A picture is worth a thousand words. Photos differ according to photographers.
A professional photographer is a reason behind the success of a photo and vice versa. This is why it was important to discover the secrets behind the success of photographers, especially world-class photographers.
On this basis, the US Embassy in Cairo was partnering with the photography hub, Photopia, to welcome three US photographers to Egypt for the second Cairo Photo Week event.
Shamayim Shacaro, 38, is a creative fashion and beauty photographer who says that he was fascinated with the camera since he was a child. It bedazzled him to the extent that considered it his third eye. It sent him to so many adventures that its lenses became the window he sees life through until he became one of the most renowned American photographers.
What inspires you as a photographer?
Honestly; one is learning the business side of the creative art, so that you wouldn't be a starving artist and too many people managed to control your business into money and the second would be to travel as possible to me there are many networks as you can to see how professionals in different region and different market of the world and incorporated them into yourself so that you can also as you could learn from those experiences from other creators in differing regions.
Felix Kunz, a young talented portrait photographer, is one of few photographers whose photos carry a certain technique that distinguishes them from ordinary photos or snaps of people.
Among your seminal works which one is your favorite? Why?
Well, one of the highlights I came two years ago to Egypt for an archaeological trip with an American archaeological mission from Yale University and that was really interesting to spend some time in Upper Egypt. It was (Cape Town) which is between Edefo and Luxor; it was definitely a fascinating highlight.
Where did the idea come from? Tell us a few words about it, please?
Well, I was connected with the head of Egyptology at Yale University through an organization called the explorers club, my wife working in New York to photograph explorers, scientists and astronauts. So I am familiar with doing some photography of geologists and marine geologists and astronauts. Further, I got connected through them and then they asked me if I would do some portrays for them.
What is your favorite lens?
One I'm using at that time… I always tell photographers to start with the 50mml and just the fixed lens is cheap. Moreover, it looks like it's kind of the same as eyes right? You don’t have to zoom and it doesn’t go wide. On this basis, you actually have to zoom with your feet and you have to move. Moreover, it’s a good learning tool you know to start with a little bit of constraint. Artists walk well when they have not a little bit of constraint.
Maggie Steber is a well-known documentary photographer who has worked in 67 countries specializing in human issues.
She was the recipient of numerous awards and nominations for excellence throughout her successful career, including the Leica Medal of Excellence, World Press Photo Foundation, the Overseas Press Club, Pictures of the Year, the Medal of Honor for Distinguished Service to Journalism from the University of Missouri, the Alicia Patterson Grant, the Ernst Haas Grant, and a Knight Foundation grant for the New American Newspaper project.
Actually, Maggie is a longtime contributor to National Geographic Magazine, as well as many other publications.
What does it take to be a professional photographer?
The professional photographer should keep his passion for photography alive and continuously strive to do great work that would make him stand out. That's the sure-fire recipe to pave the path to his long-term success as a professional photographer.
Ultimately, these perse groups of prominent photographers shared their knowledge during the Cairo Photo Week’s workshops, master classes, and exhibitions, which were taking place in the historic downtown area of Cairo.
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