Encounters
Beyond the Ordinary
Portugal, 2014
As a photographer since the 1960s, I have always tried to make exceptional pictures of human behavior in visually interesting settings. For such encounters I look for people’s expressions, their postures, their gestures, the way they move, their interactions with each other and with their surorundings. I look for strong compositions.
For me, a photograph of an attractive setting inhabited by an interesting person (or people) is usually better than one of just the scene itself.
For me, a photograph of an attractive setting inhabited by an interesting person (or people) is usually better than one of just the scene itself.
For example, the Portuguese fisherman waiting patiently for a fish to strike, lends another visual dimension to the other graphic elements in the scene: the cobblestone pier, the foreground tree, the fishing poles, the rolling hills, the faint glimpse of a town in the background, the wispy clouds, the stillness of the water.
However beautiful the scene, it is the human presence that makes the difference.
However beautiful the scene, it is the human presence that makes the difference.
