Long Lens: Dany Krom, New York
April 30, 2014
In our Long Lens feature, we ask our members about a long-term project or photo essay they are working on. We want to encourage and discover the passion behind a portrait series or an essay that tells a story or highlights a social issue.
“I approached, his face was completely covered and although I could not see his eyes, I could feel the intensity of his exhaustion and expression of hardness. For some reason I found it difficult to look straight at him or pay attention to what he was saying, so I picked up my camera, placed my right eye on the viewer and clicked the shutter. I took a shot so I could always see him, and see him like this. Every time I see his photograph, I feel that he is forcing me to tell his story.”
Dany Krom is a professional photographer born in La Paz, Bolivia and now residing in New York. He founded the Bolivian photo agency AFKA and worked as the photographer for the Bolivian President, Evo Morales. He began the series “Salt Made Men” when he was working as a fixer in the Bolivian Altiplano and visited the Uyuni Salt Flats, the largest salt flat in the world.
Dany was stunned by the beauty and rarity of the landscape, saying it was like “living on the surface of another planet, but living and working on it may also mean adapting to life on an alien planet.”
He was compelled to photograph the workers after approaching one of the men to get some information. The workers must combat and protect themselves from the intense sun radiation, bright reflecting surface of the salt flats, rarefied oxygen, low temperatures and strong winds that lift particles of borax and salt into the air.
Dany believes there are more stories to tell from this beautiful and strange place. He hopes to give voice to the people and in turn, improve their living conditions.
See more of Dany’s photos in his Your Shot gallery.
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