photographer/adventurer

Benj, this is the photographer I was telling you about.
I loved what he says at the end of the clip about connecting through a lens,
reflecting so much of what I feel about a great musical experience:
that intimacy is the lynchpin for all great photography and a good concert,
that laughter allows you connect with any subject and audience, creating a friend for life,
communicating a real, raw, visceral experience.
that a good picture or performance allows the viewer to feel what the subject is feeling,
moving from a place of communicating what he was experiencing
towards the gift of communicating what we as a human family are experiencing.

(One of my all-time favorite pictures of the year)

At the age of 14, photographer Cory Richards had dropped out of high school and was technically homeless. His education, he says, was instead obtained through the observation of struggle. Through various forms of discomfort and adventure he would eventually become the first American to successfully summit an 8,000-meter peak in winter (Pakistan’s Gasherbrum II), and launch an incredible career in photography through the pages of National Geographic.

Brooklyn-based digital media company Blue Chalk recently sat down with Richards to discuss his motivations and driving desire to connect with the people he photographs. (via ISO 1200, PetaPixel)

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