Amateur Photographer

Louis Theroux

When I’m being commissioned for an editorial shoot, I find it’s always best if the picture editor gives me a free hand to come up with my own ideas. If they have a specific idea of what they want me to shoot, it makes me feel there’s no joy in the process as I’m just replicating their idea. The best picture editors know who the good photographers are, trust them to come up with something

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