{"id":990,"date":"2011-09-28T17:08:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T21:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/?p=990"},"modified":"2011-10-04T13:47:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T17:47:32","slug":"nigel-barker-the-man-behind-and-in-front-of-the-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/2011\/09\/28\/nigel-barker-the-man-behind-and-in-front-of-the-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Barker: the man behind and in front of the camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigel Barker kept students\u00a0riveted with insights and accounts of his experiences as \u00a0fashion model, photographer, judge of &#8220;America&#8217;s Next Top Model,&#8221; and service to causes for social good.<\/p>\n<p>He talked about what matters most&#8211;and what doesn&#8217;t matter at all:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1034\" style=\"width: 677px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/NigelBarker_0442-bb.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/2011\/09\/28\/nigel-barker-the-man-behind-and-in-front-of-the-camera\/nigelbarker_0442-bb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/NigelBarker_0442-bb-e1317750419220.jpg?fit=677%2C940&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"677,940\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"NigelBarker_0442-bb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nigel Barker @ FIT&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/NigelBarker_0442-bb-e1317750419220.jpg?fit=677%2C940&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1034\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/NigelBarker_0442-bb-e1317750419220.jpg?resize=677%2C940\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"940\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nigel Barker @ FIT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s truly about the imperfections, the scars, how you move, passion, motivation&#8211;that&#8217;s what I try to evoke&#8230;Emotion is the biggest part of what I do,&#8221; \u00a0said Barker.\u00a0&#8220;Whoever I&#8217;m shooting I have to be in love with at the moment, boy, girl, cat, dog, seal.&#8221; (Barker donates his creative energies to the Humane Society to bring attention to the plight of Canadian seals.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_0430-P2.jpg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_0430-P2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/2011\/09\/28\/nigel-barker-the-man-behind-and-in-front-of-the-camera\/img_0430-p-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_0430-P2.jpg?fit=910%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"910,710\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Nigel Barker behind the camera\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_0430-P2.jpg?fit=910%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-998\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_0430-P2.jpg?resize=637%2C497\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_0430-P2.jpg?w=910&amp;ssl=1 910w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/artanddesign\/files\/2011\/09\/IMG_0430-P2.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having a big budget doesn&#8217;t translate to a better photograph,&#8221; Barker told students. \u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s about the personality. 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