Photography News Issue 59

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27 Interview

Images Jerry likes to shoot moving images and also embraces wide angles and getting up close to his subjects.

telephoto lenses, they rarely provide either the photographic experience or the end drama.

shooting – that kind of energy has always caught my eye – so I’m not exactly a ‘minimalist shooter’. However, over the years, with experience, an increasing dislike of editing and a greater sense of what I want, I have considerably reduced the amount of photographs I take. These days I think more about how and what I take and equally, what I don’t want. I have been guilty in the past of filling up the card with rubbish, taking pictures which even at the time of taking, I knew were unusable. PN: What camera kit do you use? JW: My principal camera is a Nikon full- frame D610 with a Sigma 12-24mm lens. I have recently bought a lightweight Nikon AF-P 10-20mm, which I love because it’s so light. I am about to buy a Fujifilm X-T2 with a 10-24mm, which will provide me with a few other things I need other than the weight, most notably a shutter that you can’t hear in the next street. PN: You like wide-angles and getting in close and shooting from low viewpoints. Has that approach caused you any hassle from your subjects? JW: It’s true I shoot people very close. Early on I got into a few disagreements but these days I am more expert at handling people

provides me with my biggest and most difficult photographic challenge yet.

PN: Are youworking on a particular project or is this just the way you prefer to work? JW: Trying to shoot to a brief requires both a different mind-set and another set of skills, skills I do struggle with. I have just started a couple of projects for the summer and I do find projects difficult. I am acutely aware that my best work is instinctive, in the moment and spontaneous. For me adrenaline is a fundamental component in taking pictures. My two projects, ‘Greed’ – a more political look at excess wealth, status and power – and the much more physical ‘Crowds’, will be largely set in the City of London. Setting myself projects that are more journalistic than stylistic and more thoughtful than impulsive

PN: When you go out shooting, do you go out with a specific purpose in mind? Or do you go out and see what you can get? JW: I am generally quite reactive in my photography. Completely open minded. I find consciously looking for one type of picture or another restrictive as I am naturally distracted. When I’mworking, the job in hand is my priority, however shooting to a slightly broader and more intuitive brief has often paid dividends for clients in the past. PN: Are you a machine-gunner or are you a minimalist shooter? JW: I often take moving subjects so generally take three or four photos at a time when

I love the sense of tension and discomfort photography is able to create

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