Videre Portraits

8/11/2019 Videre Portraits

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The Videre is a medium format pinhole

camera which is available as a kit through

Kickstarter. To find it search for ‘The Pop-

Up Pinhole Project’.

The funding this project ends on 18th May

2013, so if you are interested please make

sure you pledge before then! You can own

your own Videre kit for £30 and if you’re

not the making type I’ll put one together

for you and load a film so it’s ready to

shoot as soon as it lands on your doorstep

for £150.

Over the past few weeks I have been shooting

pinhole portraits with the Videre of thepeople around me who have encouraged and

inspired me to put this project together.

This document collates all of the portraits

alongside an exclusive interview with each

sitter so you can find out a little more

about them.

Kelly Angood

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Time shot: 1.58pm

Exposure time: 6 seconds

Conditions: Indoors, sunny day.

Film: Ilford HP5 Plus - 400

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Bethan Samuel

Manager at The White Rabbit & PA.

My first camera was...

Some plastic piece of shit.

The first photo I remember taking was...

Of my cat sliding down a slide.

What does photography mean to you?

Confusion, regret and glee.

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Time shot: 3.05pm




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Tom Boswell

Freelance illustrator & Agent at Represent.

Who is your favourite photographer?

Gregory Crewdson.

Describe the best photo you have ever

taken...

I don’t have one that stands out, but I’d

say the photos from my travels in India last

year.

What camera do you use the most?

digitally it’s got to be my iPhone and my

Olympus Trip 35mm for film.

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thomasboswell.co.uk



Time shot: 4.07pm




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Becks Parnell

Researcher for the BBC.

What was your first camera?

My first camera was actually an OM10 from

my Grandad, but it sat on my shelf as an

ornament for years before I actually used

it. The first camera I used and got a film

developed from was a little compact Olympus

point and shoot.

What is your favourite photo?

One of my Grandad smiling with his horse.

He was photographed for a book thatdemonstrated to the Calvary men how to ride

a horse properly and this was a shot the

professional photographer took for him to

keep that wasn’t for the book.

When I was a child I wanted to be...

either a Pilot or a Dancer.

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Time shot: 10.05am


Conditions: Indoors, overcast.


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Britta B

Fashion Editor at Cooler Magazine.

Has photography inspired your work?

It’s part of what I do, so yes.

What was the last photo you took?

My last picture was of a Barbapapas (my

favourite kid’s TV show) rocking horse in

a shop window on my iphone. the last film

picture I took on a proper camera was part

of a Fred Perry shoot for Indie mag.

A book that changed me was...

I studied literature and have read so many

books that I’ve become a bit immune to their

power to change people, but the books that

impressed me most are probably the Rabbit

tetralogie by John Updike.

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cooler.mpora.com



Time shot: 3.56pm




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Bronwyn Opland

Set Designer & Maker.

Digital or analogue?

I have always had film cameras, even when

everyone went digital. To me the results are

always worth the time, effort and money.

What’s the first camera you owned?

My Dad bought me a really simple old 35mm

camera from a car boot sale when I was about

6. I can’t remember the make or model but

I do remember it having an extra wide angle

mode!

What was the last photo you took?

I instagrammed a photo of my awesome shoes

this morning. The last photo I took with a

proper camera was on New Years day on a walk

with friends on my old Olympus OM10.

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bronwynopland.blogspot.co.uk



Time shot: 7.05pm


Conditions: Indoors, sundown.


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Claude d’Avoine

Designer at Dazed & Confused.

Who or what inspires you the most?

my mum! She has always encouraged me and my sisters

to look at the world differently and stressed the

importance of all forms of art by taking us to

exhibitions constantly. I think this early exposureto so much made me far more aware of everything

around me and in turn put me on the path to become a

designer.

Can you describe your favourite photograph?

Since working for Dazed I have been exposed to some

of the most exciting editorial photography around.

One of my favourite photographs was the cover of

our Art Special which featured Iris Apfel. It was

shot by Jeff Bark and styled by Robbie Spencer. I

absolutely love the shot. The tones of the photograph

work beautifully. There is a wonderful juxtaposition

between the backdrop of dark greens, and the primary

burst of colour from the comme des garçons clothing

iris is styled in.

What is your favourite camera to use?

an old pentax that belonged to my mum. It had a

stack of different lenses which came packaged in a

navy blue box. When I was about 15 I got really into

photography, but realised it was not my forte. I have

far too many friends who are better at it! My main

reason for loving that camera was the entire processfrom start to finish. I think part of the appeal was

being able to develop the film by hand. The camera is

a little bit busted now, but I have fond memories of

snapping away.

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claudedavoine.com



Time shot: 1.00PM




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Isabel Greenberg

Illustrator & Graphic Novelist.


An olympus that was my Dad’s. But, I left it

in a cafe then it only had the flash left...

What was the first photo you remember

taking?

I had a birthday party when I was 5 where we

painted boxes. I took pictures on my Dad’s

camera (which later became mine.)


Taking consistently dreadful photos. I am a

terrible photographer.

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isabelnecessary.com



Time shot: 3.35PM




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Joe Luxton

Graphic Designer at Build.


It’s great on lots on lots of levels- for

me it’s a great way of keeping memories and

reminiscing.

What’s your favourite photo?

My Dad has got a photo album of when he was

about my age living in Hong Kong in the

70’s. They are all awesome -but they make me

a bit jealous too!

Do you remember your first camera?

I had a big, chunky neon red camera from

boots- I can’t remember specifically what

the first picture I took with it was but

it was most likely have been of my brother

Rich in some form of fancy dress, or as an

adventurer with lots of backpacks on.

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joeluxton.tumblr.com



Time shot: 10.58am




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Suzi Kemp

Freelance Illustrator.

My favourite photographer is...

richard billingham

The first photo I remember taking was...

on the polaroid i-zone sticker camera!

You wouldn’t know it but I’m very good at...

making displays of food even though I hate

buffets.

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suzikemp.com



Time shot: 11.34am




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Kaye Blegvad

Illustraor & jewellery designer.

What was the first camera you can remember

using?

a little red plastic point-and-shoot that i

had as a kid. i used it to take either very

blurry close ups or extreme long distance

shots of my cat.

Has photography influenced your work?

definitely - shooting photos myself has

been enormously useful for collecting

inspirations and images together to then

draw upon. And i often see photographs that

make me really want to draw.

Who is your favourite photographer?

I like Ellen Rogers a lot - seriously

analogue, hand printed, hand coloured

shots. Mostly of weird girls, up to witchy

business.

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kayeblegvad.com



Time shot: 09.13am




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Tom Edwards

Freelance Illustrator.

What is the first photo you can remember

taking - or - being in?

The first photo I really remember is of a

birthday cake with a tractor on it, not sure

if I took it though, or if it was even my

cake.

It’s not fashionable but I like...

Medieval music.

What is your favourite camera?

The one on my iPhone.

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edwardstom.com



Time shot: 11.40am




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Lion Summerbell

Mathmatic genius & Writer.

What was the first photo you remember taking?

I can remember my dad having an old Konica with a

pancake lens that I used to play around on a lot. I

think I remember trying to photograph him with it and

ending up with a solid black picture when the film

was developed.

Do you have a favourite photo or photographer?

There are some truly stunning photos in New York’s

Municipal Archive taken by an assortment of

twentieth-century photographers. I don’t remember the

name of it, but there’s an incredible black-and-whiteshot of one of the east side bridges in the middle

of the day, taken from almost underneath it, where

columns of sunlight have managed to slip through

the ironworks and have almost obscured the empty

street below. That stands out in my mind as a really

exceptional photo, and so I’d hazard saying it was my

favorite.


Being a poor photographer myself, I’m not really

qualified to parse the differences between this orthat camera, but I have got a nice Nikon F2 from

the late 70’s that I’ve done some shooting on and I

really do like it. It mutes colors in a way that jogs

the memory better than if they were overly lush.

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Time shot: 4.05pm




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Mike Elliot

Founder of Cub Clothing.


A disposable camera from Boots, for summer

holidays.

Do you have a favourite photographer?

Sebastio Salgado


My Canon 7D.

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cubclothing.com



Time shot: 12.19am




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Kelly Angood

Designer, Illustrator & Strategist.

W hat was the first picture you remember taking?

It was during a school trip where we went to watch a

replica of The Endeavour sail into the local port. I

took the picture because I was pretty impressed with

the boat, but it was all kinds of bleak on the banks

of the River Witham that day. When it came out it was

mega grainy and was essentially made up of various

shades of brown. The camera was rubbish- it was a

kids 35mm point and shoot with a pink and yellow

caterpillar on the front from Boots. It was all very

disappointing.

Digital or Analogue?

Both! I’m a huge advocate of digital photography.

The camera I use most is my iPhone but I love how

experimental you can be with film. I spent too much

time behind a computer as it is, so it’s great to get

back to using film. And, I’ve still not yet found a

decent way to replicate the colours you can get from

film in digital...

Describe your favourite photograph...

It’s me as a milky white baby wearing an ‘Ibiza’

t-shirt with an absolute screwface as I sit in-

between my super tanned, smiling parents in my Nan& Grandad’s back garden. I basically still have the

same face in most photographs.

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kellyangood.co.uk



Time shot: 01.17pm




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Tobias Rafael Jury Morgan

Freelance Graphic Designer.

What is the most significant photo you’ve

ever taken?

It was a photograph of my Grandad’s house

after he died. I took a lot of photos in the

sun, in the old empty family home. Amazing

70’s decor.


My FE2. It’s a Nikon 35mm that my Dad took

around Africa with him when he was a studenttravelling. It’s still in full working

condition and takes great shots.

Has photography influenced your work?

Yes. I now almost exclusively work with

photography. I’ve more to observing the

world around me than making things from

scratch. Theres so much stuff to document.

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tobyjm.com



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