Before studying an MA in photography, Pablo considered an MA in geography to learn more about the subject, he later decided against it and instead joined the geographic society. For his final project during his MA Pablo created a travel story, he spent a lot of time travelling and taking photographs during that time with the intention of being a documentary photographer. Reflecting back on this he realised his photographs fit into the genre of a travel photographer rather than a documentary. His intentions were to meet different people from different places and document their lives.
His talk gave left me with a lot to think about, as he may not work for a big magazine like Rachel does alongside her personal stuff and he expressed a longing of being able to focus solely on his own work but some of the briefs he told us had the opportunity to work on as well as future ones sounded incredible.
Advice from Pablo
- Work experience even if it's unpaid
- Assisting other photographers for a few years to gain confidence and increase your skillset
- If you find a photographer you like, give them a call or drop them an email and ask for an experience they may not reply, but that does not mean they haven't kept your email and in a few months time you could find a message in your inbox asking for your assistance with something.
Also, Pablo found his fine art projects and his travel and food photography didn't work well so he created two separate websites. Something to think about if you find your work doesn't quite fit together, but you want to showcase it all.
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