Seamus Murphy: evaluation

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…Now, I found when I try to photograph rural Mexicans, they put on their most serious face, the entire body stiffens, and it looks quite unnatural. But to them, that’s what a photograph is, and I’m fine with that. How is it in Afghanistan? Afghanistan is particularly difficult because they have some built-in radar when they know there’s somebody with a camera. They just know it. As soon as they detect it, they start shouting at everyone, “There’s a guy with a camera, there’s a guy with a camera.” So, it’s very difficult to turn up somewhere and do something candid, or even just to relax the atmosphere. It’s a carnival thing. I think you have to work around that. They love having their photograph taken. You play with that, and you try and catch them as naturally as possible. A lot of the time, you think pictures are candid, and actually, you’ve been talking to the person, and there’s a moment, and you get it. That’s good. The biggest difficulty in Afghanistan is that people love to be photographed. That can be a little bit tedious. No religious strictures that are a problem?…

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