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Cut the Kids in Half Issue III
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About Sucking on a Bag of Suck is a project about film photography. Soabos functions as a document - timeless and undefined by the trends of the modern world. We are the innovators, the movers & shakers, and we’re sure as shit not going away.
Imprint Cover image Š Jasmine Deporta Soabos Magazine Founder & Editor Issue 03 Timothy Frazier Cut the Kids in Half info@soabosmagazine.com soabosmagazine.com
Contributing Photographers: Steve Leon Brown Jasmine Deporta Timothy Frazier Jill Beth Hannes Leanda Heller Theresa Marx Miguel Soll Igor Termenon Garrett Williams
Copyright All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be used or reproduced, in any manner, without the written consent of the publisher. All photographs are property of the photographers. Š 2015 Soabos Magazine, and the Photographers
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In Conversation With...
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Photos Jill Beth Hannes Words Timothy Frazier
TF How did you get into photography? JBH I got into photography at a really early age. My elementary school was writing a book and asked the students to do different jobs. I was asked to take photos. I was given a disposable camera and I haven’t stopped taking photographs since. TF What’s you favorite thing about shooting film? JBH Film is magical. I started with film and it’s what I learned photography with. Each shot is precious unlike digital where you can shoot as much as you want on one set up. You have to know what you are doing with film and what you want. There is always a pit in my stomach when I drop my film off and it’s like Christmas when I get it back and it all came out! 28
TF I really love how your work looks like a strange, modern-day adaptation of California in the 70s/80s. Can you talk a bit about what’s been your overall influence in style? JBH I love campy movies from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s - specifically horror films. I think that’s one of my biggest inspirations in the look of my images. California is a constant inspiration too. The light here is unreal. TF Tell me about your series ‘Strange Women’. JBH Strange Women is a series I started when I decided to become sober. I was struggling a lot with identity and who I thought I was. Each women I create has characteristics that I embodied or still do. 29
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JBH The film vs. digital debate is hard. I obviously prefer film however I’m not against digital.. I think with photography now, you need to look more at the concept and the idea of the artist. With so many people able to buy great digital cameras, everyone can be a photographer. So now it's really not about film or digital but the idea behind the image. TF Finally, where do you see yourself going with your photography? JBH I hope to continue to create work that I’m proud of and I would love to start making short films.
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TF The whole ‘film vs. digital’ argument is quite a head-scratcher obviously you shoot film, but what is your take on this discussion?
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A photo series by Jasmine Deporta
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Valley of Death Stars Photography Miguel Soll Model LetĂcia Lamb @ Joy Model Management Styling Isadora Samuel Beauty Renata Pureur Clothing OcksĂĽ
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Photos Garrett Williams Words Timothy Frazier
T.F. How did you get into photography? G.W. I got into photography kind of late in life. I wish I could say I found a camera after being born and loved it ever since. I was about 20-to-21 years old when I got my mom’s old canon t-50. The rest is history: I shot skateboarding for the first few years and then I was finishing college and couldn’t skate as much. I had always had an interest in shooting women and starting working with a makeup artist and shooting girls that were friends. I eventually transitioned into shooting agency models and from there I shot fashion for a bit, but it’s not my absolute favorite thing to shoot. The weird thing is I feel more comfortable around nude women. 86
T.F. What’s your favorite thing about shooting film?
G.W. My favorite thing about shooting film is that it’s the only thing I know the only medium I am confident with. I am not confident with digital at all and when I shoot digital I just can’t get the images I want. I just think film is a more versatile format and you can get cool effects you weren’t even looking for. There are so many cameras and formats and they’re cheap. I typically shoot 2 - 3 cameras with one lens each and a cheap on-camera flash.
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T.F. A lot of your portraits are shot in rather eerie, industrial looking locations - what draws you to these types of scenes and what do you look for in a location for a shoot?
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G.W. What draws me to my location settings is that industrial look, strength, and above all else I like to think that you wouldn’t normally see fashion or nudes in those types of locations. Its exciting having nude women in places you wouldn’t see them. I can only imagine when people come across me shooting and see a nude women, how excited they might get.
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