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In Focus: My Digicam Life
2021-04-09T00:36:35.964Z
In the fall of 2018, I was a typically overwhelmed first-year searching for creative outlets to balance the intimidating trainee work I did as a Spectator photographer. Predictably, I followed hundreds of creatives on social media for inspiration; my favorite at the time was Brooklyn-based photographer Bảo Ngô (@baohngo), whose work appears on the cover of Mitski’s critically acclaimed album “Be the Cowboy.”
Album cover of “Be the Cowboy” by Mitski. Album photography: Bảo Ngô. Graphics: Mary Banas
Ngô s portfolio stood out as colorful, cool, and cinematic. I was captivated by the grain or visual noise in many of her photos. She challenged the norm of mainstream photographers who avoid grain and blurriness in their work. Modern imaging technology can eliminate any noise or aberrations. The reigning opinion now is that photography has progressed past the need for noise. It was unique that a professional photogra