How would you say your personal style and aesthetic has developed over the years? ![]() In the end though, it just reaffirmed in my head that I don't necessarily have to think the same way. I used to view it as my downfall, that I didn't shoot in a project format and seeing all the books that were being made at the moment was a little disheartening. I've come full circle and realize it’s actually a strength of mine, not a weakness. But that's not the kind of photographer I am. It reaffirmed the importance to me of singular strong images that can stand alone.Ī lot of photography that's published is a narrative and it flows from picture to picture very easily and it all makes sense as a whole. The fact that there's a lot of space in the book and there are a lot of pictures that don't necessarily sit well opposite each other, but they can still flow on nicely from one another. It just takes a little bit of time to get used to! In this process did you learn anything about your work that you hadn't realized before? To get to where you've just decided that it is finished, and that it is out in the world and you can’t do anything about it is a big step. ![]() There are still pictures that I think maybe should have been in there, but I think that's the whole point. But still, you have to go through that process of convincing yourself.Īfter taking quite a bit of time to get used to it, I now feel pleased with how it feels, the flow of it. There is a portrait of an old man and one of my grandmother that originally were in there, and I originally thought they should be part of the edit, but then it ended up that we got rid of them. We also took out quite a lot of the really straight portraits and focused on the ones that felt less posed and more accidental. The book is not unplayful, but there is a picture with my dog and a raw egg shot from below, and I love that picture, but in the context of the book it felt too frivolous and a bit out of place. There are pictures that I liked that we cut out because they were almost too playful for the book. Killing off pictures you love is always a hard thing. Were there any unexpected challenges in creating the book? Any photos that were points of contention where the publishers or you really wanted one and the other person didn't see how it fit? I wanted someone to come in and have a bit of authorship over it and have it not just be me who has the final say. There are pictures in there that they really fought for, which I kind of liked. We worked on it for about half a year, going back and forth. How was the interaction with the publisher since they don't work from a blueprint or formula? Did they leave it very open for you? What kind of input might you receive from a publisher that works like Loose Joints?īasically I gave them my hard drive with everything I've ever done on it, which is a vast collection of images from over the last twelve years, and they went through it all. Essentially the Photographs book was my way of saying "no, everyone, this is how I see it, this is how I see everything, this is how I see my work as a whole". ![]() Some people might have said "Oh okay, I like these pictures, but I don't really see how they all stick together". I've always struggled with making a book, because I'm not really a project-based photographer. They don't have a blueprint, which I quite liked. Loose Joints, founded in 2015 by Lewis Chaplin and Sarah Piegay Espenon, is made up of a really sweet and fantastic couple who seemingly take every book project and do something different every time. Eventually my friend suggested we bring it to his pals at Loose Joints. I think it was quite a good start, but nothing came of it perhaps because the publisher was quite traditional in their practice. When the moment finally came that there was publisher interest, I sat with a friend and we edited my work for a dummy. ![]() I always made little portfolios and books on my own. I've wanted to put pictures in books for ages, I’ve always been thinking about it. What was the process of making the book like? Jack, you just created and released your first book, Photographs.
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