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EDITOR’S NOTE We are proud to bring you the second issue of Piquant 2015. The first issue was a success, and I would like to thank everyone that contributed towards making the magazine.It has been such a great experience and I have a great team backing me as we work together, reaching for greater heights. In the second issue we bring you “Portraiture� as the theme of this month, we have interviews with amazing photographers, whom we are delighted and lucky to have featured in the magazine. Human faces have always captivated us, and there is nothing more interesting than looking at a portrait and getting drawn towards them. One needs special people skills to be a great portrait photographer. I, for one, personally feel that portraiture is by far the toughest genre of photography, as it takes patience and discipline. Just seeing a face and photographing it, is not what makes a great portrait, it is the story behind that face and being able to capture the character of a person that truly makes for a good portrait. I really hope everyone enjoys this issue and the work done by the students. It is an honour for my team and I to bring you Piquant for the second time.
Ts h u l t h r i m N . W a n g d i
ANKUR KARKAR Photo Editor
NIKHIL CHIVTE Sub - Editor
THE TEAM
NAVEEN KADAM Creative Director
LIKHITA MURALIKRISHNA Copywriter
Special Thanks to Brijesh Chiranjeevi and Tanisha Chaube
CHIEF EDITOR - TSHULTHRIM N. WANGDI SUB - EDITOR - NIKHIL CHIVTE PHOTO EDITOR - ANKUR KARKAR CREATIVE DIRECTOR - NAVEEN KADAM
PUBLISHER - BHARAT BHIRANGI SUPPORTING FACULTY - CHANDRAKANT KUMAR MAYURESH MOGHE SHILPA SUCHAK MADHUSUDAN TAWDE SUPPORTING STAFF - APARNA PAWAR SURESH GORAD DIPAK PATIL EQUIPMENT TEAM - DILIP GHAG SHIRISH ZINGADE SAMBHAJI MOHITE
SPECIAL THANKS TO
RAJAN CHAUGHULE, DIRECTOR and BHARATI VIDYAPEETH SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, PUNE
EDITORS’ CHOICE Ian Ruhter With the advent of the digital era, photography that began as an art form for Ian Ruhter, had evolved into something less personal and true. As his career progressed, he lost sight of the old way of making images. On his journey of discovery, he began working with a 19th century process called ‘WET PLATE COLLODION’ that would take his art and life in a new direction. To begin, Ian Ruther converted a van into a camera. He now uses a process where his images get formed on a glass plate. This was a process developed in the 1880s. He now drives his camera van around America making images like you’ve never seen before.
Marilyn Manson I chose Marilyn Manson this time as part of the editors’ choice for what he said in an interview with Henry Rollins. And I quote him “If people really stopped and realized how much art and creative people move the world versus politics and religion I mean it’s not even up for debate. An artist at least creates things, puts things in the world, where as these other people are destroying things taking things out of the world. I think that’s always been the point of politics to suppress that because they are afraid of it, and they know that it is true. “
TROLL PAGE When photographers say… I work primarily with natural light. They actually mean… My flash exposures are awful. Seriously, they’re awful. When photographers say… I love the way that you’ve processed your photos. They actually mean… I’d love to copy that look – can you tell me how you did it? When photographers say… I prefer to work in the black and white medium. They actually mean… Man, I love the way I can rescue my bad exposures with a black and white conversion. Hopefully my burnt-out highlights and clipped shadows won’t be quite so obvious now. When photographers say… I’m completely self-taught They actually mean… Hell, if you don’t think my pictures are any good now, you should have seen them a few years ago, before I read a photography magazine!
When photographers say… I miss film. They actually mean… Everyone’s a photographer these days! And generally, they’re really good… If the photo you are posting to Facebook is the very top of a mountain, and that mountain is stealthy and cunning, it is a “Sneak Peak.” If it’s anything other than that, it’s a “Sneak PEEK.” If you have to buy a pre-made photography workshop kit, you probably shouldn’t be teaching photography to others. The hand that holds the camera will turn into a claw after a wedding. You will have a Lego Person hand. Don’t be alarmed by this. Accepting a RUSH order is a lot like going into labor: while you’re in the middle of it, you swear you will NEVER do it again, but, sure enough, you do. It doesn’t matter what size a client wears, if you do your job right, they’re going to love their images. The more wine I drink while I edit, the more Fine Art my work becomes.
When photographers say… I’m thinking of going full-frame They actually mean… I believe that a full-frame camera will instantly allow me Photographers steal other photographers work because to make professional-looking pictures. I know, tell me they are incapable of creating it themselves…or too lazy about it! That’s what I’m telling my wife/husband/part- to learn how. ner, anyway. You will book more sessions from the recommendations When photographers say… of a happy client who was pleased you respected her The light’s just not right wishes and didn’t post her images online than you will They actually mean… from the client you never booked because you simply I’m all out of ideas. I don’t know what to take pictures of couldn’t agree to their privacy request. in this light. If after only a few years in business, you walked away When photographers say… from a “successful photography business that was growI’m out of memory! ing rapidly” so that you could become a “business coach,” They actually mean… I probably don’t want you to be coaching me on business. Look, everyone! Look at how much of an enthusiast I am – I’ve filled 16GB in an hour! Photographers making money off photographers is the New Black When photographers say… I started to take photography seriously three years ago. They actually mean… I bought my first DSLR three years ago.
Now You See Her
By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Nina Bloom thought lies would keep her safe. She thought they would shelter her daughter. She thought she could start over…She thought wrong. Her big secret began 18 years ago, long enough to let bygones be bygones until an innocent man is framed, and only she can set him free. Struggling with coming to terms with her past and allowing someone she knew well to be put behind bars, Nina takes a walk down memory lane. A story of murder and mystery, keeps you turning the pages. It begins with the current day, portraying her as a single working mother trying her very best to make her daughter’s life as normal as possible. Until shocking news of her past rocks the seemingly normal life she has built. Risking it all, she faces her past…the outcome, I would say, takes a turn for the better. We follow her journey filled with fear and self discovery until the very end of the book, leaving you completely satisfied with the author. It has everything a good book needs in my opinion, strong characters all in sync with each other and a surprise at every turn! Just as you think you’ve figured out the plot, Patterson shows you how wrong you can be. It was, I must say, one of the best James Patterson books I’ve read and definitely recommend it to any one who enjoys a good murder mystery.
Reviewed by: Tanisha Chaube
STUDENTS’ PERSONAL WORK
Photographer - Yeri Yash Sanjeev
Photographer - Sulove Khaitan
Photographer - Tshulthrim N. Wangdi
Photographer - Kirthi Kumar
Photographer - Durgesh Kumar
Photographer - Kavan Chaudhari
Photographer - Tshulthrim N. Wangdi
Photographer - Sulove Khaitan
Photographer - Brijesh Chiranjeevi
Photographer - Yadnyesh Joshi
Photographer - Nikhil Chivte
Travelling while playing state level vollyball showed me new people and vistas, inspiring me to shoot them and driving me to photography. Capturing human nuance makes me beam and portraiture is where my heart lies. I am also fascinated by how a simple garment creates such stunning imagery and I see myself as a fashion and people photographer who will give back to his alma mater.
Akshay Sabale Batch of 2012-2014
1. You seem to be more inclined towards portraits and being able to capture amazing faces so, why portraiture? What is it that pulls you towards this genre of photography? - Yes, you guessed right. I am indeed more inclined towards portraits. A portrait is a means of expression, it speaks the artists’ heart out. Portrait photography is more spectacular than other genres of photography, whose fame and importance diminishes day by day, while portraits remain the same. The older they get the greater they are.
What is it that you look for in an image when you shoot? - I try my best to make my images more expressive, so that they are timeless.
You seem to have been able to shoot a lot of celebrities and big names in Bollywood. How do you manage to do so and create such stunning images? - Shooting with celebrities is a tough job for a new comer. Firstly it is of paramount importance to establish trust between the photographer and the subject. Technical aspects are just as important for stunning images.
You’re from a small town in Maharashtra. How has the journey been so far? - Yes I am from a small town but, the journey of my life has been like a movie, even though I was a bit weak in academics and I have always maintained a ‘never quit attitude’.
You have worked really hard on your portfolio and getting awarded the second prize as one of the best photographers. Whats the feeling like? - Yes, it was like a dream come true. It feels great to enjoy the fruit of your labour.
Now that you have graduated from BVSP, what is going on in your life? - Yes, I’m looking forward to the real journey of my life, and I have made a pact with myself to be a great image maker and to prove myself.
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographer - Durgesh Kumar
Photographer - Yeri Yash Sanjeev
Photographer - Durgesh Kumar
Photographer - Yeri Yash Sanjeev
Photographer - Yadnyesh Joshi Photographer - Keerti Kumar
Photographer - Naveen Kadam
Cell Phone Photography
Photographer - Sulove Khaitan
Photographer - Kirthi Kumar
Photographer - Kirthi Kumar
Photographer - Kavan Chaudhari
Photographer - Kavan Chaudhari
Photographer - Kavan Chaudhari
Photographer - Durgesh Kumar
Photographer - Tshulthrim N. Wangdi
Rashmi Bhargawa Batch - 2012-2014 A lifelong attraction to photographs led this ameature artiste to consider them as art. Photography was always a serious hobby that I complemented by learning animation and photography while graduation in Fine Art. I don’t see my being restricted to a particular genre, but I’d like to focus on increasing my skill in product and still life photography.
Cyanotype is a camera less photography or
at the highest resolution to increase the size
you can say it’s an alternative photography.
of my print.
It includes a chemical process in which two
chemicals, ammonium ferric citrate and
difficult at the beginning because you need
potassium ferric cyanide, are used.
to maintain the pressure of the brush while
For the process first, the chemicals are
coating the paper. But once you start with
dissolved in water to make a solution and
this process it’s a lot of fun because you
the paper is coated in it, it is then exposed
never know what the result will be until you
under UV light like the sun. We can expose
wash the paper. The best part of this process
it according to the exposure we have taken,
is you cannot make multiple copies of the
so wherever the shadows drop, that part
image like you do with a digital camera, so
remains white. The paper is then washed
every image is unique and different. We can
under running water and dried for 15mins.
even create depth in the image by placing
Once the image dries completely, the image
the objects at different levels.
you get is the final image.
We can use different materials for this
method because it’s an old, manual process.
process but I used 250-300gsm paper;
Working with this technique, unlike today
I also used HMI, because it is an artificial
where everything is digitized helped me
source of UV light. I scanned the final images
understand a different realm of photography.
Working with this process was a bit
I really enjoyed working with this
If Featured life hadn’t interfered, I’d be wasting away in a cubicle, Photographer wondering why I’d done an MBA. Intead, BVSP opened the door for turning my passion into a profession. Music and arts have always inspired me and the people I’ve met here are driving me on towards my dream of shooting advertisement, product and still life campaigns while also indulging in my love for conceptual photography.
Manas Anjaria Batch - 2012-2014
THE PLAY OF LIGHT
BY YADNYESH JOSHI
My photographs have been influenced from the works of Uta Barth, Her work with light and its effects on different surfaces is what appealed to me. This is a series that I made on a lazy Sunday morning, when I looked at the light coming from the window and the patterns that it made on the walls. I kept shooting all day long, well into the sunset carefully observing and understanding the play of light. It always excites me to see light and spaces, which in the end, help me improve my observational skills.
ALBUS ATRUM 2015 At the 2015 Albus Atrum, that was held in Nehru auditorium in Mumbai, we had the chance to witness some amazing work by the batch of 2015 from BVSP. The exhibition showed a lot of variation of work, it was more than fashion and more than product. After a lot of deliberation the faculty came up with 4 students for the top honours. The number one spot went to Apeksha Maker whose work ranged from fashion to still life. The second spot went to the ever so determined Akshay Sabale whose portraits managed to capture the essence of the subject he was photographing.
There was a tie for third place between Manas Anjaria and Likhita Muralikrishna. Manas, in his portfolio showed good people skills in his portrait work as well as with photographing dancers. Likhita’s still life work was quite bold and graphic. She produced some amazing work which was well conceptualized and executed. The exhibition is a forum for all the students of BVSP to showcase their work at the end of their academic year. We take great pride in the work they’ve put forward and it is only a matter of time before they make their mark in the industry.
35 Magnum Photographers Give Their Advice to Aspiring Photographers Eric Kim found the advice that these Magnum photographers was golden–and has shared it here to spread the love and knowledge. Keep reading to see their inspirational advice.
Abbas What advice would you give young photographers? Get a good pair of walking shoes and…fall in love Alec Soth What advice would you give young photographers? Try everything. Photojournalism, fashion, portraiture, nudes, whatever. You won’t know what kind of photographer you are until you try it. During one summer vacation (in college) I worked for a bornagain tabletop photographer. All day long we’d photograph socks and listen to Christian radio. That summer I learned I was neither a studio photographer nor a born-again Christian. Another year I worked for a small suburban newspaper chain and was surprised to learn that I enjoyed assignment photography. Fun is important. You should like the process and the subject. If you are bored or unhappy with your subject it will show up in the pictures. If in your heart of hearts you want to take pictures of kitties, take pictures of kitties. Alex Majoli What advice would you give young photographers? I would advise to read a lot of literature and look as little as possible other photographers. Work everyday even without assignments or money, work, work, work with discipline for yourself and not for editors or awards. And also collaborate with people not necessary photographers but people you admire. The key word to learn is participation! Alex Webb What advice would you give young photographers? Photograph because you love doing it, because you absolutely have to do it, because the chief reward is going to be the process of doing it. Other rewards — recognition, financial remuneration — come to so few and are so fleeting. And even if you are somewhat successful, there will almost inevitably be stretches of time when you will be ignored, have little income, or — often — both. Certainly there are many other easier ways to make a living in this society. Take photography on as a passion, not a career. Alessandra Sanguinetti What advice would you give young photographers? I could use some good advice myself…but first thing that springs to mind is Bob Dylan’s’: “keep a good head and always carry a light bulb.”
Bruce Gilden What advice would you give young photographers? My advice: “Photograph who you are!” Carl De Keyzer What advice would you give young photographers? Give it all you got for at least 5 years and then decide if you got what it takes. Too many great talents give up at the very beginning; the great black hole looming after the comfortable academy or university years is the number one killer of future talent. Christopher Anderson What advice would you give young photographers? Forget about the profession of being a photographer. First be a photographer and maybe the profession will come after. Don’t be in a rush to make pay your rent with your camera. Jimi Hendrix didn’t decide on the career of professional musician before he learned to play guitar. No, he loved music and and created something beautiful and that THEN became a profession. Larry Towell, for instance, was not a “professional” photographer until he was already a “famous” photographer. Make the pictures you feel compelled to make and perhaps that will lead to a career. But if you try to make the career first, you will just make shitty pictures that you don’t care about. Chris Steele-Perkins What advice would you give young photographers? 1) Never think photography is easy. It’s like poetry in that it’s easy enough to make a few rhymes, but that’s not a good poem. 2) Study photography, see what people have achieved, but learn from it, don’t try photographically to be one of those people 3) Photograph things you really care about, things that really interest you, not things you feel you ought to do. 4) Photograph them in the way you feel is right, not they way you think you ought to 5) Be open to criticism, it can be really helpful, but stick to you core values 6) Study and theory is useful but you learn most by doing. Take photographs, lots of them, be depressed by them, take more, hone your skills and get out there in the world and interact. Constantine Manos What advice would you give young photographers? Try not to take pictures, which simply show what something looks like. By the way you put the elements of an image together in a frame show us something we have never seen before and will never see again. And remember that catching a moment makes the image even more unique in the stream of time. Also, try to do workshops with photographers whose work you admire, but first ask around to make sure they are good teachers as well as good photographers. Taking good pictures is easy. Making very good pictures is difficult. Making great pictures is almost impossible.
David Alan Harvey What advice would you give young photographers? You must have something to “say”. You must be brutally honest with yourself about this. Think about history , politics, science, literature, music, film, and anthropology. What affects does one discipline have over another? What makes “man” tick? Today , with everyone being able to easily make technically perfect photographs with a cell phone, you need to be an “author”. It is all about authorship, authorship and authorship. Many young photographers come to me and tell me their motivation for being a photographer is to “travel the world” or to “make a name” for themselves. Wrong answers in my opinion. Those are collateral incidentals or perhaps even the disadvantages of being a photographer. Without having tangible ideas , thoughts, feelings, and something almost “literary” to contribute to “the discussion”, today’s photographer will become lost in the sea of mediocrity. Photography is now clearly a language. As with any language, knowing how to spell and write a gramatically correct “sentence” is , of course, necessary. But, more importantly, today’s emerging photographers now must be “visual wordsmiths” with either a clear didactic or an esoteric imperitive. Be a poet, not a technical “writer”. Perhaps more simply put, find a heartfelt personal project. Give yourself the “assignment” you might dream someone would give you. Please remember, you and only you will control your destiny. Believe it, know it, say it. Donovan Wylie What advice would you give young photographers? Never stop enjoying it. Try and not “look” for pictures but keep yourself always open and allow yourself to be stimulated by whatever hits you. Work towards a goal…book, exhibition… but more importantly work towards finding your own voice, your subject and your application. Accept that your work is more about you than what you represent, try to bridge that balance, without resorting to photographing your feet! In other words try and translate personal experience into a collective one, it is very possible and I think the key quest of any art form…(study the book “Waffenruhe” by Michael Schmidt) – study all the great photographers and love doing it, start at the beginning, look at early American, and German, then French, then take a close look at artists using photography in the sixties, Rusha etc. Don’t get bogged down in theory, but respect it, read Robert Adams on Photography, in fact embrace Robert Adams generally and you will learn a lot. Read literature, especially early Russian, French and modern American, (and Irish, Joyce), the journey literature has taken as an art form in terms of description and representation is very similar to photography. Don’t rely on style for the sake of it, if you have your own subject, you can adopt other peoples styles if it helps, and visa versa, if you photograph something every one has, then adopt an style, execution, that can only be yours, eventually you will achieve both, your own voice will come through, but it can take time. Study the book ‘How You Look at It’…Important essays there will help you. Always try and be honest with yourself… for example, is the idea of being a photographer more exciting to you than photography itself, if this is true think about becoming an actor... if you genuinely love photography don’t give it up. Understand and enjoy the fact that photography is a unique medium. Respect and work within photography’s limitations, you will go much further.
David Hurn What advice would you give young photographers? Don’t become a photographer unless its what you ‘have’ to do. It can’t be the easy option. If you become a photographer you will do a lot of walking so buy good shoes. Dennis Stock What advice would you give young photographers? Young photographers should learn their craft well and don’t expect to make a constant living at taking pictures. But they should FOLLOW THEIR BLISS. Find time to pursue themes that indicate their concerns, big and small. Above all when shooting, MAKE AN ARTICULATE IMAGE. Eli Reed What advice would you give young photographers? Stop talking theory when a camera is in their your and do not over-think the image. Lose the ego and let the photograph find you. Observe the life moving like a river around you and realize that the images you make may become part of the collective history of the time that you are living in. Elliott Erwitt What advice would you give young photographers? Learn the craft (which is not very hard). Carefully study past work of photographers and classic painters. Look and learn from movies. See where you can fit in as a “commercial” photographer. Commercial: meaning working for others and delivering a product on command. But most of all keep your personal photography as your separate hobby. If you are very good and diligent it just may pay off. Lise Sarfati What advice would you give young photographers? Read a lot and create your own universe. Learn how to construct and create a series. Do not be impressed by other works. Try to innovate or simply to be yourself. Martine Franck What advice would you give young photographers? My advice to photographers is to get out there in the field and take photographs but also if they are students to finish their course, learn as many languages as possible, go to movies, read books visit museums, broaden your mind. Harry Gruyaert What advice would you give young photographers? Be yourself, Don’t copy anybody.
Hiroji Kubota What advice would you give young photographers? Study the works of the greatest photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Andre Kertesz. Try to travel to many parts of the world and understand what a diverse world we live in. John Vink What advice would you give young photographers? Don’t stop questioning yourself (it’ll make you less arrogant). Push. Push, scratch, dig… Push further… And stop when you don’t enjoy it anymore… But most of all respect those you photograph… Jonas Bendiksen What advice would you give young photographers? Throw yourself off a cliff. Figuratively speaking, I mean. Photography is a language. Think about what you want to use it to talk about. What are you interested in? What questions do you want to ask? Then, go for it, and throw yourself into talking about that topic, using photography. Make a body of work about that. Larry Towell What advice would you give young photographers? Be yourself and look outside of yourself. Mark Power What advice would you give young photographers? Although there are far more people trying to ‘be photographers’ than there were in those heady days of 1980, there are also far more opportunities. Gone are the days, thankfully, when a commercial assignment, or even a picture in a newspaper, can damage the chance of gallery representation. Yet what is clear is that a number of ‘good pictures’ are no longer enough; today it has to be about ideas, and about the intent of the work. If you have something to say, and even better you have an innovative way of saying it then opportunities are out there. I sense that photography is concerning itself with real issues again. For some time much of photography seemed to be about itself, and while this was fine, and interesting in some cases, it’s not what photography is really good at. Understand this by familiarising yourself with the rich and wonderful history of our medium. Be proud of it, what it has, and what it can, achieve. Don’t try and reinvent the wheel. Be inspired. Try and copy, if you like (because no one can). Find a subject you care about. Something that moves you. Something which stirs your rawest emotions. And then have patience.
Martin Parr What advice would you give young photographers? Find something you are passionate about, and shoot your way through this obsession with elegance and you will have potential great project. Mikhael Subotzky What advice would you give young photographers? Stick to one project for a long time. And keep working on it through many stages of learning, even if it might feel finished. Its the only way to break through what I think are some vital lessons that need to be learnt about story-telling and how to combine images. Olivia Arthur What advice would you give young photographers? My main piece of advice for young photographers who have just come out of college is to get away from the ‘hubs’ of photography like London and New York. There are so many photographers touting their portfolios round in places like this that people end up fighting to do jobs that are not what they really want, just to make ends meet. It’s the kind of environment that doesn’t fuel anyone’s creativity (well mostly anyway…). My advice: go out and do the things they really want to before getting tied in…if they don’t take the risk at the beginning they’ll find it much harder to come back and take it later on. Paolo Pellegrin What advice would you give young photographers? I believe photography – like many other things one does in life – is the exact expression of who one is at a given moment: every time you compose and release the shutter you give voice to your thoughts and opinions of the world around you. So other than the obvious patience (photography is a complex medium, a voice which requires time to develop) and perseverance and the necessary humility when dealing with others, I would recommend working to become a more developed and informed individual, a more knowledgeable and engaged citizen. This will translate into a deeper more complex understanding of the world around you, and ultimately into a richer and more meaningful photography. Patrick Zachmann What advice would you give young photographers? You have to fight for beeing a photographer! More seriously, my advice for young poeple is to go to exhibitions, to see books and try to do a personal project which they feel they have a unique approach of it because they are close the subject and need to express and understand urgently things about it. Photography has something to do for me, like with Diane Arbus, with oneself through the others and with unconsciousness (sorry for my English: I mean “l’inconscient”) a psychoanalytic approach. I will answer to a third question because it’s linked with above: why did you become a photographer? I be-
came a photographer because I don’t have memory. It took me quite a long time to understand that trough my personal researches (“Inquest of identity or a Jew in search of his memory”, “Chile. The roads of the memory”, “My father’s memory,” etc…), I was looking for the “missing” pictures. Making my book “Inquest of identity”, I found out that my aunt-my father’s sister who was a Nazi camp survivor- had at her home a picture of my grand-parents deported and killed in Auschwitz that my father never showed to us. Thanks photography, I met my father’s parents that I never knew. That’s what I like with photography. It helps me to understand myself and the past through the present. Peter Marlow What advice would you give young photographers? Be yourself, get up early, and don’t try too hard, as whatever is trying to come out will come eventually without any effort, learn to trust your instincts and don’t think about what others will think or about the process too much. Work hard but enjoy it. Steve McCurry What advice would you give young photographers? If you want to be a photographer, you have to photograph. If you look at the photographers’ work you admire, you will find that they have found a particular place or subject, and then have dug deep into it, and carved out something that is special. That takes a lot of dedication, passion, and work. Stuart Franklin What advice would you give young photographers? Follow your heart and never give up. Susan Meiselas What advice would you give young photographers? Dig in and follow your instincts and trust your curiosity Thomas Dworzak What advice would you give young photographers? Try live something intense, at home, abroad… it does not matter. It has to be passionate. And once you know the basics forget about photography. Thomas Hoepker What advice would you give young photographers? Avoid all photo schools and courses. Most will give you lofty ideas and twist your mind in one direction. Find your own way to photography, nobody will ask you later if you have a diploma. Visit as many museums as you possibly can. The images you see (painted, drawn, etched or photographed) will stay with you for the rest of your life. They will help you to discover good pictures in real life. Suppress any silly ambitions of becoming a great artist. Being a good photographer is difficult enough.
Trent Parke What advice would you give young photographers? To photograph what is closest to you and the things that you enjoy and have an interest in. Make the whole process as fun and least difficult as possible.
Source: http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2011/09/26/35-magnum-photographers-give-their-advice-to-aspiring-photographers/
Behind the Image
This portrait was taken by Philippe Halsman (1906-1979), a photographer who was able to escape Nazi Germany with Albert Einsteins’ help. This portrait was taken while in conversation with Einstein in 1947. During this conversation, Halsman asked Einstein if he believed there could ever be lasting peace. They also spoke about the bombing in Japan and Einstein felt very guilty for what had happened. Below , is a copy of the first page of the letter that Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, alerting him about the potential of “extremely powerful bombs of a new type.” This was the letter that set the Manhattan Project into motion. As a side note, though this was a matter of utmost urgency, it took two months for the letter to be finally delivered to the President.
Image source: http://www.jamespreller.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/einsteinletter2.jpg Article source: http://www.jamespreller.com/2011/08/18/einsteins-eyes-chilling-story-behind-the-famous-photograph/