Copenhagen, Denmark | Staff Benda Bilili, Utrecth, Holland, November, 2009
Ampelmännchen, East Berlin | Holocaust Memorial, Central Berlin, December, 2009
Before leaving for a journey through Germany, Holland and Denmark with the bearded brethren of Megafaun, I had to decide if I was going to take my favorite camera – a Canon 5D that I’ve used day in and day out for the past two years. I had just acquired a sharp little HD video camera and would be borrowing another HD rig to focus on producing a travelogue type documentary of the tour. Staying light and becoming familiar with this new form of storytelling were my top priorities. So I left the 5D behind and found myself snapping away with my iPhone when the need for a still image arose, which was quite often.
Back when I was a student at SIU learning the craft of photojournalism my professor would drill us about keeping our camera within arms reach at all times. “What if you happen to be driving and you see a plane falling from the sky? If you don’t have your camera nearby to make photos, then you’re not a photojournalist.” His views of photojournalism tended to be anachronistic, but not without merit. At that time, way back in twenty ought three, it must have seemed a distant dream to have a pocket camera like the iPhone at your disposal. Now most anyone can capture such a disaster and be a ‘citizen journalist.’ Remember that photograph of everyone standing on the plane of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in the middle of the Hudson? That iPhone produced photo ran on the cover of countless newspapers the next morning. What a peace of mind.
Here are some more pocket snaps from the journey. Hopefully I will have finished the film version of the trip by the end of January.
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