Name: 【TED-Ed】From Aaliyah to Jay-Z: Captured moments in hip-hop history - Jonathan Mannion
Uploaded: 2015-01-29T04:51:05.000Z
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And I really wanted it for future generations

to be able to feel the energy that was in that room,

and certaintly you can feel that right there.

I'm a photographer, this is what I do for a living.

You can't take this picture again because I took it,

and he's no longer with us, sadly, rest in peace.

The definitive portrait of that person, in that moment,

is what I strive for every single time out,

That connection, to be able to have a conversation,

to say why I want a certain picture and a certain attitude.

In this moment, we talked about shooting in the Caribbean,

Caribbean culture, Trinidad, Barbados, Jamaica,

and I said, "We should do a photo shoot there

And she said, "Yeah, you know, let's do it."

You know, as we're taking these beautiful pictures,

I'm continuing to converse with her and really connect.

So, she believed in my vision at that moment,

you know, even while all the work was happening

there was a human connection that happened.

"I can't wait for the Caribbean. I'll see you then."

You've got to take a breath. You've got to take a breath.

and you really have to take the time to connect to them,

to make a difference in people's lives in that moment.

You never know how you're affected by somebody,

but you never know how you affect that person,

how you make that moment a little more important for them.

two in New York, and he had just signed his record deal.

is going home to Toronto to celebrate with my family."

I've got to go see my grandmother in the afternoon,

and so you probably don't want to bother with that."

I said, "It would be an honor to meet your grandmother."

because this is what makes a photographer sort of greater,

to have a picture that somebody else doesn't have.

He said, "Grandma, I just got millions of dollars.

from Cash Money Universal and Young Money."

He said, "No Grandma, millions of dollars. What do you want?"

And she said, "I want a kiss, and I want a hug."

Again, the reminder of, like, why we do this.

It also revealed for me another layer of Drake as a character,

He's not just about the limelight and self-serving.

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【TED-Ed】From Aaliyah to Jay-Z: Captured moments in hip-hop history - Jonathan Mannion

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