“My way of working on the street works in two ways. The first is spotting interesting people doing interesting things and trying to put them into a good shape and seize the moment. The second is finding a potentially interesting situation, perhaps a landscape or architectural, and waiting for people to be in the right place to make up the composition.”
“Always have an open eye and mind for the unexpected. Stories frequently take a total twist in the field. Of course, in these days of limited and underfunded assignments from all but a handful of magazines, you have to suggest and promote ideas yourself. The chances are initially that you will have to fund your own ideas.
Be prepared to travel and live cheaply.”
Ian berry is a magnificent photographer working for Magnum since 1962.
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