Finally got around to watching the edited version of Tim Walker’s In Fashion SHOWstudio interview. I liked the observation about how in the days of contact sheets (sigh), you could see all the mistakes and almost follow the thought process of the photographer during the shoot. Interesting also how the technical aspect of the camera first put him off becoming a photographer – a bit like me choosing fashion illustration over fashion design because I didn’t know how to sew!
Really pleased I made it to the last day of the PYMCA Unordinary People photography exhibition at the Royal Albert Hall, documenting British youth culture from 1960-2009. The picture above is my favourite but there were lots of other excellent snapshots of blink-of-an-eye fashion moments. PYMCA (Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive) was started by Steve Lazarides back in the days before he was Banksy’s agent and was merely the picture editor of Sleaze Nation magazine. These days it’s run by Jon Swinstead and is being developed to include a youth culture video archive from the BBC Motion Gallery (this I’d love to see) as well as streamed music from each decade. Unfortunately, it will be subscriber-based which I assume means not-free.
Brilliantly done, I loved all the attention to detail. Especially:
The teeny tiny bookshop outside
The birdhouse tree
The deckchairs
The art
The amazing red chairs and astroturf juxtaposition (and Jibby Bean next to them)
The totally accidental but genius composition of this shot
And this one – just call me Jessica Craig Martin
Unseen Guy Bourdin is at The Wapping Project from 9th May – 4th July 2009
