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Ghebosu Florin Emil Channels the Romance of Cartier-Bresson

Chris Gampat
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05/18/2023
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Ghebosu Florin Emil for the Phoblographer9

Over the years, I have used photography to socialize, personal rediscovery, and archiving moments of visual-plastic expression. Or at least that’s what I thought at first. But along the way, I discovered how projects are formed over time and become more than a personal experience, a small historical archive of places and characters over which time passes mercilessly. I no longer feel this photographic game as personal, as well as a debt to the multicultural history of the places. In my portfolio, I present how the characters from my travels have left their mark on me.

This is a guest blog post by Ghebosu Florin Emil for the Phoblographer and edited accordingly. Check out his website and Instagram. Want to submit one? Check out how to be featured here.

I love photography gear, both digital and analog, as a kid. I am not necessarily a fan of new technologies but rather of different methods of technical expression. Developing film at home becomes a method of discipline with a more tangible process than digital. In the field, I always have a digital camera and an analog one at hand because every time I witness a little battle between new and old techniques, I enjoy always choosing the most vivid and least post-processed frame.”

I had to buy a digital camera to keep my memories with my friends from the trips we made together. We went so often that I barely managed to collect money to buy the camera. I was so happy when I got it that I started shooting everything.

Robert Capa once said: “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough.” This is my first rule in photography too. I like the works of William Eugene Smith, Alex Webb, and so many others…

I like the way W.Eugene Smith showed us his photography skills through projects and love the framing way of Alex Webb.

I am a big fan of Magnum Photographers and history through the images; that’s why I still love to shoot black and white film too.

It’s been 15 years and counting. Now I know what I want in photography, and I feel that I can do it all my life and still not long enough. I feel that it’s like reading; when you meet new people you learn new stories.

I like to see myself as an enviromental portait photographer, so I often go to the rural areas, but I am on the streets every day searching. I feel that today we are not connected anymore in real life but more in social life. That’s why I go out and meet new people or just capture a moment in their life. To feel connected with people but as an introvert :)). The camera is my defense gear.

I use film and digital cameras; I like to use the most my Fuji XT2 with 23mm/f1.4 and Nikon FM3a with 50mm/f1.4 Planar or Pentax KX with Zeiss Flektogon m42 adapted. But I have different setups in my camera bag, the Ricoh gr3 with Nikon l35af, a Nikon d810 with Tamron 35mm/f1.8, a Zeiss Super Ikonta 534/16, and a Mamiya 35 II. Love them all. I use different setups for the size and the shooting style. I like to be prepared at any time.

Natural, just because I like it more, it feels more documentarian. But if I really need artificial light, I have no issue using one.

I’m more of a creator than a documenter because I like all the elements inside the frame to say something about the moment, character or my impression of society. I often use 35 mm to get many things in the frame and keep it clean.

I am looking for interesting people and aesthetically clean and interesting backgrounds with many elements that describe the place, moment, or the character. I use bw film and Zeiss lenses to be more disciplined and small cameras to look less aggressive when shooting on the streets. 

With Fujifilm, I use film simulations and shoot raw + jpeg so that I have a raw backup to adjust the exposure, and the shadows when in need. On film, I like to push film one stop, or use iso 400 for the grain. I home develop bw film, the color I take to the lab. I don’t edit too much now; it feels better to get it in the right tones and light from the camera.

I have open projects, one of them is about a family; I just go and take portraits of them in the house or outside yearly, with their animals, hear their stories, and see the change in time. Another one is Boyhood; it’s all about something that feels the same as my childhood, staying outside all the time, friends and games, which is no longer so much available in the big city today.

I like the joy of it. The pleasure of seeing new moments, meeting new people, and playing with my cameras.

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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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