Darran K Roper: „The Thrill Of Finding Moments“

Darran K Roper „The Thrill Of Finding Moments“ Arrow-home "Photography forces a response in me. I feel I can be indifferent to a lot of art, because it either holds little relevance to me or has a creative distance from reality. I find it very curious that we can be drawn into a good photograph, but yet if the frame of the photographer’s eye were taken away, the vision would be lost in the noise of the surrounding elements of the scene. That is what fascinates me about photography." Darran K Roper For Darran K Roper photography means a creative interaction with his surroundings. He believes: When you are seeing through your desire to create something, everything holds a little more interest. This ability gets lost over time, says Darran, and photography is a means of reawakening it. Themen Darum geht es in dieser Folge Darran goes on and explains: „The task of finding statements separated from the everyday, is the single goal of street photography. A side effect of street photography is, you begin to see the marvel of the everyday, no moment or place can be discounted. Your mind and senses harmonize to show you where moments may reside, where the light may be favorable and how a situation may change. When I am on a walk, I am free, there is nothing, except this search for a statement that I may, or may not find.“ In this interview, Darran explains what street photography means to him and he talks about his moments of doubts regarding the quality of his own work. This is something most photographers are likely to experience at some point. It’s the moment when it’s time to step up and take your craft to the next level. Darran also talks about that and shares how he pushed himself to grow as an image maker. "The story behind the image" Kung Fu Darran: „A few days before this walk I imagined parts of this frame in a dream. The man performing Kung-fu in the background was clearly part of my dream the woman in the foreground was not so vivid. The man in the background performs Kung Fu, a kata he has no doubt performed many times, each time edging toward perfection. I photographed him for about 3 minutes, through the corners of my eye I see a young woman walking toward me, attempting to light a cigarette, dressed primly in a long wool mac. I take several steps backward, and allows her to enter the frame. This was a single take.“ Ghostly Figures Darran: „Cities can be overcrowded yet lonely places, we jostle and glide through them, between places of stone to other places of stone. The forms here tell that story, ghostly figures moving through, only their shadows touching. The sloaping walkways of the walls enforce this notional journey between distant places of stone in the background and the city streets. The photo kind of worked for me because of the repeated black of the figures and their shadows. For me the rhythm of the movement in the frame works it could always be better though, and that is just something you have to face as a street photographer.“ Street Photography Den Zauber des Alltäglichen einfangen – oder, wie es Henri Cartier-Bresson sagte: Der „entscheidende Moment“. Erfahre von den besten deutschen und internationalen Streetfotografen, wie sie das Außergewöhnliche im Alltäglichen erkennen und in faszinierenden Bildern festhalten. Mehr zum Thema Podcast-Gast Über Darran K Roper Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube