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Robert Farber: The Perfect Assignment

The Perfect Assignment as Shared by Robert Farber

For the commercial assignment, I was hired to photograph the 2010 Miss Universe, Ximena Navarrete, for a print campaign endorsing a water company called Santorini, owned by PepsiCo in Mexico. Ximena was brought in because she was a major celebrity in Mexico, and I was hired to photograph her in the most natural way. I was also given the assignment to direct Ximena in a TV commercial. So my actual shooting took place in between the different scenes and takes of the TV commercial.

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Greg Gorman: Perusing New Possibilities
Cell Phone Images by the Pros
Cover Stories: Paulo Filgueiras
Workshops with the Pros
Mystic Myanmar
Bill Eppridge - History in the Making
The Diverse Talents of David Stetson
The Man Who Shot Rock 'n Roll
The Elegant Images of Barbara Bordnick
Education and Inspiration
The Art of Seeing - A Beginner's Journey
The Man in the Picture
How to Create and Organize Albums Directly from Your iPhone
Navigate Directly to Your Preferred Notification on the iPhone
The "Perfect Assignment" as shared by Robert Farber
Emmy Andriesse Photographs of Jewish Amsterdam, War and Liberation
Photographs & Memories
Why You Should Still Hire a Professional Photographer
The Entropy and Extropy of India
The Mountains That Made the Man, tribute to Ansel Adams
An Interview with Joyce Tenneson
Preserving the World of Burton Holmes
Ghosts in the Landscape -- Vietnam Revisited
A Passionate Quest and Nature--An Interview with Alan Maltz
Discussing Seeing Ourselves
Unique University
Photos to Inspire
Photos to Inspire: Jesse Diamond
Henry Diltz' Musical Legends
Roger Ressmeyer: Seeing Stars
Douglas Kirkland: Celebrated Celebrity Photographer
Photos to Inspire: Michael Grecco
Photos to Inspire: Lucia Bucklin
Photos to Inspire: Paulo Fridman
Suspended in Time: The Dance Imagery of Lois Greenfield
Photos to Inspire: Jeff Dunas
Michael Kenna: Traces of the Past
Chris Rainier: Follow Your Passion
Linda Rutenberg - Lady of the Night
Photos to Inspire: Tim Mantoani
Dancing with Light
I Am Jolie
The Artful Imagery of Michael Going
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Photo Contests
Workshops and Events
Photo Image Review / Critiquing Session
Sundays In NY, Composition Workshop
The Technical Workshop
Night Photography Workshop
Summer at the Visura Lodge - Editing Session
Santiago de Cuba, during Carnival
Santa Fe Winter Workshops
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Photos to Inspire
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