#167 WAR, COUNTRY SHOWS & GETTING PERSONAL
Today, 'embracing opportunity,' meet Ian Forsythe, former army photographer now news, social, commercial and even events photographer whose story telling skills have been working overtime in 2020. We talk about what part 'the stringer' plays in creating news photo stories for Getty, why being able to photograph a variety of subjects and genres may be the best way ahead professionally in 2021 and a personal story made about his father's battle with Parkinson's disease.
Our patron of the day and thank you for your support goes to a good friend and supporter of this show, Zeeshan Khan. Regulars to these editions; you will most likely know his name but have you seen his work? In his site introduction, Zeeshan writes; “Visual poetry through photography. Streets through the lens of an architecture lover.” Yesterday my guest LA photographer Bjoern Kommerell talked about breaking rules and I think there’s a strong element of that in Zeeshan’s fabulous minimalism project. If you’re a patron, please please please be sure to send in a couple of your links with any projects you may be working on too, so that I can share it on the Monday and Wednesday editions in future. Send them from the messaging facility within the Patreon app.
Also today's show is supported by the camera gear people, MPB.com, the number one platform for buying, selling and trading used gear in the States and Europe. The company was founded in the UK by Matt Barker because he knew there had to be a much better platform to buy, sell and trade used camera gear on line than what existed in Europe and America. Matt knew he could improve the speed, reliability and experience of trading kit and so with his company created an easy to understand online sales site, employed product experts at base and people who cared about photographers in customer service and then added trust into the mix with guarantees to buyers and super fast payouts to sellers. Over 250,000 creatives in Europe and the United States trust MPB for their kit needs.
Photographs copyright Ian Forsythe. Not to be reproduced or used without express permission of the photographer.
