°JACK PICONE - ANGOLA - BOSNIA - RWANDA - SIERRA LEONE - TAJIKISTAN

“DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY ENABLES ME TO APPROACH PEOPLE FROM CULTURES VASTLY DIFFERENT TO MY OWN AND COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. AS I DOCUMENT PEOPLE TO TELL THEIR STORIES, FURTHER COMMUNICATION IS EXCHANGED BETWEEN THEM AND MYSELF AND FINALLY WHEN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OR THAT BODY OF WORK IS PUBLISHED IN A FARAWAY PLACE, IT BECOMES A CATALYST OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO OR MORE CULTURES. I LIKE THE IDEA THAT MY REPORTAGES CAN BE A CONDUIT OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT CULTURES IN DIFFERENT PLACES. PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWS ME TO LIVE FREELY AND APPROACH AND INTERACT WITH PEOPLE FREE OF PREJUDICE. I SEE MYSELF AS A STORY TELLER. MY PHOTOGRAPHS ARE BOTH THE ‘VISUAL FOOTPRINTS’ OF MY LIFE AND THE STORIES OF OTHERS THAT I HAVE TOLD.”