Penn and Avedon are almost as well-known today as they were when they were alive and working. It’s rare to be given a treatment, whether photographic or film, that doesn’t reference at least one of their images. Why not? They were two of the three best commercial photographers of the last century. The third has been virtually forgotten. Google ‘Bookbinder’ and you’ll be lucky to find a handful of images. (And those images will be very small.) I’m going to try toRead more
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IN-CAMERA 3: John Claridge.
I did this ad for free. My theory was; get freelance work, do it free in exchange for a free hand. I thought it would allow me to get together better work than I could in my day job. At the time asking John Claridge to shoot your layout was like asking Jay Z to write your jingle. The chances are he’s going to say no, but if he said yes, you’d almost certainly have a good ad. He said yes. The result wasRead more
IN-CAMERA 1: Brian Griffin.
You grew up in the land of the Brum? I was actually born in the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, although I grew up in the Black Country in a town called Lye. Art College? I worked in engineering until I was 21, so as a mature student I studied at Manchester Polytechnic School of Photography. Did they teach you anything useful? How to lose your virginity and smoke. When did you take your first picture? As an amateur around 1965,Read more