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人們今天離開 明天離開 這是我拍攝的其中一個原因 他以為我是那些人在TikTok 在街上拍照 很多人會對我生氣 如果我讓一個外國人來華盛頓高雄 告訴我的故事 Yo What's good We're back with another Walkie Talkie We got the homie Ribzy You call me by surprise there What up, what up We're in Washington Heights right now My hometown This isn't a town, it's a neighborhood But my home neighborhood We uptown, I'm excited And I haven't shot here street portraits ever So let's see what happens Yeah, hell yeah, let's go, let's get to it What camera are we shooting with today? So I got my Hasselblad 500C Which is my go-to portrait camera And I got the classic 80mm 2.8 The old one, the non-coated or whatever it is Yeah, this is my baby right here She's been giving me some problems recently So hopefully today everything goes smoothly We'll see So you grew up around here Yeah, I grew up in this exact neighborhood We just got off the train on 177 That used to be where I used to hang out With my homies back in elementary school Middle school, summer high school And now we're walking east Towards Highbridge Park Which is where I grew up Playing Little League Baseball Where I played a lot of basketball Streetball, New York Streetball That's where I cut my chops And yeah, all these blocks These are the blocks I used to walk on So it's always nice to come back here But we'll see if I get gun shy with my camera I've never shot up here So I've been wanting to Since I got hooked on street portraiture I was like I gotta go uptown But for whatever reason in my head There's like a little block That makes me second-guess shooting up here And I don't know why Maybe I'm too close to the people That in my head I'm like Oh, they wouldn't want to be photographed Or it wouldn't be as smooth of an experience It's all stupid This is all just my own head Blocking myself But this is on my list And this was the perfect Kind of kick in the butt To get out here Cause if you hadn't suggested it I probably wouldn't have come up here all summer I got a certain type of like Scene or situation That I usually get drawn to I don't like just stopping A random person that's walking by And be like excuse me Can I get your photo That doesn't speak to me I like catching people That are kind of chilling Being themselves Doing whatever they do But kind of situated Not like on the move And hopefully that's what we get I know there's a lot of people Chilling in the Heights So we're gonna find them You hear the music right there You see that Yeah, what is that Is that a lizard What is that What is it It's called the beard dragon Yeah, beard dragon Holy shit Can I get a photo of you With the lizard No, no, you with it Yeah, yeah, yeah You put it on You put it like on your shoulder Or something It got a name Yeah, it's Rex What is it Rex Rex, that's what's up I'm shooting on film So I gotta measure the light here 28125 I photograph a lot of people In the streets just chilling So when I saw the lizard I was like yo, I gotta get a photo of that He's camera shy All right, go ahead Just look at me Can you do a serious face There you go Look right at the camera Then one more Just look that way Like this way, this way Like that way Yeah, yeah, yeah All right, back Dope Appreciate you, man I'm Eric What's your name So that right there Is Washington Heights That's what I was expecting People chilling Outside hanging out Usually I'm gonna say something A little controversial Usually it's Puerto Ricans That got all the animals And the snakes and shit You know what I'm talking about You've been to Coney Island But Dominicans are known To fuck around with some Wild animals as well So that's an example right there I wanna get the Hasselblad wet That's good, that's good I don't wanna get your mic wet So auto transplants If you haven't drank From a fire hydrant on the street You're not even close To being a New Yorker I'm just gonna put that out there I've been doing this shit My whole life And look at me I'm powered by this Fucking gutter water You know what I'm saying But it's good though And it's cold Yeah You're sitting here Chilling on your childhood stoop Right You took classes At ICP recently Are you still taking it I did No, the class is done now So I took It was a three month class One class a week And it was about street portraiture With Amy Touchette Who's a New York based photographer Who does a lot of street portraiture And honestly It was a great experience The class was not about Being taught how to do photography Or being taught how to do Street photography or portraits Or any of that It was about helping you The individual figure out What it is that you want to do And that means A lot of different things That means What kind of street portraiture That means You know How do you want to engage people That means What kind of message You're trying to communicate I don't have all the answers To those questions yet I just don't But the class really helped me Start to think about that stuff When the class was over I had so much momentum Personally that I kept going out And I was very active And I really love What I created Like at the end of class And then like the couple weeks After that Cause I was just I was riding this wave of momentum That really felt good I think that's the beauty Of doing a class That's extended over time So you'd obviously recommend Somebody looking for that kind of act I would definitely recommend it There's a huge diversity Of classes there So I cannot speak for every class Or every professor or whatever But I think in general If you're someone Who's looking for that organization But also a bit of that spark To really start to get you Thinking in the right direction A class at ICP Would definitely help do that It's not cheap But I talked to Isaiah about this Isaiah Winters Who I had on my podcast A while ago We were like listen I could've spent that $800 On a new lens or a new camera Or I could've spent it On a class at ICP like I did Take your guess Which one had a bigger impact Or would've had a bigger impact On my photography You know That When I thought about it That was like game over We're taking this class Do whatever you want But if you have A certain amount of funds And taking a class Is one of the things You could spend money on I think that's worth Spending the money on As opposed to a new camera Or more film I kind of like this kid's look Right here Yeah Yo my man I like how you look With the towel on you I'm a street photographer Can I get a photo of you Yeah just chill right there That's perfect I'm Eric by the way What's your name Noah You from the Heights No The Bronx I work I'm from right there I grew up on 173rd Autobahn F4 I shoot on film So I'm just measuring the light Right here You went to the pool already No no no You going now All right Just look straight at me Right there All right One Two Do one more I'm going to back up real quick All right One Two Perfect You say your name was Noah Thanks Noah I appreciate you Noah Enjoy the pool Yeah Washington Heights Now that I'm older I appreciate it More than I ever have Because obviously This is what built me This is my identity So why do you think It took so long for you To come back and photograph This neighborhood I learned street portraiture When I was living in London That became a thing there And then when I came back To New York New York City has this Hello what's up New York has a certain A certain thing you think about When you think about street photography Street portraiture That involves downtown SoHo Lower East Side Washington Square Park Not Washington Heights And I fell for that too I fell for the same thing But very quickly I realized yo Everybody's photographing In Midtown Everybody's in Washington Square Park Nobody's in Washington Heights I have a duty I'm going to say This is a pretty strong thing But I think I would have Wasted a part of my life If I die and I never photographed In Washington Heights And I truly mean that I'm very happy That today's happening Because this should be a start This should be the beginning Of it all Living in New York City If I didn't photograph People of all varieties Like that wouldn't be fair To me in my head Because I grew up Seeing people of all kinds All genders, race, whatever Everything And I think my photography Should reflect that Let me ask you What drew you When you first got into photography What drew you to street portraiture Instead of studio work Or fashion or landscapes Or even like street Like traditional street photography Honestly street portraiture Is the last iteration of photography Like this is like If there's different chapters In my book of photography This is like chapter 15 Like I've done so many Other different things That I think some of them Do lend itself well to this But street portraiture Is the last thing I've started doing The reason I started doing it Is because I was trying to do Candid street photography You know the classic stuff That's really popular And people love I'm just not good at it And also I don't enjoy The process Whether I'm good at it or not I don't enjoy the process And I think that That matters a lot Because like Why am I going to do something That I truly don't enjoy Over and over and over again Some people love it Some people find it thrilling Some people love the chase I don't I had been doing street portraiture Without really knowing Especially in London In London I met so many people On the streets Because I was the American For whatever reason Everybody just wanted to talk to me And that meant interacting With a lot of interesting people So I photographed a lot of These random people in London And whenever I just wanted To take photos Street portraiture was there I could just photograph Random people in the streets I didn't really know That this was like a big thing That people have done over time And that there's a history there And like a really big legacy Of like amazing photographers Doing street portraiture And then I started doing it A bit intentionally And then that kind of like Like finalized it for me It was like okay This is it This is something we should attack A lot of the fashion style portraiture That I used to do a lot of Like 5 years ago What I was doing in there I think lends itself super well To what I'm doing now Even though the subject matter Is very different Fashion industry I was reminiscing I don't do that anymore Yeah, yeah They want to lock in though Yeah, check me out on Instagram Yeah, I photograph people In the streets Street portraiture No, it's free I just meet people in the streets And if they're interesting I try to capture them In a way that looks interesting Yeah, yeah It's not a money thing It's not a New York City Exactly The views Yeah, yeah I'm from uptown I'm from Washington Heights So you know what I'm saying You meet a lot of interesting people And stuff like that You know what Can I get a photo of you Yeah, sure Hey, let's go over here I want you to sit on One of the pylons there Sit on there However you feel comfortable And I'm going to try to just Guess I'm cool with you All right, back 2A, 125th I'm shooting on film So I got to measure my light Okay It's fire, bro All right, I'm going to get One of you like this And then I'm going to position you A little differently All right, appreciate it Here, let me get you Actually, that looks cool Yeah, just look straight out that way No, no, he knew what he was doing I didn't say anything He's just like, you know That's what I like, though I want to capture you The way you are All right, yeah, right there Don't do anything Just chill right there Perfect We're going to do one more And I'm going to put My macro adapter on the camera So I'm going to get up close All right, so with this I can get decently close to you So don't get freaked out But I'm going to get I'm going to get pretty close Let's see Actually not Look down at me like this Yeah, yeah, right there Look into the lens Cool All right, I'm going to hit you up You follow me on Instagram, right Yo, good to meet you, my man I'll hit you up if the photos come I'm going to hit you up regardless But I hope I didn't mess him up All right, yo, peace He was just walking Kind of randomly in the streets And that's not That's not something That's interesting to me But because I got to know him In those 15 seconds When we started chatting I felt like it was worth Doing something, you know There was a rapport there And those are challenging Because then I had to Once I was like Let me take a photo of this guy Now I had to like Find somewhere to put him To make it interesting In any In like at least a little bit So if somebody wants to get Into street portraiture Talking to strangers But it's kind of more reserved Not used to talking to people What's some advice You can throw their way To kind of like Push them off the edge And get them into it Yeah, I think If you want to do Street portraiture And you're a little gun shy Or not the most outgoing I think a good way to start Is to do photo walks The nice thing about photo walks Is when you got this Big group of photographers Walking around All the people in the streets Look at you and immediately They know something's going on In terms of photography So it makes it much easier To break the ice And if your friend Breaks the ice to somebody And gets a photo of whoever You can very quickly be like Oh, can I get one too And you slide right in Some photographers Don't like that shit So you just got to figure out Whoever you're hanging out with And then also events Find parades Like street parties Community events Wherever you live Stuff like that has to happen In those places I think people see the camera And immediately assume Yeah, of course There's photography happening here Because this is an event So if you walk up to somebody And ask, you know The odds are They're going to be Very amenable to it After you do that a lot I think it's important To figure out what your style is In terms of communication Because at least for me And I think in New York City Like confidence matters over everything Especially on the street So you want to figure out What confidence means for yourself And how you communicate That confidence Dímelo, dímelo ¿Qué es lo que? Tik Tok No, es para YouTube ¿Le puedo tirar una fotote? Sí, sí, déjame ver No, quédese ahí, quédese ahí Está bien No, no, esto no es Tik Tok Es YouTube Yo soy fotógrafo Yo hago retratos de gente en la calle Pero gente, dijo usted Gracias Sí, sí, sí No, quédese usted ahí mismo Y míreme a mí para acá Espérate ¿Y te va a dañar la cámara? Ya, te dijo feo No, pero los feos Tienen gracia también Exacto, eso es Los feos tienen gracia también Para la foto Espérenme Le joden mucho a usted, ¿eh? Sí, me molestan Me dicen Haitiano Ande el diablo Pero hay que tener sentido del humor No, no, está bien Póngase así, señor Con la mano ahí en las rodillas Ajá, sí Oh, pero no botó Ya lo botó, yo la quería en la foto No, no, así está bien Quédese usted así No, no, así está bien Míreme aquí, míreme aquí Ahí, uno Ah, mira, uno, dos Vamos a hacer una más, una más Déjeme ponerme un poco más cerca Ah, sí, mire hacia allá No me mire a mí No, un poco por aquí, por aquí Por ahí, ajá, sí Pero baja la cara un poco Ahí, ahí Oh, guapísimo Pérese ahí, no se mueva Hablan mucho los amigos suyos Muy amable Igual, igual Ortiz dijo, ¿qué se llama usted? No lo jodas tanto, déle un beso a él Pero él ha salido No, no, fue usted solo Pero quédese algo ahí Él es muy lindo, él es muy lindo No vemos, no vemos Igual, igual, igual Damn, they would not leave that guy alone They were all making fun of him I'm just like, why? Clearly he's the The punching bag of the group The guy was like, oh, he's going to break your camera Don't take a photo of him And he's like, no, ugly people are interesting too And I was like, you know what? You're right, though At least in my point of view In street portraiture, like It ain't about beauty When we approached those guys I don't know if you heard him But he was saying, TikTok, TikTok And immediately what got in my head was Oh, he's thinking I'm one of those dudes on TikTok That just goes around Taking photos of the girls on the streets And like, that couldn't be Like, farther from what I like From what I want to achieve on the streets Those guys on TikTok And these two shorts or whatever That just kind of They got their Sony camera with the zoom lens And like, some hot girls Walking toward them And they take a photo Like, all the photos look the same And the photos are just about Getting a hot girl on camera There's nothing behind that Those images lack any depth Meaning story even, you know The Internet is like, for artists I'm going to say for photographers But I think it applies to artists in general The Internet is like the best And the worst thing ever, man Because if you do any kind of art Art is subjective And art is also potentially like Difficult for people to understand So when you put your shit on the Internet Like, you just expect To not be satisfied With the response that you get And there's exceptions to this But like, the Internet will beat you up, man If you're an artist And it is, it's just like It's not going to help you in a lot of ways But it's also the best way To get your shit out at scale So that constant tension, man That's like the best and the worst thing And honestly, that like That's made me rethink A lot of what I'm doing Because historically I didn't care about being like a photographer In like the academic slash art way But I think the more I started learning About the history of photography And studying like the photographers That are well-known out there And blah, blah, blah I kind of like want a little bit of that For myself, like I want to put out work That moves people in the way that Those photographers have moved people I feel like YouTube is not that at all For me at least The stuff that I've been making on YouTube Has none of that So I'm trying to like figure out Can I continue doing that While also moving in the other direction Of trying to be a legitimate photographer And I think the answer is yes But a lot of competing thoughts In my head right now All I do know is that When I'm out in the streets making photos It feels great And shout out to all my London friends You all know who you are Especially the photography ones You guys made it a beautiful time And I'll never forget My three and a half years Living in London What are some of the key differences Photographing between there and here I think the communication style Is very different In London my abrupt New York like style Of like being pretty concise And to the point And like trying to like eliminate As much bullshit as possible Out of my like pitch Like that I don't think works in my favor in London I think as a photographer You have to know where you are And what works in the place you are There's a big problem In street photography community Of people just like Feeling entitled to do Whatever they want Wherever they want They never get tested Because they do this In places where like There's no consequences But like one day You're going to take the wrong photo In the wrong place And you might suffer because of it I'm just telling you Don't think that you're entitled To every photo That's just my point of view though Is there anybody specific You're talking to I'm just kidding You know I just think Being self-aware And understanding how things work That just shows a certain level of Understanding and acknowledgement That I think Every good human should have You can't just show up to a new place Whether it's to live Or to do photography Or to run a business Or to you know whatever You can't just show up And act like it's your place Like your rules are the ones that Or that go in that area Because that's just not how life works The people of Washington Heights Deserve to be photographed The people of Harlem Deserve to be photographed The question is by who How When Those are big questions It's an interesting topic And I'm glad people talk about it That goes back to what I said earlier About like I'd be wasting my life If I don't do photography In Washington Heights Because someone's got to do it We deserve to be photographed And a lot of people Would be mad at me If I let a foreigner Come into Washington Heights To tell my story you know Like that's a big deal right there So that's part of why I feel like I need to do this Yeah, Harlem shit What up, what up, what up I don't know what's going on but yeah Nah, nah, I'm a photographer bro I'm just walking around Photographing people Can I get a pic of you my man We could be here today And go in the mall, you heard Can I get a photo of you Keep you alive forever I shoot on film So this literally lasts forever Let's go I'm Eric by the way What's your name One, call me One That's what's up I'm going to give you my real name My real name is *** I won't tell nobody I respect it though My name is Ribs That's how people know me They don't know that my name is Eric typically Okay I'm going to just measure the light Here real quick Yeah, what you were saying People here today gone tomorrow Right That's one of the reasons I do photography I respect it That shit will keep people around Don't always see people like you all the time And they should be scared Like nah, fuck you That ain't taking no picture of me But now I understand it Yeah, yeah The internet is for everlasting So you know You ever heard of a guy named Jamel Shabazz He's a photographer I heard of something called Shabazz He's getting a lot of shine right now Older But he did what you just said Like all he did was walk around the streets And photograph people in his hood Yeah And one of the things he says now is like He can't tell you how many people Right Of the photos he's taken Aren't alive anymore We're talking like 100 people maybe more I believe it And it's just what you said Like here today gone tomorrow You never really know But his photos are now all over the world He's got books Like those people are immortalized now All right, let's immortalize you real quick I'm going to get one up close And then I'm going to back up Right there All right, here's the first one Here we go One, two All right, and then I'm going to do one up close I like that right there Just hold that All right, one, two That One, two Oh no, did I actually finish the roll I got another camera though No, don't move, don't move I got a backup camera All right, look straight at me All right, let me get a serious one I appreciate you, my man I appreciate you Take care All right I'll hit you up once I develop these Peace That was awesome You know, actually You asked me earlier How do you get practice Often times people see you with the camera And just start talking to you And What else do you want Once someone's talking to you That's it, it's game time Time to take a fucking photo And You know, if the person's not interesting Then it is what it is But That dude was interesting And he was in the door frame He had his cup He had money in his hand Like The story sold itself You know what I mean So I was lucky But that doesn't happen If you don't go outside If you don't go out and walk If you don't put yourself in the streets To do this shit That's That's what happens When you don't go outside So those two to three hours I get once a week Precious Oh, I got to get this photo Excuse me, miss I'm a street photographer And I really like the scene of your I don't know if this is your son Of anybody But I'd love to get a photo of him Would you mind No, I don't mind That's fine You cool with it All right, just stay where you are Right there All right, here we go Can you just put your hand down For one of them Just like hand down Just relax That's perfect right there Just hold that One, two I'm going to get a little bit closer Man, you got You really do have a nice watch That's cool, man I appreciate you Oh, it's on film I was going to ask you though If you have Instagram or something I can send you the photos After I develop them Yeah, yeah, here I'll give you my phone I'm very happy with that shot Right there Except that obviously I didn't get it on the Hasselblad Not a requirement Camera's a camera But I think for him The square would have looked fantastic Because he's short, he's small And the other thing is The detail that I really wanted Was the chicken Because it really brings it all together He's a little kid Sitting on his ball eating chicken And I was like And then he gave his mom the chicken And I was like Everybody you photograph today Has been men Yeah Do you feel it's harder To approach women Or how do you feel about that Yeah So I love to photograph women In the streets Obviously I want to have A diverse kind of collection Of people that I photograph With women I definitely Have a slightly different approach I absolutely try my best To not like scare anybody In the streets Specifically with women Like women get approached On the streets constantly Most times probably for bad things So I don't want to feed into that I'm not surprised That a woman would be scared If I just walked right up to her Like there's real reasons to do that So I try not to do that What I do do is I try to communicate Very clearly, very quickly And I also try to make myself Very present and seen very fast Like I don't want to just come up To somebody from the side or from behind It's got like a woman If someone can't see me Like from a distance Then I don't think It's like a good time to photograph If someone is sitting And like situated somewhere But I try to judge it Like someone's really having Like a moment where I shouldn't bother them or not But yeah I think The moral of the story is with women I definitely change my approach Especially in cities In New York City Like it's a real thing There's danger in the streets for women So I don't want to like trigger Any of those thoughts With that said I do like photographing women There's so much interesting stuff That you can get from A photograph of a woman As compared to A photograph of a guy And it's not intentional Like today only photographing men That's not intentional at all I just think the people That have caught my attention And that have had The right mix of variables It's all been men Finish the sentence I take photos because I enjoy taking photos Definitely That's the only answer that matters For me at least Oh I gotta see I gotta get a photo Of this lady here real quick Excuse me Miss What's up I love your energy right now Dancing in the outfit Can I get a photo of you I'm a street photographer Okay And I love what you're doing Right now I can show you the photos I take You can see Oh yeah keep dancing Don't worry about me Keep dancing And let me measure the light I shoot on film So I gotta measure the light Can I put my lipstick on Yeah you do whatever you want However you want to look good So I want you to pose However you feel comfortable and good I like that Yeah that's cool Do that Get your arms out Feel good and do me a favor Look up towards the light for me Right there Yeah just hold that Hold that for a second So I can just see your face A little bit more Okay Awesome We're going to do one more I'm going to do one more I'm going to back up And I'm just going to get The whole body shot And here you can just Kind of look at me And just you know Pose relaxed Arms down However you feel comfortable All right here we go One two Amazing Thank you So we got a two for one there Photographed a woman And photographed her in the sunlight The sunlight's been elusive today I feel like there hasn't been Direct sun anywhere Yo that's going to do it for us man Ribs I appreciate you Hanging out with me today Of course my man I appreciate you Thanks for giving me this opportunity Yeah let the people know Where they can show you some love Yeah man the usual spot Instagram and of course YouTube Ribsy is my name on both If you don't know who I am I make a lot of YouTube videos About film photography specifically And I'm putting a lot of work Into that so I'd appreciate If you check it out But I appreciate you Watching this video And it was my honor Pauly Hold on I hope I didn't hit the mic It's my honor to be on this show I hope you guys enjoyed Following me along today On this journey All right peace