I knew I liked this guy for a reason.

[Lost Canadian]

Joey L gives back. This is what travel photography is really all about.
The reveal alone is worth the price of admission.

http://vimeo.com/15343734

 

[phxtoad]

Very cool.

TL

 

[Scott Brady]

What an inspiration

 

[Cabrito]

Cool kid, Nice photos, great idea.

Thanks.

 

[photoman]

Pretty awesome.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[bajasurf]

I watched the documentary on Ovation last week and it is great.

 

[ywen]

the kid's a photo phenom. Not sure how this relates to Travel photography though.. he rolls with a crew of assistance and lots of gear. He was a bit douchey though at this event.. http://www.zarias.com/gulf-photo-plus-the-shootout-with-david-hobby-and-joey-l/

 

[Lost Canadian]

When he originally went to Ethiopia it was just him and his mate along with a guide. He only returned with the crew to document the giving back of the photos. They still had to travel via plane, train, log boat, and automobile to get to some of tribes he visited. They wiped their butt with water and their hand for goodness sake. These guys lived it, it's not as though they just rolled in, snapped a few shots and left. The fact that he hauled his lighting gear along with him to get the shots that he did makes it just that more remarkable if you ask me. Not too many people would go to such lengths to document and create something as remarkable as what he was able to get. The reactions of the tribes people alone, when he gave them their photos I think emphasizes the significance of his achievement.

 

[ywen]

When he originally went to Ethiopia it was just him and his mate along with a guide. He only returned with the crew to document the giving back of the photos. They still had to travel via plane, train, log boat, and automobile to get to some of tribes he visited. They wiped their butt with water and their hand for goodness sake. These guys lived it, it's not as though they just rolled in, snapped a few shots and left. The fact that he hauled his lighting gear along with him to get the shots that he did makes it just that more remarkable if you ask me. Not too many people would go to such lengths to document and create something as remarkable as what he was able to get. The reactions of the tribes people alone, when he gave them their photos I think emphasizes the significance of his achievement.

Are you sure? Pretty sure that initial trip was for a fancy editorial shoot. along with a camera crew documenting the entire trip, especially the photography aspect of it.. Now you can get in the form of a tutorial DVD

http://www.joeyl.com/sessionswithjoeyl/

 

[Lost Canadian]

Are you sure? Pretty sure that initial trip was for a fancy editorial shoot. along with a camera crew documenting the entire trip, especially the photography aspect of it.. Now you can get in the form of a tutorial DVD

http://www.joeyl.com/sessionswithjoeyl/

That trip was a self paid personal assignment. It was all him.

 

[ywen]

That trip was a self paid personal assignment. It was all him.

Didn't say it wasn't.. just saying not in the context of typical travel photography

 

[Lost Canadian]

Didn't say it wasn't.. just saying not in the context of typical travel photography

Are you sure? Pretty sure that initial trip was for a fancy editorial shoot. along with a camera crew documenting the entire trip, especially the photography aspect of it.. Now you can get in the form of a tutorial DVD

http://www.joeyl.com/sessionswithjoeyl/

You asked if I was sure and you said that you thought it was for some fancy editorial shoot. That it was not. It was a personal project that he embarked on on his own, it was not for some fancy editorial.

His blog posts on the trip.
http://www.joeyl.com/blog/joey-l-in-ethiopia-the-omo-valley-12/

 

[Scott Brady]

His imagery is a gift to us all. We all travel for different reasons - I would say his is pretty legit. . .

 

[ywen]

You asked if I was sure and you said that you thought it was for some fancy editorial shoot. That it was not. It was a personal project that he embarked on on his own, it was not for some fancy editorial.

His blog posts on the trip.
http://www.joeyl.com/blog/joey-l-in-ethiopia-the-omo-valley-12/

we're confused on semantics now.. fancy editorial doesn't mean not self funded. Check out the medium format stuff he's using and the camera crew filming it. It's not typical travel photography. It was a trip taken with the goal of shooting exhibition-level photographs and film a tutorial video at the same time. To put it in another example, if I go on a landscape photography trip with other photographers, I wouldn't regard those photos as travel photography. Not a run of the mill road trip where the guy happened to snap a bunch of great pics.

Okay now back to our regularly scheduled program..

 

[Lost Canadian]

I would say that the gear he uses is irrelevant to the type of images he takes but I digress. Call it fine art, portraiture, travel, whatever, fact is he traveled thousands of miles on his own nickle and dime to create images of remote tribes in etheopia. His tutorial is about lighting and the post process techniques he employs. He uses images from every facet of his career in that tutorial as reference pieces including but not limited to his trip to Africa. One of his etheopia pictures just so happens to be the cover for that DVD, but he could have chosen any of a number of shots over his career. The content of that tutorial isn't about the Africa trip per say.