PORTFOLIO Creative Documentary and Photojournalism by Magnum & Speos 2020
patrick woelffer
justified or misrepresented Are their actions justified, or are they misrepresented? Hard working men and women risk their lives to help people and bring order to the chaos in the s t r e e t s o f Pa r i s . M a n y p e o p l e s e e t h e m a s a g g r e s s i v e , violent people taking advantage of the position they a r e i n a n d o t h e r s s e e t h e m a s p e o p l e d o i n g t h e i r j o b. The police has been put there to keep the demonstration under control and to protect both bystanders and streets. Most of the demonstrators join the demonstrations to show their view point in hopes of ch a n g e, b u t o t h e r s a r e t h e r e t o a d d f u e l t o t h e f i r e. I
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b e t w e e n D e c e m b e r a n d Fe b r u a r y, t o s e e f o r m y s e l f w h a t i t i s r e a l l y l i k e . To s e e h o w t h e r e a l i t y c o m p a r e s t o w h a t o t h e r s s a y a b o u t t h e s t r e e t s I j u s t m o v e d t o. Displayed in this portfolio are photographs I have taken showing some of my encounters. These photos were taken prior to the global black l i v e s m a t t e r m o v e m e n t f o l o w i n g G e o r g e F l o y d ’s d e a t h .
BIO
B o r n i n M e x i c o, r a i s e d i n S p a i n , h a l f G e r m a n a n d 2 3 ye a r s o f a g e. I s t a r t e d my p h o t o g r a p hy c a r e e r i n London 2019 and currently study creative document a r y & p h o t o j o u r n a l i s m i n t h e c i t y o f Pa r i s w h e r e I a l s o f r e e l a n c e. M y p a s s i o n fo r p h o t o g r a p hy s t a r t e d i n 2008 with a disposable Kodak film camera and have progressed onto a Canon DSLR as well as upgraded to a non disposable Canon AE-1 Program. The first three years of my life were spent on two different islands in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pa c i f i c . I r e m a i n e d m o s t o f m y c h i l d h o o d o n a n o t h er island in the Mediterranean and since lived in Austria, Germany and England where I graduated high school, studied industrial design and worked. Tr a v e l d o c u m e n t a r y a n d p h o t o j o u r n a l i s m i s u p n e x t . P h o t o g r a p h w h a t I s e e a n d s h o w t h e r e a l i t y. Pa t r i c k Wo l f f e r
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