Documentary Photography is for Everyone
Notes de l’épisode
Episode 34 - In this episode, Zach & Courtney talk about the importance of documenting our lives.
It’s could be easy to dismiss photographing everyday life and the world around us, but it’s an important practice. We learn a lot about the past from ordinary images, maybe even more than we learn from the major events that people might consider “photo worthy.”
What did people really look like and dress like? How did they interact with each other? What did people do in their daily lives? What do the places where they live and work and interact look like?
Photographers who document the world are not just making a record of their family, but also providing a view of our society as a whole.
“Photography is nothing–it's life that interests me.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Index
0:00 - Intro: These pictures will matter.
3:12 - Barriers to entry for “documentary photography”
4:39 - When Zach started documenting everyday life
12:07 - We underestimate the wider value of photographing our families
21:36 - We need photos of daily life to know what the past was like
23:56 - William Eggleston’s photos weren’t well received at the time
25:24 - How do you do documentary photography
29:03 - Awesome photo of baseball player Jo Adell taken by a fan
32:04 - Documentary photography brings the story to a larger audience
39:16 - Just start taking photos. Don’t worry about making good ones.
47:25 - The only impact we have on the world is what comes from within us
Find Zach
Website: https://zachdobson.com/
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Find Courtney
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneymccracken_/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@happy_life_lessons
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About the Podcast
Photography is Nothing with Zach Dobson and Courtney McCracken is a weekly conversation about photography and all its impact. Each week Zach and Courtney discuss their latest adventures, life lessons, and anything else that sounds interesting.
Photography is Nothing invites you into the conversations they were already having as a married couple running a photography and media company in the current world.
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