dinsdag, april 29, 2003
I have a feeling that the A-list celebrity is so far away from people now. People try to get close to them by trying to be them, so you have karaoke bars, tribute bands and impersonators. I felt that I addressed that in these photographs. As an idea, celebrity shooting is so cliched now. It is interesting to see what you can do with it. I have tried various ways to make it still interesting for me and for the public. Going back to my home town after 35 years, I realised that when I was a kid, all I wanted to do was get off this island, because I had the theory that the things I was starting to get interested in - say The Beatles - were all happening outside the island. As a preacher in a small village, my father always had to be there when people were ill, and had to go to all the people dying. My mother also studied theology, so they are very into this idea that your life is for your life after death. This would always be discussed at the dinner table. When I was doing the black and white pictures of Herman Brood, I looked in the mirror and I actually looked very much like him, which was a very odd feeling. This was a friend I had worked with since 1974. It was the longest relationship I had with anybody photographically.
Anton Corbijn
Anton Corbijn
# posted by Jan-Edward : 18:40
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