{"id":87559,"date":"2016-07-21T20:13:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T19:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=87559"},"modified":"2016-07-14T17:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T16:14:22","slug":"ones-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/opinion\/ones-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising stars of photography: Ones to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicole Tung, USA<\/h2>\n

www.nicoletung.com<\/a><\/p>\n\"Headshot\"\n

Documentary and reportage photography are fast becoming our most vital assets in terms of getting to grips with a world that can seem like a spiralling vortex of conflicting and dizzying contradictions. However, thanks to a core group of photographers and journalists, we can at least get a glimpse into significant events that are key to developing an understanding of our current global and political climate. One of these photographers is the multiple-award-winning US photographer Nicole Tung, an individual whose work has become crucial in helping us form a view of areas such as Syria and Libya \u2013 both a staple in today\u2019s news coverage.<\/p>\n\t\t

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A father comforts his crying son shortly after arriving on the shores of Lesbos, Greece, on 17 November 2015<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Born in 1986, Nicole is a Hong Kong-born American citizen and is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey. She studied history and journalism in university and started freelancing for publications in New York right after graduating, covering news and features in the city for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Eventually, she was able to move into foreign reporting as a freelancer in the Middle East, which was the focus of many of her classes in school. Since then, she has been featured in exhibitions and has seen her images printed in a variety of global publications.<\/p>\n

\u2018If I had to define what documentary\/reportage photography is, I would say that it\u2019s a category of photography that tells stories focusing on a wide range of issues like injustice, social conflict, war \u2013 even birth,\u2019 says Nicole. \u2018But it also covers occasions of celebrations and many others. The key aspect of the genre is why those topics are important to us. Many of the experiences that people go through might not be relatable to someone else [in another part of] the world, but the emotions and the closest portrayal of how people deal with them are quite universal. That\u2019s where images attempt to translate and bridge a gap between people.\u2019<\/p>\n

For Nicole, a good documentary project should aim to be balanced and well rounded. It should have a strong narrative arc, almost as if you\u2019re reading a book. The project has to have depth, as the photographer has invested time in the issue at hand, and that requires a real understanding of the context of the topic, too.<\/p>\n

\u2018My work tends to focus on the people affected by war and conflict, because they often have the smallest voices when all is said and done,\u2019 Nicole explains. \u2018I could easily interview military commanders or soldiers to get their point of view, but I find it more telling of the story and context when I can speak to civilians who are caught up in the violence \u2013 those people who don\u2019t have political leanings or take any particular sides but are still thrown into categories and brutalised.<\/p>\n

\u2018I also think looking at people affected by war and conflict tells us so much about humanity throughout history and poses a perhaps unanswerable question: What makes neighbours turn on each other? I\u2019m interested in the politics of identity. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s even really a unique perspective, but my role as a photojournalist is to convey images of what is going on and to let the viewers decide. Of course, there are many instances in which there are rights and wrongs, and that too is important to document.\u2019<\/p>\n

With so much going on in the world, it must be difficult to decide which stories to focus on, but as Nicole explains, as she matures as a person, so does the work she produces.<\/p>\n

\u2018I try to choose projects that are a little bit more nuanced, and also give attention to the stories that are not necessarily well covered, or those that are under covered,\u2019 says Nicole. \u2018The stories are not always commissioned, or it may be a separate story I find while doing something on commission. I\u2019ve also started projects that later turned into commissioned work. One example is my series on Native American war veterans that I began owing to my own interest during university. I later made it into a six-part series with a reporter, backed by Al Jazeera America. Much of how I started my career was through my own curiosity. I think it\u2019s so important to get out there on your own and stumble upon things, or question things.<\/p>\n

\u2018The kind of images I achieve during a project really depend on the situation,\u2019 she adds. \u2018When I\u2019m taking a photograph, I think about the content of the image, its framing, and whether or not it\u2019s reflecting the reality of what the story is. I don\u2019t usually hope for any particular outcome. Journalism isn\u2019t like photographing in a studio. I really try not to have preconceived notions.\u2019<\/p>\n\t\t

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Protesters clash with police during a night of confrontation in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on 25 November 2014<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

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Bertie Gregory, UK<\/h2>\n

www.bertiegregory.com<\/a><\/p>\n\"Bertie-Gregory\"\n

Bertie Gregory is someone who can you make you green with envy. Aged 22, the wildlife photographer and filmmaker is already carving out an impressive CV, including working with award-winning photographer Steve Winter and presenting Nat Geo WILD\u2019s first-ever online wildlife series. To cap it off, he has a degree in zoology.<\/p>\n\t\t

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A juvenile peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) flying in front of a Union Jack on top of the Houses of Parliament in Central London<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

\u2018My interest is primarily in wildlife; photography and filmmaking are more secondary,\u2019 says Bertie. \u2018When I was growing up, just down the road from me there were some farmers\u2019 fields I used to walk my dog in, and I realised there was some really cool wildlife there. I started stealing my dad\u2019s camera \u2013 he had a little DSLR \u2013 so I guess I was always exposed to cameras. I discovered that sneaking up on wildlife was good fun and taking photos of it was even better.\u2019<\/p>\n

A self-taught photographer and filmmaker, Bertie freely admits to learning much of his camera craft from YouTube. But his work was noticed when he was 18\u00a0years old; he was one of 20 participants chosen in 2020VISION: a UK-based project that saw 20 young photographers paired with 20 wildlife photographers.<\/p>\n

Bertie was mentored by Alex Mustard, but adds, \u2018I thought: \u201cOK. I\u2019ve got this mentor, Alex, who\u2019s great, but I also have 20 other photographers who have a vested interest in this project and are going to be shooting stuff, so now I have 20 mentors.\u201d I reached out to many of them and shot with them in the field \u2013 it was the ultimate in-the-field learning experience and it was all free.\u2019<\/p>\n

As a result of the 2020VISION project, Bertie was asked to become part of a wildlife roadshow that saw him and three of the pros touring the UK discussing their work. This then led to an invitation to speak at the 2013 WildPhotos event.<\/p>\n

\u2018National Geographic wildlife photographer Steve Winter was giving a talk that year, so [he] was in the audience,\u2019 says Bertie. \u2018Word got out that he needed a new assistant and he was getting mobbed in every break between the talks. I thought there was no point trying to compete with that, but I\u2019d got 15 minutes [during my talk] when he had to be listening and no one could interrupt me, so I kind of saw it as a job interview.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

\u2018I went for broke and spent the first minute of my talk doing an impression of Steve\u2019s American accent,\u2019 Bertie continues. \u2018The night before I\u2019d been at the speakers\u2019 drinks and he was buying me shots, so I basically retold the story of how surreal it was to have your photographic idol buying you shots\u2026 and I did this in his American accent. He came up to me afterwards \u2013 and luckily he had found it funny \u2013 along with Kathy Moran, Natural History Editor for National Geographic. They asked me if I wanted a job. I thought about it for about 1.5 seconds. I finished my last year at university and the day after that I got on a plane to go to South Africa to start on his leopard project (Learning to Live With\u00a0Leopards).\u2019<\/p>\n

Bertie describes working with Steve Winter as, \u2018A total rollercoaster ride. One of the things I realised was that Steve does all these amazing things and it ends up as ten pictures in one of the world\u2019s most famous magazines. But it\u2019s ten pictures \u2013 that\u2019s it. So I thought, why don\u2019t I video it and then we pitch that to National Geographic television and make a TV programme? I filmed Steve all summer, cut it into a little trailer and showed it to National Geographic television and they agreed to it. Every assignment since then has been Steve shooting stills, and I\u2019ve been shooting video of him and what he\u2019s shooting for National Geographic television.\u2019<\/p>\n

Indeed, Steve Winter says of Bertie: \u2018One of the first reasons I liked Bertie was his positive attitude. It\u2019s very difficult out in the field for months at a time and I have no time for negativity. Every problem has a solution and Bertie seemed like a guy who would fit that. He is insatiable when it comes to new ideas and ways to shoot still images and video. Our job is to find new ways to get people to look at our stories and give people a reason to care about the subjects. Bertie loves what he is doing and knows what he wants to do.\u2019<\/p>\n

Bertie explains: \u2018After we\u2019d finished [shooting] leopards, I pitched my first solo project for National Geographic. I spent three months on the west coast of Canada and that\u2019s Nat Geo WILD\u2019s first-ever online series, which is pretty exciting. In each episode I track down a different charismatic predator and the overriding aim of the series is to find the coastal wolf.\u2019<\/p>\n

From late June 2016 onwards, anyone can watch the 16-part series online on the Nat Geo WILD website, with a new episode being uploaded every week.<\/p>\n

So what does Bertie think of his career so far? \u2018You get lucky breaks, and meeting Steve was lucky, but I like to think you make your own luck,\u2019 he says. \u2018It\u2019s also about recognising when you get that lucky break and jumping at it.\u2019<\/p>\n\t\t

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A great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) feeds its recently hatched chicks that are sitting on its partner\u2019s back on a misty river at sunrise<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

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Alex Benetel, Australia<\/h2>\n

www.alexbenetel.format.com<\/a><\/p>\n\"Headshot\"\n

Most of us can remember the feeling of mystery that bedtime stories evoked. Everything about the words seemed real, as if we were hearing some strange truth from a faraway place, and then the dreams that would follow seemed to confirm the veracity of these tales. This is something that often gets lost in the adult years, which is a shame really, because who among us doesn\u2019t long for those days of credulity?<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t\"\u2018Her\t\t\t

\u2018Her Departure\u2019, featuring fellow photographer Annaliese Bakes<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Perhaps this is the reason behind the success of Australian photographer Alex Benetel\u2019s work. Each of her portrait images can take us back to those murky worlds of dream and mystery. Each frame appears to tell a story, but the story is only hinted at. The images give the viewer\u2019s imagination room to breathe. It would be a little obvious to refer to the images as fairytale-like. Nonetheless, there is something folkloric about them. They\u2019re strangely familiar, yet oddly unreal.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve always loved photography, but my passion for it [was] really sparked when I was in high school,\u2019 says Alex. \u2018In year eight, I took a visual design course that introduced me to pinhole photography and I absolutely loved it. Pinhole photography taught me about the importance of planning and not giving up on concepts (specifically when they don\u2019t turn out). Also, working with film photography in the darkroom allowed me to develop a deeper understanding of composition and angles. The entire process from beginning to end takes time and isn\u2019t a \u201cone-step\u201d process. My photography today is very similar in that regard. I have to plan, location scout, shoot, review the photographs, edit and finally share them. It\u2019s a lot of work.\u2019<\/p>\n

It was a little later that Alex\u2019s teacher encouraged her to look at Flickr and see how her ideas could be further developed by exploring the work of others who shared similar sentiments to herself.<\/p>\n

\u2018I soon stumbled upon a community of talented young photographers,\u2019 says Alex. \u2018I was fascinated and decided to experiment with self-portraiture. Since then, I haven\u2019t stopped sharing my work. Each photograph marks a moment in time in my life. My photographs today still have that incredible quality; I\u2019m forever able to look back on each photograph and remember what was going on at that particular time.<\/p>\n\t\t

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\u2018Brought Back to Life\u2019, a self-portrait<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

\u2018Flickr was so important to me in the beginning,\u2019 she continues. \u2018It really opened my eyes to the different types of photography. I had never heard of people taking pictures of themselves in public locations and not being embarrassed by it. I had never thought about taking props into a forest in order to create a fictional world. I just didn\u2019t ever think about \u201ccreating\u201d a photograph \u2013 I always just considered it as \u201ctaking\u201d a photograph. Flickr introduced me to people around the world… people who shared the same passion as I did. There are friends I have today who I don\u2019t believe I would have ever spoken to if it weren\u2019t for Flickr. It\u2019s sad to see some photographers I followed back in the day not posting any more. But it has honestly been amazing to watch some of my earlier inspirations over the years and seeing them grow as artists.\u2019<\/p>\n

Alex\u2019s work focused primarily on self-portraiture perhaps because of the fact that, as she herself says, she was always available, easy to direct and a little too embarrassed to ask anyone else to model.<\/p>\n

\u2018Self-portraiture is extremely therapeutic,\u2019 says Alex. \u2018Also, when a vision is so clear in my mind, it can sometimes be hard to explain to another person. Ultimately, it then comes down to the fact that I just feel more comfortable modelling the concept. When I started photographing other people it definitely pushed me out of my comfort zone! However, in saying that, I\u2019ve really gone back to my roots, as I can be quite spontaneous when taking pictures of other people. Usually when I take photographs of myself, I plan the concept and take my time getting the shot. When I shoot other people, I don\u2019t plan as much.\u2019<\/p>\n\t\t

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\u2018High Altitude\u2019, featuring Becky Chatfield, a member of the Wagana Aboriginal Dancers<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

These days Alex also works with digital photography, something that began when she was given a digital point-and-shoot camera for Christmas back in high school. She\u2019s almost entirely self-taught with her digital tools and has been aided by research conversations with other photographers, as well as a great deal of experimentation to perfect her shooting and editing techniques today. So that\u2019s now covered, but what about the future?<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m at this time in my life where I\u2019m trying to figure out what I want to do,\u2019 says Alex. \u2018I\u2019ve recently graduated from university with a Bachelor of Education (Primary) and have been casual teaching for a couple of months now. But I\u2019m always thinking about photography and I\u2019m trying to work out where I want to take my passion. My short-term goal is to travel and photograph my adventures. I\u2019m trying to not think long term just yet, because I\u2019m happy to be flexible. For the first time in my life I don\u2019t have a set schedule to stick to, and I\u2019m really liking it!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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