Bernadette
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- Joined
- Aug 10, 2013
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- Zurich, Switzerland
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Good afternoon,
I am an amateur cultural photographer. What makes one a professional? When you sell work. I cannot part with mine. Not that my work is art to anyone but me, in fact its far from technically good. My work is very personal - the people I meet are important to me, even if I have only spent a brief moment with them.
It is in this moment that there is magic. Sometimes I catch the moment on camera as a beautiful image and sometimes it's not a great photograph.
My gift is the memory of the warm breath, the child smell of a group of playing kids in a small mountain village in Tangier as they gather around me to see the photo I have taken and giggle. It's the little boy in Saba who still haunts me, the wrinkly fisherwoman in Saigon who's smile was contagious. I do have a great photo of her. Mostly I photograph tribes - I love culture and tradition, undisturbed, so I travel to areas others might not with a curious mind and highly respectful. My promise to myself which protects the integrity of my work is this "to always only capture the dignity in humanity, regardless of the social, economic, or personal conditions". I am honored to be among such talented photographers and look forward to many insightful conversations and sharing. Bernadette
I am an amateur cultural photographer. What makes one a professional? When you sell work. I cannot part with mine. Not that my work is art to anyone but me, in fact its far from technically good. My work is very personal - the people I meet are important to me, even if I have only spent a brief moment with them.
It is in this moment that there is magic. Sometimes I catch the moment on camera as a beautiful image and sometimes it's not a great photograph.
My gift is the memory of the warm breath, the child smell of a group of playing kids in a small mountain village in Tangier as they gather around me to see the photo I have taken and giggle. It's the little boy in Saba who still haunts me, the wrinkly fisherwoman in Saigon who's smile was contagious. I do have a great photo of her. Mostly I photograph tribes - I love culture and tradition, undisturbed, so I travel to areas others might not with a curious mind and highly respectful. My promise to myself which protects the integrity of my work is this "to always only capture the dignity in humanity, regardless of the social, economic, or personal conditions". I am honored to be among such talented photographers and look forward to many insightful conversations and sharing. Bernadette
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