Why Do YOU Take Photographs? Are They Required To Have 'Purpose'?

It's too easy to forget why we picked up a camera that very first time and took a photograph. Now lost in an ocean of images, amateur photographers (and a lot of professional photographers too) think the goal of their photographs is to give them social standing amongst their peers.

In this video we'll be looking at how we need to reconnect to the pure joy and pleasure of taking photographs just for the sake of taking photographs. The life of Jacques Henri Lartigue is the most perfect example of a photographer who created images for his own benefit first and foremost. His example is the guide we need to stop worrying about creating images to gain likes, to build street cred and get fleeting attention from the swarms of eyes daily flicking from one image to the next.

Oh, and enjoy my constant mispronunciation of Lartigue as an added bonus :D

Part of the 'Reconnect' Series:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8enfj6Qv2nthMBNuCBoCYoGLCXIPEw48

This video below fits neatly with the idea of not looking for other people's approval.
https://youtu.be/SurgXdSOix4

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🔗Resources:
https://www.lartigue.org/

📚Books:
Jacques Henri Lartigue: The Invention of Happiness: https://geni.us/lsjR
Jacques Henri Lartigue, Photographer: https://geni.us/wJc1
Lartigue: Life in Color https://geni.us/e20h

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:16 Why Photograph?
02:24 Jacques Henri Lartigue
03:51 Discover Your Own Place Of Wonder
05:26 What Purpose Photography?
06:22 You're More Than Capable
07:07 Don't Show The Work?
08:46 What Is Your Aim?

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