An-My Le

I've noticed many of the photographers work that I have viewed through the Art 21 series choose to use the older style, bulky cameras. It seems that one of the reasons behind this is that it forces the photographer to spend more time on choosing a shot. I find this interesting because I have never had this attitude, I shoot in digital and because of this I shoot a lot of pictures and decide on the keepers later. I think both styles can lead to interesting shots, its just that more time is either spent in pre or post production. I liked the idea that she considers herself a landscape photographer, even though it seems all of her images contain either people, or traces of people. Her images seem to focus on the active interaction between people and the landscape around them; whether it be the mining operations or the military exercises, these activities are affecting the land in which they take place.