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Proof: Aaron Huey on Shattering Assumptions | National Geographic


Photography allows you to be kind of the

Photography allows you to be kind of the anomaly and to be able to be the person

anomaly and to be able to be the person

anomaly and to be able to be the person in the place no one else can go that it

in the place no one else can go that it

in the place no one else can go that it kind of it it pushes those doors open in

kind of it it pushes those doors open in

kind of it it pushes those doors open in front of us a photography has the power

front of us a photography has the power

front of us a photography has the power to undo your assumptions about the world

to undo your assumptions about the world

to undo your assumptions about the world we assume so many things about what’s

we assume so many things about what’s

we assume so many things about what’s out there and I think all of this great

out there and I think all of this great

out there and I think all of this great photography just shatters that that’s a

photography just shatters that that’s a

photography just shatters that that’s a great place to be there are different

great place to be there are different

great place to be there are different levels to success as a photographer in

levels to success as a photographer in

levels to success as a photographer in quotes you know there is the aesthetic

quotes you know there is the aesthetic

quotes you know there is the aesthetic success but there’s the whole other side

success but there’s the whole other side

success but there’s the whole other side where does your work make an impact in

where does your work make an impact in

where does your work make an impact in the world does it educate does it does

the world does it educate does it does

the world does it educate does it does it change people’s lives does it make a

it change people’s lives does it make a

it change people’s lives does it make a difference to follow the path of your

difference to follow the path of your

difference to follow the path of your heart is is important whether you’re

heart is is important whether you’re

heart is is important whether you’re making pictures or anything else that

making pictures or anything else that

making pictures or anything else that like that’s all that matters ultimately

like that’s all that matters ultimately

like that’s all that matters ultimately you can’t well if it’s a seven-year

you can’t well if it’s a seven-year

you can’t well if it’s a seven-year project on a reservation or or elsewhere

project on a reservation or or elsewhere

project on a reservation or or elsewhere like if you if your heart’s not in and

like if you if your heart’s not in and

like if you if your heart’s not in and it’s probably not worth doing I was

it’s probably not worth doing I was

it’s probably not worth doing I was given so much time to work on this

given so much time to work on this

given so much time to work on this assignment that I was able to spend you

assignment that I was able to spend you

assignment that I was able to spend you know days not shooting

know days not shooting

know days not shooting I think it’s reshaped like how I engage

I think it’s reshaped like how I engage

I think it’s reshaped like how I engage with people on a really deep kind of

with people on a really deep kind of

with people on a really deep kind of heart level it kind of taught me that it

heart level it kind of taught me that it

heart level it kind of taught me that it was okay to like lose my strict role as

was okay to like lose my strict role as

was okay to like lose my strict role as an observer and I think great

an observer and I think great

an observer and I think great photography and especially the

photography and especially the

photography and especially the photography this magazine wakes people

photography this magazine wakes people

photography this magazine wakes people up to the diversity of the world and to

up to the diversity of the world and to

up to the diversity of the world and to the lives that are so different than our

the lives that are so different than our

the lives that are so different than our own we get our blinders on and we see

own we get our blinders on and we see

own we get our blinders on and we see our version of the world and we think

our version of the world and we think

our version of the world and we think that it’s the center of the universe but

that it’s the center of the universe but

that it’s the center of the universe but if we do not supplement great journalism

if we do not supplement great journalism

if we do not supplement great journalism and photojournalism with the voice and

and photojournalism with the voice and

and photojournalism with the voice and images of the people whether trained or

images of the people whether trained or

images of the people whether trained or not we will never be able to tell the

not we will never be able to tell the

not we will never be able to tell the truth

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