{"id":1527,"date":"2012-01-23T11:04:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T11:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2012-01-23T11:04:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T11:04:22","slug":"magnum-advice-for-young-photographers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=1527","title":{"rendered":"Magnum Advice For Young Photographers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some years ago I was interviewed over the phone by one of the consumer digital photography magazines for a small feature on my work – I can’t immediately recall the details, except that I think it was one of the few occasions when I was stupid enough to decide that the publicity was worth letting them use a few pictures, all taken on film, without paying me – one of the questions was something like “what is the most important accessory for taking good photographs<\/em>?” and my answer was “a really comfortable pair of shoes<\/em>.” Though I can’t remember if that made it into print. But photography does often involve a lot of walking and a lot of standing around. And it’s no fun at all if your feet hurt or are wet and cold.<\/p>\n

Shahidul News<\/a> has just re-published some advice by 35 Magnum photographers, originally published in 2008 at the prompting of Alec Soth, and it still makes a lot of sense. The photographers were asked two questions, “When did you first get excited about photography<\/em>?” and “What advice would you give young photographers<\/em>?”<\/p>\n

First to respond in the vaguely alphabetical listing in a Magnum document with the title ‘Wear Good Shoes: Advice to young photographers’ was Abbas, who made the doubtful claim to have have got excited about photography from birth and followed this with some sound advice “Get a good pair of walking shoes and… fall in love.<\/em>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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