Movie Week

 

I really enjoyed this week in our photography class. We spent the week watching videos on two very different photographers. The first of which was Joel Sartore. He is a photographer for National Geographic. He photographed in the areas of nature and photojournalism. The main focus of his video was to show the challenges of being a photojournalist. He, like many other photographers, had to spend long periods of time away from his family. This was very hard on his wife and kids. But his passion for photography prevailed. Despite the fact that he would sometimes be gone from home for so long that his family get used to him being gone, he still wanted to be out there taking pictures of parts of the world that not many get to see. Personally, I do not think I could do job quite like this one. I would love to travel to exotic locations around the world for my work like Sartore, but I want to have a family when I get older. I want to be able to watch my kids grow up. And as a photojournalist, I would not be able to do that. The second photographer we watched a video on was Richard Avedon. He started out his career as a fashion photographer but went on to specialize in portrait photography. Now, this man’s work can really be called art. The composition of his fashion work is beautiful and the emotion he captures in his portrait work is priceless. Avedon, to me, is quite the inspirational character. I do not have much to say about Avedon because there are not words to describe perfection. I have included in this post some of my favorite pictures by both Joel Sartore and Richard Avedon. Enjoy.

 

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