The Secret of Great Photography: 'Getting Access' | Nat Geo Live

What happens when you begin to photograph a story for National Geographic and the subject you are supposed to shoot refuses?  Photographer Ami Vitale faced this problem when she began to photograph the last hand-pulled rickshaw pullers in India for a story she had pitched. Hear Vitale talk about how she changed the rickshaw pullers' minds and in the end got the photos.

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[vita]

Why is everyone in the comment section being so mean? She got permission from them to take their photos, and she is helping them by telling their story, and people becoming aware and donating to charity to help them. This is the whole point of journalism and those wateraid adverts you see on tv. If you don't like her or her profession then don't watch the video. Why are you acting like you're donating to them when half of you had probably never heard of them before this

[Minoritynomad]

I love the spirit and passion Ami not only has for photography but for people.

[jackdalgleish]

Sometimes I don't understand the commend sections.

They didn't want their photos taken. She then goes and asks for permission from the most superior person there, and that person says yes. In return, she gives them theses beautiful photos as a way of thanks.

Because they said they didn't want their photos taken she respected that and asked permission from a superior.

Commend sections am i right?

[koupdude]

And here you see some of the last rickshaw-pullers in their natural habitat...

[RIXRADvidz]

if someone does not want to be photographed, and you go ahead and do it anyway, ''to get the story''...isn't that a violation of respect? you negate the wishes of another person for your own personal gain? ''I do not want my photo taken'' seems easy enough to understand...unless you're driven by the greed to get paid for your ''story''
it even sounds like an act of theft.
Have Their Picture Taken.
perhaps not everyone wants to be a global media star.

[adud]

"What do I do? I need to be able to cash in on their suffering, I mean, I have to annoy them. And that is the secret of great photography, it's just invading their privacy space. Some of them didn't even have shoes, so I bought them a portrait. Isn't that great?"

[FastAkira]

How to watch the whole thing? From my Phone i cant click on it

[danielfadavi]

In the future I want to be a journalist and I really want to work with national geographic

[mvdiablo]

She's amazed at all the work they do she's never seen a day of work in her life holding a camera. What a useless "profession" If people don't want their photos taken you should respect that. Nat geo showing a new low on how to push their agenda on innocent hard working people... go figure!

[taefhayabusa]

if I was u I would separate whatever I get from these pictures and give it to them

[PaPWPW]

So you basically gave them the finger for money? noice

[JorgeP]

National geographic the place where can document poverty but not drop a dime on them. Your basically tmz in 3world countries ...unless u help them