Tie-Dye Hair

An interesting short article about Jeff Wall, in December's issue of Dazed and Confused:

Interview by Sarah Fakray
Photo insert: Siphoning Fuel, 2008, courtesy of Jeff Wall from Jeff Wall: Complete Edition, published by Phaidon Press Limited, phaidon.com

In it he explains how "I like to drift around the city, waiting to see something that strikes me. When it does, I get the feeling that I have run across a starting point for making a picture." He doesn't like to think about what the subject is portraying or what they're doing means, because it removes the emotional connection between the two of them. This is really good to know, because I often just want to take a snapshot of something I see, without having to think of a meaning behind it all. Often, a photo is fascinating enough that it doesn't need a reason for it's existence. He also says that at times, he will have to recapture a scene he has come across, when he hasn't got a camera on him. The one in the article is an example of this. "I realise that that original event is gone forever and can't be recovered. All I can do is work in terms of my own reactions to its loss or disappearance." Usually, a photographer either captures real events, or completely creates their own scene. To try and reinvent and capture a previously real event, is quite unusual but I like the idea. At least he's not losing out on an image, just because he was caught unaware, which most people would do.

Wowee, look at these....

I've always loved tie-dye, but have never considered it for my hair! (I still don't, but it produces some brilliant fashion shoot pictures)

This one below is great, she reminds me of a mermaid.

Photography by Mark Pillai
Styling by Katie Shillingford