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What I Learned
It’s hard to tell a story through photographs if you don’t spend time understanding what the pictures of a community, or individual people are telling you. I feel a photo should draw you in. It should push you to ask more.
The photo of the boats and the fishermen working their nets was taken in a small fishing village in Portugal. I spent 4 months getting to know these fishermen, their families and their community.
- About Us
Gary W Bachelor
I originally had a studio in San Francisco. My focus was Industrial and Commercial photography. Accounts included, Japan Airlines, International Air Transport Service, Windy’s, Macy’s, British Motors, along with a list of smaller accounts. In 1971 while covering an anti-war demonstration in San Franciso I came to the realization that I could not always believe what I was being told by my government. As a result of this awakening, I sold my accounts and my business and set off to find what the meaning of my life was. How was I going to understand myself if I did not understand the world around me. I spent a year traveling across the US on a motorcycle and another year traveling around, primarily Europe, with longer stays in Portugal and the middle east.
When I did return to the US, my career diverged into Hi-tech as a Vice President of Business Development for several large Silicon Valley companies. I retired from Hi-tech and returned to my roots and what I was always meant to be. A photographer. I would view the world through a lens, capturing life, one frame at a time. There is nothing more interesting to me than people. People in their everyday lives. People exploring their surroundings, their environment, their work, their interest, and their travels.
This photo was taken in 1971. This photo along with many more are a part of a series on The Fishermen of Sines. I am still friends with these people today.
The photo of the two young ladies (sisters) expresses the joy of being .
The laughter that two sisters share, it draws you in. You want to be a part of this joy. If I do portraits, I do them for these moments. A point in time that can be relived over and over. The point in this photo is Love.