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This month we have abandoned Spanish buildings, a wholesome project in The New Forest and a mind-opening interview with fashion photographer Kalle Gustaffson.TRANSCRIPT
205dpiIssue Oct’13
Lucy HaslamIllustrator
www.lucyhaslam.blogspot.co.uk
This issueOct’13
We are photographers. Journalistic ones. We document, record and capture anything we find interesting, beautiful or captivating.
Sometimes our stories may seem strange or unusual, but we are the eye behind it all; and that’s what this magazine is all about.
From cakes to paralympics, graffiti to kickboxing, our editorial documentary style takes us around Cornwall, the UK and the rest of world. Follow us and our collective of photographers as we capture our adventures, our remarkable stories and our everyday lives.
Who are we?
What’ve we been doing?After our big birthday party last month, we’re beginning to settle into the ‘norm’. We’ve had our heads down working hard to give you some-thing excellent again, and we know you won’t be disappointed. This time we take a peak at the stories behind the photography of fashion; eerie Spanish ruins; and the live music scene. Now that’s what you call variety.
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Travelled Fuerteventura and discovered an eerie abandoned complex.
Explored The New Forest and introduces us to the wholesome Appleslade Archive.
Alistair Deacon
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2.TristanPotter
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Met a traditional craftswoman who runs exquisite and intricate papercutting courses.
DominicSteinman
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Gives us a look at what it was like in this years Hatfield Slam Dunk festival.
ScottGarfitt
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Documents the touching story of his grandad, as he recovers from a disabling stroke.
TobiasHolbeche
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Superb and established fashion editorial photog-rapher Kalle Gustafsson speaks his experiences.
Feature Story - ‘Gustafsson
Real Talk
Kalle Gustafsson with
“With social media, the true romantic mystery of life is gone.”
Last months launch issue featured the hard-hitting work of Jim Mortram. This month our eyes are focused on a very different approach - the cinematic romance of fashion story teller Kalle Gustafsson. Gustafsson’s career has seen him commissioned by brands such as GQ, Paul Smith, Henry Lloyd & Marie Claire, for whom he creates inspiring dream like scenes that are somehow retro yet very contemporary. In conversation, we discuss the fashion world, social media and the dissapearing photographic traditions.
9.Feature - Real Talk with Kalle Gustafsson
10. Feature - Real Talk with Kalle Gustafsson
Hi Kalle!
Hello.
First of all, I’d like to help bridge our aesthetic ‘gap’ between documentary editorial photographers and fashion editorial photographers. Dear readers: there is no gap! We are about narrative through images. We both are; and that is where our similarities lie.
I agree!
Kalle, when on set with models, do you work from a story? And when working for a client, are you able to direct the models so their body language and attitude tells your desired story?
Most of the time I come up with a small story for clients so we can lean away from posing, but it’t depending on who the client is and what they want as the end result. When you do editorial photography, you generally have more freedom.
Do you think there’s a difference between photographing a proffesional model, rather than an ordinary person in a documentary style? If so, which do you enjoy most?
There is always a difference. It’s all about how comfortable you are in front of the camera and what needs doing to fulfil the story. Sometimes it can be better to work with people who have less modelling experience because you get a more innocent feeling; a feeling much more real. But overall I enjoy the possibilities to work with both models and non because then I can get what suits best the client and brief.
Although quite a broad area of craft, what is your opinion of journalistic and documentary style editorial photography?
I like the thin line between the two types of photography. The feeling of everything
“I enjoy living a 60’s feel through my stories.”
11.Feature - Real Talk with Kalle Gustafsson
being not quite perfect in a documentary photograph is great - it’s just a moment in someone’s life, in contrast to the fashion pictures where every detail is perfect and retouched.
When looking through your body of work, there is an obvious passion for the style that you’re capturing – people’s elegant and glamorous lifestyles, with a slight twist of 60’s. When not on commission, is this still the type of style you enjoy photographing? And what else does your personal photography hold?
I grew up surrounded by a lot of music and other bits from the 60’s. Nina Simone and The Rolling Stones to super 8 cameras and all the designer films. For me it is an era that I never had the chance to experience
And how is your relationship with social media?
Not the best. I don’t like what it does to people. Many become so “it’s all about me” and the only thing that they want is attention. With social media, the true romantic mystery about life, love and people disappears so all we have left instead is what people eat for lunch, legs on the beach or narcissistic behaviour. It is all very sad.
What can we expect to see from you in future?
You will never really know. I have so many different ideas that I’m working on right now and some of them are outside of photography and film. But hopefully more films and plenty of joy!
Many of our readers (and editors!) one day hope to have a profile just as established as yours. What would you recommend to us now to get to where you are today?
Believe in yourself, trust you own style and work hard.
Thanks a lot for your time Kalle and keep on inspiring!
properly, and it will never be like that again, so I guess I just enjoy living it through my stories.
There’s no denying that the evolution of photography is changing at a highly visible rate. Today social media is considered vital to the success of new photographers. Along with the digital age changing the nature of photography; it seems impossible to make a living without being up to date.
Do you still keep in touch with the photographic roots – film and darkroom practice etc?
Unfortunately not, but I have a lot of film cameras. Everything from Hasselblad to Rolliflex that I use from time to time, but only for my personal projects. There is probably a lot of photographers that did not get the chance to grow up with film and darkroom, so they missed the whole process of working that way which is a shame.
You also do a lot of work with film shorts and motion images, not to mention the fact that a lot of your photography has a very cinematic feel to it. Is this an example of you keeping current with the digital age, or are short films something you’ve always wanted to do?
I’ve always liked movies and how much more they can bring which a photograph just can’t. You can tell more of a feeling and a story through its elements (sound and movement etc.). I was studying film in Australia once but I dropped out after the first year. When I moved back to Stockholm I slowly picked up the film idea naturally and made some music videos. I then got the idea to do ‘Storia d´Amore’ as an experience to develop what I wanted to do. I then got in with full control of the production and had an exhibition afterwards! It taught me a lot and actually got me a lot of jobs!
14. Feature - Real Talk with Kalle Gustafsson
“Believe in yourself, trust your own style
and work hard.”
Words: Lois Golding
15.Feature - Real Talk with Kalle Gustafsson
Parque Holandés
Tristan Potter stumbled across an abandoned building whilst holidaying
in Fuerteventura.
18. Tristan Potter
While visiting the island of Fuerteventura earlier this year I stumbled across the unfinished development Urbanización Peña Erguida complex which sits in ruin on the FV-1 halfway between Puerto del Rosario and Corralejo in the north of Fuerteventura, Spain. Initial work began in the 1980s after the glamorous plans for the complex were passed in the 1970s. The plans were to include this building and many more luxury apartments and restaurants in the area along with a verylarge luxury marina complex set to be the pride of the island. When the first moorings were placed here they were swept away in a storm in the early 1980s and at this point the project was abandoned due to the locations suitability. All that is left now is this large unfinished complex which is slowly collapsing. You get a real sense of how luxurious this building would have been and its location is simply breath taking. The Island is covered in developments like this, which have been abandoned for one reason or another. It’s really sad that they will never be finished and eventually will become a pile of rubble, which no one even notices.
“All that is left is a large unfinished complex which is slowly collapsing”
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Alistair Deacon takes a tour around The New Forest’s ongoing project.
The Appleslade Archive
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“The Archive gives an insight into a world that otherwise many would not know
about.”
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Focusing on The New Forest in Hampshire and its surrounding areas, The Appleslade Archive is an on going project with the main purpose of documenting the rural practices, both modern and traditional, that are in use in the area by farmers and Commoners (someone who owns and turns out Ponies, Cattle, Pigs or Sheep onto The New Forest). Looking into the working life of New Forest Commoners and Farmers, the Archive looks at the ever changing landscape of rural areas and gives an insight into a world that many people would otherwise never know about.
Alistair Deacon, founder of The Appleslade Archive, was first introduced to New Forest Commoners by his wife, Rebecca (a working, practicing Commoner whose family have been commoning since the 17th Century). Interested in this struggling trade, he began learning about the traditional methods of ‘Running Animals on Forest’, ‘Branding’ and ‘Drifting’ and started documenting the traditions that are under threat. The introduction of higher volumes of
tourists and vehicles is affecting how the forest Works. More efficient modern farming techniques are now being employed, therefore age old traditions are disappearing. Techniques and tricks which used to be passed down from generation to generation are dying out and the knowledge is being lost.
Alistair, having grown up on a Dairy farm, learnt the importance of farming at a young age and understands the need to document the old traditions before they die out. Feeling that it was important to have the perspective of another photographer, someone less familiar with the practices and customs integral to the rural way of life in the Forest, Dominic Evans was also invited to be a contributor to The Appleslade Archive, allowing a different point of view to cover elements that may be overlooked by someone more familiar with the area.
Alistair, working with his wife, Rebecca, and fellow photographer Dominic, hope to expand The Appleslade Archive to enable it to reach as many people around the world as is possible. Please visit www.theapplesladearchive.com to learn more about The New Forest and the tradtions and people that make it so unique.
“The Archive gives an insight into a world that otherwise many would not know
about.”
“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer.
It takes a lot of looking before
you learn to see the extraordinary”
- David Bailey
Dominic Steinman sits down with artist and craftsmaker Elisabeth Imhof.
PapercuttingFragile
In the middle of the studio sat a table covered with a white table-cloth, on top of which lay a long black and white papercut currently in progression. The 67 year old lady wears neither glasses nor uses a loupe, despite spending multiple hours at the table working.
Elisabeth Imhof devoted a large degree of her time as a child to her love of the arts. However, twenty-five years ago she attended her first papercutting course. Today she leads her own courses and passes her knowledge on to the next generation. As a passionate artist, she gets inspiration from nature, choosing to focus on the forest and hunting scenes.
30. Dominic Steinman
Elisabeth uses a specialised forty-gram weighted paper for her pieces of art. The paper itself has both a black exterior face and grey rear in order to sketch her cutting line. As groundwork she draws inspiration from both her own sketches as well as photographs, these are copied by pencil to the grey side of the leaf. She cuts into the fine paper filigree papercuts using handmade special scissors. A slip and all the work would be chopped. In response to the question if allowed to glue something Elisabeth answered: “Basically not. But for very fragile papercuts like trees and mountains it’s sometimes impossible to work without glue.”
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Elisabeth’s original cuts also get scanned and lasered on to wine and water glasses, plates, vases and schnapps bottles.
In 2007 Elisabeth Imhof represented Switzerland at the International Festival for Folklore and Folk Arts in the Chinese village Xiaocheng. China is the native country for papercutting; over thousands of years papercuts were used as patterns to draw on to porcelain. Four hundred years ago the papercut came to European territory. In the 18th century silhouette portraits were popular, Goethe owned an extensive silhouette collection of his friends.
Elisabeth draws inspiration from
nature and hunting scenes.
Elisabeth Imhof progressed from the traditional papercutting technologies to produce 3D paper models. She often uses watercolour drawings as backgrounds, selling her time-consuming work in her own online shop at: w w w.scherenschnittkunst .ch . With notice, she is happy to open the door of her studio for visits to present her work and answerquestions with illustrative material.
SlamDunk
Scott Garfitt shows us main stage action from Hatfield.
Festival
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Slam Dunk is a series of music festivals hosted annually during the month of May. In 2013 the event was hosted in three venues: Leeds University, Hatfield University and Wolverhampton Civic Hall. A wide array of alternative bands from leading names to rising acts. performed across all venues. Since its establishment in 2006, the organisation has grown exponentially from seven bands in 2006 to fifty-seven in 2013.
The images included in this set were taken at the Hatfield event on the Sunday 26th May 2013. All of these images were taken on the Main Stage in the university grounds on which the headline acts performed.
37.Scott Garfitt
In pictures: Tonight Alive, Pierce The Veil, Deaf Havana
& more.
Still Recovering
Saturday the 14th of June 2008 was a day that was going to irrevocably change the life of my grandfather, John Barber, a man I have looked up to ever since I was a young child. Full of fun, and entertaining, he has always been very fit and healthy; a non-smoker who has enjoyed an active lifestyle, being fond of going on long walks and bike rides.
However, four and a half years ago whilst living in Spain with my grandmother Ann, he suffered a potentially life-threatening stroke. He was rushed to hospital and
Tobias talks about the personal experience he’s had with his Grandad’s
stroke.
40. Tobias Holbeche
grandparents had been living. By comparison, the man I saw before me on this day was heavily dependent upon his walking stick, part of his face had fallen and the muscles around his mouth had been badly affected causing him to slur some parts of his speech.
However, since the stroke my grandfather has continued to receive extensive treatment on his long road to recovery. It is a slow process and even to this day he is still not fully recovered as he has stated, “my mind gets a bit confused at times”. Nevertheless, he is getting stronger by the day; he is now able to walk again un-aided by his stick and his speech is much improved. But perhaps most importantly he has his sense of humour back and he can put a smile on people’s faces, something that he has always been known for.
fortunately they were able to successfully treat him there before eventually releasing him from their care to begin the process of recovery at home. Part of me assumed at the time that he was going to make a full and speedy recovery and be the same man that I had always known, but it soon became apparent that that level of rehabilitation was going to take some time.
Some time later whilst working in Falmouth I received a phone call from my grandmother in which she told me that they were both in Newquay and were planning on coming to the south coast to see me. When they arrived for their visit it was shocking to see the effects of the stroke on my grandfather’s appearance; I immediately noticed how much he had aged, he was a changed man. I had last seen him walking vigorously up a mountainside in Benidorm, close to where my
This issue’s stars
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Scott Garfitt‘Slam Dunk Festival’[email protected]
Tristan Potter‘Parque Holandés’07530 [email protected]
Alistair Deacon‘Appleslade Archive’07748 [email protected]
Dominic Steinman‘Fragile Papercutting’[email protected]
Tobias Holbeche‘Still Recovering’07810 [email protected]
Lois GoldingEditor-in-chiefwww.somethingobnoxious.carbonmade.com
With thanks to..
Matt CoxLogo designer & sign writing godInstagram - mattcox904
Kalle GustafssonSpecial feature interview & photographerwww.kallegustafsson.com
Tom IngateHeather GoldingToby EllisSupport, advice & guidance
Production teamTristan PotterManagerwww.trisyp.tumblr.com
Tom SandbergManagerwww.tomsandbergphotography.wordpress.com
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Dave [email protected]
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