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Wayne Palmer united statesPhoto © Wayne Palmer
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Foggy Day New York
Through my work at Public Television I met Kertèsz, who lived downtown in Greenwich Village. For five years he would review my work and most importantly gave me the confidence and encouragement to develop my personal vision, which I continue to do today.
Now, I shoot color as well as black and white, but the instincts of the street photographer apply to all I do. I have evolved to create my own way of seeing.
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On this rare day of low fog in New York, the great buildings of Manhattan were shrouded in a grey veil. Here, the Majestic, on Central Park West, is transformed from an art deco tower into a ghostly presence framed by the stark branches and leaves of Central Park. I used a 35mm camera with black and white film.about the photographer
Black and white photographs and television news have been the parallel paths of my career. Life and Time magazines revealed to me the power of black and white location reporting, and I recognized the by-lines of their great photographers. In college I discovered that black and white photographs could also be an art form; it was a revelation. I moved to New York City and worked in the studios of WNET (PBS), becoming a director of news and public affairs programs such as The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and Bill Moyers Journal. As a director of live programs I sharpened my skills at observation, quick movement of cameras, and reaction shots of guests in multiple person interviews. On the streets of New York City I shot TriX film with a 35mm camera, and applied the experience of television directing: put my camera in the right place, observe, and react quickly. I studied the work of Ansel Adams, Atget, Cartier-Bresson and André Kertèsz.Through my work at Public Television I met Kertèsz, who lived downtown in Greenwich Village. For five years he would review my work and most importantly gave me the confidence and encouragement to develop my personal vision, which I continue to do today.
Now, I shoot color as well as black and white, but the instincts of the street photographer apply to all I do. I have evolved to create my own way of seeing.
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