J.M. Giordano

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J.M. Giordano is an award-winning photojournalist based in Baltimore and Photo Editor of The City Paper. He recent series, Summer of The Gun was featured on Al-Jazeera America. His clients include The Ditlo Agency, The Daily Telegraph, i-D Magazine, Discovery Channel Inc., Rolling-Stone on line, XLR8R, The City Paper, The Baltimore Sun.

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When you're out being a photojournalist, it's very important to keep the human aspect in mind and not just be an observer. You're there to observe -it's a very fine line- you're there to observe, but you're also there to be a human being first. — J.M. Giordano

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I tell my students: I don't take sides, I take photographs. So, gang member, passerby -I don't judge. That's not for me to do. I'm there to record and to interact. — J.M. Giordano

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If you want to get into photojournalism, nowadays, you really have to come up with an idea and a series, or a story to sell to a publication. — J.M. Giordano

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If you want to be a good photojournalist, you have to care. Don't buy into that 'we don't help people, you have to stay outside the situation.' — J.M. Giordano

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