![]() ![]() ![]() While I had talent, I didn’t know much about photography and certainly didn’t have the craft. Armed with ignorance and courage I declared myself to be a photographer. When this came to an end when I was 32 years old, I simply lost my head. I realized I wasn’t cut out for the business world: I was on dole for a while, then I got a job as a salesman in children’s wear and moved to Kentucky. How did you decide you wanted to be a photographer after studying business management and working in US corporations? How were you able to make the transition? Growing up, I was a standard hobby photographer. Profession/Job: Independent Photographer, bookkeeper, secretary, accountant, receptionist, mail-clerk, errand boy, darkroom tech, janitor, and cat-box cleaner. Street Photographer since: the mid-1980’s Motto: “ALWAYS have a camera.” This is not a motto: it’s a Commandment. Nickname: Photobram on the web, none in real life.Ĭurrently living in: The Financial District of New York City The result? Those “odd moments” give us an endearing look into ourselves and sets a very high bar of what the ‘decisive moment’ can be. You can tell he’s been through it all with gravitas. And Richard has had his share of life’s ups and downs: from struggling to survive, to being a successful commercial photographer. I can continue to ruminate and extrapolate, but you get my point.Įvery photograph Richard makes appear simple yet they tell you a deeper story about who we are as humans and how we live in our society. It takes a great deal of life experience to recognize what he terms as the “odd moments” of life. ![]() Like a hamster, going through his motions. Not too different than the automat machines themselves. He makes money every day in his job, deposits it and then withdraws it. It looks routine: Like he’s been doing this all his life. But we know he is older by the way he is dressed, like the typical high-rise office worker- a kind of uniform complete with umbrella and valise. Think about it. We don’t see his face- he’s anonymous. Nothing out of the ordinary, right? Upon closer look, two signs read “Money In” and “Money Out”. At first glance, a balanced photograph of an interesting conservatively dressed man standing in front of the automat. I think the simplest one is the man at the bank deposit and automat (see below). Like a fine wine, you have to air it, swish it around and then drink it in order to experience its full breath. The juxtapositions are a mixture of simple and complex all at once. You can’t just scan through Richard’s images. While many street photographers can capture a funny juxtaposed moment garnering a quick belly laugh, Richard’s images draws you in for a long sustained chuckle that is often thought provoking. Richard’s work quintessentially defines the ‘decisive moment’, with a dry sense of irony and sarcasm. They have forged a path for all of us who want to learn and improve our own vision by establishing high standards with their own work as well as pro-offering the works of masters. And as such, he and his group have helped educate and bring recognition to a photographic art form that is currently enjoying a growing popularity and renaissance. If you don’t already know, Richard is one of the first members of in-Public, the first non-commercial street photography collective established in 2000. Also Leica Liker’s third published photographer! Leica Liker is honored to have Richard Bram, a New York Street Photographer as our #10 guest. # 10 RICHARD BRAM, New York Street Photographer ![]()
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