Fotograf Mark Wallis
@wallis PRO+2
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sledujícíchLondýn, Velká Británie PRO
Rozhovor
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—Jste fotogeničtí?
—Not really, mainly because I pull stupid faces when I find myself on the wrong side of the camera.
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—Jak jste se dostali do fotografického průmyslu?
—The old story of the couple with no money, an old uni friend with a decent camera and a firm agreement that there’d be no posed photos.
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—Jaké jsou podle vás nedůležitější součásti dobré fotografie?
—For me it’s all about the genuine moment, captured without any intervention by the photographer. A moment that would have happened even if the photographer wasn’t there. A moment of action, emotion, great light, etc.
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—Cestujete rádi?
—I do, but in comfort. I’m more of a city person than a wilderness person.
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—Co máte nejredši na vaší profesi?
—Working for myself and (kinda) gatecrashing parties.
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—Co se vám líbí nejméně na vaší profesi?
—The assumption by some that I’m at the wedding to take control of everything and to take boring, posed photos of the guests.
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—Jaká je budoucnost focení?
—Not sure I even know what the ‘present’ of wedding photography is. I just do what I do and hope enough people each year want that.
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—Jak zvládáte kritiku?
—Depends who it’s coming from and how constructive it is.
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—Jsou nějaké trendy v oblasti focení?
—Always somebody doing something that everybody else copies until something else comes along. Trends get old quickly (see ‘couple in rain with flashgun’, etc.)
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—Jaké by měl mít zákazník kritérium při výběru fotografa?
—Approach is key for me. They either want to just get on and enjoy their wedding and have a record of it, or they want to spend the day modelling for pieces of art or fashion photography (or somewhere in between). A connection with the photographer’s portfolio, and a desire to see themselves in those images, is a good guide.
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—Jakých detailů, které obvykle projdou bez povšimnutí, si může fotograf všimnout?
—I don’t think there is anything specific. A good wedding photographer will have an eye for a moment or an interesting composition or great light that most won’t have, but the key thing is that when you’re employed to shoot a wedding you approach it from a different angle to a friend or family member who is there to enjoy the wedding. I am paid to be observant. Plus, I see what the common people are doing. I’m there to photograph everybody, not just the couple.
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—Kdo může být podle vás symbolem 21. století?
—For me, whoever does the most to increase education and encourage the use of reason and logic in decision-making from the top to the bottom of social and political hierarchy.
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—Co chcete fotit?
—Anybody that trusts me completely and who will ignore me.
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—Máte nějaké profesní tabu?
—I won’t work for people or companies that I perceive to be helping to make the world a worse place.
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—S kým byste chtěli fotit?
—Nobody. I like working alone.
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—Čeho se bojíte a proč?
—Time and money and my misguided perception that I have a shortage of both.
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—Jaký byl nejpůsobivější okamžik ve vašem životě?
—Completing this interview.
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—Pokud byste byli animovaná, literární nebo filmová postava, kdo byste byli a proč?
—Butthead from Beavis & Butthead, because he.. he… he. You said would. He.. he…
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—Kdo vás inspiruje ve vašem životě a proč?
—I’m not good at absorbing or recognising inspiration.
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—Byli byste raději oblíbení nebo respektovaní?
—Depends who is doing the liking and respecting.
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—Jaká je největší chyba, kterou jste kdy v práci udělali?
—Running up the stairs of Marylebone Town Hall with a zoom lens precariously perched in a jacket pocket didn’t end well.
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—Když cestujete, co si berete s sebou a proč?
—Clothes, money, phone, a camera of some sort.
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—Existuje něco, co byste si byli raději nekoupili z vašich pomůcek, které vlastníte? A proč?
—A Panasonic GF1 that I barely used and that my wife dropped and damaged after I’d had it for a couple of weeks. I don’t get on with cameras without viewfinders.
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—Jak se vzděláváte, abyste pořidili lepší fotografie?
—Take more pictures.
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—Čí práce vás ovlivnila nejvíce jako fotografa?
—Nobody specific, but seeing in 2004/2005 that a documentary approach was a viable option for wedding photography was the push I needed to start doing it myself.
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—Co byste rádi řekli skrze vaše fotografie?
—The truth.
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—Co vás motivuje v dalším focení?
—People keep paying me to come to their weddings.
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—Měli vaši rodiče být méně nebo více přísní?
—My mum got it pretty much spot on.
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—Pokud byste se mohli vrátit v čase, co byste udělali jinak?
—I would make better use of my enquiring mind and study science or engineering, so that I could be of more use to the world and future generations.
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—Co o životě na ostatních planetách?
—Presumably, but we’ll wipe out life on our own planet before we make contact with life on others.
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—Kdo jsou vaši hrdinové?
—I don’t really have any. They’d only ruin it at some point.
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—Pro koho nemáte žádný respekt?
—Those who promote fear, intolerance and lies to feed their own greed.
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—Co děláte ve svém volném čase?
—I do DIY, or I play my ukulele, or I go to (mostly metal) gigs or I do a crossword.
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—Jakou vaši tvář nikdy neuvidí veřejnost?
—Most of my sides. I’m a fairly private person.
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—Kdy jste zcela spokojeni s vaší prací?
—Dunno, it hasn’t happened yet.
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—Věříte v tradiční role mužů a žen?
—Like most traditions, best left in the past. Live and let live.
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—Získáváte snadno nové přátele?
—I really don’t. I’m friendly and approachable and I get on with most people, but I’ve been burnt too many times so I keep most people at a few arms’ length.
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—Kde byste rádi žili?
—In a huge warehouse apartment in NYC, or in a cosy old manor house surrounded by a few acres, or on top of a hill in Scotland.
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—Existuje život po svatbě?
—It’s just a certificate and a great party. As you were.
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—Máte oblíbený vtip? Povězte nám ho.
—“Some people like cats and some people don't. Apparently the Pope's a cataholic.” Milton Jones
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—Máte rádi psy a kočky?
—I prefer cats to dogs, but I don’t like the damage they do to your house, so am currently resisting my family’s desire to own one.
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—Koho nebo co nenávidíte?
—Overuse of hate.
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—Nejlepší věc v životě je:
—Freedom. And Five Guy’s Bacon Cheeseburger, All The Way.
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—Nejotravnější věc v životě je:
—Procrastination. And people constantly changing speed on the motorway when I’m using cruise control.
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—Co byste chtěli změnit na sobě?
—I’d like to have more self-belief.
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—Co byste chtěli změnit ve světě?
—I’d like to ensure everyone gets a quality education and eradicate dependence on myth, legend and violence.
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—Máte nějaké tipy pro začínající fotografy?
—Take your own (decent) food, and wear comfortable shoes.
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—Kdyby přišli na naši planetu mimozemšťané a vy byste byli první osobou, se kterou se potkají, co byste jim řekli?
—That I want a ride in their spaceship.
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—Pokud byste měli natočit film, jakého žánru by byl?
—A very dark and gory horror film.
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—Zítra půjdu a udělám...
—…something less boring instead.