#79 MY FATHER DESTROYED EVERY OUT OF FOCUS PICTURE!
We start the week with Vincent Laforet, whose work as a leading photojournalist has blessed the pages of National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Life and New York Times Magazine. He is a Pulitzer prize winner for feature photography in 2002 and his pioneering motion film work with Canon stills cameras led the way for film makers who adopted DSLR technology at a time such tech was not considered for feature film application.
The film, Reverie which we’ll come to in another part, was the first high def video shot with a still camera and brought Canon’s website to its knees with two million downloads on the first week of its release in 2009.
Vincent imparts how it all started, how his father, an established photographer in Paris helped him establish a style and understanding of photography that has made him the professional creative he is today; a working inspirational creative for three decades with his foot firmly still on the gas…
The episode is supported by Image Salon, for all your retouching needs.
FURTHER REFERENCE:
Joe McNally photographer, Ruth Fremson photojournalist, Jason Florio photojournalist, Patrick Aventurier photojournalist, Gamma Agency photographs
