Tailor making school uniforms in Totonicopan, Guatemala
A repost from August 16, 2011.
Photography is about light. In fact, the word "photograph" comes from two Greek words: photos, which means "light," and grapho, which means "to write." So to photograph really means to write with light.
Learning
to see light and use it well is the most basic, but also the most
important skill in photography. For me, it has also been the most
difficult to acquire and I'm still working at it. A true master of
photography can find ways to use almost any kind of light, even the
harsh glare and black shadows of mid-day. Most of us, though, will find
serendipity favors the slanting, directional rays of morning and
evening, the softness of open shade, and the warm glow of windowlight,
as in this picture of a Guatemalan tailor making uniforms for students
at an evangelical mission school in the mountain town of Totonicopan. A
large window to his right was the sole and beautifully sufficient source
of illumination.
(Olympus OM, 85mm Zuiko, Fujichrome 100)
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Photograph and text copyright 2023 David B.Jenkins.
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