Reid Compton
Tell us about the first experience you had showing your work. The first time I ever had anything published was in college for the school paper. Over the next 2 years or so I had a lot of stuff published locally, and the first time I had something published in front of a huge audience was when Sports Illustrated picked up one of my wire images for their March Madness cover collage in 2010. That was the first publication I couldn’t believe I’d gotten published in.
If you had the choice to have your work hanging anywhere in the world, where would it be? I would love to be published in National Geographic. National Geographic is the reason I became a photographer, and it would be such an honor to shoot an assignment for them.
What's the best piece of advice anyone has even given you? There’s an old photojournalism saying “f/8 and be there”– which is to say – the most important part of being a photographer is to get the image. Nothing else matters if you aren’t there to take the picture. It’s why I carry my camera everywhere I go, because you never know when the most important story of our lifetime is going to happen.
What are you working on right now? I grew up in a more suburban environment in Florida, so the city lifestyle is still very new to me. My work right now is really I think me exploring the strange juxtaposition that I see between how many people there are packed into this tiny area and how impersonal we are to one another as a whole. It’s very different from where I grew up. I’m using street photography to capture intimate anonymous scenes from around the city that explore this relationship.
Who are your biggest creative influences? Henri Cartier-Bresson. His mastery of street photography has been an inspiration not just my images, but also my shooting style. I try to be as discreet and invisible as possible when I’m capturing people. He was known for painting his camera body with flat black paint so the shine wouldn’t attract unnecessary attention. I haven’t gone that far, but I love his approach. I also draw a lot of inspiration from Richard Koci Hernandez, a California photojournalist, and Vincent Laforet, who was the pioneer of the HDSLR shooting.
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