Aye Create is a photography project by Glasgow-based Polish photographer Mateusz Sleczka. The project portrays the diversity of Scottish culture and creativity through people in their workspaces.
Mateusz says: “the project is mostly based on my friends and creative people I’ve had a chance to meet in Scotland” .
See the full projects here.
Derek Fernandes is a photographer and architecture student living in São Paulo, Brazil. We’ve been following Derek’s photographs for a while now, and we really like his vision and how he captures all his moments with film cameras.
We asked Derek about what makes him want to take photos and what he enjoys the most about the process.
“Whenever I shoot, the most important for me is to show that I have a deep feeling about what is being photographed. I don’t like to direct people in my portraits, what I like most is to win their confidence and make them show their sensitive side. It is this mutual sensitivity what my work is based on.”
Although it looks like spring hasn’t arrived yet to the UK, the spring issue of Boys on Film is finally here! The 8th issue features the work of 19 emerging and established photographers, including photographs by the likes of Isolde Woudstra, Bradford Gregory and Steven Beckly.
Hanna Ukura is a Swedish photographer based in Stockholm. We spotted Hanna’s portfolio online and fell in love with her work! Hanna tells us a little bit more about her inspirations and aesthetics.
I photograph a mixture between everyday photography, which is sort of as a journal where you try to keep your eyes busy and never forget to look at things. And then there’s the more thought through projects that develop over time and need more structure and planning. I like the combination of both.
It’s hard to pinpoint why you photograph or why you take the photos in the way you do. But I have a favourite quote from the video-artist Bill Viola which I use as an inspiration:
‘To be sensitive to all frequencies at once, to be overwhelmed and delirious with sensory experience’
I try to look at the world around me with eyes wide open. You see things all the time that are so hauntingly beautiful that it sort of hurts. And instead of losing that image, because you can’t burn it to the inside of your eyelids, I take the camera, which I always carry with me, and capture it. It’s like feeling with your eyes, the same way as you can feel music pierce through your body if it’s good enough.
For my own projects I prefer to work almost exclusively with film cameras. It makes it easier while photographing people because they tend to become very self-aware when being photographed with a digital camera. And it also makes me think one step further before I actually press the button. I always carry my small Mju II or a Canon AE-1 with me. But then I’m forced to work digital when it’s an assignment just to be sure that I actually captured everything, and to be able to deliver the photos on time.
Maxime Guyon is a Swiss photography student at ECAL. Here’s a short introduction to one to Maxime’s new series called ‘Landscaping Studies’, which we really like.
This is a personal study and interpretation of the landscaping in Swiss mountain environment. Maxime was visually inspired by Rhône Glacier in the Alps. In this series he references to Nicolas Faure, who forced Maxime to study every single aspect of the subject. Maxime brought his research and inspiration back to the studio and created a series of still photographs which we feature here!