{"id":3838,"date":"2024-03-17T02:26:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T02:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photography.local\/?page_id=3838"},"modified":"2025-12-13T03:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:48:20","slug":"pro-photographer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/pro-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Professional Photographer Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-tbg1we-6df4b3a7159a93da87947d5b97ccfa02\">\n.avia-section.av-tbg1we-6df4b3a7159a93da87947d5b97ccfa02{\nbackground-color:#f8f8f8;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-tbg1we-6df4b3a7159a93da87947d5b97ccfa02 main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3838'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-qsk0ou-131d3a0ceb83f2821ca57114f57746bc\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-qsk0ou-131d3a0ceb83f2821ca57114f57746bc{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-qsk0ou-131d3a0ceb83f2821ca57114f57746bc hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-pzc2bi-460c5051c00875183edbc3b53807d180\">\n.flex_column.av-pzc2bi-460c5051c00875183edbc3b53807d180{\npadding:70px 17% 70px 17%;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-pzc2bi-460c5051c00875183edbc3b53807d180 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltuwbvmn-5ae55d201565c461dc14a57d71e3ecff '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>The Photography of Burning Man: An Interview with Scott London<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; color: #a7a7a7; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.002;\">October 1, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-oj2ujy-ca90d617d6a708f996d635efa45e4f55\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-oj2ujy-ca90d617d6a708f996d635efa45e4f55{\nheight:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-oj2ujy-ca90d617d6a708f996d635efa45e4f55 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ltuwec6d-50e7e059fd21a2ebb602dd132a065d12\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ltuwec6d-50e7e059fd21a2ebb602dd132a065d12 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltuwec6d-50e7e059fd21a2ebb602dd132a065d12 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" >\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m5eklq-b682548b2f6ff34d06b204819d7f5c40\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-m5eklq-b682548b2f6ff34d06b204819d7f5c40{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-m5eklq-b682548b2f6ff34d06b204819d7f5c40 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 500; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>Branded a &#8220;laboratory of creativity&#8221; by its long-term photographer, Scott London, why is Burning Man such a hot ticket in both the art and festival world? Daisy McCorgray finds out.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ipj4ha-a3278b392bba415c778ced8d903b4264\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-ipj4ha-a3278b392bba415c778ced8d903b4264{\nheight:10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ipj4ha-a3278b392bba415c778ced8d903b4264 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">The new coffee table book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/artonfire\/\"><em>Burning Man: Art on Fire<\/em><\/a>, allows one to discover the essence of this iconic festival through a visual narrative that documents the festival\u2019s sculpture and art over the years. It features a rich selection of over 200 photographs, capturing the effort, artistry, and one could suggest, insanity that goes into creating this wildly ambitious event. To find out more about the role of the photographer in this temporary desert city, I spoke to Scott London, the award-winning photographer who has been documenting the festival for over a decade.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-leh4wu-0ea720101926aa96fb9d7a06768188ca\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-leh4wu-0ea720101926aa96fb9d7a06768188ca{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-leh4wu-0ea720101926aa96fb9d7a06768188ca hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3841\" style=\"padding: 0.4em; background: #fff; border: 0.1em solid #bbb; margin-right: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pro-photographer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pro-photographer.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pro-photographer-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pro-photographer-733x1030.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pro-photographer-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/pro-photographer-502x705.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ipj4ha-3-004e995d98c24b3df2d843f2b3ab0b80\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-ipj4ha-3-004e995d98c24b3df2d843f2b3ab0b80{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ipj4ha-3-004e995d98c24b3df2d843f2b3ab0b80 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 600; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>For those that haven\u2019t been, what is the experience of Burning Man like?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">Burning Man is notoriously difficult to describe. It\u2019s not exactly an art festival, not exactly a desert rave, and not exactly an experiment in temporary community. But it has aspects of all three, and much else besides. A lot of people go to Burning Man just to party and have a good time. That\u2019s what I did the first time. But there is more to the event, I think. Something deeper and more significant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">I see Burning Man not so much as a festival in the traditional sense, as a kind of laboratory of creativity. It\u2019s like a grand and visionary experiment where you\u2019re encouraged to push your creative ideas in new directions. The idea is to immerse and express yourself in some capacity\u2014through making art, perhaps, or playing music, dressing up, or spinning fire. Burning Man says, in effect, don\u2019t come unless you can contribute something fun, playful, or inventive.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ipj4ha-2-6149fe30ca848caa976cd3bcb09473c1\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-ipj4ha-2-6149fe30ca848caa976cd3bcb09473c1{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ipj4ha-2-6149fe30ca848caa976cd3bcb09473c1 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_0009-1-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ipj4ha-1-6a3d6ec04aae3a87a766c2b5ac828814\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-ipj4ha-1-6a3d6ec04aae3a87a766c2b5ac828814{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ipj4ha-1-6a3d6ec04aae3a87a766c2b5ac828814 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 600; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>Does photography play an important role at Burning Man?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">I\u2019m not sure it does. In some ways I think there are already too many cameras at the event. Photographers often stand on the sidelines and try to capture what others are doing. This goes against one of the essential principles of Burning Man, which is to immerse yourself and be part of whatever is going on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">Many photographers who first come to Burning Man fall into the trap of trying to capture what\u2019s happening. This was certainly true for me in the beginning. I\u2019m a journalist by background and I was trained to always strive for objectivity in my work\u2014to faithfully record reality as I saw it, but never to influence it or to introduce my own biases. You can see how this ethic, so important in journalism, is antithetical to the spirit of an event like Burning Man.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">So my journey as a photographer has been to systematically let go of any pretence to objectivity and to embrace the spirit of the artist and creator. It has meant using the camera as a tool not only for documenting what\u2019s happening, but for working with others to create something interesting. My best images now come from working with people to create imagery that can stand on its own. It\u2019s more collaborative, more creative, and a lot more enriching.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-g21mha-83647880d5d7ade13b3fa37d3117ad77\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-g21mha-83647880d5d7ade13b3fa37d3117ad77{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-g21mha-83647880d5d7ade13b3fa37d3117ad77 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-269 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_2733-1-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-dg24xa-ceb690aed5a2337f396220bbde75f3dc\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-dg24xa-ceb690aed5a2337f396220bbde75f3dc{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-dg24xa-ceb690aed5a2337f396220bbde75f3dc hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 600; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>Do you plan how you shoot each installation? Or is it an organic process?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">I do a fair amount of planning every year. I research the artists who are going to be there, look at renderings of the installations they are building, and develop ideas and strategies for the kinds of photos I want to make. But there is a limit to how much planning you can do before you go to Burning Man. Most of it comes together once you\u2019re on the scene.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">The weather is always a huge variable. Last year, for example, smoke from a nearby wildfire gave us hazy, red skies for much of the event. It made for unusual images that looked like something shot on Mars or in some post-apocalyptic wasteland. At other times, intense wind and dust storms can offer up evocative, dreamlike scenes straight out of the imagination. You just never know what you\u2019re going to get.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-19oo7i-6eb576246a5060e337472b1b3521a717\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-19oo7i-6eb576246a5060e337472b1b3521a717{\nheight:5px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-19oo7i-6eb576246a5060e337472b1b3521a717 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 600; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>What\u2019s your favourite image you have taken at the festival and why?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">Most of my personal favourites are portraits. Working closely with other people can be very intimate, and I love that aspect of portraiture. But there are also a few that are in the book that mean a lot to me. The image of the Temple of Transition is a case in point. I saw the image in a dream a few days before the start of Burning Man 2011. It was like a very strong pre-visualisation. When I arrived at the event, I had to figure out how to replicate what I had seen in my mind. It required a high vantage point and a bit of wind and dust, and of course people walking to and from the temple. Everything came together for me late in the afternoon of the first day.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-a3nfji-e233bb63d4c9a1bbfa17c9747d8b32c2\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-a3nfji-e233bb63d4c9a1bbfa17c9747d8b32c2{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-a3nfji-e233bb63d4c9a1bbfa17c9747d8b32c2 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-275 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.scottlondon.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SCOTT_LONDON_9321-1-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9k4ewe-100b5cccbff18322ab4af75df68064d5\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-9k4ewe-100b5cccbff18322ab4af75df68064d5{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-9k4ewe-100b5cccbff18322ab4af75df68064d5 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 600; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>What is your standout memory from Burning Man?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">I remember being lured into a mobile photo booth one year by a topless woman who demanded that I take my clothes off and have my picture taken, if only so I could feel what it\u2019s like to be bare and exposed on the other side of the lens. I refused and we had a good laugh, but I learned an important lesson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">I also remember flying in an ultralight 1,000 feet up, with three cameras around my neck, and a pilot who, I discovered, had had a few too many to drink. It&#8217;s seemed like a miracle we avoided a crash landing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">But the standout memory, perhaps, was my first time at Burning Man, when it hit me that I had no words to describe what I was seeing\u2014it was simply impossible to explain. I realized that my best hope of conveying the experience would be through pictures. That was the moment my Burning Man photography project got its start.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-87pnpa-8fce51e8e2b07325d8766f25fd8ea24a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-87pnpa-8fce51e8e2b07325d8766f25fd8ea24a{\nheight:5px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-87pnpa-8fce51e8e2b07325d8766f25fd8ea24a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 600; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>What camera gear do you take with you to the festival?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">I\u2019m a long-time Canon photographer and I use a combination of DSLRs at the event. I shoot most of the art with zoom lenses and switch to primes when I make portraits. I avoid changing lenses because the alkali dust of the playa can cause problems when it gets inside the camera. This means bringing multiple bodies, each with a dedicated lens that stays on for the duration of the event.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lo1ny-ba3216922e62ba7f1ec3a2da6dbd024e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-lo1ny-ba3216922e62ba7f1ec3a2da6dbd024e{\nheight:5px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-lo1ny-ba3216922e62ba7f1ec3a2da6dbd024e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_hr '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 600; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>Is it tough spending 7 days shooting in the desert? Do you stay for the whole festival?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">I work very hard at Burning Man, 12-14 hours a day for 7 full days. But it\u2019s the most fun I have all year.<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3p9yq6-cd38df49caab712de886bb3be9073cf2\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3p9yq6-cd38df49caab712de886bb3be9073cf2{\nheight:5px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3p9yq6-cd38df49caab712de886bb3be9073cf2 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 600; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><em>Describe your style.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Proxima-nova, lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: -0.1px; font-weight: 300; color: #33333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 24px;\">Others tell me I have a distinctive style, but I don\u2019t think about it much. Like most photographers, I\u2019m attracted to vivid colours, striking subjects and pleasing compositions. 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