Jerome Liebling - Photographer, Filmmaker and Teacher

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I have just become aware of this photographer.

http://www.jeromeliebling.com/

He lived and taught an hour from me in Massachusetts.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/sep/07/jerome-liebling-obituary

The American photographer Jerome Liebling, who has died aged 87, once said that his motivation was "to figure out where the pain was, and to show things that people wouldn't see unless I showed them". Liebling worked as a photographer for more than 50 years and his early work, especially his New York street scenes and his quietly powerful portraits of ordinary people, influenced several generations of socially conscious photographers.

He shot with a Rolleiflex according to his bio.

And this from his daughter:

“He had a really charismatic and unique way about him,” Rachel said. “The Rolleiflex became part of his body and it was almost like choreography the way he would approach his subjects.* I know this not only because I remember being out with him, but you can also see it in the images. He would walk right up to people, and they were intrigued by him. There’s an exchange going on between him and them. He really connected with people; they look at him and they’re both equally checking one another out.”

https://slate.com/culture/2015/04/je...ty-photos.html

This shot is just phenomenal (among others included here):
https://www.20minutos.es/fotos/cultu...iebling-10236/

 

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Capturing the Human Spirit