Damon Winter Website
Damon Winter is a photographer for the New York Times. He specializes in documentary, editorial and portrait photography.
I found an online article from the nytimes website that James Estrin wrote about Damon Winter's current photography project. Winter is using his iphone to document the war in Afghanistan. He said it was easier to get images of the soliders because they were more comfortable with the camera phone than a large camera. I found it interesting about what the writer, James Estrin, wrote about the importance of the camera gear. He said, :The photographer takes the picture, not the equipment. Few people care what kind of typewriter Hemingway used."
After working with my own project, I halfway agree with that statement. I think that some series it is very important. It brings a new level of skill to the work. I think it would be important to Winter's work to have it be recognized what type of camera is used, if it is not already.
According to the article, Winter used his iphone to take images of the firefights while his Canon was shooting video. There is a 10 second delay between images on an iPhone - which requires a lot of skill and good timing to produce images in those situations.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/finding-the-right-tool-to-tell-a-war-story/?ref=asia
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