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How Street Photographer Ishay Lindenberg Looks for Surprising Moments

Chris Gampat
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01/20/2021
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My name is Ishay “Jesse” Lindenberg. I was born in Israel. My father is a psychologist, and my mom is a consultant. When I was a child, my dad had an old Zorki camera and a darkroom. My sister Yaara (r.i.p.) and I constantly asked him to develop with us. I loved the process; it was magical to me. Later on, I was accepted to a personal program in the Faculty of Art, where I studied and experimented with photography and arts more deeply. In the last few years, I live and work in Berlin.

My first camera was purchased in India at the age of 20. I was photographing as an amateur at that time. Later on, during my studies and personal experiences, I acquired more skills. I don’t label myself as a ‘professional photographer.’ Let others be the judge. I prefer to see myself as an artist who photographs.

Surprisingly I never chose street photography. You could say it chose me …my love for photography is wide and I also like to take fashion and portrait photos. As for the street, I try to carry a camera with me almost everywhere, and if I don’t have one, I use my phone. The street is fast and unpredictable, with infinite authentic moments that tell a story. To me, these stories have artistic and also social value, so I try to capture them.

The greatest moments are constantly happening around us. Since reality is the best director, it’s a hard thing to plan. For me to develop the senses so they can detect these moments, that is the important thing. The more you observe, shoot, and practice, the senses get sharper, and the results get better. The best photos were just something I saw on the way to somewhere, or while I was doing something else.

I create a body of work that does not limit itself to traditional photography’s concrete guidelines, containing flashes of the human element parallel to a mosaic of our busy modern urban reality. Whether the story is funny, ridiculous, scary, or fantastic, I need to present my perspective in a way that triggers the viewer’s emotion.

At the moment, I use a Canon 7D, mostly with a 35mm f1.4 canon lens. I use it since it has a swift performance rate and I needed a fast camera. I considered buying mirrorless, but I’m an old-school DSLR guy, so it takes me time to get used to the concept.

All images are used with permission. You can find Ishay’s work on his website, on his Instagram, and on his Facebook page. Want to get featured? Here’s how you can do it!

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Chris Gampat

Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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