Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Chris Kern on September 18, 2020, 05:43:20 pm
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DPReview has published an interesting interview with Pete Souza (https://www.dpreview.com/interviews/6568691420/pete-souza-interview-i-have-the-right-to-speak-out-when-i-see-wrong-and-i-see-wrong?utm_source=self-desktop&utm_medium=marquee&utm_campaign=traffic_source), the official White House photographer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.
It’s helpful to have a background in photojournalism. And I think it’s also helpful to have the ability to disappear, if you will, in terms of going about the job with a small footprint. That’s things like not carrying loud cameras, not using motor-drive, remembering that you’re an observer, not a participant. Learning how to move about in those circumstances.
I think depending on the president, the [desired] qualities may vary a little bit, but that’s my approach anyway. It worked for me.
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On top of being a talented photographer, he seems to be a beautiful human being with a humanitarian vision of the world.
Cheers,
Bernard