Meet Salvadoran Photog Ricardo Platero

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Passionate about photography since he first held a Nikon DSLR in 2008, Ricardo Platero has been on a nonstop mission to be not only the best photographer he can be, but the best person as well. To become an accomplished photographer, Platero had to sacrifice his social life, live frugally, and find ways to teach himself photography. Today, after years of dedication, Platero has a successful career based in El Salvador. When not working on commercial assignments, Platero photographs communities in remote regions of his home country and elsewhere. Through a sincere desire to make friends, Platero has been able to enrich the lives of the people he photographs, the people who view these photos, and fulfill his need to create. Read on to learn more about Platero’s thoughts and dreams.

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I liked that article, his 'people of Panama' was interesting to me. I lived there before returning to the United States. And the indigenous populations were everywhere: in the jungle, in the cities, in the campos. They very rarely wore their traditional dress.

Ricardo is certainly a master of lighting though, pretty hard to do in some of those locales.

Thank you for presenting him to us.
 
Thanks for reading. I've got some more interesting interviews, book reviews, and articles coming soon.
 
charjohncarter said:
I liked that article, his 'people of Panama' was interesting to me. I lived there before returning to the United States. And the indigenous populations were everywhere: in the jungle, in the cities, in the campos. They very rarely wore their traditional dress.

Ricardo is certainly a master of lighting though, pretty hard to do in some of those locales.

Thank you for presenting him to us.
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Nice article. I know a couple of photographers in Guatemala. More commercial, portraits, weddings, studio. Guatemala has the most indigenous people in Central America I think. The women tend to still traditional dress, the men rarely do. I wish I had a camera more down there then I did. I have a lot of older film pictures, plus some iPhone pics. I need to go through them.
 
markjwyatt said:
Nice article. I know a couple of photographers in Guatemala. More commercial, portraits, weddings, studio. Guatemala has the most indigenous people in Central America I think. The women tend to still traditional dress, the men rarely do. I wish I had a camera more down there then I did. I have a lot of older film pictures, plus some iPhone pics. I need to go through them.
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The first time I went to Guatemala I shot a great roll of 36 exposure Kodachrome: Guatemala city and Antigua. There was a power failure while my lab was processing my film: all lost, I'm still upset.
 
charjohncarter said:
The first time I went to Guatemala I shot a great roll of 36 exposure Kodachrome: Guatemala city and Antigua. There was a power failure while my lab was processing my film: all lost, I'm still upset.
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Dang. That hurts. When I worked in 60 minute photo places, that happened occasionally (Copal machines- friction drive rollers). I would literally shutdown the lights in the store (dimmed the room light, but did not create anywhere near a darkroom), pull the racks out while keeping the film in solution, and start dip processing all the rolls in the machine. I always saved many images (even ones still in developer)- a surprisingly large number of them. Often times images had solarized portions on them. Often the customer (after not being charged and given a free roll of film in addition to their prints and negs) had a good laugh at the images, and thanked me for saving them.
 
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