Today we talk with Atlanta documentary photographer Chris Aluka Berry about long-form visual storytelling, race and class in the deep south, and raw intimacy. Chris is a regular contributor to the European PressPhoto Agency and Reuters. His work has been published in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and many others.
For the past six years, he’s been photographing African American culture in the Appalachian Mountains for his series, Affrilachia: The Remnant that Remains.
Check out Chris online:
Chris Aluka Berry's online portfolio: http://alukastories.com
Photoville | Affrilachia: The Remnant That Remains: https://fence.photoville.com/affrilachia-remnant-that-remains/
Chris Aluka Berry on Instagram: @alukastories https://www.instagram.com/alukastories/
Topics discussed:
(02:12) Growing up in the South
(05:44) How Chris learned photography
(07:33) Becoming a photojournalist
(12:40) Shooting photo stories
(17:40) Affrilachia: The Remnant That Remains
(23:45) How growing up in the South informs his work
(26:16) Selling yourself
(28:37) Getting the work out there
(32:47) On photographing politicians
(35:50) The importance of getting close / Having a unique view
(37:33) On photographing Congressman John Lewis
(43:06) On staying creative
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