“A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.”
This episode is dedicated to explore the ‘serious’ side of photography as a craft. Most importantly it raises the question “why do you do it in the first place?” We asked 4 professional photographers in Los Angeles to share their story.
The full interview is available of YOUTUBE. For your convenience, here is the transcript of it as well.
Karina Dobra @karinadobraphoto : I would like to show something meaningful, something with a purpose, to raise awareness of the audience. Then, I would say, something beautiful as a fashion photography, with a certain stylistic. In my photography, that we should consume less than … We should … We shouldn’t be that dependent on technology and devices because basically what is happening now, technologies are replacing humans, so we no longer meet each other, we just text each other, FaceTime. We have billions of people living on the Earth, and then if everybody would consume that much, and waste that much, what would happen with the Earth in 100, 200 years time? We should think about it. That’s what I want to do with my photography. I want to … People to consider it and think about it.
Paul Capra @paulcapra : Today I focused on shooting something against the curve, something sort of new. Today was about insecurities, about impressing the wrong people, and how they view social media, and what young girls look up to to want to aspire to be as a model. I think people get the wrong impression looking at my work, most of the time. I think they feel as though … Some girls, I hear all the time talk about how they aren’t beautiful, yet they are, or they talk about their insecurities. Today kind of keyed in and focused on that topic. I feel like Sara was the perfect person, and it’s not like I was planning this project, it’s just someone I reached out to just a couple days ago, last minute, and I had some free time and I wanted to shoot her. But I wanted to do it in a unique way. I felt like on a more personable level, with social media, and loving yourself, as opposed to wanting to aspire to be some of the models on Instagram, who really live just a lonely life in general. Who are so infatuated with social media likes and comments and what they post, as opposed to actually being happy with themselves and loving what they’re doing.
Molly Pan @mollypanphotography : It’s really important to me that people know that they’re beautiful, and to celebrate that beauty. I think a lot of people go through life hiding, and hiding behind the camera. Basically like, “Oh, I’m going to lose 30 pounds and then you can take a picture of me.” I find beauty in all types of people, all sizes, all ages, all skin colors. I think that’s the message. I want to show people that they’re beautiful.
Bekah Wriedt @bekahwriedt : One of my goals in photography is to empower women. I feel like in this industry they tend to be very undervalued, and I value them and all that they’re capable of doing. I want to empower them and just speak life into them.
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