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Photojournalism and documentary work demand a different relationship with gear than most photography does, and Jorge Delgado-Ure\u00f1a, co-founder of the Raw Society, has spent nearly two decades figuring out exactly what that relationship looks like.<\/p>\n

Coming to you from Roman Fox<\/a>, this candid interview finds Fox sitting down with Delgado-Ure\u00f1a in a park for a wide-ranging conversation about documentary photography, gear philosophy, and what it actually takes to build a body of work that means something. Delgado-Ure\u00f1a, who started shooting commercially around 2007 before transitioning into international photojournalism and long-form storytelling, makes a point early on that’s easy to miss: the camera shouldn’t get in the way. That’s why he shoots with a Fujifilm X-Pro<\/a> body. It’s small, unintimidating, and still has an optical viewfinder, which he prefers over electronic viewfinders despite admitting he probably needs to make the switch eventually. For his work, discretion matters more than speed.<\/p>\n

On focal lengths, Delgado-Ure\u00f1a keeps it simple. The bulk of his recognizable work is shot on a 35mm equivalent, which on his Fujifilm system means a Fujifilm XF 23mm f\/2<\/a>. Depending on the assignment, he might reach for something closer to a 50mm, add a wide angle like a 24mm equivalent for interiors, or pick up an 85mm equivalent for portraits. But the 35mm equivalent is his default, and he’s direct about why: it’s flexible, and he likes how it renders. He also makes a practical point about matching gear to the job, noting that if you’re shooting multimedia and need both video and stills, something like a Sony with a zoom lens makes more sense than fighting with primes.<\/p>\n

What makes this conversation worth watching is how Delgado-Ure\u00f1a frames the deeper questions around motivation, creative triggers, and what separates a single image from a real story. He talks about his own visual triggers, specifically the relationship between landscape and the people who inhabit it, and a preference for golden hour light that he openly admits is limiting. He also makes a case for writing as a creative tool, not just for sharing work publicly, but as a way to force your brain to process experience differently. He describes it as a conversation with yourself, one that generates new ideas and keeps you engaged even when the photography itself feels flat. There’s also a section on street photography and the guilt some people feel about photographing strangers, which Delgado-Ure\u00f1a addresses directly with a perspective shaped by his time working in conflict zones, including Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Check out the video above for the full conversation with Delgado-Ure\u00f1a, including his thoughts on what he wishes he’d done earlier in his career and the details on the Raw Society Festival running May 7\u201310.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photojournalism and documentary work demand a different relationship with gear than most photography does, and Jorge Delgado-Ure\u00f1a, co-founder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-648645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}