Michelle
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Connect peopleBuild community
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Communicate feelingsand create empathy
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Brothers, Yucatan, Mexico
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Mayan Girl
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Convey a Sense of
Mystery
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Inishmore, Aran IslandsRepublic of Ireland
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Los Golondrinas
Ecuador
Eugene Atget
Explore and reveal identity
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1. Be prepared.
2. Be comfortable.
3. Be respectful.
4. Talk to/connect with the subject.
5. Get closer to the subject if possible.
6. Photograph people at work or engaged in their daily tasks.
7. Make the picture as if it matters.
8. Study the masters.
Michael O’Brien’s Tips for improving your photographs of people
To create a narrative or tell a story….
and now abrief slideshow
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Brazil
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Cuba
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Mexico
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Ecuador
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First Nations
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