© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
Process and Methodology. Two words that intrigue me. From a HursT point of view powerful and professional photographs are simply made (for lack of a better term) conscious of the multiple (and sometimes conflicting) elements that come into being before, during, and after the shutter is pressed.
A personal axiom: When the fashion photographs from a shoot are a great success everyone, and I do mean everyone–from the stylists and models to the Janitor and Delivery Guy–bathe in the credit for a job well done. But when the photos are a diaster and not worth publishing and when the client makes Godzilla seem like a tame and domesticated pet by comparison. And when Things fall Apart, as Chinua Achebe writes, it’s your fault and your fault alone.
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
So it is with great interest that I had the opportunity to meet and mentor the fashion photog duo of Pablo Estevez & Javier Belloso who not only share the good but also the bad that ensues from the photographers’ Process and Methodology.
In the vein of Mert & Marcus, Inez & Vinooh, Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongielo there is no Me and then You but rather a continual creative ebb and flow of US.
The camera passes between the two freely, sans ego, focused only on making images that speak to their VisionQuest of capturing & revealing beauty, emotion, subversion and sensuality. From my existentialist Point of View I find their interaction to be a fascinating one. A kind of dance if you will. With that in mind here are a few ‘behind the scenes’ photos from a recent Pablo & Javier shoot in Williamsburg Brooklyn. As they prepare for their return to Espana and continue their creative aspirations I wish them many prosperous years of growth and inspiration, Process and Methodology.
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
