an interesting day

You can say many things about photography as a career but it certainly is never dull. One thing we have not discussed before, well I don't think we have, is shooting something that you are not totally comfortable with....today I photographed neo Nazi, white supremest, as you can see from the tatts he does not hold back on proclaiming his beliefs, being a part Jewish, part Polish with family that went through WW2....this was rather interesting....and was, at first rather uncomfortable, and I have to say I was a little nervous to start with. Two photographers occured to me when, and before shooting this, Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano. Mapplethorpe, because I remembered him saying in an interview, when asked "Do have to like the person you are shooting?" and his response was "no, but I can empathise with any person for the shoot" , and Serrano 'cause afro-cuban who photographed KKK clansmen....