by David Ryan | Jun 18, 2014 | Black and white, Brassaï, history, Other Photographers, People, photography
There is something about the new, the never before seen (especially if you create it yourself), that is so entirely seductive that I tend to feel twinges of disappointment if I don’t produce it every time I use my camera. Being “creative” I guess...
by David Ryan | Jun 13, 2014 | Bulgaria, Hungary, Idaho, India, People, Philippines, photography, Portraits
Because I was bringing home from my travels so many strong and interesting photos of faces, I once fancied myself a “people photographer”. Unfortunately that it is a particularly low-paying type of photography. Once again I had chosen something that had...
by David Ryan | Jun 6, 2014 | history, Mexico, photography, Portraits, travel
On the Art of the Grabbed Portrait When I picked up my first camera (a Pentax Spotmatic) some hundred years ago, I was a very shy guy when around people I didn’t know. Consequently, I just couldn’t bring myself to point my camera at someone and snap...
