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Photographing the Edges

Posted on | January 3, 2011 | 2 Comments

Bugler - Jay Cohen at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, California

Bugler - Jay Cohen at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, California

“I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don’t find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.” – William Albert Allard

African-American Man Sitting Alone Reading Newspaper With a Cigarette in Hand at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, California

African-American Man Sitting Alone Reading Newspaper With a Cigarette in Hand at Santa Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, California

I’ve always related to Bill Allard’s philosophy in that if you go to photograph a place or an event that there are certain types of images that everyone expects to see and have a pre-conceived notion for what they are supposed to look like. Horse racing for example. Everyone has seen photos of horse racing and knows what it’s supposed to look like. It’s nearly impossible to do something unique with that genre and get excited by the photos unless a freak accident happens such as capturing a frame as the horse’s leg snaps in half. When you explore “around the edges” of a situation, there are so many other opportunities to put your own stamp on things by saying something different – to do something unexpected.

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2 Responses to “Photographing the Edges”

  1. Mark
    January 3rd, 2011 @ 6:13 pm

    Great philosophy to follow Richard, and those are definitely two unique views.

  2. Richard Wong
    January 4th, 2011 @ 12:32 am

    Thanks Mark.

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