International Photography Hall of Fame
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM WILL HONOR ITS CLASS OF 2024. THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES AND AWARDS AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT TO THE INDUCTEES JOINING US THIS MORNING. SHARE MORE ABOUT THE UPCOMING EXPERIENCE JAMES BAILOUT SAM ABLE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE MORNING, GENTLEMEN. PLEASURE. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. THIS IS EXCITING NEWS FOR YOU GUYS. JAMES, WHAT TYPE OF TALK FOR YOU KNOWN FOR? >> ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF MY MAIN FOCUS FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS HAS BEEN THE INTERSECTION OF PEOPLE IN NATURE, WHICH HE'S SORT OF A COLLISION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATURE.
AND THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IN THE WORLD I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS CAN HELP THE REST OF MY SOCIETY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. WHAT DROVE YOU TO TAKE THAT LANE PHOTOGRAPHY? >> I'VE JUST BEEN REALLY INTERESTED IN NATURE SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BOY KNOCKING AROUND IN THE WOODS AND CLIMBING TREES AND CANOEING. IT WAS JUST A NATURAL EVOLUTION THAT LED ME TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AT THE THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN OUR WORLD.
SAM WILL ASK YOU THE SAME QUESTION. WHAT TALKED TO ARE YOU KNOWN FOR? >> I WAS A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC STAFF AND FOR 30 YEARS THAT TOOK ME AROUND THE WORLD AND I PHOTOGRAPHED CULTURES. CULTURES LIKE. TRADITIONAL CULTURES, LIKE 2 PEOPLE LIVING SORT OF THE STONE AGE LIFE AND ALSO VERY SOPHISTICATED CULTURES LIKE THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL PALACE. AND YOU GUYS ARE GETTING READY TO BE SOME HALL OF FAMERS. HOW'S IT FEEL TO BE INDUCTED THIS EVENING? IT'S NICE. I GUESS YOU REALIZE YOUR ROLE GOING. THE >> BUT YOUR YOUR YOUR HARD WORK HAS BEEN ON DISPLAY.
YOU GUYS BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES. COULD YOU HAVE IMAGINED EITHER ONE OF YOU WOULD BE IN THE SIDE IN PLACE WHEN YOU STARTED YOUR NO, NO. THE BIG THRILL OF THE OF BEING IN THE HALL OF FAME IS BEING JOINED WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO WERE SERIOUS HEROES OF MINE GROWING UP. >> SO TO BE TOGETHER WITH THEM IS THE GREAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU GUYS FEEL TO SEE YOUR WORK BEING APPRECIATED. AFTER ALL THIS TIME. IT'S IT'S A WONDERFUL THING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES WERE.
>> WERE THESE MAVERICKS OUT THERE ON OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, SNIFFING AROUND THROUGH THE WORLD AND SOME TIME TO WONDER IF ANYBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION AND THEN YOU HE RELIES WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER LIKE THIS TO MATTERED AND PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION BECOMES PART OF THE HISTORY OF OUR TIME. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS DID A VERY HIGH LEVEL BECAUSE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY HALL OF FAME. CONGRATULATIONS, GENTLEMEN. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS FULL INTERVIEW ON OUR WEBSITE. FOX2NOW.COM HERE'S THE INFORMATION WHERE IT'S HAPPENING. >> GRAND CENTER ARTS DISTRICT TONIGHT, 06:00PM MORE INFORMATION ON TICKETS AND HOW YOU CAN GO SUPPORT THESE 2 GENTLEMEN IN THIS PHENOMENAL INDUCTION. I PH FDOT OR GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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