A little while ago I sent the same two pictures to a bunch of art directors/designers i know.
I asked them to pick a word or two and put their words over the photos.

I’m always interested in photos and copy. How words can change the way you see a picture.

Here are the responses:

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Thanks to:
Clare Brennan, Paul Cavanaugh, David Craib, Donna Darby, Andrew Draper,
Ryan Mesheau, Eric Schallenberg and Peter Watts.

Yesterday I had an opening at La Petite Mort Gallery. I used the occasion to make
a movie that asks the question: Who the hell is Tony Fouhse?

(Click to view the movie): Who the HELL is TONY FOUHSE.mp4

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And here’s a few shots of the photos I exhibited:

I keep some flat junk in my small upstairs studio, rough stuff. I use it for backgrounds.

I’ve found that if you have the right background (which consists of standing in the right spot
and aiming the camera in the right direction from the right distance) you’re half way there.
Just insert the subject, make sure the light’s right, the moment righteous. It also pays to
actually think about what you want to do and to be very aware of perspective and what’s
in the frame. Oh yeah, you’ve got to engage the subject, too, if they’re human.

Easy, right?

As a rule I prefer going on location to shooting in a studio. Studios are typically too antiseptic
for me. I think that that’s why I keep rough backgrounds in my studio.

Here are a couple of studio shots using some of that flat junk I collect. The wood with the paint
was my next door neighbour’s bench top until he got a regulation-type bench. The white one is
a paper-covered/ink-stained door I use as a table in my workroom when it’s not being a backdrop.

Both these shots were done using available light. The gal is Sacha, a singer. The plum was shot last
week for Burnt Toast magazine.

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