ST LOUIS FASHION WEEK
RICHARD NICHOLS A GLIMPSE BEHIND THE SCENES WITH PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD NICHOLS OCTOBER 12-18, 2009
WHY DO YOU PHOTOGRAH? I have always loved learning about new things and visiting new places and then telling people about them. I am always reading things or hearing things on NPR and then telling myfriends about it. Photography is another way I can do this. It is a way to explore and record life and then say to people “Look at this! Isn’t it fantastic!”
WHAT APPEALS TO YOU ABOUT CAPTURING FURTIVE MOMENTS? I love the fact that it is reality and not posed. That the photograph I just took actually happened. That I caught this perfect fraction of a moment where everything came together to tell a story, that is an amazing thing.
You can almost close your eyes and take a beautiful photo in Italy. That really made me look harder to find those photos and situations that are often overlooked. Instead of photographing the Duomo in Milan, I photographed the guy who sold flowers, reading his newspaper.
Wow. These are beautiful photos.
Wow. These are beautiful photos.
WHAT DRAWS YOU TO FASHION? As a photographer I love the juxtaposition of the glossy final product with the chaos and reality that goes into making it. At fashion week, the audience sees this perfectly made-up and put together model on the catwalk, but backstage before the show the models are doing homework, sleeping, practicing their walk or texting.
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I remember once I was photographing a carnivale in a small town and the piazza was packed so tightly that you could barely move and this guy whips out this manganeseum car flare and lights it up. Of course, a huge fight breaks out as people try to get him to put it out. Instead of trying to get away I found myself trying to get closer to take photos! That is something I never thought I would have done.
Wow. These are beautiful photos.
Wow. These are beautiful photos.
Fin. Photography Richard Nichols Interview Design Production Tarra Kieckhaefer
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