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Since July 2020, I have been photographing a project with African Americans who refuse to be removed from a gentrified neighborhood in Portland, Oregon – the King Community Project. This exhibition, “Conversations,” includes pictures from that project as well as other street photographs of people engaged in public conversations. Images were made on the streets of Portland, Havana, Santiago de Cuba, San Juan, Coney Island, and Charleston.
While I have been photographing on the streets for over fifty years, the “Conversations” series is different. Most of my work has been street portraits where I ask permission to photograph an individual. The photographs in this series are candid and emphasize both expressions and gestures; representative of individuals’ day-in-day-out lives interacting with friends, strangers, neighbors—people speaking with each other in public places.
While I have been photographing on the streets for over fifty years, the “Conversations” series is different. Most of my work has been street portraits where I ask permission to photograph an individual. The photographs in this series are candid and emphasize both expressions and gestures; representative of individuals’ day-in-day-out lives interacting with friends, strangers, neighbors—people speaking with each other in public places.
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- Categoría principal: Fotografía artística
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Características: Carta de EE. UU., 22×28 cm
N.º de páginas: 28 - Fecha de publicación: may. 30, 2023
- Idioma English
- Palabras clave conversations
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Alan Wieder
Portland, Oregon
Street photography began for me over 45 years ago in Columbus, Ohio. Since that time I have taken photographs in Asia, Africa, Europe, and throughout the Americas. Most of this work has been near my homes in South Carolina, Cape Town, and Portland. Recently, I’ve been privileged to study with master photographers Bruce Gilden, Peter Turnley, David Alan Harvey, and Constantine Manos. Their teachings have both expanded and focused my work. I try to capture spirit through the eyes of the individuals I photograph within the context of their settings