Wear Good Shoes: Advice from Magnum Photographers
Magnum Photos' Wear Good Shoes collects career-focused advice and portfolio examples for street, documentary, and personal photographers. The 69-slide guide organizes lessons into five sections: Learn; Vision & Voice; Passion; Consistency; Risk. It draws practical tips from Magnum photographers including De Keyzer, Parr, and Gilden, and promotes The Art of Street Photography, a ten-lesson online course led by seven photographers.
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- Slide 1: Wear Good Shoes: Advice from Magnum Photographers
- Slide 2: Magnum's history and education mission
- Slide 3: Five core themes: Learn, Vision & Voice, Passion, Consistency, Risk
- Slide 4: Learn: section opener (01)
- Slide 5: Give it five years: Carl De Keyzer
- Slide 6: Carl De Keyzer: Krasnoyarsk / 'Zona' project
- Slide 7: Advice from Martine Franck, Elliott Erwitt, and Abbas
- Slide 8: Selected images: Franck, Erwitt, Abbas
- Slide 9: Work daily and participate: Alex Majoli
- Slide 10: Try everything: Alec Soth
- Slide 11: Alec Soth: Helena and Joshua, 2002
- Slide 12: Chris Steele‑Perkins on studying and practice
- Slide 13: Blackpool, England: 1982 (Chris Steele‑Perkins)
- Slide 14: Alessandra Sanguinetti on early influences
- Slide 15: The Necklace: Buenos Aires, 1999 (Alessandra Sanguinetti)
- Slide 16: Hiroji Kubota on studying the masters
- Slide 17: Chongjin, North Korea: 1986 (Hiroji Kubota)
- Slide 18: Sim Chi Yin: learn many creative skills
- Slide 19: Shifting Sands: Malaysia, 2017 (Sim Chi Yin)
- Slide 20: Mark Power on his first camera and McCullin
- Slide 21: Mark Power: Pope John Paul II funeral, Warsaw, 2005
- Slide 22: Patrick Zachmann on discovering photography
- Slide 23: Section header introducing 'Vision & Voice': a focus
- Slide 24: David Alan Harvey on authorship and language
- Slide 25: David Alan Harvey: Berlin Wall, Hanover, 1989
- Slide 26: Constantine Manos on surprise and believability
- Slide 27: Constantine Manos: Florida, USA, 1997
- Slide 28: Constantine Manos: Playing in the square, Elounta, Crete, 1964
- Slide 29: Alex Webb on finding street photography
- Slide 30: Alex Webb: Jumping, Boquillas (Border), Mexico, 1979
- Slide 31: Be yourself and look outside of yourself
- Slide 32: Take your time making work; wait 'til you have something to say
- Slide 33: Make your work for an audience of two
- Slide 34: Photography needs intent and something to say
- Slide 35: Snowfall outside a shuttered K‑Mart: Matt Black
- Slide 36: Develop a photographic voice through perseverance and humility
- Slide 37: Shingu‑Koza Kamakura bonfire festival: Peter Marlow
- Slide 38: Photograph what is closest to you
- Slide 39: Summer thunderstorm in Sydney: Trent Parke
- Slide 40: Tell stories close to you
- Slide 41: Untitled (USA), 2010: Bieke Depoorter
- Slide 42: 'Be yourself. Don’t copy anybody.'
- Slide 43: Bay of the Somme, Fort Mahon, France: Harry Gruyaert, 1991
- Slide 44: Section header introducing 'Passion' as a theme, anchored
- Slide 45: 'Try to live something intense: at home, abroad.'
- Slide 46: Girl with balloons, Grozny, Chechnya: Thomas Dworzak, 2002
- Slide 47: 'Find something you are passionate about and shoot your way
- Slide 48: Two images from Martin Parr's 'Common Sense' (1997)
- Slide 49: 'I first got excited by photography.'
- Slide 50: The Beatles at Abbey Road Studios: David Hurn, 1964
- Slide 51: Bruce Gilden: hooked on photography after first print (1966)
- Slide 52: Susan Meiselas: dig in and trust your curiosity
- Slide 53: Christopher Anderson on being a photographer before a profession
- Slide 54: Reflection in window: Christopher Anderson, Caracas 2006
- Slide 55: Section opener labeled 'Consistency' using a Martin Parr image
- Slide 56: Steve McCurry on dedication: find a subject and dig deep
- Slide 57: Steve McCurry: portraits from Peshawar and Lhasa
- Slide 58: Mikhael Subotzky on long-term projects and storytelling
- Slide 59: Mikhael Subotzky: Beaufort West series (2006)
- Slide 60: Section opener titled 'Risk' featuring a Carolyn Drake landscape image
- Slide 61: 'Go out and do the things you really want
- Slide 62: A Saudi couple dance at a private party, Jeddah (2010)
- Slide 63: 'Throw yourself off a cliff… Make a body of work
- Slide 64: Villagers collecting scrap from a crashed spacecraft, Altai Territory (2000)
- Slide 65: 'Make your own mistakes. You need to have your own
- Slide 66: Stormy night in Laos (2011): Sohrab Hura
- Slide 67: Discover the art of street photography with Magnum photographers
- Slide 68: Magnum Photos education: accessible workshops and professional training
- Slide 69: Magnum Photos: closing logo
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