And a random shot of a person on the street would be boring...the magic lies in capturing a photo that tells a true story in single moment...
There are some technical problems with this photo, but this is an example of what I am referring to...
What are the cabbies laughing at?
What is wrong with the car?
What is the guy in the jeep talking about with his counterpart?
There are 2-3 stories in this one photo. This isn\'t easy to do...
You may not appreciate it, but I appreciate the genuine nature of this type of photo versus some cheesy ass portrait or the \"everyone has this shot\" landscape photo...
Standard portraits don\'t often tell a story, neither do landscapes. And, in the remote chance they do, it is most often (though not always) contrived and staged. There is a genuine story in this shot...and no one else in the world told it but me. It may not be earth shattering...but it is my story. I know there are much better ones out there so I continue the hunt...it is documentary photography after all...
Mar 05, 2013 at 09:56 PM
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