How do you get someone to not only tell you one of their
biggest secrets but agree to let you show it to the whole world? The answer to that question is very
carefully. This was the idea behind my
project, Behind the Cardboard. Last term
I had a project where I photographed people playing “nerdy” games but was very careful
not to show there face because the people did not want to be associated with
these games. It was this juxtaposition
of loving to play the game but at the same time being embarrassed by it that I wanted
to explore in this project. However,
because the people were embarrassed by the fact that they play Magic most
people I talked to about sitting for the project flat out refused. The six who you see in the set here are the
only people I could get to agree to do it.
It took a week of discussion but I was able to persuade them in the end. Finally, I decided to use a simple one light
set up for this shoot, because I always use a huge light set up for my
projects, so I wanted to mix it up this time.
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| Stevie 2013 |
