JOE MCNALLY “THE LANGUAGE OF

LIGHT” 2016By Mariana Alejandra Peláez Díaz Group:0802

ABOUT MCNALLYJoe McNally said that he has been working on photography for 35 years, he showed us those 35 five years in his photos since he bought his first camera on 1972.He said he has been working for National Geographic, but that demanded him a tremendous amount of responsibility because he could not fail to the magazine. They rely in the photographers because they tell visually what is going on around the world.

He said he has traveled to a lot of countries like Brazil, Africa, Ireland or Milan to photograph daily life, fashion models, famous actors, athletes. Recently he went to Brazil for the Olympic games to take pictures o the athletes and the daily life of the Brazilians.

THE PHOTOGRAPHYHe said that the rule of photographers was that their photos were their footsteps, they marked their path through life, the photographer creates history. They showed the world, their world, to other people.McNally said that the photography was not just flashes and lenses, it was a relationship. He said that is needed to know the person that you were photographing even just a little bit, a photographer needs a team work, it’s a business of relationship. And he showed us this on a photo he took 15 years ago about fire man`s work, he said he was still in touch with some of those men.

Photo of Brazil´s Olimpic GamesFrom:http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/

PHOTOSHOT After the presentation of his photos they did a photography live on stage, so he asked people to came on stage to be photographed. One of the favorites was a guy who was photogenic, always doing new funny poses. In this photoshot, he was telling us some advices so we could apply them on our photos related to the lights, the lenses, and the exposition time.

Joe McNally´s photoshot

JOE MCNALLY & MEXICAN PHOTGRAPHERS In the last part of McNally`s conference, there was a space of Q&A. My favorite question was that if he could tell us what he thought about Mexico`s photography field nowadays. Some important points of Joe`s answer at this question were:He said he had been doing a lot of Works in Mexico, specially in Guanajuato and San Miguel de AllendeHe was always impressed for the amount of energy, creativity and good will of the Mexican photographersHe thought that the photography community in Mexico was growingHe said he was not the future, we are!

From:http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/

Mcnally said he made the imposible to make this bulldog “smile” From:http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/