Ira Block's Travel Photography Series: Beyond the Imagery

From photographing for the local news to expeditions for National Geographic, Ira Blocks shares his stories of traveling around the world. Ira captures history and culture, but it wasn't easy. He discusses how he was hired by Nat Geo, and all the logistics and planning that goes into his assignments.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 2:46 - Working for Nat Geo
• 6:00 - Ira's first assignment
• 14:18 - How Ira got started
• 17:30 - Photographing in color film
• 21:49 - Olive Oil story
• 31:29 - Getting into lighting
• 38:05 - Archaeology work
• 1:11:29 - Prints on location project
• 1:15:48 - Native American stories
• 1:19:40 - 9/11 story
• 1:24:13 - Photographing Cuba
• 1:25:37 - Traveling around the world
• 1:29:00 - Q&A

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