{"id":251309,"date":"2026-07-24T18:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251309\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T18:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:36:11","slug":"photographer-captures-philadelphia-first-responders-in-candid-portrait-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251309\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer Captures Philadelphia First Responders in Candid Portrait Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A street photographer known for highlighting first responders through candid portraits made a stop in <a href=\"https:\/\/957benfm.com\/tag\/Philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> to capture police officers, firefighters, and EMTs behind the uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to show respect and appreciation for people who work hard every day, but often go unnoticed and underappreciated,&#8221; Chertkoev said. &#8220;I think sometimes we forget that behind every uniform is a regular person, just like us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chertkoev has traveled to 35 cities this year photographing police officers, firefighters, and EMTs, with Philadelphia being a recent stop.<\/p>\n<p>Through his work, Chertkoev captures subjects on duty and often from a distance before revealing the portraits, emphasizing their stories of service and commitment to the community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I give them, say I have something for them, and when they see themselves in the portrait, sometimes they can&#8217;t believe that somebody takes their pictures,&#8221; Chertkoev said to 6abc.<\/p>\n<p>He carries a portable printer to give subjects a physical copy of their portrait and shares the work on Instagram, where his posts have earned thousands of likes and comments.<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to provide recognition and appreciation for first responders who may not always receive public attention. At the end of the day, Chertkoev wants the public to see them as regular people behind their roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A street photographer known for highlighting first responders through candid portraits made a stop in Philadelphia to capture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-251309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}