How to Photograph Cheryl Sandberg

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I try to be careful. If I'm photographing somebody else's family, it's their family, not mine. So it's going to reflect who they are and by spending time with them. Sometimes you just have a very, very limited amount of time. And every, every opportunity is a new challenge. It's a new problem to solve.

When everyone is carrying a camera in their pocket, what raises the act of taking pictures to the level of fine art photography? Jessica Todd Harper, the award-winning portrait photographer, says that it's equal parts mindset and technique--and lots of setting the stage to seize that perfect light. Listen as Harper speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her desire to capture the complexity of life in a single image, why family relationships and home life are her chosen subjects, and the integral role beauty plays in her images, despite its diminished status in art today.