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| It's all about the story. Individuals and their story. Got one to share? Jimmy Jeong lends his skills as a photojournalist to tell honest stories in his editorial, commercial and portrait work. He is based out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. select clients Globe and Mail Getty Images Canadian Press Boston Globe London Financial Times Avenue Magazine European Photo Agency The Hockey News Canwest Media National Post Edmonton Journal more about jimmy A graduate of the University of Alberta, BA in Philosophy. And a beauty school drop-out (3.5 years in the BDes Program, faculty of Fine Arts) Jimmy has always been drawn to visual story-telling and theories behind the art. He admires people who play out their stories with compassion and treats his subjects with the respect they deserve. He also truly loves shooting hockey. On Being an Edmonton Portrait Photographer Jimmy Jeong is an Edmonton-based photojournalist who has been published in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, and other notable publications. Jimmy believes in photography and believes it is photography¹s job to reveal truth. Editorial portraiture or reportage style portraits put this belief into practice, requiring not just the knowledge of how to take a portrait, but also the expertise to reveal something true about the subject. Taking inspiration from great photographers such as Richard Avedon with his clean white backgrounds thereby focusing the eye completely on the subject and their gestures. Or Arnold Newman and his great use of environmental portraiture. Jimmy works to take business, sport, political, or life style portraits with this goal in mind. On Being An Edmonton Sports Photographer While taking portraits for magazines or other editorial publications has always been a pleasure, Jimmy is based in a great sports city and enjoys the challenge of photographing the many diverse sports that occupy Edmontonians during the long cold winter. Being a sports photographer in a great sports city means being skilled at boxing photography, hockey photography, soccer photographer, curling photography and even biathlon photography. The sporting events are different, but the basic understanding how to photograph sports remains the same. No matter the sport, great sports photography captures the emotion of the moment, the turning point. Jimmy loves photography and the challenges presented by his work. |