Hello Steemit. My introduction post :-)
Hello fellow Steemians
My name is Ed. I was recently introduced to Steemit by a good friend @sammarkjames. I’m excited to see how the Steemit platform develops and start interacting with the community.
I’m a typical 30 year-old struggling photojournalist. I currently live here there and everywhere as I try to cover the refugee crisis on the ground. In 2017 I spent most of the year in the Balkans photographing the refugee crisis and learning why the refugees and migrants left their home countries.
I studied history at university and after worked dozens of crappy jobs before deciding I needed to chase my passion for photography and photojournalism. I’ve been a photographer for the last 16 years, however the last 8 years I have taken the professional approach seriously.
Why have I joined Steemit? The answer is simple. I want a space to share my photographs and reportage with a responsive audience. I want the opportunity to engage with an audience who are eager to see the reality on the ground and understand some of the stories the mainstream media do not cover.
I hope to provide a frank and honest account of any story I cover and want to create a platform were you as a reader can feel free to ask me anything you would like to know. Making a living from photojournalism is a constant struggle so I’m hoping the Steemit community will be able to help me keep chasing stories and provide interesting content.
Below are a few of my pictures and I look forward to sharing more in the future :-)
If you’re interesting in seeing more of my work you can find it here
www.edwardcrawford.com
Instagram _edwardcrawford
Medium @_edwardcrawford
I really hope steemit gives you the opportunity to spread your work, continue to do what you love and work for a better world!
Resteemed you via @welcoming, hope this gives you a little boost!
Well, you are talented and bold. Wonderful traits for a photographer :) Can't wait for future posts! Welcome, enjoy :)
:) Hello Cihad. Your very kind and thank you. I'll be working in the Balkans again for the next few weeks so you can expect some interesting images from the borders and some of the refugee camps.
Thanks again :-)
GREAT photos, wow..
Welcome to the Steem World!
I have recently made an orientation video that will help you in your journey here - and will hopefully answer all the questions that took me months to figure out.
https://steemit.com/dtube/@maneki-neko/rlfwsqlj
I wish you all the best here on Steem!
I will also use the tag : @originalworks for this post, this will summon a robot that, if you wrote this original article, will give you an additional upvote. :)
Thank you Maneki-neko, I'll check out your stuff and i really appreciate the help :-) it all seems a little baffling to begin with but i hope to get used to everything on the Steemit platform. Thanks again and i like your content by the way. Very cool stuff
Hi
Welcome to Steem. It's an awesome community. I followed you. Please follow back. Good Luck.
I just followed you back mate. I look forward to seeing some more images of those sandy beaches. It's raining in the UK so seeing the tropical images is a great distraction :-) Cheers
Hello @edwardcrawfort.
Welcome to steemit. Very nice introduction
and impressive pictures.
If you like to, check my blog @joepike and follow. ✌
Cheers Joe, i checked your stuff out. Definitely like the black and white images and look forward to seeing the rest of your 7 days stuff :-)
Hello @edwardcrawford.
Thanks a lot and yes I keep trying to take some good shots.
Cheers ✌
A BIG warm welcome to Steemit! I am sure you are going to absolutely enjoy the Steemit platform.👍 Please let me know if I can be of future help with Steemit. I truly hope Steemit exceeds all your expectations!👍
Cheers David, i'll be sure to pester you with Steemit questions in the future :-) thank you
You are very welcome. I have just followed you on steemit so we can earn steem together. Have a great Tuesday 👍
Welcome to SteemIt @edwardcrawford
Your photos have a sense of identity. If you can find the hidden message behind the photos you take (tell a story with every photo), I'm sure you could find a gold mine. Your photos are great, find the hidden message and you will make them better. Good luck!
Cheers Evan, thanks for your kind words :-)
Like chasing the perfect picture i think you're right, hopefully the messages will become clearer in my images and keep improving over time. Thanks again and have a nice week :-)
Cheers
Have a nice week yourself Edward. 🙂
Welcome and good luck! My favorite picture is the one with the light beams, but they are all works of art.
Thank you. I personally like the light beams especially. That was from the Barracks in Belgrade, Serbia. Last winter there was around 1000+ refugees and migrants living in these abandoned buildings. They burnt railway sleepers which made such thick toxic smoke. The smoke couldn't leave the buildings so every afternoon there were these strangely beautiful light beams. I'll post up a full post about the Barracks soon :-) Thanks for check out my page
Wow, so that is how the beams had such contrast, I was wondering how you were able to do it. I can imagine it was hard to breath when the fires were big.
Welcome on steemit Edward!
These are awesome photographies.
Hope you have a good start and you will have a great time on steemit!
Cheers :-) i'll keep posting and hopefully get the hang of the Steemit system. Have a great week and thanks for checking my page
Great pics! Look forward to seeing more of your work
Cheers thanks for check out my page :-)