Hello guys and welcome back to Why We Love Photography. Today's book is called American Scene, Spanish Harlem by Joseph Rodriguez. Joseph Rodriguez is an American photographer born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied photography in the School of Visual Arts and Continuities, studying in the field of photojournalism at International Center of Photography in New York City. Okay, the name of the book clearly explains what we are about to see inside, but with no further ado let's dig in and get to know this Spanish Harlem in America. After you pass the lot of explanations, you get to the first picture. This is a great photo. Each picture has a description, a caption with the year, and sometimes with the statement that explains more about the picture or some characters inside the photos. I have to emphasize now that this is a documentary photo series. So the most important thing in these types of photos are the subjects and the people inside them and the scene that the photographer has shown us. Not mostly the composition or the lighting, despite the fact that these pictures are great pictures in terms of aesthetics and colors and lights. But the photographer has to cover everything. Everything and every aspect of the life that is going on in that specific area that they are living and in order to do that the photographer has to know them very well. So usually in these projects the photographer goes and lives with the people in that area for a long time to get a better impression of them. And you cannot achieve a great picture without doing that, without knowing your subject very well. And there is a beautiful sentence actually a paragraph by Susan Welchman, which I am going to read the first part. She says Joseph's photographs benefit both his audience and his subjects, by an ability to bridge the chasm between those two groups and broaden understanding between varying levels of society. This right here I think is the most important purpose of the human photography. Alright guys, that was it. Hope you enjoyed it. So, see you around for more videos and see you later. Peace.