#31 THERE’S ONLY ONE YOU, BE IT!
Last night I got stuck down the YouTube rabbit hole – from which I just couldn’t escape. One of those times where on the right hand side of the app, the list of suggested titles looked so good, so inviting, I couldn’t seem to break away. I was without doubt at the algorithm’s mercy!
And it was all in response from a message I got from a photography acquaintance worrying about feeling they had got as far as they had could in photography and that they didn’t perhaps have the raw skills others seemed to have in abundance. You need no more than a cursory glance at this photographer’s website to wonder from where or why this feeling of inadequacy could even surface. Self doubt is an unwelcome visitor.
So ever the person to try and come up with something a mite more meaningful or interesting than simply just, ‘You’re great, maybe keep doing what you’re doing,’ I really wanted to have something with far more substance. I turned to YouTube and entered some search terms under ‘inspiration.’
At the start of the week I talked with the British photojournalist and portrait photographer Amelia Troubridge whose multi-faceted skills and approach to genre and style has seen her shoot everything from war through to celebrity portraits, work with Time Magazine and shoots for Jimmy Choo, Tatler and GQ. We’re going to finish off our interview segment of the show this week ahead of the Friday Photowalk tomorrow, with the second part of our chat. Today Amelia talks of a never ending battle with copyright, how photography has changed professionally, and how the outlet for photojournalism both in column inches and financially has shifted.
Image copyright Amelia Troubridge, not be used without permission
