Behind the Lens
Visa pour l’image 2023 Perpignan
This annual photo journalism exhibition in Perpignan, France is a must if you find yourself in this part of the world in early September.
This is my second year and I’m sad it wasn’t on my radar sooner. I believe this is the 35th year??? While my children will still let me drag them around, I will make this an annual event for the family.
Wow, just wow there is the photography powerful. And as you make your way from gallery space to exhibition spaces throughout the city, you really get a grasp on the social issues that have affected the world this year. It is a current affairs lesson through beautiful photography - sad, scary, poignant, unbelievable yet so believable, the adjectives are many and the stories are so incredibly relevant.
A current narrative and a history lesson.
This quote above by William Faulkner says it so well. “The past is never dead. It’s not even the past.”
‘If you can’t do this, you’re in the wrong business’
If you are an avid street photographer fan and are looking to watch something good, don’t miss Cheryl Dunn’s excellent documentary on New York street photography, “Everybody Street.” It is already almost 10 years old but it is still so fresh.
The film features a who’s who of iconic NYC street photographers - it is an outstanding look into my favorite subject.
I included here part of the interview with Ricky Powell - and he sums up towards the end - in a great line about street photography how easy it is to have a camera on your at all times. Watch if you can, if not here’s the quote below. But it is much more fun hearing his NY accent and him demonstrating for the camera just how damn easy it is to have a camera on you at all times.
Perfection.
from Ricky Powell:
“There's no reason I shouldn't have a camera.
All I had to do was this.
If you can't do this, if this is too much,
then, ya know, I was in the wrong business”.
Everybody Street Instagram
Everybody Street Website