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>>> YES,
>>> YES, THAT IS AN AMAZING JOB.
JOB.
JOB. KEEP
JOB. KEEP GOING.
KEEP GOING. 'S BACK HERE TO TALK ABOUT HIS
BOOK, CELEBRATING THE WONDER OF
CHILDHOOD, THIS PHOTOGRAPHER
AND BEST-SELLING TIMES NEW YORK
AUTHOR, JORDAN MATHER.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE SHOW!
THIS IS SO COOL AND I LOVE THIS
FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS
BUT FIRST, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
FACT THAT ALL OF THIS IS KIND
OF IN YOUR DNA.
YOUR DAD AND YOUR GRANDFATHER.
SUSPECT MY GRANDFATHER WAS
SWISS AND DIDN'T SAY MUCH BUT I
WOULD HANG OUT WITH HIM IN THE
DARK FOR HOURS AND IT SEEMED
LIKE THE MOST ROMANTIC PLACE
WHERE WE COMMUNICATED.
I JUST IMAGINED THE DEVELOPER
WATCHING THE FRENCH COME UP.
-- PRINT COME UP.
>> RIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAD TO
WAIT FOR THINGS.
TODAY, WE NO LONGER DROP IT OFF
AT WALGREENS.
AT WALGREENS. >> IT WAS AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE
.
.
. >>
. >> WHAT
. >> WHAT IS SO COOL ABOUT IT IS
THAT YOU CAPTURE MOMENTS IN
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> YES, YOU FREEZE THEM.
>> HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO DO
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT?
>> DANCE?
>> DANCE?
>> DANCE? THAT CAME OUT IN THE DESIRE TO
FOLLOW UP WITH THE BEST DANCERS
AMONG US WHICH IS ADULTS
EVERYDAY LIFE STORIES AND THAT
WAS INSPIRED BY MY SON AND
SEEING HOW MUCH PASSION HE HAD
MOMENT TO MOMENT AND HOW WE GET
OLDER AND LOSE THAT AND WE WANT
TO CELEBRATE THE EVERYDAY SO I
MADE THIS BOOK TO DO JUST THAT.
TO SEE THROUGH THE EYES OF A
CHILD AND I WAS WATCHING MY
DAUGHTER SHOVEL SNOW AND SHE
LOOKED SO CUTE THAT I GRABBED
MY CAMERA AND I THOUGHT, BORN
TO DANCE!
TO DANCE!
TO DANCE! A FORM OF CHILDHOOD, DOCUMENTED.
>> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT, YOU
LOOK AT ALL OF THESE PICTURES
IN HERE AND THEY ARE NOT
NECESSARILY PERFECT MOMENTS BUT
ALMOST "DEAR TO" MOMENTS.
AND HAVING PEOPLE KIND OF BREAK
OUT OF THEIR SHELL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS
IN YOUR LIFE ARE NOT
NECESSARILY PLANNED BUT I WOULD
SAY, NO COINCIDENCES.
LIKE HOW YOU BECAME A
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. YOU GREW UP WATCHING IT.
>> I LOOKED OUT ON THE HORIZON
ONE DAY AND REALIZED I HAD NO
IDEA HOW TO TAKE THAT PHOTO.
SO WHEN I SAW THE FIRST PRINT
COME UP, IT WAS A FEELING HOW
YOU GET WITH SOME SORT OF
MAGICAL THING AND I HAD THIS
HALLELUJAH MOMENT AND REALIZED
THIS IS WHAT I WAS MEANT TO DO.
>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THAT
DANCE MOVE EXACTLY.
CHRISTINA WITH HER DAUGHTER.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE.
WE MADE A DANCE MOVE.
WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE WILL
START TO MIMIC IT. WHAT IS THE
VALUE OF THAT?
>> DANCE IS AN EXPRESSIVE ART
FORM SO THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE
ARE GETTING INVOLVED, THE THING
I LIKE MOST, I AM GETTING SO
MANY MESSAGES FROM KIDS WHO ARE
GOING OUT WITH THEIR PARENTS
AND DOING THE 10 MINUTE PHOTO
CHALLENGE.
CHALLENGE. AND MOM, I AM JUST DOING THIS
FOR 10 MINUTES.
AND THE IDEA OF EXPRESSING
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF.
YOURSELF. >> THERE IS A YOUNG GIRL WHO
WAS A DANCER AND WAS BEING
BULLIED.
BULLIED.
BULLIED. PEOPLE WERE MAKING FUN OF HER.
>> I DECIDED TO PUT HER IN THE
BOOK AND TO DO A VIDEO ABOUT IT
. SHE WENT TO DANCE CLASS EVERY
DAY. CAN YOU IMAGINE FOR 10
YEARS DOING SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
SHE IS THE MOST INSPIRING
PERSON I HAVE MET THROUGH THIS
WHOLE PROCESS.
WHOLE PROCESS. >> THIS IS SO COOL AND YOU ALSO
MAKE THAT YOUR PLATFORM ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOCIAL MEDIA. >> THERE'S A LOT THAT I
DISCUSSED IN THE BOOK, A REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF GROWING UP.
>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE THIS BOOK
DOES?
>>
>> I
>> I WANTED TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT.
IMPACT.
IMPACT. LIKE BULLYING, I USED TO GET MY
HAIR TIED IN KNOTS EVERY DAY
AND SPIT ON WHEN I GOT ON THE
BUS SO I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE.
LIKE.
LIKE. I
LIKE. I LOST MY FATHER AND I LOST MY
MOTHER EARLIER SO I KNOW WHAT
IT FEELS LIKE TO LOSE -- TO
HAVE A LOSS AND TO BE BULLIED
AND I WANT TO COVER ALL ASPECTS
. I WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THIS
AND I WANT EVERYONE TO SEE
THEMSELVES IN IT SOMEWHERE.
>> I WAS A BULLIED KID, AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. WE
WELL. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIGGEST
MISTAKE IS THAT WE MAKE WITH
THE PICTURES WE TAKE TODAY?
>> THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM!
#1, THE SUBJECT IS TOO SMALL IN
THE FRAME.
THE FRAME. #2, THEY ARE ALWAYS WEARING
BLACK AND THE BACKGROUND IS
BLACK AND YOU CAN SEE THEM.
AND #3 IS THAT THERE IS NO
HUMOR.
HUMOR.
HUMOR. >>
HUMOR. >> I WILL TELL YOU WHERE THE
HUMOR IS, CHRISTMAS PHOTOS. THE
OTHER THING IS LEAVING THEM IN
YOUR PHONE AND FORGETTING ABOUT
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. DO
THEM. DO YOU STILL PRINT?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> I AM THINKING THEY ARE GOING
TO DISAPPEAR IN THE CLOUDS
SOMEWHERE AND I HAVE TO PRINT
THEM. YOUR KIDS HAPPEN TO BE
HERE TODAY.
HERE TODAY. COME ON OVER HERE.
YOU DECIDED TO BRING THEM ONTO
HER.
HER.
HER. >>
HER. >> SO THAT THEY CAN MAYBE
FINALLY THINK I AM COOL.
THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, SALE. AND
THIS IS MY SON.
AND OFTEN, PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT
MY INSPIRATION IS AND IT IS
THESE TWO.
THESE TWO. AND IT IS MY WIFE, KNITTING.
>> IN THE BACKGROUND!
>> I WANT TO BE THE PERSON THAT
I WANT THEM TO BE, SOMEBODY
THEY CAN BE PROUD OF.
>> OFTENTIMES I THINK THAT WHEN
YOU ARE BULLIED THAT YOU CAN
GROW UP TO EITHER BECOME A
BULLY OR YOU CAN BECOME THE
CHAMPION FOR BULLIES.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOUR MISSION IS AND YOUR MISSION
CHOOSES YOU, OFTENTIMES.
I WANT YOU TO END WITH GIVING
ME YOUR BEST POSES. OKAY?
>> HUDSON HAS TURNED INTO QUITE
A PHOTOGRAPHER.
A PHOTOGRAPHER. >> JUST GIVE ME YOUR MOVES.
GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION, WHAT
CAMERA AM I SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT?
>> WE JUST NEED YOU TO GIVE ME
A POSE.
>>
>> OH,
>> OH, THIS IS AWESOME. YOUR CAMERA IS OVER THERE.
TRIED
TRIED AGAIN!
>>
>> FANTASTIC! >>> YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET
JORDAN TONIGHT AT SPRING FOREST
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