Photographer David Alan Harvey on His Decisive Moment

In 1988, American photographer David Alan Harvey, then in his mid-40s, found himself alone in Paris on assignment for National Geographic, whose forthcoming issue was themed around France. “They had asked six or seven different photographers to cover different things, and they wanted me to take pictures of teenagers,” he tells AnOther. His first instinct was to “reduce the scope” of his subject matter, a key tenet of his artistic approach. “I tend to reduce…