Feb 25, 2019
“You get two types of people, you get the, “did you just take my photo?” Sometimes, those are the worst people. And how intense that “did you just take my photo,” comes across tells me whether or not the photo sucks. Not every photographer is the same. I have some friends who’ve gotten into confrontations and what they got in return has been amazing. If I were them, I would love confrontation. Every time I’ve taken a photo of someone and they’ve gotten really upset, the photo sucks 99.9% of the time.”
Roads & Kingdoms’ Irene Jiang spoke with graphic designer-turned street photographer Abdullah Shakur about his process for photographing strangers on the street, and how his images relate to reality.