Join us for an evening with Antoine Didienne as he discusses and presents his amazing style of portrait photography mixing both street and photojournalism to create amazing imagery.
In his own words
I realized that I preferred to capture real, intimate and honest moments of life rather than posing my kids and get them in their most favorable pose. Taking a photo of my youngest stuck under a chair while my oldest is getting mad at me because I am laughing while taking the photo is much more fun than taking a photo of them in their Sunday clothing flashing a toothy grin. There are absolute moments of beauty in everyday life and we are so busy looking our best on social media that we forget how precious these fleeting moments are. With the crazy lives we live, we often forget how special it is to have a family with their own traditions, weird rules and quirks that we create for ourselves inside of our homes. I personally find great beauty in the mundanity of our lives.
At the intersection of street photography and studio portraiture… In the genres of photography that we all enjoy to dabble in, it is close to an indisputable fact that photojournalism and documentary photography are the hardest forms of this art to do well and beautifully. It is so easy to fall into the mundane or to care only about the aesthetics of the photo that to create a beautiful photo that is emotional and tells a good story is very very hard. The same goes for studio portraiture. Becoming a good street photographer will make you a better studio portrait artist.
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