Holy Land in Crisis
The reason I got into making podcasts was because I was inspired by a podcast I saw by Jake Warga. He’s an independent reporter.
I was intrigued by Jake’s podcast. There was a great story, good production values and good photography too. I’ve always been interested in reportage, and so for me, it felt like Jake had shown me how to combine my photography with a story.
I’ve been talking to Jake for the past two years now. He’s in Patagonia at the moment, and he’s approached me about doing an interview. I’ll let you know if something comes of it.
Anyway, I’d love to show you some new stuff by Jake. I’ve just been on YouTube tonight and found these. I think they’re great. It’s interesting stuff.
I know that many of the visitors to my site are interested in Landscape Photography only, but I personally feel that most of us start there and progress to other forms of photography. I love portraiture and reportage. I’d love to do some reportage at some point: to tell a story. Perhaps later this year if I manage to make it to Ethiopia (next place on my list). Until then, why not watch these two podcasts to see someone weave a story with some excellent audio and photography:
I love this. As ever with this issue, I’d differ over some of the interpretations, but he’s combined some great photography with a good story and interpretative framework. I’m off to explore his website in a moment…
You’ll know that I’ve just spent 3 weeks in Jerusalem, and was showing some of my images and telling stories to a group earlier this week. One of them, an artist, asked how I reconciled using the same camera for ‘beautiful landscapes’ and asked if I thought it had been ’soiled’ by some of the things I had photographed. But as you say, it’s a different kind of photography, and it’s great to be able to do different things.
Comment by Michael Marten — 26 February, 2010 @ 9:09 pm
Hi Michael,
When I saw this podcast by Jake yesterday, I did wonder if you’d agree with most of Jake’s interpretations.
It’s a subject that I really have to confess to knowing very little about. It’s complex, and I guess it would be foolish to assume that Jake has got it in a nutshell in under 20 minutes.
So I’m glad that you find it interesting – for the same reasons – the combination of photography, story telling and audio.
That’s also an interesting point of view about the camera being ’soiled’. If that were true, then the opposite would be true too – pointing my camera at beautiful landscape should redeem it quite a bit, I’d hope!
Comment by Bruce Percy — 26 February, 2010 @ 9:16 pm
Yep, Bruce, you must have one of the purest cameras I’ve ever come across! :)
Email about what you sent me coming over the weekend, now I’m about to fall into bed…
Comment by Michael Marten — 27 February, 2010 @ 1:41 am