Taylor Sperring · History

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In 2011, photographer Ian Adam Bull put a medium format camera in my hand. The nuances of film fascinated me. My darkroom training came later, under Sean Black at the University of Miami.

In 2014 I met two elder photographers who expressed interest in my talent: Louis Mendes and Bob Taylor. We worked in public together, sold portraits, shot nightlife. From Louis, again and again: “Take the cameras with you everywhere.”

Taylor Sperring and Louis Mendes with their Crown Graphic press cameras in DUMBO, Brooklyn, July 2019 — Taylor Sperring & Louis Mendes · DUMBO, Brooklyn · July 2019 Photograph by Kevin (@grinderphoto) · ORWO N74+ on Canon FTb

Bob Taylor in Washington DC, 2022 — Bob Taylor · Washington DC · 2022 Photograph by Taylor Sperring · Canon EOS 1N, 50mm f/1.2 L

Photography to me is not just about making money or taking a quick snapshot — it’s about communicating with the people around you, and making them feel happy and connected to the world around them.