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BLOG: Don Denton
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Don Denton is a photographer, photo editor and photo coach who lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
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I met photographer Dion Manastyrski a few years ago when I gave a talk to a local photo group. He contacted me after and asked if I minded meeting up to have a look at images from a project he was working on. The photos he showed me were from the Canadian prairies, mainly Saskatchewan, and examined the disappearance of rural and small town life in that region. He had a lot of questions about where to take the project and about his desire to create a book of the work. We talked about the images he had at that point and I gave him some advice on shooting and different ways he might approach a book project. We kept in touch after that, mainly by email, as he continued to work on his project. I meet a lot of photographers who want to create books or exhibitions of their work and often nothing happens. It's a lot of work, coordination and too often, a very expensive proposition. Dion persevered though, continuing to shoot, learning to create videos, searching out archive images to complement his own photos. Collecting quotes from residents about their experiences in the prairie. Conducting an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign. The result of all that hard work, just out now, is a big beautiful self published book (printed by Friesens in tiny Altona, Manitoba), You can check out the project and book here at his site Prairie Sunset. -
Usually, with images hung on a wall, people move to look at images that interest them, they can skip images, or move out of the order the artist intends. With a book, beyond just controlling that viewing experience, you can go beyond just the sense of sight and incorporate touch, sound, text, and other means of telling your story more carefully as well. -
I love to tell stories the way I see them as oppose to translating another person's vision, which is what you often have to do when on assignment. I have my own unique way of seeing a situation / the world and to me it really is story telling and I'm the author. -
To be honest, I am quite obsessed with the forests of BC and could be happy taking photos here forever -
The 41-year-old photographer has been traveling across the country in his van photographing Canadians, 5000 so far -
I like to travel light, usually one camera with one lens. I like to hang out. I like to go back to the same place over and over again. I like to watch for the little changes. -
I think I was pretty realistic about what to expect when starting a business. -
Dave Aharonian is a fine art photographer who creates platinum palladium prints -
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