R J Shaughnessy is
a Los Angeles based editorial and advertising photographer represented
by Giant Artists. This work is from his latest series, Stay Cool, shot
around Los Angeles.
‘Stay Cool is a collection of an entire summer’s worth of images. The
idea behind it was not simply to document subjects or happenings but to
document the essence of an experience, to try and capture the feelings
of youth and freedom and love and summertime and Los Angeles. I think
often times the trap of documentary photography is in the waiting. We
wait for our subject matter to provide for us, I know I fell into that
trap in much of my shooting over this past decade. With this work I felt
like there was an opportunity for me to transcend beyond a level of
waiting into a level of stimulation, a level of participation, in
creating the experiences or creating the jumping off point for the
experiences and then capturing the magic that unfolds. In that respect
this book and what it means to me has a lot less to do with photography
and a lot more to do with life – initiate unique experiences and pursue
the magic that results.’
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