Atiba Jefferson
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ATIBA JEFFERSON
Alec Salas
Period 2
10/17/12
Mr. Sandoval
When Atiba Was SmallAtiba Jefferson was born on November 30th 1975 in Los Angeles California.
He was interested in photography ever since he went to his first Laker game.
He did’nt have the money to buy a camera so he abandoned his dream and moved on.
In High SchoolAtiba became interested in photography again when he took a basic film class in his Colorado high school.
He would send his photo’s to J. grant Britton, a magazine editor and he would tell Atiba what he was doing wrong.
The feedback helped Atiba get where he is today.
Subject
Atiba shoots sports photography, mainly skate and basketball photography.
He is the assistant photographer for the Los Angeles Lakers. He also is part owner of The Skateboard Mag, and he is always making ads for ESPN, Adidas, Nike, Panasonic, Mountain Dew and Pepsi to put in magazines and newspapers.
StyleAtibas style varies in every picture
He mainly shoots freeze frame
He ownes a phtography studio in Los Angeles.
Since he publishes all his photography in a weekly magazine, there is not a high demand for the origional pictures themselves.
Imitation