Want to know about commitment to your art? Think you have what it takes? Listen up.
For the last 40 years, Sam Abell has worked as a documentary photographer, primarily for National Geographic. In this video interview for the Atlantic (created by Alex Hoyt & Ross McDermott), Sam recounts his year-long quest to find the perfect image for a story.
No excuses about modern timelines, budgets, or any of that. When was the last time you hunted for an image, a clip, a specific shot for a year?
Didn’t think so. Confession = me neither. #Inspiring
I actually stopped taking pictures because I feel like they are all the same.
I’ve been watching my son long board lately and he has such a freedom that I’ve contemplated picking up my camera again. I use my iPhone all the time still don’t get me wrong. I think it’s when I pick up the camera people pose and I’ve actually been hunting for reality.
I like that genuine smile or that look of calm on a persons face when they are basking in the sun.
Yeah this was good to read today.
Thanks as always.
Incredible story for a great photo. I’d love to listen to him tell the stories about the other 7 photos from that article! Truly inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely, lovely, lovely… thank you…
veyr very very good advice…
compose and wait… perhaps not a year, but pause to breath… and absorb…
Very inspiring, thanks for sharing.
One of the only photographers that I know that can talk about the spirituality of photography without sounding like a artist on acid.
Abell rules.