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(9194, 1, '2023-12-30 19:51:16', '2023-12-30 19:51:16', '<!-- wp:columns {\"blockClientId\":\"ccbdc210-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns gutenify-section-ccbdc210-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\"><!-- wp:column {\"blockClientId\":\"ccb7cea0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"right\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"bottom\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\",\"left\":\"var:preset|spacing|50\"}}},\"layout\":{\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column gutenify-section-ccb7cea0-ff09-11ed-b803-c95973636a45\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><!-- wp:paragraph 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has-text-align-center has-content-heading-font-size gutenify-section-dd038a00-08ba-11ee-9b37-7b50c008e18a\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\">Block Party in Stanton Heights, June 2023</h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"dd0537b0-08ba-11ee-9b37-7b50c008e18a\",\"textColor\":\"foreground\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-text-color gutenify-section-dd0537b0-08ba-11ee-9b37-7b50c008e18a\">I brought my camera along to a summer block party in my neighborhood. Here are some of the results.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"blockClientId\":\"dd08e130-08ba-11ee-9b37-7b50c008e18a\",\"className\":\"animated fadeInUp\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"},\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"20px\",\"bottom\":\"20px\"}}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons animated fadeInUp gutenify-section-dd08e130-08ba-11ee-9b37-7b50c008e18a\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px\"><!-- wp:button {\"blockClientId\":\"6baf4820-08bb-11ee-9b37-7b50c008e18a\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button gutenify-section-6baf4820-08bb-11ee-9b37-7b50c008e18a\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/home/service-1-composite-artistic/client-other-galleries/gallery-block-party-in-stanton-heights/\">Gallery</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group --></div>\n<!-- /wp:column --></div>\n<!-- /wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns {\"blockClientId\":\"09843c00-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"align\":\"wide\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide gutenify-section-09843c00-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\"><!-- wp:column {\"verticalAlignment\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"097fcf30-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center gutenify-section-097fcf30-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"097b3b50-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"align\":\"wide\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"top\":\"50px\",\"right\":\"50px\",\"bottom\":\"50px\",\"left\":\"50px\"},\"blockGap\":\"10px\"}},\"backgroundColor\":\"background-secondary\",\"className\":\"has-shadow-dark  animated animated-fadeInUp\",\"layout\":{\"inherit\":true,\"type\":\"constrained\"}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-shadow-dark animated animated-fadeInUp has-background-secondary-background-color has-background gutenify-section-097b3b50-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\" style=\"padding-top:50px;padding-right:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"0968ebd0-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"bottom\":\"15px\"}}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gutenify-section-0968ebd0-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\" style=\"padding-bottom:15px\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":3746,\"width\":\"50px\",\"height\":\"50px\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"09647f00-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized gutenify-section-09647f00-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\"><img src=\"https://demo.gutenify.com/gutenify-photography/wp-content/themes/gutenify-photography/images/star-bg-color.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3746\" style=\"width:50px;height:50px\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":3,\"blockClientId\":\"096da6c0-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"10px\",\"right\":\"10px\",\"bottom\":\"10px\",\"left\":\"10px\"}}},\"fontSize\":\"content-heading\"} -->\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-content-heading-font-size gutenify-section-096da6c0-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\">Personal Work</h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"2cc2d6c0-597b-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"textColor\":\"foreground\",\"className\":\"is-style-default\"} -->\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-foreground-color has-text-color gutenify-section-2cc2d6c0-597b-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\">Images of the French River, August 2023. If any of these are not in my Fine Art Prints gallery, they are still available for sale. 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class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized is-style-default gutenify-section-895a0fb0-fa72-11ed-b2b5-bd6ac63398cf\"><img src=\"https://demo.gutenify.com/gutenify-photography/wp-content/themes/gutenify-photography/images/star-bg-color.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:50px;height:50px\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":3,\"blockClientId\":\"895bbd60-fa72-11ed-b2b5-bd6ac63398cf\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"10px\",\"right\":\"10px\",\"bottom\":\"10px\",\"left\":\"10px\"}}},\"fontSize\":\"content-heading\"} -->\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-content-heading-font-size gutenify-section-895bbd60-fa72-11ed-b2b5-bd6ac63398cf\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\">Paideia Conference, May 2023</h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"895ca7c0-fa72-11ed-b2b5-bd6ac63398cf\",\"textColor\":\"foreground\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-text-color gutenify-section-895ca7c0-fa72-11ed-b2b5-bd6ac63398cf\">Orthodox Christian academics, monastics and clergy met for three days at Antiochian Village, and discussed papers on the topic \"Orthodoxy and Contemporary Life\"</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"blockClientId\":\"895ecaa0-fa72-11ed-b2b5-bd6ac63398cf\",\"className\":\"animated fadeInUp\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"},\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"20px\",\"bottom\":\"20px\"}}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons animated fadeInUp gutenify-section-895ecaa0-fa72-11ed-b2b5-bd6ac63398cf\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px\"><!-- wp:button 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gutenify-section-9ef052e0-5980-11ee-98a1-2b722af9dd56\" style=\"padding-bottom:15px\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":3746,\"width\":\"50px\",\"height\":\"50px\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"9eeb49d0-5980-11ee-98a1-2b722af9dd56\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized gutenify-section-9eeb49d0-5980-11ee-98a1-2b722af9dd56\"><img src=\"https://demo.gutenify.com/gutenify-photography/wp-content/themes/gutenify-photography/images/star-bg-color.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3746\" style=\"width:50px;height:50px\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":3,\"blockClientId\":\"9ef534e0-5980-11ee-98a1-2b722af9dd56\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"10px\",\"right\":\"10px\",\"bottom\":\"10px\",\"left\":\"10px\"}}},\"fontSize\":\"content-heading\"} -->\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-content-heading-font-size gutenify-section-9ef534e0-5980-11ee-98a1-2b722af9dd56\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\"><strong>Personal Work</strong></h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"9efa3df0-5980-11ee-98a1-2b722af9dd56\",\"textColor\":\"foreground\",\"className\":\"has-foreground-color has-text-color\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-text-color gutenify-section-9efa3df0-5980-11ee-98a1-2b722af9dd56\">Sheldon, my model-muse, in the studio December 2023, for high-key, toned b&amp;w, boudoir-style images.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"blockClientId\":\"9f045010-5980-11ee-98a1-2b722af9dd56\",\"className\":\"animated fadeInUp\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"},\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"20px\",\"bottom\":\"20px\"}}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons animated fadeInUp 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has-background gutenify-section-09372d70-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-top:50px;padding-right:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:50px\"><!-- wp:group {\"blockClientId\":\"09213470-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"padding\":{\"bottom\":\"15px\"}}},\"backgroundColor\":\"background-secondary\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-secondary-background-color has-background gutenify-section-09213470-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\" style=\"padding-bottom:15px\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"width\":\"50px\",\"height\":\"50px\",\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"091ca090-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"className\":\"is-style-default\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized is-style-default gutenify-section-091ca090-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\"><img src=\"https://demo.gutenify.com/gutenify-photography/wp-content/themes/gutenify-photography/images/star-bg-color.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:50px;height:50px\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":3,\"blockClientId\":\"09261670-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"10px\",\"right\":\"10px\",\"bottom\":\"10px\",\"left\":\"10px\"}}},\"fontSize\":\"content-heading\"} -->\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-content-heading-font-size gutenify-section-09261670-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:10px\">Personal Work</h3>\n<!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"092a3520-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"textColor\":\"foreground\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-text-color gutenify-section-092a3520-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\">Photos of the beautiful model Anjo Pagbeleguem in the studio, September 2023.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"blockClientId\":\"0932e7b0-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\",\"className\":\"animated fadeInUp\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"},\"style\":{\"spacing\":{\"margin\":{\"top\":\"20px\",\"bottom\":\"20px\"}}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons animated fadeInUp gutenify-section-0932e7b0-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px\"><!-- wp:button {\"blockClientId\":\"092e7ae0-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button gutenify-section-092e7ae0-5979-11ee-9d3e-3766230d9f7c\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/home/client-other-galleries/gallery-anjo-in-the-studio/\">Gallery</a></div>\n<!-- /wp:button --></div>\n<!-- /wp:buttons --></div>\n<!-- /wp:group --></div>\n<!-- 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(9272, 1, '2024-01-27 00:53:09', '2024-01-27 00:53:09', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and their commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but also be contrived \"local color,\" prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. 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I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. 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He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core where the tourists are. He understood my desire to capture images in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told him I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash, and lots of people ask for handouts), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. Eventually we said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do. 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I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. 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(9280, 1, '2024-01-26 21:38:32', '2024-01-26 21:38:32', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliche wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leaves me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img alt=\"\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and, photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-26 21:38:32', '2024-01-26 21:38:32', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9280', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making evey place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. 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The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying aesthetically and in other ways as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliche wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"blockClientId\":\"e4c20c30-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image gutenify-section-e4c20c30-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img alt=\"\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"blockClientId\":\"e4f5ed70-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image gutenify-section-e4f5ed70-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img alt=\"\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">This is not to say that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes the challenge of the camera to defy it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. 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(9292, 1, '2024-01-26 22:23:03', '2024-01-26 22:23:03', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram influencer. Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliche wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and, photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-26 22:23:03', '2024-01-26 22:23:03', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9292', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(9293, 1, '2024-01-26 23:44:42', '2024-01-26 23:44:42', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliche wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. 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My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. 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There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. 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I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliche wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. 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(9297, 1, '2024-01-26 23:56:42', '2024-01-26 23:56:42', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. 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My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. 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Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. 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There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and, photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-26 23:59:09', '2024-01-26 23:59:09', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9298', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(9299, 1, '2024-01-27 00:10:50', '2024-01-27 00:10:50', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. 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But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. 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I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? 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(9305, 1, '2024-01-27 00:21:07', '2024-01-27 00:21:07', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. 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I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. It is the \"middle class,\" who often take pride in what is theirs. I find that pleasing. For example:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"blockClientId\":\"e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter gutenify-section-e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img alt=\"\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and, photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-27 00:21:07', '2024-01-27 00:21:07', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9305', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(9307, 1, '2024-01-27 00:24:41', '2024-01-27 00:24:41', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. It is the \"middle class,\" who often take pride in what is theirs. I find that pleasing. For example:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9306,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3541-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9306\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\">So much for the human and social world! There is also, of course, the natural world. In it you find great beauty in landscapes. Here\'s a shot of the port of Castries in St. Lucia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"679c68f0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-679c68f0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"blockClientId\":\"6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image gutenify-section-6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"><img alt=\"\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and, photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-27 00:24:41', '2024-01-27 00:24:41', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9307', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(9310, 1, '2024-01-27 00:31:15', '2024-01-27 00:31:15', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. It is the \"middle class,\" who often take pride in what is theirs. I find that pleasing. For example:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9306,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3541-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9306\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\">So much for the human and social world! There is also, of course, the natural world. In it you find great beauty in landscapes. Here\'s a shot of the port of Castries in St. Lucia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9308,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full gutenify-section-6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3949-Edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9308\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A construction site in the port of Castries, St. Lucia, under clouds, at sunset.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\">The color of the human and social world of the Caribbean reflects the color of the flowers and plant leaves of the region. Flowers are everywhere! It takes a tourist to see their beauty; residents take them for granted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":9309,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large gutenify-section-3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4081-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9309\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flowers in Roseau, Dominica</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and, photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-27 00:31:15', '2024-01-27 00:31:15', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9310', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(9311, 1, '2024-01-27 00:32:12', '2024-01-27 00:32:12', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. It is the \"middle class,\" who often take pride in what is theirs. I find that pleasing. For example:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9306,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3541-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9306\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\">So much for the human and social world! There is also, of course, the natural world. In it you find great beauty in landscapes. Here\'s a shot of the port of Castries in St. Lucia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9308,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full gutenify-section-6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3949-Edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9308\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A construction site in the port of Castries, St. Lucia, under clouds, at sunset.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\">The color of the human and social world of the Caribbean reflects the color of the flowers and plant leaves of the region. Flowers are everywhere! It takes a tourist to see their beauty; residents take them for granted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":9309,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large gutenify-section-3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4081-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9309\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flowers in Roseau, Dominica</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-27 00:32:12', '2024-01-27 00:32:12', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9311', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(9312, 1, '2024-01-27 00:32:48', '2024-01-27 00:32:48', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"873fd100-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-873fd100-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"8bfbd270-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-8bfbd270-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"8efa1e50-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-8efa1e50-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. We said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. It is the \"middle class,\" who often take pride in what is theirs. I find that pleasing. For example:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9306,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3541-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9306\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\">So much for the human and social world! There is also, of course, the natural world. In it you find great beauty in landscapes. Here\'s a shot of the port of Castries in St. Lucia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9308,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full gutenify-section-6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3949-Edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9308\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A construction site in the port of Castries, St. Lucia, under clouds, at sunset.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\">The color of the human and social world of the Caribbean reflects the color of the flowers and plant leaves of the region. Flowers are everywhere! It takes a tourist to see their beauty; residents take them for granted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":9309,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large gutenify-section-3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4081-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9309\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flowers in Roseau, Dominica</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-27 00:32:48', '2024-01-27 00:32:48', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9312', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(9313, 1, '2024-01-27 00:37:38', '2024-01-27 00:37:38', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"873fd100-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-873fd100-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"8bfbd270-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-8bfbd270-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"8efa1e50-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-8efa1e50-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told him I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash, and lots of people ask for handouts), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. Eventually we said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. It is the \"middle class,\" who often take pride in what is theirs. I find that pleasing. For example:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9306,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3541-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9306\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\">So much for the human and social world! There is also, of course, the natural world. In it you find great beauty in landscapes. Here\'s a shot of the port of Castries in St. Lucia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9308,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full gutenify-section-6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3949-Edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9308\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A construction site in the port of Castries, St. Lucia, under clouds, at sunset.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\">The color of the human and social world of the Caribbean reflects the color of the flowers and plant leaves of the region. Flowers are everywhere! It takes a tourist to see their beauty; residents take them for granted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":9309,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large gutenify-section-3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4081-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9309\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flowers in Roseau, Dominica</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-27 00:37:38', '2024-01-27 00:37:38', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9313', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(9314, 1, '2024-01-27 00:39:36', '2024-01-27 00:39:36', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or women\'s make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but they are contrived \"local color,\" something prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"873fd100-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-873fd100-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"8bfbd270-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-8bfbd270-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"8efa1e50-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-8efa1e50-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told him I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash, and lots of people ask for handouts), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. Eventually we said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. It is the \"middle class,\" who often take pride in what is theirs, and what they have done with it. I find that pleasing. For example:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9306,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3541-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9306\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"74e0cb30-bcac-11ee-a7e1-5bf069e4535f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-74e0cb30-bcac-11ee-a7e1-5bf069e4535f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\">So much for the human and social world! There is also, of course, the natural world. In it you find great beauty, in landscapes, for example. Here\'s a shot of the port of Castries in St. Lucia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9308,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full gutenify-section-6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3949-Edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9308\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A construction site in the port of Castries, St. Lucia, under clouds, at sunset.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\">The color of the human and social world of the Caribbean reflects the color of the flowers and plant leaves of the region. Flowers are everywhere! It takes a tourist to see their beauty; residents take them for granted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":9309,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large gutenify-section-3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4081-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9309\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flowers in Roseau, Dominica</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-27 00:39:36', '2024-01-27 00:39:36', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9314', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(9315, 1, '2024-01-27 00:42:20', '2024-01-27 00:42:20', '<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dda8a5b0-bc8a-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">I just got back from a cruise in the Caribbean, and my brief experiences of life on the islands made me realize what I like to shoot, at least when it comes to people and the social world. I begin with what put me off. You arrive in a port on a big cruise ship that is really a floating resort. You walk down the gangway to the pier, and exit into the street or the area beyond customs. You are assailed by fifteen to twenty taxi drivers offering personal tours, or trips downtown for X dollars. The shops immediately around the pier are aimed at the well-to-do. In many cases, they are the brand names, the multinational corporations that are geared to those with lots of disposable income.  There is a tedious sameness about the glass and chrome establishments, often aimed at women\'s fashion or make-up. Some of your fellow travelers are clearly interested in shopping there, and going to the bars and restaurants meant for the same clientele. Why would anyone travel so far, and spend any time in something they could find at the local mall?</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f9a67370-bc8d-11ee-ace1-a99347344b76\">What is most objectionable about all this? I think it is the insular character of it, the sameness, the tediousness of consumption, the middle-class self-limitation. The multinationals, through media and their commercial power, are homogenizing culture, making every place a location for a Wendy\'s or a Dolce&amp;Gabbana. The truly local, individual, \"mom &amp; pop\" retail world is receding. Everyone wants to look like an Instagram \"influencer.\" Etc.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-75d665e0-bc98-11ee-9f71-41edda1147b7\">Over time on the islands, I also saw a fair amount of poverty, usually in one or two-room shacks with a sheet for a front door, and so forth. I have to admit that grinding poverty and obvious demoralization can be as boring and dissatisfying, aesthetically and in other ways, as upper-middle-class consumerism.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-89db0790-bca6-11ee-b035-bf2c474adb46\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9276,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-ef56ea60-bc8f-11ee-ad4c-f7a3ce72507a\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3742-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9276\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An old man at the park, who asked for a couple of bucks before I could take his picture.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-52a7c2f0-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">So what do I like to shoot? Some things can be pleasing in some ways, but also be contrived \"local color,\" prepared for visual consumption by tourists. I may shoot it because my eye sees a composition that works, no matter the subject, as I did for the image below. But that\'s it. Though the mural draws me in, the cliché wagon wheel and the brightly painted restaurant leave me cold.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-dccb0630-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9278,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66afd2f0-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3373-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A colorful shot in an area geared to the tourist</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5ba1aa40-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I realize that I\'m searching for \"authenticity.\" The elements in the image below were not carefully arranged, but they appealed to my eye in any case: the color, the shapes, the worn rubber and the painted and rusted metal -- everything works because it is <em>not</em> curated for me, it is not part of an attempt to get me to buy something or to make an impression. It is not arranged like this to \"look pretty.\" It just looks like real life.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"873fd100-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-873fd100-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9279,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-66f03750-bc92-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4007-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-9ea8da90-bc91-11ee-bb9e-e599e3ddb8b8\">It\'s the same difference I seek when I photograph people. I want them to get beyond the nervous smile for the camera. If I\'m shooting a portrait, I want the subject to be a little bored, or at least beyond any initial self-consciousness. My wife (below) has posed for me many times, sometimes under protest. She was agreeable this time, and I got what I think is a great image, with its juxtaposition of color and leading lines, among other features.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-f245fc90-bca6-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9283,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e489be20-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3421-Edit-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9283\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edith among the ruins</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-bf1b1210-bc97-11ee-bbf6-0b1fee59320b\">I am not saying that people shouldn\'t smile. But they shouldn\'t smile <em>for the camera. </em>Joking around can generate a smile that lights up the eyes, as opposed to the smile that only shows in the mouth. Sometimes, someone takes up the challenge of the camera to defy it. John (below) and I talked quite a while before he went back to his stand and gave me this answer to a request for a photo. Ha!</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"8bfbd270-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-8bfbd270-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9285,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-be59f6e0-bc95-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3854-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9285\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I chatted at length with John, but he gave me this for a portrait. Ha!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5bdb30d0-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">I met a fellow by the name of Borden as I wandered around the port town of Castries, St. Lucia. </p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"8efa1e50-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-8efa1e50-bcab-11ee-9b31-15f2d057930a\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9294,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d75822c0-bca4-11ee-bb82-417b0218863f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3773-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borden at home</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-5c0ca110-bc93-11ee-9aee-4137dc31079f\">Borden had worked on the cruise lines in the past, and he is working now \"in the hospitality industry.\" Since tourism is the main source of income for the people of the islands, he has a job that will meet his needs. He warned me not to continue in his neighborhood, as it was a haunt for thieves and robbers. He himself had a knife, just to frighten away would-be attackers. The area is called \"the graveyard,\" and he says that the police don\'t go there; they stay in the downtown core. He understood my desire to shoot in the rougher areas, but he said that the robbers would take my camera, my camera bag with all its lenses, and even my shoes. They would use a knife if I demurred. He walked me along the border of \"the graveyard\" and we chatted. An interesting guy. I told him I couldn\'t pay him (as I was running low on cash, and lots of people ask for handouts), but he said he didn\'t want money; he was just happy to escort me. Eventually we said good-bye and went our separate ways, but not before I got this shot of him. Again, an expressive gesture. This is what people do when they don\'t know what else to do.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-29f6e230-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9295,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-d7dbb530-bca5-11ee-8890-e3281368c456\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3779-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9295\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-324d2160-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\">So what do I find most appealing in photographing the human environment? I like things that show individuality, but without the horrible self-consciousness of \"expressive individualism.\" In the islands, it is often color that does it.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-33bdb670-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9300,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-15118a30-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3398-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9300\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color!</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-73458400-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9303,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-77e60e30-bca7-11ee-9b27-a9d1508115ec\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3535-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9303\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Color in the physical environment</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-b093df80-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\">It is not the very wealthy who decorate their homes with individual style, nor the very poor, who could never afford it. It is the \"middle class,\" who often take pride in what is theirs, and what they have done with it. I find that pleasing. For example:</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-de423580-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9306,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large gutenify-section-e4f76ee0-bca9-11ee-8ed7-dd0296b29921\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3541-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9306\"/></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"74e0cb30-bcac-11ee-a7e1-5bf069e4535f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-74e0cb30-bcac-11ee-a7e1-5bf069e4535f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-39eb05b0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\">So much for the human and social world! There is also, of course, the natural world. In it you find great beauty, in landscapes, for example. Here\'s a shot of the port of Castries in St. Lucia.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-68e5b1d0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":9308,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full gutenify-section-6d80bdc0-bcaa-11ee-b21c-6bb316bb97db\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A3949-Edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9308\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A construction site in the port of Castries, St. Lucia, under clouds, at sunset.</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-0ac31290-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\">The color of the human and social world of the Caribbean reflects the color of the flowers and plant leaves of the region. Flowers are everywhere! It takes a tourist to see their beauty; residents take them for granted.</p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"blockClientId\":\"32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-32f74740-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"></p>\n<!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":9309,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"blockClientId\":\"3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large gutenify-section-3921f3e0-bcab-11ee-b521-03a96c410d2f\"><img src=\"https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/L8A4081-Edit-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9309\"/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Flowers in Roseau, Dominica</figcaption></figure>\n<!-- /wp:image -->', 'Globalization, commercialization, and photography in the two-thirds world', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '9272-revision-v1', '', '', '2024-01-27 00:42:20', '2024-01-27 00:42:20', '', 9272, 'https://christopherhumphreyphotography.com/?p=9315', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
