Palm Springs Photo Festival – Fire Fighters
On the second day of the workshop with Ed Kashi at the 2010 Palm Springs Photo Festival, I was privileged to be a part of several training exercises performed by the Palm Springs Fire Department.
My assignment was to create abstract imagery that engages the viewer.
This was a change in direction from day one of the workshop when we were challenged to create honest connections with residents in Salton Sea and Slab City.
I wanted to show different perspectives of action and ideas.
The men and women of the Palm Springs Fire Department were amazing. Their dedication to saving lives was apparent even in the training exercises. Their intensity seemed to fill every frame.
As everything was happening quickly around me, I also found opportunities to shoot what I love…portraits.
The image above is titled PRIDE.
Each fire fighter was nice enough to allow me to shoot a close up personal portrait. Canon graciously provided a 16×20 print of this image, which I dropped off at the fire house as I was leaving Palm Springs. I hope to have the opportunity to visit in the future and see the print hanging on the wall.
Ed Kashi’s workshop was outstanding. It reaffirmed my talent for connecting with people and creating interesting, revealing portraits. After viewing Ed Kashi’s Blog and his personal and paid multi media projects, David and I have become inspired to start our own personal projects.
Our projects will be entitled “Where Are They Now?” I will be interviewing past couples to document how their lives have changed for better or worse since getting married in Las Vegas. Our past clients live all over the world, and David and I will be traveling to visit them. No location is off limits! David plans to interview great baseball players of the past who did not reach the Hall of Fame despite their potential and impressive statistics. We hope to spend the next 3-5 years gathering the stories.
Stay tuned for updates on our progress…
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