Mario Macilau, an African Photographer's journey, was recently highlighted in the BBC Magazine.
The article traces his journey of falling in love with photography and becoming successful as a photographer. He started as a street child, the beginning would not seem to point him in the direction of becoming successful in any way, much less as a photographer.
At the age of 23, a friend gave him a camera as part of a trade. His photography started with his interest, his willingness to learn, and his experience as a fixer for other photographers. He now has an exhibit "Growing in Darkness" in the Vatican Pavilion of the Venice Biennale.
Some of his qualities were being open, willing to learn and wanting to capture the emotional energy of the people that he was photographing.
An interesting element of his work, was not to introduce his camera first. He began by developing a relationship with the people that he wanted to photograph. Once the relationship was established he introduced his camera and started to capture the emotions of the people. He uses light and composition to bring out the dignity and identity of the people he photographs.
To see the entire BBC article, go to this link
Mario Macilau, African Photographer
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