Unposed America

Leica Camera Ambassador Craig Semetko is an American photographer focusing on authentic human experience. Born and raised near Detroit, Michigan, and based in Los Angeles, Semetko became a professional comedy writer and performer after college and years later discovered photography as another means of storytelling. His comedic background has given him a highly developed sense of the absurd and ironic, resulting in a strong theme of humor throughout his work. In his foreword for Semetko's book Unposed, Magnum Photos photographer Elliott Erwitt writes, "Good photographs are tough enough to shoot. Really funny ones are even harder. Good and funny photographs observed in nature not arranged or manipulated but simply observed in real time with amazing consistency, constitute a minor miracle now presented in Mr. Semetko's book…In my book, he is the essential photographer. That is, the one who sees what others could not have seen." Semetko's photographs have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and numerous other publications worldwide.

Leica Camera Ambassador Craig Semetko returns with a new installment in an award-winning series, featuring striking imagery that takes the pulse of contemporary America.