My New Craft: Photography

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I didn’t think of photography as anything more than a means of preserving a hard copy of noteworthy memories, whether a vacation, a holiday, or a wedding, or simply a moment in my life I wanted to freeze, the ubiquitous “Kodak moment,” for future consumption.  But a little over a year ago, I began to appreciate the power of photography not just as a way of preserving life but creating it.

It all started when I moved into my new wife’s apartment. Every shelf, every cabinet top, every book stack contained the most incredible photography books, better than I could ever find in even the best photography bookshops. Dozens of the greatest photographers were there, some I had heard of, some new to me. I voraciously examined their photos, first hesitantly, filled with apprehension, then more confidently, once I began to appreciate some of their choices of vision, composition, and lighting.   

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Of all the photographers I got to know, Vivian Maier’s work seemed to affect me the most. It wasn’t just the great artistic quality of her photography that impressed me, but also the knowledge that she was entirely self-taught, taking photos in her time off as a nanny, and never seeking recognition, though, with a legacy of over 100,000 great photographs, obviously certain of her talents.

Unlike most other photographers, Vivian Maier’s achievements rest almost exclusively on photographs of people on the street caught completely unaware of her camera’s eye. This is the type of photography that I seem to be attracted to most. I live near Washington Square Park, and I’ve discovered that the park is a magnet for the most interesting looking people in New York. I’ve developed a couple of techniques in which I can take a snapshot without alerting my subjects, and even when I do, their suspicious glare directly into my camera’s lens generally makes for a good photograph. Lately, I’ve been working exclusively in black and white, as I think that tonality is perfectly suited for revealing the human soul.  I’m still only at the beginning of my photographic journey, and my ambitions are very limited, but I know I’m having a great time.

-Andrew Warren