Grand Canyon & the Southwest
Field Workshop
11 Days
- Go rafting on the San Juan River
- Explore the ancient cliff dwellings of the ancestral Puebloans
- Work on an environmental service project
- Meet Native Americans and learn about their culture firsthand
An Interview with Aaron Huey
Photographer Aaron Huey has shot more than 20 stories for the National Geographic magazines over the past seven years. He is contributing photographer at National Geographic magazine and a contributing editor at National Geographic Traveler. Aaron will join the July 28 departure on the San Juan River.
Do you have a hero or mentor?
My first job in the photo world was assisting National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry, famous for his image of "the Afghan girl."
What has been your most challenging (or interesting) assignment for National Geographic?
One of my most challenging assignments was a 6,000-mile, 5-week hitchhiking journey from Tokyo to Moscow on the Trans-Siberia highway for National Geographic Adventure magazine, sleeping in cold gravel parking lots of remote Russian towns. Another was facing my fear of the ocean by jumping in and photographing sharks in French Polynesia on assignment for National Geographic Traveler.
What aspect of your work as a photographer are you most proud of?
What’s most meaningful to me about my work is my ability to amplify the voices of the voiceless, shining a light in the dark, forgotten corners of our world.
What is an important lesson you have learned through your work as a photographer?
You cannot make great photo stories without some hardship. Great images come from persistence and constant dives into the unknown.
What aspect of the American Southwest are you most excited to introduce to students?
Anyone who has not camped on a riverbank under towering red sandstone walls has not yet lived! Life on the river is an amazing thing to photograph. I look forward to sharing what I know about light and composition in this magical place.
What do you enjoy most about teaching photography?
Sharing the idea that making great images is about much more than composition and light, it's about choices more importantly. How you photograph says a great deal about how you engage the world. I think that in teaching people to make great pictures, especially photographs of people, I can teach them to be more engaged with the world around them beyond the viewfinder.
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