Photography copyright has historically been very one-sided. In this video, Vuhlandes is quick to admit that photo-making has traditionally been a medium for the few with the time and money resources to create images.
In his video, Vuhlandes focuses on macro work and incorporates a kind of hypothetical photographer creating macro shots.
I never really had an interest in macro photography because to me it always felt like a white man – khaki pants, photography vest, Nikon camera with 600mm lens – form photography for me. While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, as you can clearly see, I’m not a white man in khaki pants and a vest shooting a 600mm lens on a Nikon camera.
While photography is considerably more democratic these days in terms of who can create the images, there is still a long way to go. It is for this reason that photographers must push boundaries and occupy spaces that were not previously available to them. Only by pushing back the systems to produce visually diverse authors can stories be told richer, more nuanced, and more multifaceted.
You can do everything and create your own photos.
