woensdag, februari 23, 2005
Exclusief interview met Abbas!
De afgelopen week mocht ik, met de onmisbare hulp van NRC-correspondent Thomas Erdbrink, proberen de Iraanse fotojournalist Abbas (Magnum) wat interessante uitspraken te ontlokken. Hij bleek (als zoveel begaafde fotojournalisten) een man van weinig woorden, dus dat viel nog niet mee.
Welaan, leest!
Digital cameras are too big... I will move to digital for color only - as long as there is black and white film available. Film and paper will eventually become so expensive that analog photography will be used for art only... but I am no prophet.
The World Press Photo contest doesn't interest me. I never look up the winners. Photographers should take photos, not expect medals!
A photojournalist who copypastes objects into his pictures is no photojournalist.
The internet will eventually replace magazines... once they have figured out how to make it commercially viable. But I'm not too bothered by the future of magazines, my statements are my books.
Corbis and Getty Images may seem to be determined to swallow up most of the agencies around the world, but they are no threat to Magnum which is set up in such a way as it is impossible to buy it out.
A determined photographer can always find ways of taking photos and showing them, whatever the trend of the market, or the technology.
With the new technology, even a baboon can take good photos after 15 days - in fact it is probably humans who need 15 days, baboons could do with 10 days only.
My main advice to young people that want to become a photojournalist would be: Buy a good pair of shoes!
(En, gevraagd naar zijn eigen toekomstplannen:)
I always work on long term projects - the current one being about the importance religions are taking in the identity of nations.
Met veel dank aan Abbas, Thomas Erdbrink en Newsha Tavakolian.
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Welaan, leest!
Digital cameras are too big... I will move to digital for color only - as long as there is black and white film available. Film and paper will eventually become so expensive that analog photography will be used for art only... but I am no prophet.
The World Press Photo contest doesn't interest me. I never look up the winners. Photographers should take photos, not expect medals!
A photojournalist who copypastes objects into his pictures is no photojournalist.
The internet will eventually replace magazines... once they have figured out how to make it commercially viable. But I'm not too bothered by the future of magazines, my statements are my books.
Corbis and Getty Images may seem to be determined to swallow up most of the agencies around the world, but they are no threat to Magnum which is set up in such a way as it is impossible to buy it out.
A determined photographer can always find ways of taking photos and showing them, whatever the trend of the market, or the technology.
With the new technology, even a baboon can take good photos after 15 days - in fact it is probably humans who need 15 days, baboons could do with 10 days only.
My main advice to young people that want to become a photojournalist would be: Buy a good pair of shoes!
(En, gevraagd naar zijn eigen toekomstplannen:)
I always work on long term projects - the current one being about the importance religions are taking in the identity of nations.
Met veel dank aan Abbas, Thomas Erdbrink en Newsha Tavakolian.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 09:37
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