A quotidian photojournal by Jorge Ledesma

Posts from the “Street Portraits” Category

The Old Man and the Sea

Posted on January 31st, 2012

  I came from the outside, the rules of photography didn’t interest me… there were things you could do with a camera that you couldn’t do with any other medium… grain, contrast, blur, cock-eyed framing, eliminating or exaggerating grey tones and so on. I thought it would be good to show what’s possible, to say that this is as valid of a way of using the camera as conventional approaches.   — William Klein   Today was a tough day for me, very sad indeed, but with my head up high, I’ll bounce back∗  

Irie Man

Posted on November 23rd, 2011

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!” – Bob Marley

Feeling the Love

Posted on September 23rd, 2011

Portraits can be powerful images. They can have as much emotion as any other type of photography but with this medium by definition its a more intimate experience. Whether the photographer gets into that intimate is not synonymous with intimacy. Intimacy is something private and people tend to hold on it as much as they can or until they themselves invite you in. That’s how I see portraits An example of a great photographer right here in the community is Viewminder, someone I respect and I invite to follow him and really study his stream, he’s a class act full of love. Well here’s my attempt at practicing Portrait style photography and feeling the love as they say. As usual let me walk you…

Captain Cane

Posted on September 6th, 2011

Candid portraits have truly grown on me and I think its a style that really has the ability to truly connect with a human, especially someone on the streets, its a new vibe, and one that I think street togs should incorporate into their visual stream, or at least try some. Anyway, another “classic grd” moment I think. Let me lay out the scene. I saw Captain Cane across the street and as soon as I saw him, I just knew I had to have a frame. I walked up right up to him with my camera at chest level which I literally pulled up a fraction of a second before capturing this frame. Once again, I can not explain how versatile the Ricoh…

Street Portrait: New York City

Posted on August 25th, 2011

A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it. – Edward Steichen He kept telling me “I’m from New York, man, give me something,” so I gave him $5 and he smiled and said, “you aight papi,” and I thanked him, laughed, and kept going.

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