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"Why do I Photograph?"

2021 VERSION

By Thorsten von Overgaard
275 pages eBook

"There are many reasons to photograph. Is there one that covers it all?"

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Released May 23, 2021.

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Table of Contents

Get out the door · The pleasure of photography

The art of omitting the banal · Walk to find the answers

Photography as a game · No smoke without a fire

Let it flow · Use what is there · It’s not always prose

Time travel · I admire light · Timing and light

Yes, I have an audience · What am I trying to do?

Learning the tool · Technical stuff

Art in everyday life · I made postcards and I liked it

What fame will do to you · Photo events

The life within · Autonomy

A good photograph · Believe in yourself

Seeing pictures · The man in the park

Why keep doing it? · Epilogue

Why do I photograph?

 

 Appendix
Thorsten Overgaard Workshops
Extension Courses · Books
Exhibitions & Talks · Meetups
Camera and Straps
· Ventilated Shades
Artist Bio

 

 

Quotes:

“It’s a built-in ability to create, but sometimes you have to sit really still and begin to feel hopelessly bored before it comes out into the light.

“But believe me, once you sit down somewhere and do nothing for a while, you will feel an urge to do something, and your own ideas will come out.”

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“When I think about it, I have no idea why I do it this way, it’s as automatic to me as looking for the door handle to open a door. To most of us, the things we do well, we just do, and we presume this is the way everybody does it."

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“Your style is not recognized by what is in the photographs, but how they are taken. It’s the way you talk that is your style.”

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“I often say that a good portrait session is like a conversation without words. You observe, and when something is said or done that would normally elicit an answer, as a photographer you take a photo instead. That action, as a response for what they did or how they looked, is an acceptable acknowledgement.

“We simply communicated, and in that communication the camera, after all, was not necessary. It is what people sense from me that’s important and what gives them an idea of my intentions and what I observe.

I photograph, therefore I am.”

 


 



 

 


         

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Thorsten von Overgaard is a Danish writer and photographer, specializing in portrait photography and documentary photography, known for writings about photography and as an educator. Some photos are available as signed editions via galleries or online.

Thorsten von Overgaard is a Danish writer and photographer, specializing in portrait photography and documentary photography, known for writings about photography and as an educator. Some photos are available as signed editions via galleries or online.

         
         
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Thorsten Overgaard
Thorsten von Overgaard is a Danish-American multiple award-winning photographer, known for his writings about photography and Leica cameras. He travels to more than 25 countries a year, photographing and teaching workshops to photographers. Some photos are available as signed editions via galleries or online. For specific photography needs, contact Thorsten Overgaard via email.

You can follow Thorsten Overgaard at his television channel magicoflight.tv.

Feel free to email to thorsten@overgaard.dk for questions, advice and ideas.


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