I want to pursue editorial travel photography with a mix of street and documentary.

In mind, when I think of travel photography, I don’t want to limit myself to just the architecture of the place. I also want to grasp the photography of the culture mostly the people! I want to be able to do editorial work with the locals, this may look like actually having them model for my camera. (Something like this: http://www.paperboats.me/article/photos-day-super-yaya)

In cases like this, for those of you who have done travel photography or know about it, how often are locals willing to do things like this? How to build that connection for them to feel comfortable? If so, do you compensate them by giving them the photos you take?

When it comes to the street photography aspect, was there any backlash from that, were locals thrown off? Safety? Etc.

I’ve been looking of possibly doing a trip with an organized organization who does things like this (which wouldn’t be too long term) or I’m thinking of attending a missions school to get accredited and a degree that builds a travel trip inside of the degree program.

  • bleach1969@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I would really suggest either working as a photographer / staff for an NGO first, it’ll be paid experience, gaining valuable local knowledge. An NGO / Not For Profit is still a ‘business’ and dealing with bureaucracy / money / business can be complex in your own country let alone on other continents.