Photography News | Issue 59 | photographynews.co.uk
29 Interview
and much calmer in my approach although the need for candid pictures (as opposed to talking to people) has become paramount. For me proximity is everything. It may be a photographic cliché, but the closer the better, always and without exception. PN: How do you process your images? JW: I use Photoshop for lots of added contrast. Sometimes I use Nik software to scuff up the picture a little, make it a bit more gravelly as the rougher feel suits my photography. Water on the lens, distortion, lens flare, noise, blown out areas are all generally welcomed and left in. I love the sense of tension and discomfort photography is able to create. Calming, beautiful, easy-on-the-eye photography is not really my thing. PN: Do you print your work, ie. proper printing using inkjet papers? JW: I don’t print my work. I have it printed commercially for exhibitions and any print sales. PN: What do you do with your images, apart from the exhibitions? Have you published any books?
JW: I have a number of self-published books and have had two projected exhibitions in Brighton (with Jo Teasdale). Next year there needs to be something quite new. PN: From your own portfolio, which is the image you are most proud of? JW: At the moment it is my swimming photograph (shown previous page). It was part of a commissioned job, shot for Saltdean Lido during last summer’s opening. I had very little time, blandhoardings needed to be avoided and the pool was awash with half naked children and suspicious parents. Me and the camera got soaked as the six diving lads plunged into the water in front of me. Luckily all the consent forms were dealt with by somebody else. Normally I think my pictures are much better than they are and checking them later on the laptop is a disappointment. This one I knew I got right. The unbridled fearlessness of youth. PN: What plans do you have for your photography in the future? JW: I’m determined to see both these projects through, although they will both take time. I also want to have an exhibition next year in my home town, Brighton and Hove.
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Images Jerry uses Photoshop and Nik software to add texture and character to his pictures, with scuffs, noise and grain.
To seemore of Jerry’swork, visit his website: jerrywebbphotography.com
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