Foreword

Ibarionex Perello’s new book and photography course has a great advantage for its readers. Ibarionex is one of the best podcasters in the world of photography today. His insights and questions when he speaks with photographers are second to none; he probes and questions with intensity and love of the medium, and I know this from personal experience.

I have no doubt that he has learned and assimilated an enormous amount from the hundreds of artists he has spoken with, and this, combined with his own experiences as a photographer, adds to the depth of this new book. He has written a rich and provocative work of inspiration and instruction that will carry any open-minded enthusiast along on their trip toward personal discovery.

In today’s world, where more than a billion people on the planet now have daily access to an image-making device, the cry for a reliable working method, and how to develop a personal point of view, seems universal. The guidelines and questions that this book puts into play will stimulate and educate anyone curious enough to take the time to enter Making Photographs: Developing a Visual Workflow.

I highly recommend taking the trip with Ibarionex and seeing how your understanding of your own work, and photography in general, comes into focus.

Joel Meyerowitz