Continuing the tradition

Exercise 12 – Interview with Marcus Bleasedale

Information noted during his interview with EIGHT magazine in December 2003.

Salient points:

·         He a photographer and certainly doesn’t consider himself an artist

·         Photography is a tool (equivalent to a pen or a telephone) he (Marcus) could be a politician because of what he says with his work [or what he would like to be heard from his work]

·         He takes photographs because he get angry about things that happen and he wants them to change

MO:

·         He takes the gentle approach and always shows his subject that he has a camera (implying that he wants to take a photograph)

·         He holds his camera  ‘low’ and takes photographs without framing so the subject understand what’s going to happen; after he gets approval he then frames his shots

·         He doesn’t smoke, but always carries cigarettes; they can give him 30 seconds of calm in which to engage with his subjects

·         He uses his camera to see if the process of taking the picture is even possible