Documentary Photography Projects
Selecting the images
A course by Marcos Zegers , Photographer
About the video: Selecting the images
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you my methodology and criteria to select the photographs obtained.”
In this video lesson Marcos Zegers addresses the topic: Selecting the images, which is part of the Domestika online course: Documentary Photography Projects. Create a photography series with a critical eye and personal style.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we'll start building the series. we'll delve into my personal process on how to select images. determining which work and which don't. This involves getting familiar with all photos we've taken once they're on the computer and understanding their quality. composition. and relevance to our needs. We often end up with a large number of images and the The key is distinguishing between the good and bad images. then using that insight to start crafting our documentary series effectively and thoughtfully. To do this. i'm in my Lightroom screen. Here I have the interface set to lib...”
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Course summary for: Documentary Photography Projects
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Documentary Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photography
Marcos Zegers
A course by Marcos Zegers
Mark Zegers is a Chilean photographer with a degree in architecture. His documentary photography work focuses mainly on geopolitical and territorial conflicts, which he produces in a contemporary and multidisciplinary style.
Among his projects is an investigation that was published in The New York Times about the young people who left Chile for Russia in 1973 and were unable to return to their country. The long-term project that earned him a POY Latam 2019 award in the environment category is his series focused on the history of extraction (mining) in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and its current relationship with lithium in South America. This visual essay has been exhibited in Chile, Shanghai, and Paris as well as at the AIPAD Photography Show 2019 in New York, the Photo London fair, and as part of World Press Photo's 6x6 program.
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