by ray
I was surfing channels last Sunday when I came across Richard Quest's show on CNN. When I tuned in, Quest was talking to someone while flipping the pages of a coffee table book. Immediately, the photos on that book caught my attention. And after hearing the words "photograph", "camera" and "photographer", I set down the remote and made myself comfortable.
It turns out that Quest was talking to Raghu Rai, an Indian photographer who has spent his career taking photos of India. Rai is a member of Magnum Photos, an internationally known photographic-cooperative.
The show continues with Quest interviewing great and well-known photographers today. After talking to Rai, he went and interviewed Anne Geddes, the famous baby photographer; Frans Lanting, wildlife photographer; a supermodel who loves being behind the lens as much as being in front of it; Darren Lyons, a celebrity photographer in London; and wedding photographers Alisha and Brook Todd who talked about the trend nowadays of using photojournalism styles in capturing events like weddings.
Later, I read on the CNN website that, earlier in the show, Quest also interviewed National Geo photographer Steve McCury (idddolll!) and famous fashion and portrait photographer Patrick Demarchelier.
It's always nice to hear how the Great Ones started out, to learn about their techniques, and to be inspired by their works.
- Ray
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