THE HIDDEN SOME ISSUE 01
Cover Photo by Devinn Campbell Model: Annabel Louise
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“IT’S NOT THE CAMERA, CAMERA.”
BUT WHO’S BEHIND THE -ANONYMOUS
BROOKLYNNE YOUNG BY DEVINN CAMPBELL
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THE HIDDEN SOME FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR RON DAVISON
WRITER/EDITOR ERIKA PARRA
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
DEVINN CAMPBELL, TOPSHELF JUNIOR, ROBERT TATE, TERRY MCLAUGHLIN, COLLIN YOUNG, JORDAN JAMAL, DAVID ANTHONY, LACHLAN PLEASE, KAI-HENDRIK SCHROEDER, MIKE “OHRANGU” TANG
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FOR THE CREATIVES.
TOPSHELF JUNIOR Los Angeles born and raised photographer Topshelf Junior has a grind and vision behind the lens that has allowed him to collaborate with artists such as Dom Kennedy and Jhene Aiko in both capturing their images and directing the vision behind their music videos. But it does not stop there! He has also added artists such as Kehlani, Nippsey Hustle and actress Lauren London to his resume. Topshelf Junior discusses with us how his passion for photography began as a family affair, breaking into the music industry as a photographer/director and where he envisions his brand The Topshelf Company in five years.
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DOM KENNEDY BY TOPSHELF JUNIOR
Tell us about yourself? Director and Photographer. Creole pops, Jamaican moms. Born and raised in Los Angeles, 80’s baby. How did you get into photography? Getting into photography was actually a pretty fluid process... My mom has been in the entertainment/television business for 30 years and was actually pretty into photography herself. After coming over to this country from Jamaica at 20 years old, she was hit with the culture shock of being in New York City. One of the ways she dealt with that I guess was to take photos of everything, and document her life basically. So as I grew up, she always had little cameras around, all kinds of weird little disposable and old film cameras, and she’d be like “here…take this, go play...go shoot.” And I think it kind of stuck with me. High school is when I really realized I had a vision, and that it was something I wanted to pursue further. What camera do you shoot with? I don’t shoot with any one camera in particular, simply because I like to challenge myself and keep things new and refreshing. Using different cameras will definitely provide you with new looks, new challenges, new and different photos, and new experiences on shoots. I’ve dabbled with Nikons and Canons, Sony and Fuji, Panasonic, and Leica, but I think the first camera I fell in love with was a Canon. The first Canon 5D. What is something you know now that you wish you knew when you started out? Something that I know now, that I wish I knew when I started…would have to be, not to look too hard at or worry about other people’s work...or even if people are going to like the work. I feel like I grew up in an era of great photographers, especially in the hip-hop world…and I kinda always saw images and thought, “now that’s really amazing…no way I’m going to be able to do that.” But the fact of the matter is, everybody goes thru their art phases at different times. Different opportunities always present themselves at certain times, but when it happens for you, it’s always gonna be the right time. There’s no right or wrong way to shoot…its all relative, and I wish I would have realized that a lot sooner. Somebody will always have a bigger camera than you, a better camera than you…but it doesn’t do you any good to think too hard about it. It doesn’t matter.
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CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ BY TOPSHELF JUNIOR
NIPSEY HUSSLE BY TOPSHELF JUNIOR
You also direct videos. Let our readers know a few videos you’ve been a part of. Directing music videos, my second passion. Some videos I’ve directed include Jhene Aiko “The Worst” x Jhene Aiko “Mirrors” x Jhene Aiko “Comfort Inn Ending” x Kehlani “You Should Be Here” x Hit-Boy ft. Kid Cudi “Old School Caddy” x Hit-Boy “Grinding My Whole Life” x Dom Kennedy “My Type Of Party” x Omarion “M.I.A.” x IamSu “T.W.D.Y.” x Casey Veggies “Verified” x Pac Div “Posted”…and many more. You shoot a lot of people in the industry. How did you get your name out there? In terms of shooting people in the industry, and getting my name out there…it really just starts as a small snowball. The snowball effect so to speak. The first initial goal is to produce something. Make some art. The next goal was to make some art, but make something of quality that would shake things up a little bit. Once you make something of quality, the next goal was to make something again of quality, but better than the last time. Once I got in that groove, of always doing quality things, I felt fully comfortable with reaching out to others for paid work. After doing things for clients that paid, and had the jobs come out dope. Word just started to get around. Names fly around the industry loosely, and fast…if it’s quality. One thing I was hell bent on doing was, to reach out to people and companies that I personally wanted to work with because I liked their art/music/product, but also people that weren’t that big but I felt were going to be. When you start out with a client or artist that nobody knows, but both parties stay loyal and keep working with each other, people will see what you built together, and the success it has. To put it simply, people respect and want results…and they’ll come calling.
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How did it feel to shoot the album artwork for Dom Kennedy?
Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
Shooting the album artwork for Dom Kennedy’s “by Dom Kennedy” was cool. Very quick shoot, very cool shoot…no rush no worries. At the same time, it was kind of a proud moment… To be asked to do something by a friend, and get paid for it, is a good feeling. You’re delivering a service for a friend, and getting paid to do it, but the whole time liking and enjoying the experience also, creating with the homies…it doesn’t get any better than that.
In the next (5) years I would love to branch off and start some smaller boutique companies…specializing in branding, art direction, and music management. Along with that, I would hope my company The Topshelf Company is still continuing its efforts to cultivate new and young talent, young shooters and visionaries. Feature films is the ultimate goal but, I’m gonna use the next (5) years to climb that ladder thru videos, documentaries, television, commercials, and short films. (5) years from now, lord willing…I plan on still being very active and productive with film and photography, still in the mix, still creating.
Any projects you got going on that you can share with us? I’m a big believer in not speaking on things that are in the works, I think it sort of jinxes it but… I have frequent convos with Dom Kennedy, me and Jhene Aiko spoke recently about doing something special… I’ve talked to Nipsey Hussle about working, Jesse Boykins, JevonDoe, Warm Brew, Hit-Boy, G Perico, YG’s new artist Tanea, a new singer by the name of Racella, and several other things.. I’m kind of in documentary mode right now though, shooting a couple full-length docs and a few mini-docs, doing some screen-writing, and slowly but surely getting back into the photography swing of things. I have a lot of shoots scheduled to close out the year and to lead off next year.
Any last words? Last words: You only get one chance to make a first impression… Make it count
JODY JOBIE BY TOPSHELF JUNIOR
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT TATE MODEL: CASEY MARTIN
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TERRY MCLAUGHLIN WORDS BY ERIKA PARRA
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From the gritty streets of Los Angeles to soaring above the tallest skyscrapers in the city, street and aerial photographer Terry Mclaughlin captures the rawest moments from the concrete jungle he now calls home. The powerful images flood through his Instagram feed and continues to leave people in awe from the breathtaking shots of the city skyline as well as the reality of living in the streets of L.A. On a Saturday afternoon, Mclaughlin shared his story with me about changing his life around for the better and how Instagram inspired him to shoot the city of Los Angeles. Without a doubt, Mclaughlin shares a unique perspective through his photos and brings the grind of the city to life through his choice of dark color pallets and conveys the struggle of the street life through his portraits. Mclaughlin himself journeyed through a life of drug addiction and homelessness. From his hometown of Wichita, Kansas, Mclaughlin traveled to Las Vegas in 1996 for a change in scenery. But the party life in Vegas left him in a state of drug addiction. “You start gambling and partying all the time, it’s like the culture there is really different. That’s why they call it Sin City I guess. It’s like a party city, that’s all anybody ever does there. I moved to Los Angeles to change my life,” explained Mclaughlin. In 2006 with only six hundred dollars and a back pack, he traveled to the city of angels to turn his life around and leave the life of addiction behind him. “I always wanted to come to L.A. I was pretty hooked on drugs in Vegas,” says Mclaughlin, “I couldn’t stop there. I prayed about it, it was pretty spiritual and I just had the feeling that I needed to go to Los Angeles. So I packed up and left.” But after arriving in the city, Mclaughlin struggled to find an opening at a rehabilitation center. For eight months he lived on the streets and did not enjoy being homeless but says, “It was good for me though, it helped me learn a lot.” He then found refuge at a center located in Skid Row where he lived for a year and recovered. “I wandered around Los Angeles trying to figure it out and I ended up in skid row. I had never seen anything like that,” explains Mclaughlin, “In the darkest hour I couldn’t take it anymore. But they had those rehabilitation centers at skid row and they were like yeah you can come in here, but I really didn’t want to. I kind of fought it and then eventually I decided to go in there.” After completing his program, he found his place in Hollywood and got back on his feet
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So how did Mclaughlin go from living on the streets to photographing them? The world of Instagram opened his eyes to photography and inspired him to explore his surroundings. “I signed up for Instagram. I started following some cool people and I kind of got inspired, so I would just go and shoot with my phone. I was still new to the city and I would go on little bike rides and take pictures with my phone. It kinda grew from that. I would go to this part of town and that part of town and got inspired to explore further, like sneaking onto buildings and that kind of stuff,” replies Mclaughlin. However, flying in helicopters to photograph the “incredible views of the city” as he explains, revamped his photography. “I had ideas to do something epic, like fly in a helicopter and nobody was really doing that on Instagram. Me and a bunch of friends were like let’s go do something epic. Let’s ride in a helicopter. That changed the game for me,” explains Mclaughlin. But it’s not just about chasing skylines for Mclaughlin. His streets portraits are raw and unapologetic, not to mention the way in which he captures the perfect emotion of each subject. “I try to give a face to those who are overlooked by most. They make interesting subjects. I like to talk to them and buy them something to eat. I help them out,” explains Mclaughlin. For a current project, he had the opportunity to return back to skid row as a photographer and capture the many faces that occupy skid row. The book “The Art Of Skid Row” is a project from the corporation Sustaynabl and is collaborating with other photographers including Mclaughlin to shine light on the homeless issues in Los Angeles. All proceeds from the sales of the book go towards sustainable housing. When asked about his experience in skid row and how he convinced people to allow him to take their portrait, he replies laughing, “Just luck! And just being able to talk to them. I got told to fuck off just as many times as I met cool people that would allow me to take their photo. It’s a little dangerous because people have been beaten up and mobbed for their camera.”
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Despite the danger, he met some great characters along the way. One of which he witnessed traveling backwards in her wheel chair against traffic, “She was just wheeling backwards in the middle of the street, the traffic going by and stuff. We were like ‘Hey! come here!” described Mclaughlin, “That lady in the wheel chair is super sweet. I took a hundred pictures of her. She’s really nice. She said she worked for Vogue magazine back in the day and she was a model.” He also describes to me a man he met named French Fry who exposed his stomach etched with scares from multiple gunshot wounds. But one of the most profound images has to come from his portraits of a man shooting up heroine. This image did not come from skid row but another section of LA where Mclaughlin says many homeless people live. “We were walking down the alley, we saw him smoking crack in the corner and I said ‘yo can I take your portrait, can I take a picture of you hitting that pipe? and he got mad and said fuck off,” tells Mclaughlin, “We were like ok cool man we’ll leave you alone. He came out and said if I gave him money he would shoot up heroine in front of me. So I was like ok let’s do it. For like fifteen minutes I took hundreds of pictures of him loading his needle, putting his drugs in, him missing in his arms, and him doing it again. The pictures are pretty wicked.”
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Mclaughlin takes the time to converse with his subjects and captures the perfect emotion from them. I’ll try to keep talking and shooting at the same time. Shooting at different angles helps to catch their expressions and gets the perfect emotion that I see,” explains Mclaughlin. Along with other projects such as being featured in a magazine, and a project with a street clothing company, Mclaughlin says making money off of his passion is the ultimate goal. “It’s starting to happen for me,” ends Mclaughlin.
“My name is Collin Young, I live in the bay area Richmond Ca. I specialize in portraiture, directional photo shoots, and I am continuing my craft in cinematography to build my portfolio. I realized I had a mind full of wonders and later decided to express them into images.”
d to express them into images. What was your first camera? Do you still own it?
My first love was a Canon Rebel T3i, and yes I do still own it. I’m getting close to upgrading to a full frame. I think its about that time. We always enjoy seeing your work show up on our Instagram feed. We recently noticed you went from a street/landscape photographer to now shooting models. What made you want to shoot models now? Well long story, but when I first started I started shooting models. I’ve done that for over a couple years now, I just had some complications throughout the year which had me pause that portion of it but I couldn’t stop shooting so I went to landscape photography and it tought me a lot about backgrounds and how important they are when shooting models. How has Instagram helped your brand? Instagram has helped me by allowing my viewers and users to access my work a lot faster than they would by going on my website. I do encourage everyone to view my work on my website instead because it looks a lot more professional, but I just love the platform Instagram has given me to promote myself and showcase a mass majority of my work. Thank you Instagram.
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Name 3 photographers you look up to. Adam Montgomery, Andy To, Van Styles What inspires you to keep shooting? It’s something I’m passionate about. I look at it like this... we’re given 100 years on this planet to do just about what we’re humanly capable of and you have the choice to choose what you want to do with it.... I chose to not sit behind a desk unless I’m editing, but I also choose to live my life doing what I love and what I feel I’m really good at, and thats what motivates me. What are you top 3 favorite places to shoot at? Highway 1 (all of it), Yosemite national park, Mojave Desert but thats just a start, It’ll change real soo n. What does our name “The Hidden Some” mean to you? What it means to me is that some of us are still undiscovered “hidden” but we’re on the path of becoming one of the greats. Where can our readers view more of your work? I have a website www.Collin-Young.com there I have blogs, full photos, and a video or two in there. Any last words? I want to say thank you to everyone that still supports me on this journey 4 years ago I never thought that this is where my life would be headed and I gotta say to everyone stay humble, appreciate everything, and don’t give up on your dreams no matter what.
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OUT THE BAG 1. Macbook Pro 15 2. Sigma DG 70-30mm F4-5.6 3. Sigma Art 35mm 1:1.4 DG HSM 4.Yongnuo YN-560 II Flash 5. Ipad Mini White Generaton 1 6. Canon EOS 7d with battery holder 7. Canon EOS 500N with battery holder 8. Mamiya C220 with Sektor 65mm 1:3.5 lens 9. Minolta AF-S 10. Iphone 5S Black
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11. Pentax ME Super with Tokina 28mm 1:2.8 lens 12. CF card reader 13. Ipod Nano White Generation 1 14. Canon batteries 15. Younguo RF-600 TX transmitter 16. Philips portable soundbox 17. Yashica T-AF 18. Yashica T3 Super 19. 35mm films 20. SanDisk Ultra 16GB CF cards
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Before running off to Portland for the weekend, photographer Devin Campbell sat down with me one evening for an interview full of laughs, stories about how he jumped into the photography game and his key to success. “Earphones are the key to success,” joked Campbell as he grabbed a pair for his laptop and also letting me in on the joke since I had never tapped through DJ Khaled’s snapchat. Before we could get started, Campbell fumbled around with the lighting and could not satisfy the perfect light for the Skype interview; just like a photographer! “See I even like to have control over my light at all times,” Campbell says laughing. After finding the perfect spot in front of a brightly lit white wall, similar to the backdrops in in his photos, he began to reflect back on how photography all started for him. At the age of around eight or nine years old in his home town of Huston, Texas, Campbell began fiddling around with toy cameras and looking through photos in magazines that his mom left lying around the house, but only for the pictures! “I would look at all the magazines just for the pictures, not for the words ‘cause I hate reading,” explained Campbell. My mom had Ebony magazines, but not much high fashion mags. As I got older I started to get into that myself. So I’d look at Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and was just thinking like man these images are so dope but I felt like there was always something missing like it wasn’t as good as it could have been.” But it wasn’t until 2013 when Campbell moved to Los Angeles where he received an opportunity to really kick off his photography career. When he traveled to Fairfax, he stumbled into the store ‘DOPE’ where manager and now friend of Campbell’s gave him the opportunity to shoot photos for the shop. “We went to go explore Fairfax and I walked into Dope and I started taking pictures. I started to talk to the manager ‘Curtis’ who’s like my best friend right now and I showed him some of my pictures that I took and he was like damn! These are really good,” Campbell tells me. Lucky for Campbell, Curtis was in the process of searching for a photography intern and gave him the opportunity to keep shooting for the shop. Campbell explains that this internship gave him a platform for exposure and just being in L.A. put him in a position to create with so many different people.
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ANNABEL LOUISE BY DEVINN CAMPBELL
ANDREA CARMEN BY DEVINN CAMPBELL
TRAVIS SCOTT BY DEVINN CAMPBELL
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Campbell first began shooting street photography and transitioned into shooting with models and even music artists such as Erykah Badu and Travis Scott. “I started off doing street photography so I wasn’t even shooting people at the time. Just nature and landscape, but my editing was always dope it was always on point, and I was like man I want to shoot models now, I want to have better subject matter. Working with people is always interesting because everybody’s personality is totally different. I’ve never met two people who were just alike. I like that you can capture that in photography. If you know how to communicate with people you can kind of catch their personality and you can bring a lot of stuff out of them when their talking,” says Campbell. This technique allows him to capture the natural movements from his models and explains that he doesn’t favor “super poesy” positions, “I like natural movement. I like the flow, I like to catch natural moments.” When it comes to photo shoots, Campbell becomes the journalist and his model the story, “I’m like an interviewer. I like to ask people questions.”
Especially when it comes to musical artists, it’s all about capturing the perfect moment through the movements and passion pouring out of their performance. “It’s always amazing and it’s frustrating at the same time because sometimes you wanna get that one shot, you don’t wanna miss it and when you miss it you’re like fuck! It hurts but when you get that shot, ah man this is an amazing moment especially when the artist ends up using that picture on their page or liking that picture because you shot it and they liked it,” explains Campbell. He talked about his experience shooting at a concert with Chief Keef and Travis Scott headlining the show. Campbell describes enjoying the show on stage with Chief Keef’s entourage and Chief Keef himself putting on a show. “It was nuts but like that feeling of being on stage and capturing that moment it’s like a bond, like when you bond with your friends, that’s what it feels like. So it’s always cool to work with musicians,” says Campbell. His favorite artist to shoot though was Travis Scott, “Travis Scott is dope and we’re from the same place and we know a lot of the same people. So getting to shoot him at his show in Dallas was pretty cool. It was nuts, his concerts are like some of the best shit ever. It’s like the first time you try sushi, it’s like yo, this is crazy!”
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Campbell pulls inspiration from photographers such as Terry Richardson, Mario Testino and Dave LaChapelle and finds inspiration through films. He raves about his favorite director Quentin Tarantino and how his favorite movie Pulp Fiction continues to inspire him. “Movies help, like Pulp Fiction. OMG! I could watch that every day for the rest of my life, it wouldn’t be torture. All the Kill Bills. His color schemes are just crazy,” says Campbell, Right now I’m really trying to dive deep into color and starting to pull more out.”
ASHLEY HAFNER BY DEVINN CAMPBELL
Because Campbell didn’t go to school for photography, he took the steps necessary to perfect his craft, even in the most unexpected places. “I would pick up little books when I would go to Urban Outfitters. They would have photography books so I would just pick stuff up and read through it,” says Campbell. He emphasizes the importance of studying your craft and accepting the fact that you’re always going to be a student of the game. “Studying. everything. Trying to learn as much as possible and knowing that I don’t know enough. I think being humble and accepting the fact that you won’t be as good tomorrow if you don’t try to study. The books helped, Youtube tutorials helped, photoshop training courses helped,” he explains, “You gotta always remember you’re always going to be a student of the game.” He also explains how he has “ideas for days”, so I don’t think we will be seeing Campbell slow down anytime soon or ever stop creating. He left me with this, “’til death do your art. I feel like people who are artists should create ‘til they die. Never stop.”
COLLEEN ELIZABETHBY DEVINN CAMPBELL
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JORDAN JAMAL MODEL: ELLEN RAIE
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY KAI-HENDRIK SCHROEDER
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NIKA LIEBT BY KAI -HENDRIK SCHROEDER
Let’s start back from the beginning, where did your love and passion for photography come from?
Tell us about your book you’re working on. “Candyland” Why do you feel this is the year to put out a book?
About six years ago I started to acknowledge photography. Back then I took a camera from my older brother and just went into the woods. I tried out some different settings and lenses. That was basically how everything started. 2010, at the age of 17 I bought my first camera, a Canon 450D. Meanwhile I’m shooting with a Canon 6D. From time to time I like to switch from the digital device to my analog devices, which are a Yashica T4 and a Leica Minilux.
Unfortunately I have to change the date of release to the middle of the year, but still I’m really excited to put out my own book. „Candyland“ includes my work from February 2015-2016. Even if a lot of my work is already shown on social media platforms, I wanted something that puts everything together. The title was the product from a brainstorm session with my best friend. If you want to hear the full story of the naming you have to get my book, haha.
Explain your style of shooting. What category would you place your work?
In addition to the book I will start to sell some clothes. I love printing products and especially photo books. I love to see my work printed and I’m always happy to show it to others. Since we live in an era, The keywords to my work are simple, clean, natural where everything is uploaded on the Internet or and sensual. I also like the analog look of film and try to implement this style into my works. My favorite sub- published on Instagram, I wanted to create somejects to shoot are definitely people and mainly woman, thing “real”. I want to create something that I can as you can see at my work. I love to capture the natural show my grandchildren one day. To have your own photography book with your name on it, with your beauty of woman and those little intimate moments. pictures in it and the hours and hours of work with Why do all pictures have this certain aesthetic look? Well, it’s probably based on my clean and natural style. it, that has always been my dream. If people look It is not so much about following specific photography through my book, I want them to forget about all the worries around them for just a second. It should be rules, rather than just capturing a moment. A photo should be relayed to a feeling so that you can look at it an escape of reality and a holiday for the eyes. They should enjoy it, be happy with it or even just make five years later and relive the memory. their bookshelf a little bit prettier. The book will be sold as a limited edition (stamped and signed) with 500 pieces. It will be available at my online store stay tuned!
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AKVILE JURKSA BY KAI -HENDRIK SCHROEDER
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MELINDA LONDON BY KAI -HENDRIK SCHROEDER
What inspires you to keep shooting? Music. The nature. Things from my everyday life as a graphic designer like commercials and those sort of things. And of course – other photographers, models and magazines. I love Instagram for bringing so much content into my life. I try to live life everyday day with one rule: that I will learn something new or try something new. I really enjoy taking pictures. To be honest, the models are one of my biggest inspirations, because they are all individuals. None of my shootings are the same and that is awesome, because there is so much space for creative process. Right now I’m following the work of analogue photographers such as Larsen Sotelo, Atisha Paulson and Alessandro Casagrande. It has the beauty of capturing the real moment without any retouch. That is what fascinates me the most. The authenticity. What else can we look forward to from you this year? 2016!!! I’m looking forward to 2016. There are no days off even with a photo book published. As I already told you I want to try to focus on the analogue style and portraits. I want to travel and shoot outside. Maybe there will be a new book at the end of 2016, who knows.
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CHARLINE BY KAI -HENDRIK SCHROEDER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE “OHRANGU” TANG
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Mike thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to speak with us. We are huge fans of your work. Tell our readers out there something about yourself and how you got into photography. Of course, thank you. I started doing photography in Venezuela because I used to work as a graphic designer for a gourmet magazine and the photographer mistreated me. So I decided to learn it all by myself. What was your first camera? Do you still own it? Unofficially my first camera was a Sony Cybershot but never used it for commercial work. The first official one was a Cannon 40D but I don´t have it anymore. Where does the name Ohrangutang originate from? My last name is Tang so when I was a kid my uncle used to call me and my cousins Ohrangu. It was annoying but now I´m proud to wear the name. Do you feel like Instagram plays a part in your success? Yes, of course. It has become a great outlet for us to promote our job.
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What is something you know now that you wish you knew when you started out? I would like to have know how to say no in a bunch of occasions. Now I try to do only what I like to do, what makes me happy and its good for my journey and my inner peace. What techniques do you use to make your models comfortable in front of the lens? No techniques. It´s something I feel and share. I think they feel comfortable and confident because I´m just looking to get a great shoot. Where do you get most of your inspiration from? Movies. I love film, cinema and it inspires me a lot. I also look at a lot of stuff, instagram, behance. Name 3 photographers you look up to. Helmut Newton Steven Klein Vincent Peters Any crazy stories you can share with us that happened on a shoot? I have a lot of stories. The craziest ones I can not share, but we have had close encounters with some wild animals and some crazy people too. Funny story: One time we were shooting in the train tracks and a fireman came in. We totally thought he was going to reprehend us, instead he wanted pictures with the model.
Name 3 models you wish to shoot with. More like personalities: Dana White Connor McGregor Zoey Deschanel What does The Hidden Some mean to you? I love how it is curated. Any Last words? It´s important for me to say that there´s a team behind me that makes all possible. It´s not just me. Thank for taking the time to write to us. It´s an honor!
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