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Randy Cole
Member Since: 2010 | Position: Photographer | Location: Montreal | Page Views: 3,692 
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My Jazz Story
I came to jazz through the guitar because I wanted to become a great player. In the end, I received my music degree, and chose a career in photography.
Capturing a musician in full flight is a rare and exhilarating experience, second only to that of the musician. Behind the camera, the work is momentary, and also porous. I am transparent in a way; by only subtle choices of form, texture and timing, can I fully portray what I see and feel.
In this way, fine photography is a symbiosis, a quiet collaboration between photographer and subject. In the case of performing artists, I must marry their art with my own.
In truth, great images only arrive after ceaseless digging; one must sink deeper and deeper into the subject at hand, delaying satisfaction, pushing beyond expectation or belief. The best image usually arrives near the end of a shoot. Only after exhaustive tinkering, perseverance is rewarded.
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- Saxophone Giants Azar Lawrence & Al McLean Kick Off "Conduit"
- Montreal Jazz Community Gives Us "Conduit"
- New Short Film Launched On Noted Montreal Jazz Drummer Jim Doxas
- New 'Jazz, Period.' Film Takes a Stirring Look at Musical Mentorship and Loss
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This page was last updated on 2014-02-10.
