‘This is actually an excellent metropolis’: Visiting photographer gushes over capturing Seattle for the world to see

Chuck Fazio and Caitlin Rice, two out-of-state photojournalists, have been employed by Visit Seattle to doc well-known and complicated particulars Seattle has to supply in the course of the FIFA World Cup.

Joining “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, the pair shared their favourite features of town, what it means to them to have the consideration of capturing images for the remainder of the world to see, and the way welcoming town’s individuals have been throughout their transient keep.

“I’ll be completely honest, I told our friends at Visit Seattle that I would do this for nothing,” Fazio mentioned. “Our primary goal was to come and meet people, which is what we did. This has been, for us, 1o remarkable days, as somebody who does what I do, to be able to be called upon by the people that market the destination to capture it for them, and they’re going to use our art to show the world who they are, there is no greater mission, calling, or goal for a photographer than that.”

Despite touring the world, Fazio says Seattle tops his listing of vacation spot cities

Fazio continued to gush over what he had seen in Seattle, noting that regardless of touring all around the world, Seattle reigns supreme on his listing of vacation spot cities.

“Our primary mission has been to photograph our international visitors to show them, not people who are already here,” Fazio mentioned. “I’ve acquired to inform you, as an American, I’m fairly proud that town these people are seeing is Seattle. I journey all around the nation, actually all around the world, and I imply this with all of the sincerity I might muster, I don’t suppose there’s a higher metropolis in America than this one.

“[Seattle] has everything. Granted, I’ve been here for 10 days,” Fazio continued. “I understand completely that I’ve been here during the best weather, I get all that, I’m not dumb. I can interpolate, I get all that stuff, but this is a great city. This is truly a great city. We met some great people. The people here, I can’t generalize, but I can only tell you that the people we have seen and touched and interacted with, it’s a vibe here in Seattle.”

All of the images Chuck and Caitlin took throughout their keep in Seattle are available here.

Watch the total dialogue within the video above.

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