Getting Closer: The Art of Proxemics in Photography

<p>Unless you&rsquo;ve been living under a proverbial rock in the photography world, you&rsquo;ve likely heard the quote attributed to Robert Capa: &ldquo;<a href="https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/robert-capa?all%2Fall%2Fall%2Fall%2F0=" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">If your pictures aren&rsquo;t good enough, you aren&rsquo;t close enough.</a>&rdquo; Well, as it so happens, there&rsquo;s some science behind the photojournalist great&rsquo;s piece of advice.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="200" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fplayer.simplecast.com%2Fb5a9bb21-f8e8-4df4-a8b5-46a308c45f99&amp;display_name=Simplecast&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fphoto-forward.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F016-getting-closer-the-art-of-proxemics-in-photography&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.simplecast.com%2Fimages%2Fd45853fd-1122-4283-b834-51cf47159b7f%2F253dc158-fa15-41c2-bb07-3ec835ae5b5d%2FPHOTOFORWARD_FS.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=simplecast" title="#016: Getting Closer: The Art of Proxemics in Photography" width="680"></iframe></p> <p>So, you&rsquo;ve clicked on this episode of Photo Forward and you&rsquo;re wondering &mdash; what in the hell is &ldquo;Proxemics&rdquo; and what could that possibly do for growing my photography career? Let&rsquo;s dive in and learn a little something about the science of personal space in photographer.</p> <p>Coined way back in 1963,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_T._Hall" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">anthropologist Edward T Hall</a>&nbsp;describe the phenomenon of Proxemics as &ldquo;<a href="https://amzn.to/2TBE1kL" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">The interrelated observation and theories of humans use of space as a specialized elaboration of culture.</a>&rdquo; That&rsquo;s a bit of word soup, so let&rsquo;s break down the whole system.</p> <p>Essentially, when you&rsquo;re interacting with other folks in your normal day-to-day existence, there&rsquo;s four &ldquo;ranges&rdquo; of space between any two people (from farthest to nearest): Public distance (12 to 25 ft), Social distance (4 to 12 ft), Personal distance (1.51 to 4 ft) and (<em>bow chicka bow wow</em>) Intimate distance (1 in to 18 in.)</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@BBrewerPhoto/getting-closer-the-art-of-proxemics-in-photography-1a55dd5a80cf"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>