The eyes have it
Portraits from Asia 2007 - 2009
de Philip J. Bigg
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Acerca del libro
Taking someone's photograph is an invasion of their personal space.
I have a shoot first, plead ignorance afterwards approach.
Asking first will kill the moment and destroy what may have been a great photograph.
The eyes are said to be the gateway to the soul, whereby you'll always tell a person's well-being through their eyes. Another belief is that taking a person's photo means that you're stealing or taking away part of their soul.
As a photographer I'm always having a personal battle with myself that I'm doing wrong. That I'm being too intrusive.
On my first trip to India in 1987 a Tibetan man ran after me asking if I'd taken his photograph. He looked so threatening that I said I hadn't. Pre-digital he couldn't check, but that stood me in good stead for always being wary whenever I raised my camera to my eye.
You can normally tell if someone doesn't want their photograph taken. They will look or turn away, gesture or swear at you. Or even throw objects. That's a certain No.
I always respect that and walk away.
For this book I have selected images where I obtained the person's permission first. Mostly.
I regard these as some of my finest images. I have engaged with my subject and made a connection with them.
Some days it doesn't always work out. Maybe I'm lacking self confidence or in the wrong mood. There's no point shooting on those days.
Nations have different attitudes to being photographed. Some are more photo friendly than others. India has always embraced photographers. Which is probably why I've returned there on six occasions and shot 20% of this book there.
Características y detalles
- Categoría principal: Viajes
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Características: Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
N.º de páginas: 80 - Fecha de publicación: oct. 19, 2010
- Idioma English
- Palabras clave hong kong, travel, photography, asia, people, places, portraits, beauty, art, eyes, thailand, taiwan, japan, india, cambodia, laos, vietnam, china, burma, singapore, photos, stunning, beautiful, attractive, tourism
Acerca del creador
Philip specialises in portraits and travel photography. He has been a professional photographer for over 20 years since completing a Creative Arts degree from Manchester Metropolitan University. Philip’s ultimate passion is travel photography. Throughout the majoroty of 2008/2009, he visited 14 countries in South-East Asia over a 21 month period. He is particularly interested in popular subcultures and capturing alternative travel imagery on the Asian streets such as the hill tribes in northern Vietnam or Japanese fashion victims in Harajuku. Philip’s work has won prestigious Kodak and Kentmere Industry awards and been regularly exhibited and published worldwide. His images are stocked by Alamy Images. He has an MA in Cultural Studies and has curated photographic exhibitions entitled “Who Are We?” and “World Cup London 2010” for the PM Gallery, the largest art gallery in west London. He is Creative Director at Velvet Goldmine Studio, Brighton.