June 30, 2019 Anniversary Portraits But then there were the longer waits, the restlessness, and me seeing images everywhere, I had to shoot. My day started with twelve students belonging to the National Geographic student expedition series shoved together and eagerly waiting to hear what was in store for the day. We talked about photography and how we negotiate different spaces by learning how to use language, reciprocity, exposure and composition. We then headed out into the packed streets of New York City for our first day of our workshop. I did not expect the crowd that I saw when I disembarked the A train. As a result, I was not able to go in. I felt obligated to assigning mini tasks with over 3 million people pushing their way towards the front of every line to get a view of the crowded floats. And so I took photos wherever we stopped while I set tasks or challenges for the students to photograph. For the fiftieth anniversary I would have wanted to upload a serious series, but instead - sometimes it is about the work. Nevertheless I also challenged myself by using this Leica lens to make portraits. #leicasl #zeropoint95project #ngstudentxpride @leicaakademieusa @leicacamerausa #nycpride2019 (at Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzWp8Q6FKzi/?igshid=137m216j9dq9n
