Summary
In this episode, I break down a photograph I shot on assignment in Bali for The New York Times and explain why I actually hated this image for years before realizing it taught me one of the most important photography lessons of my career. As photographers, especially Leica photographers, street photographers, documentary photographers, and travel photographers, we often obsess over perfect composition, beautiful…
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