Introduction to Child Photography
Influences
A course by Leila Méndez , Photographer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about artists whose peculiarities or styles have been revealing to me. Referents that have somehow influenced my aesthetic training or that currently inspire me in creative processes.”
In this video lesson Leila Méndez addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Child Photography. Learn to lead a kid’s photo shoot: prepare, direct, edit and present the final results.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson I will tell you what my influences were throughout my career. Referents and artists whose peculiarity and style They have been revealing for me. They are influences that drink from culture in general, of art, of photography, of cinema. Let's have a look. One of my references when I started in the late 90s, early 2000s, It was this magazine, "The Face." This post marked me because it meant discovering a much more modern language, More disruptive, bolder. A way to introduce the characters, who were then famous, more contemporary than I was used to until then. This ma...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Child Photography
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Areas
Commercial Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Photography
Leila Méndez
A course by Leila Méndez
Leila is a photographer specialized in portraiture and with a special predilection for working with children. Leila is from Barcelona, and after more than 20 years working in the publishing and advertising world, she discovered that what interests her most about photography is the contact with people and learning from others through the camera. Believe strongly in the power of children to communicate and tell stories. That's why he tries to turn his sessions into something special and magical, through color, props or clothes.
His work has been exhibited in festivals and exhibitions in many cities, such as La Caixa Foundation, Iguapop Hall, Fnac or FashionWeek Barcelona, among others. In addition, he has worked for The Observer (The Guardian), Vogue Spain, Architectural Digest (AD) or El País Semanal (El País), and has done advertising campaigns for Uniqlo, Fly Emirates, Diesel, Adidas, Vodafone, Virgin, IKEA, Desigual, El Corte Inglés and Carolina Herrera.
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