Angela Perez Wins An Alpha Female+ Grant For Life Celebrations Project
Angela Perez, a fashion and portrait photographer from Orlando, FL, is the latest recipient of an Alpha Female+ grant. Perez brings her passion for shedding light on those who don't often get their story told with her project, Life Celebrations: Documenting the Photographic Wisdom of Our Elders. "The inspiration for my project comes from recently being around some senior citizens," she says, "and when I was around them their energy was captivating and it was clearly obvious that they still had so much left to give. I loved hearing about their hobbies and their life. I felt like these stories needed to be told and that I wanted to be their voice. Even if it is through a simple photograph. I realized that we need to embrace our wrinkles and our age as the years made us who we are today."
Landscape photography has been a dominant genre of photography since the beginning, especially as we've moved away from paintings being the only source of sharing or expressing the way we view our surroundings. As the great photographer Robert Adams said, "If as individuals we can improve the geography only slightly, if at all, perhaps the more appropriately scaled subject for reshaping is ourselves." We have always had a desire to share our surroundings, but as Adams suggests, it may be more about what the landscape has to offer us on a personal level and the way it inspires both the photographer and viewer of the final image. In this article, we will be looking at some of the best Sony prime lenses to help you create inspiring landscape images yourself. From wide-angle views with lenses like the Sony 24mm f/1.4 G Master, to the up-close and personal ones with lenses like the Sony 90mm f/2.8 Macro G – keep reading to see our list of best Sony primes for landscape photography.
Leading documentary photographers and filmmakers Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier are co-founders of SeaLegacy, a conservation collective of experienced storytellers dedicated to protecting our oceans. The two Sony Artisans Of Imagery have taken their mission to the next level with SeaLegacy 1, a boat that they stripped and systematically rebuilt for documenting life above and below the water's surface. In refitting the catamaran, they've created a self-sufficient platform, complete with all of the necessities for underwater exploration–scuba cylinders, oxygen tanks, rebreather equipment, some 30 Sony cameras, lenses, housings and more–capable of reaching the most remote corners of the planet. In episode one of the new series SeaLegacy: The Voyage, follow along as they set sail on a four-year long mission to save the world’s oceans.