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© Luís Campillo 2015
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This photo of a trio strangely started without a single stranger. Here is how things happened.
September 8th was an important day for the visual arts community in Montréal. It was the evening of an event titled Rentrez! de Gaspé. On that night, 8 prominent artist run centers located in the buildings at 5445 and 5455, avenue de Gaspé, in the Mile-End, held simultaneous exhibition openings to launch their fall 2016 season. In the communicating ground floor lobbies of the buildings you could see a DJ, find a bar and some things to nibble on and also watch a tech geek doing computer mapping. As you can guess, there was a good overall party atmosphere.
As I hopped from an exhibition to another, I was struck by the ingenuity, effectiveness and graphic strength of “Bend and stretch” a two part installation by a collective named “We make carpets” at Diagonale. This installation was made with three elements only: nails, thin rubber bands and paper clips of exquisite colors.
I thought the artists had to be in the room on such an evening and tried to guess who they were. I saw two ladies keeping an eye on the crowd and approached them. It turned out they were Diagonale staff members. One of them, Chloé, was its Artistic director and the person that had invited this collective for a two week Art residency. She said they were from Netherlands and she had appreciated their work in Europe. I explained her that I liked the work in front of me a lot and would like to do a portrait of one of the artists. She told me they were wandering around soaking up the evening’s atmosphere and ran right out to find them.
Chloé first came back with Bob and Maria. I understand doing portraits of career artist is a bit touchy, so I showed them a few of my previous stranger photos and explained what I wished to do. Bob and Maria said OK but we are three and then ran out to find Stijn. At that point I figured I had no choice but to follow through and forget about a solo portrait. In a way, it’s OK, as I hope to do contextual group portraits one day.
Luckily, Stijn also said yes and I was able to get a shot that worked well for all them in four of five clicks. Stars were lined up right I guess.
After I took this photo, they explained me that the name “We make carpets” came from their collaboration for the “Instant Nature” exhibition during the Dutch design week in 2009 and that they actually never intended to make carpets. They had collected pine needled and cones and put together a piece titled “Forest carpet”. The three friends have since pursued independent solo careers but still collaborate on collective projects that stem from this work.
I strongly invite you to have a look at their web site. Their collective work is based on a simple process not unlike canvas embroidery but expanded to a larger scale. It is characterized by a highly innovative use of material. All of their collective work is ephemeral and lives on only through photographic documentation. You will appreciate the variety of concepts they have built for events throughout Europe and find detailed photos of the pieces shown at Diagonale.
For their first North-American venture at Diagonale, all the material they needed likely fitted in a single handbag but their installation nonetheless fully occupied the space. At that time, I was getting ready to leave myself in four days for an out of town exhibition and was bit weary everything would fit my Focus station wagon. Imagine how smart I thought they were!
I went back to see their work in a quieter context the next day. As I was leaving, the artists walked in. They were going on a canoe trip in the Québec wilderness. Perhaps another great opportunity to collect pine needles and cones!
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Cette photo d'un trio a curieusement débuté sans un seul inconnu. Voici comment les choses se sont passées.
Le 8 septembre représentait une date importante pour la communauté des arts visuels à Montréal. C’était la soirée Rentrez! de Gaspé. Ce soir-là, 8 centres d'artistes de premier plan situés dans les bâtiments aux 5445 et 5455, avenue de Gaspé, dans le Mile-End, tenaient des vernissages simultanés pour lancer leur saison automnale 2016. Dans les lobbies communicants du rez-de-chaussée des bâtiments, on pouvait entendre un DJ, trouver un bar et des choses à grignoter et aussi regarder un tech geek faire du mapping informatique. Comme vous pouvez le deviner, il y avait une ambiance générale bien festive.
En passant d’une exposition à l’autre, je fus frappé par l'ingéniosité, l'efficacité et la force graphique de "Bend et stretch" une installation en deux parties réalisée un collectif nommé « We make carpets » chez Diagonale. Cette installation était faite avec trois éléments seulement: des clous, des élastiques minces et des trombones de couleurs exquises.
Je me suis dit que les artistes devaient être dans la salle vu le contexte de la soirée et j’ai essayé de deviner de qui il s’agissait. J’ai noté deux dames qui observaient la foule et les ai abordées. Elles étaient membres du personnel Diagonale. L'une d'elles, Chloé, s’est avérée être à la fois la directrice artistique et la personne qui avait invité ce collectif pour une résidence artistique de deux semaines. Elle m’a appris qu'ils étaient des Pays-Bas et qu’elle avait apprécié leur travail en Europe. Je lui ai expliqué que j'aimais ce que j’avais devant les yeux et souhaitais faire un portrait de l'un des artistes. Après m’avoir dit qu'ils se baladaient en profitant de l'atmosphère de la soirée elle s’est mise s’en hésiter en quête de les retrouver.
Chloé est revenue avec Bob et Maria. Je sens bien que faire des portraits d'artistes de carrière est un peu délicat. Je leur ai donc montré quelques-unes de mes photos précédentes d’inconnus et leur ai expliqué ce que je j’espérais faire. Bob et Maria on dit OK, mais nous sommes trois, puis sont à leur tour partis retrouver Stijn. À ce moment-là je me suis dit que je n'avais pas d'autre choix que de jouer le jeu et d’oublier l’idée de faire un portrait solo. D'une certaine manière, c’était OK, car je souhaite éventuellement faire des portraits de groupe contextuels.
Heureusement, Stijn a également dit oui et j’ai été en mesure d'obtenir un cliché qui a bien fonctionné pour tous en quatre ou cinq clics. Les astres devaient être bien alignés ce soir-là.
Après avoir posé pour cette photo, ils m’ont expliqué que le nom « We make carpets » venait de leur collaboration pour l'exposition "Instant nature" au cours de la semaine du design néerlandais en 2009. Ils avaient alors recueilli des aiguilles et des cônes de pin pour réaliser ensemble une œuvre intitulée «Forest carpet ». Ils n’ont cependant jamais réellement eu l'intention de faire de tapis. Depuis, les trois amis poursuivent des carrières en solo tout en continuant la réalisation de projets collectifs qui découlent de ce premier travail.
Je vous invite fortement à jeter un coup d’œil à leur site web. Leur travail collectif est basé sur un processus simple, un peu semblable à de la broderie sur toile, mais étendue à une plus grande échelle. Il se caractérise par une utilisation très innovante des matériaux. Tout leur travail collectif est éphémère et est perpétué seulement grâce à de la documentation photographique. Vous pourrez y apprécier la variété des concepts de leurs réalisations pour les événements à travers l'Europe et trouver des photos détaillées des pièces présentées à Diagonale.
Pour leur première entreprise nord-américaine à Diagonale, tout le matériel dont ils ont eu besoin pouvait rentrer dans un seul sac à main, mais leur installation occupait pleinement l'espace. À ce moment, je me préparais à partir quatre jours plus tard pour présenter une exposition hors de la ville et j’étais un peu inquiet de savoir si ma Focus familiale logerait tout le matériel nécessaire. Vous pouvez facilement imaginer que je les ai trouvés très futés!
Je suis retourné chez Diagonale pour voir leur travail dans un contexte plus calme le lendemain. Avant mon départ, je les ai recroisés. Ils partaient pour un voyage en canot dans la nature québécoise. Une autre belle occasion de recueillir des aiguilles de pin et des cônes!
This photo is part of my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
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Vic
While out doing my usual route of State Street, I found myself venturing down an alleyway on the 500 Block. Normally I see the structure (the alley is built between two parking ramps) as an architectural gem, with lovely sharp edges and corners. This time was different, as I took in the surroundings looking for a photo op I saw a three guys working on what seemed to be a music video of sorts. I approached with caution, as I didn't want to interrupt or be accidentally included I walked passed quickly. I'm sure they saw me passing, but they seemed pretty involved with the video. After a few minutes of realizing I couldn't get a new angle on the structure (or one that would make me happy at least) I decided to go back and talk to the fellow artists.
As I approached they smiled at the fact that I too, had a camera around my neck; which apparently was a much better model then they were working with. I introduced myself as Chris Collins aka the local paparazzi, and handed over a business card. It was at this time I explained my concept of documenting Madison through photos of the people, places, and things (and of course my 100 more strangers project). I offered to click a few pictures and get a story to go with, and while they all agreed I found myself focused on the man with the camera. It was the combination of the tattoos and camera that drew my eye to him, I wanted to know his story.
After snapping a few group photos, I extended my offer to include one of them in the project. I told him (the man in red plaid) that he was the most photogenic looking one, which he smiled and informed me that he got that from his mother. Without further adu, I am proud to introduce stranger number 94 "Vic." My main focus for getting to know Vic was to learn about his tattoos as he had a few rather interesting ones in the obvious locations. I asked him which of his tattoos had the most meaning to him, at first he motioned to his chest and explained he had a tattoo of his child there. But on his neck it reads "The good die young" and "RIP MAMA" these are most dear to him.
Sadly Vic's mother passed away at 44 years young, after an eight year battle with cancer. We chatted with the fact that eight years is a rather long time, especially when dealing with such a terrible thing. Vic expressed to me that his mother always loved being in front of the camera, even in the later years of her cancer she would wheel her wheel chair around just to get in the photo. Vic's friends (Ether and Red) smiled at that as they knew it to be true. As fate may have it, in January of 2012 Vic's mother told him that she felt it was her time to go; and six months later she passed. Strangely that day was June 28th, 2012 (as Vic told me this it gave me the chills as today is the 27th). Her passing hit Vic hard, and he did a lot of soul searching over the next twelve months; but when he came back he found he was a new individual. Something spurred creativity, writings, a new way of seeing the world; something more then likely his mother passed onto him.
In parting I wished the best for Vic and his friends, and with now with a way to reach me; maybe I'll cross paths with them again. Just like any encounter with the 100 strangers project, we meet as a stranger but leave with a new friend. As I near the end of this cycle of 100, I look forward to meeting more new faces.
094/100
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“We need the tonic of wildness...At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us ... We can never have enough of nature.” - Henry David Thoreau
Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland
I have always suffered from anxiety. Even as a young boy, I have tried every imaginable solution. Think good thoughts. Try not to think of going to the bathroom. Don’t listen to what the priest tells you. Etc. Etc. Sad to say, I have not really overcome it. I have merely placed rescue flags along the way – so when anxiety strikes I have those flags I could reach for to wave for rescue. The flags were not always within reach. And that would mean mental breakdown in my part. It does not happen often. But when it does, I’m pretty much useless.
One thing I have learned about being anxious is I could spot one who is experiencing the same thing. Such is the Migrant Mother. An iconic poster person of the Dust Bowl era. Shot by the great Dorothea Lange.
Who could not be moved by Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother? This is one of my favorite vintage photo. In today's standard, the photo documentary can be considered flawed. Yet everything about it seems to work. Lange used an uncorrected lens in most of her portraits. She preferred the soft focus, which perhaps made this photo more appealing. The softness aptly captured the mother's tenderness. I heard that Lange staged this shot. So in a sense, it is not candid. But I don't care. Whether it was contrived or not, the mother's anxious gaze appeared real to me.
For this photo, Lange is known to have used a 4x5 format viewfinder camera. I don't have one but perhaps one day I can get my hands on an old one. So instead I used my Zeiss Ikonta medium format as prop. My Ikonta goes back to late 1930's. About the same time that the Dust Bowl happened. I've fantasized about my Ikonta. Perhaps it has been used to memorialize events nobody cared about. Except for the photographer who took those photos. Could have been at the Dust Bowl.
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Between December 16, 2012 and January 3, 2013, I met some of the most beautiful people in the Philippines. This series documents their stories. The title "Bukas Na Kami" is a play on words in the Pilipino language. It could either mean "We are open" or "Tomorrow it's us." I'll let the viewers decide which translation they like.
Message me if you are interested in the book. Thanks.
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Tibiao, Antique, Philippines
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Juzno: What is your name?
Mack: It's Mac.
Juzno: Is that your real name?
Mack: No, it's really Makuling Makabunot.
Juzno: Why are you happy?
Mack: I was able to solve Zeno's Paradox. Contrary to the evidence of one's senses, the belief in plurality and change is mistaken, and in particular that motion is nothing but an illusion.
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