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Tag Archive: documentary photography
To Tell a Story Visually, Build Trust with Your Subject
Tweet Editor’s note: Carl Costas is a Sacramento-based photographer specializing in photojournalism. He is a former staff photographer for the Sacramento Bee. In his first video on visual storytelling for Black Star Rising, Carl discusses the importance of building rapport with your subject. Tweet
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