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Steph Segarra's avatar

I remember first getting into photography after my Mom put me in a darkroom class at the age of 10. Each Saturday I would go to Old San Juan and take a class with other kids of different ages. We would do a photowalk and then go into the darkroom to develop our photos. It was a magical beginning. Wish I had some of those negatives now. I became photo crazy after that. Happy world photography day!

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Andy Adams's avatar

What a wonderful memory. Thanks, Steph!

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Brian Magkasi's avatar

I think we love photography because it's (arguably) the easiest medium to connect with. People can look at a photo and instantaneously understand the emotion behind it. That's another thing - emotion. We are connected with each other through emotion, and we as people want connection more than looking at something pretty (although the two can be linked, for sure.)

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Mary Martha's avatar

Thank you for sharing. I loved the way the images were woven into of the Ransom Riggs books and am glad to learn more about their collector.

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Andy Adams's avatar

Wonderful! I still need to see that book. Thanks for the note, Mary!

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KewtieBird’s Photo Journey's avatar

Love these snaps of snappers. Thanks for providing the IG link to that collection!

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Peggy PORQUET's avatar

Hello all, I entered the world of photography totally by chance. I was a student doing small jobs to pay for my studies, and I needed portraits for a hostess agency. I pushed the door of a photographer in my town and asked him how much it would cost to take a full-length photo of me. He replied: “The price of a sheet of paper”. He taught me everything. Three years later I was hired by Sygma, which later became Corbis. I worked as a news manager where I was lucky enough to work with some of the biggest names in photojournalism worldwide for 17 years. The adventure came to an end for me in 2016 and I'm looking forward to doing it again. I've been on several international photo award juries and nominated young talent for WorldPressPhoto.

I also do a few portraits you can have a look on my website if you'd like. Thanks for reading and let's keep in touch!

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Here To Listen's avatar

Wonderful photos, I especially love seeing the change in cameras. Polaroid, instamatic, roloflex, large format easel, feel free to add to my list if you can identify more 👀

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Here To Listen's avatar

Am I geeking out much lol

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Tim Clements's avatar

I'll be danged.... today is also my birthday.....

Tim

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Andy Adams's avatar

Happy Birthday, Tim!

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Mark Caicedo's avatar

Great post and thanks for the reminder about World Photography Day, Andy. I recently became fascinated with Jackson's work and, in one of my early Substack posts I wrote about the historical and emotional importance of snapshots. (https://markcaicedo.substack.com/p/puravida-post-four). While the iPhone has "democratized" photography (everybody's a photog now!), the craft of taking pictures is taking a few hits now as technology is moving faster than we can adapt and adjust. And thanks for that Friedlander quote, I'd never seen that before!

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Andy Adams's avatar

Thanks, Mark! I'll check this out.

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Kiara Hainsworth's avatar

Lovely photos! Thanks for sharing!

I first got interested in photography because of a lady in my church who was a photographer and would often capture church events we had. I loved looking back on the photos, relieving the memories, and seeing moments I never would have caught. When I was ten, my sister gave me her old point-and-shoot camera and I was hooked. I've never looked back.

I just saw the comment by Steph and looks like we both got into it at the age of ten. Cool!

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Damion Coppedge's avatar

The tittle is brilliant 🔥🔥🔥

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Aysha's avatar

I remember the first roll of film I shot. It was of full of blurry pictures of birds at the Singapore bird park. <3 But I was smitten!

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Talia Barnes's avatar

I guess you could say photography found me 🤓: I wanted to take an art class in high school and photography was the only one that fit my schedule. Then I grew to love the design aspects of photography — the idea of finding a balanced composition in nature or creating one through holding the camera at a specific angle. I love how a good photo can make even the most mundane subject interesting and change the way we view our surroundings.

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Ordinary Beauty's avatar

Making photos has never been easy. Yes we have lots of photos, but mostly photos that were taken and not made. That doesn’t bother me all that much. Nether does AI Photography as far as the idea that it will steal the thunder of real photographers. Photography is a fun thing and a labor of love.

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Here To Listen's avatar

Opps found one more The Brownie camera

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