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ISSUE 43 | MAY 2015 www.f11magazine.com TIM WALLACE Visual voodoo MARKUS ANDERSEN Bottling lightning AMANDA REELICK Double life WELCOME TO f11 MAGAZINE BMW i3 BORN ELECTRIC Welcome to issue 43 of f11 Magazine. Issue 43 | May 2015 f11 Magazine This is unquestionably the most personally gruelling issue I’ve ever P O Box 37-233, Parnell delivered. For over three weeks now I’ve been plagued by back, Auckland 1151, New Zealand neck and shoulder pain of such severity that I’ve been passed www.f11magazine.com backward and forward between various medical practitioners. Publisher/Creative Director: I’ve swallowed more pain meds than I’ve had in an entire lifetime, Tim Steele if you shook me I’d rattle like a pill container. Pain is my new BFF. [email protected] Editorial: So dear pedants among our readers, and you know who you are, [email protected] please cut me some slack and don’t try to spot a misplaced semi Advertising Sales: colon anywhere this time around? Thanks, you’re awesome – [email protected] because I’m pretty sure they’re here somewhere… Design/Layout: This issue features professional portraiture, monochrome Donna Hoyle & Sara Lockett documentary street photography, and a photographer shooting of Donna Hoyle Design performance cars for high-end clients. Web Developer: David MacLeod First up, we feature British photographer Tim Wallace, the man who shoots for Aston Martin. That’s a hell of an opener, very ‘The Contributors: name’s Wallace, Tim Wallace…’ with Shirley Bassey belting out Gary Baildon :: Tony Bridge :: Darran Leal :: Ian Poole :: something racy as a soundtrack, but he shoots for lots of other Malcolm Somerville prestige brands as well. Yes, Tim did shoot our cover. To add to the mystique, the man’s also a former Royal Marine – surely I’ve Featured In This Issue: Tim Wallace :: Markus Andersen :: strayed into Boy’s Own Annual by accident? No, this is not the Amanda Reelick medication talking, it’s all true so read all about it. Notice To Readers and Advertisers: Australian Markus Andersen is a documentary street photographer The publishers of f11 Magazine take every care in the production of each based in Sydney. We loved his monochrome moodscapes captured issue of this title but we are not liable for any editorial error, omission, mistake on a range of devices and believe that these cross over into fine or typographical error. In the case of art. Both silver and digital capture fit within his repertoire and we advertising material supplied, we as TAKE ON publishers, make no representation and dig that more than he’ll ever know. Markus is yet another triumph provide no warranty as to the accuracy of our submissions process, yes people, it does work! of descriptions or offers within. As publishers we accept no liability for any loss, which any person may incur while Finally, New Zealander Amanda Reelick shoots portraits and divides TOMORROW. relying on the accuracy or description of her time between Brussels and Auckland, essentially leading a any statement or photograph herein. The views expressed by all contributors are double life. Her light touch and keen observation of where the not necessarily those of the publisher. decisive moment lies are evident in the collection we’re bringing f11 Magazine reserves the right to The born electric BMW i3 is more than just a new breed of vehicle - it fulfils decline any advertising for any reason. a promise: the reinvention of urban mobility. A sustainable theme is threaded you. We found Amanda and knocked on her door, we’re thrilled Copyright f11 Magazine 2015: All of throughout from its zero emission status to its luxurious natural interior of wood, that she agreed to play and let us stay awhile. the content published in this magazine wool cloth and leather. Revolutionary design features incorporate super-light is subject to copyright held either by yet super-strong carbon fibre and an aerodynamic exterior made complete 5 the publisher in the whole or in part with opposing coach-style doors - leaving a dynamic impression, even when Enjoy this issue. by the contributing photographers. it’s standing still. The i3 connects intelligently with its environment to ensure Any infringement may incur legal action. YEAR WARRANTY you always reach your destination with comfort and ease. Making it the most Tim No part of this magazine may be used in consciously sustainable vehicle ever made. Starting from $83,500 drive-away. part or in full in any way without the [email protected] express written permission of the publisher. WORLD CAR DESIGN OF THE YEAR 2014. PLUS bmw.co.nz/i 3 5Y EYAEARR N ROO-CAODSSTID SEE ARSVSICISINTG F11 3_ f11 for PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AFICIONADOS | 1 9_i Drive-Away Price based on the BMW recommended retail price for the purchase of a brand new BMW i3, it includes 2 02 GST, 12-month registration, Warrant of Fitness and all other costs required for final delivery of the vehicle. W M B BMW0229_i3_F11 210x297.indd 1 28/04/15 1:41 pm THE f11 TEAM GARY BAILDON aka The Shooter was schooled in the dark arts of MALCOLM SOMERVILLE spent far too much of his working life within the photolithography, before talking his way into a well-known Auckland studio evil empire that once was the largest multi-national manufacturer in the in the heady 80’s. Most of the 90’s were spent in a plausibly deniable series photo industry. His resulting knowledge of photographic and chemical processes is so deep that he is still deemed to be a security risk. A past of roles in the photo industry. After his disappointment at Y2K not signaling president of the NZIPP, Malcolm is the ultimate fixer, a go to guy for anyone the end of the world, as we know it, he returned to shooting people, products wanting to know anything about professional photography and photographers. and fast moving objects for filthy lucre. Helmeted and suited, he now spends Malcolm has been a writer and industry commentator for many years and weekends in his small German racecar, the latest in a succession of fast toys. has the innate ability to spot a crock of the proverbial at 500 paces. For shits and giggles he plays both drums and bass in bands you’ve never heard of, in places you’ve never been to. TONY BRIDGE is a fine artist, photographer, writer and photo educator… TIM STEELE is the ringmaster of the travelling circus that is f11 Magazine. depending on which day you catch him. When not hosting seminars or A former high wire artist for corporate masters in the photo industry, he still workshops, this nomad is usually to be found somewhere in the beautiful has nightmares about delivering the physically impossible, on occasion under landscape of the South Island, four wheel driving tirelessly up hill and down the whip of the seemingly insane, and always for the terminally unappreciative. dale in search of new images and true meaning. Like any modern day guru, A brilliant escape from the last of these gulags left a tunnel for other prisoners in Yoda fashion, he thinks way too much, constantly reinvents himself and and led him to consultancy in strategy, advertising and marketing. Always often pontificates on one of his blogs, enriching us all in the process. Rather impressed by the Bohemian lifestyles, devil-may-care attitudes, cruel wit than joining the rest of the team in the cult of Mac, he insists on trying to build and sheer bravado of professional photographers, he now frequents their the ‘ultimate PC’ – poor deluded man. Apart from that tiny lapse of judgement, studios, shooting locations and watering holes in search of his personal holy as the good Yoda himself would put it, 'Learn from him, you will'. grail, great images to share with f11 readers. DARRAN LEAL is a photographer, adventurer and educator. An Australian by birth, he combines his twin loves of travel and outdoor photography by running tours, workshops and seminars and guiding photographers to stunning locations around the globe. Prior to inventing this great gig, he variously sold cameras, served food and wine, built gas pipelines, explored ‘To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like for diamonds and discovered that the life of a park ranger was not for him. consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.' – Edward Weston When not up to his ass in crocodiles, cuddling gorillas or herding photographers, he fishes the world’s oceans, rivers and streams. Only his fishing exploits suffer from exaggeration, believe it or not the rest of his adventurous life is, amazingly, true. IAN POOLE has been a member of the AIPP since 1976, holding various positions within the Institute. Truly a trans-Tasman go between, Poole has been WARNING – HOTLINKS ARE EVERYWHERE! a long term judge of the APPA's and a guest judge in the NZIPP Awards for Amazingly, some readers are still blissfully unaware that this magazine is a veritable hotbed of hotlinks, many years. Well known for his extensive work as an educator at both so this is a friendly reminder! There are links to online content such as videos, and to websites which Queensland’s Griffith University College of Art, and Queensland University of expand on the ideas on offer here in the magazine. Anywhere you see an image of a computer screen Technology, and with a background as an advertising/commercial photographer contains a link, there are highlighted links within articles and all advertisements link to the advertisers in Brisbane, Ian is now turning his hand to finely crafted black and white websites so you can learn more about the products you’re interested in. Simply click on the ad. portraiture. He is a director of Foto Frenzy, which specialises in photographic If this is still baffling, learn more in our expanded instructions on page 143 of this issue. education in Brisbane. Erudite, witty and urbane, or so he tells us, he’s one of f11 Magazine's ambassadors in Australia. 2 | Issue 43 | May 2015 f11 for PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AFICIONADOS | 3 FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE Tim WALLACE Visual voodoo 12 © Tim Wallace COVER IMAGE © Tim Wallace www.ambientlife.co.uk Markus ANDERSEN Bottling lightning Contents 62 © Markus Andersen Welcome 1 Meet the team 2 Amanda Contents 4 In plain sight 6 REELICK Editorial 8 Tony Bridge 10 Double life Darran Leal 126 96 APS 130 © Amanda Reelick PSNZ 131 Malcolm Somerville 132 ACMP 134 AIPP 136 ‘I love the whole creative visual voodoo, the journey from A AIPA 137 to B and the chance of arriving at C....’ – Tim Wallace NZIPP 138 Gary Baildon 140 The Deep End Ian Poole 144 4 | Issue 43 | May 2015 f11 for PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AFICIONADOS | 5 IN PLAIN SIGHT BELLY OF THE BEAST L EICA M-P NEW Featured in this issue, Markus Andersen doggedly pursues great images. Sydney, Australia is his canvas – he calls it the belly of the R eady when you are. beast. His art practice encompasses documentary, street and conceptual bodies of work using analogue 35mm, 120 film and the The decisive moment is often unique and never to be seen again. To be ready to shoot it iPhone as his capture mediums. at a moment’s notice, the new Leica M-P features a two-gigabyte buffer memory. So no matter how fast life happens , the new Leica M-P is ready and waiting to capture your view Shot by film maker Rob Norton and delivered via Vimeo of the world – instantly. CLICK ON THE SCREEN IMAGE TO VIEW THIS VIDEO Discover the pinnacle of M-Evolution at www.m-p.leica-camera.com WIM WENDERS: THE SALT OF THE EARTH ‘Every photograph is an adventure.’ In his latest production, The Salt of the Earth, director Wim Wenders explores what inspires the legendary photographer Sebastião Salgado when he works. Salgado’s son, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, worked with Wenders on the film. Learn more, and see a short clip, by clicking on the screen at left. Studio Daily via Vimeo CLICK ON THE SCREEN IMAGE TO VIEW THIS VIDEO CLARA HALLENCREUTZ AT MOUCHE GALLERY, BEVERLY HILLS: 'PICTURE GLOBAL WARMING' Swedish born Clara Hallencreutz completed a Bachelor of Photography at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. She has contributed to a number of exhibitions in Australia, China, UK, as well as Sweden. The tone of her artwork is amusing and carefree, featuring bold dynamic colours isolated in a clean surrounding. Vimeo CLICK ON THE SCREEN IMAGE TO VIEW THIS VIDEO ‘Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.’ – Sally Mann New Zealand: Lacklands LP I 09 630 0753 I [email protected] I www.lacklands.co.nz Australia: Leica Camera Australia Pty I 03 9248 4444 I [email protected] 6 | Issue 43 | May 2015 f11 for PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AFICIONADOS | 7 EDITORIAL W I L D P O L A R B E A R S A N E X P E D I T I O N I N T O T H E A R C T I C C I R C L E Delusions of adequacy… ever consider, even fleetingly, that this magazine Join AIPP Master Photographer Joshua Holko on a journey to photograph is a meritocracy. Not a hint of self-doubt, just Wild Polar Bears living and hunting on the pack ice north of Svalbard. delusion (noun) – an idiosyncratic unbridled confidence, and a conviction that a belief or impression maintained place on our pages was somehow assured as a despite being contradicted by right rather than an earned privilege. EXPEDITION DATES AND KEY HIGHLIGHTS reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of The inclusion of the work of any photographer - July 25th to August 4th 2016 & August 14th to August 23rd 2016 mental disorder. in this magazine is always well earned and - Strictly Limited to 12 Participants per expedition usually richly deserved. The people we feature As if to completely contradict - Ice Hardened Expedition Class Ship are doing the time, putting in the effort, mixing my previous editorial, I’ve just - Polar Bears, Walrus, Whales, and other Arctic Wildlife creativity and commitment and not expecting experienced correspondence anything ‘as a right’. - Icebergs, Pack Ice and Incredible Arctic Landscapes from an individual so utterly out of touch with what we understand as reality that I feel We’ll never have a quota system, and we care compelled to comment. Naturally their not for a feature photographer’s gender, anonymity will be maintained. ethnicity, age or creed. It’s all about the work. This individual was aggrieved because we The work is everything. Yes, their journey is a elected not to feature their work in the magazine. part of the story, but it’s the work that matters In protest, a misguided rant followed suggesting and we’ll continue to seek out and reward the that we needed to implement a managed quota talent we encounter through exposure on our system so that gender equality would be virtual pages. established, and then maintained, on the pages This is a meritocracy, the work is everything. of this magazine. This commentary even strayed into suggesting that the writer’s understanding Somehow, I doubt that you, as our readers, of the demographics within camera sales would have it any other way. statistics should guide us to ensure that we were TS evenly representing all types of camera buyers amongst our featured photographers! [email protected] [email protected] It’s a fine line between accepting that premise and extending the concept to include all walks of life, ethnicities and physical limitations amongst the photographers we feature – all by quota. Where would that positive discrimination end? Tall photographers? Obese photographers? Photographers with one eye? Madness. As creative souls, many of us will regularly, or from time to time, have some feelings of angst. Is our work up to scratch, are we worthy of our own good fortune, do we really make the grade? Take your photography to the next level with the 2014 AIPP Canon Australian At no point in the dialogue did our correspondent Science, Nature and Environment Photograher of the Year. For more information please visit www.jholko.com 8 | Issue 43 | May 2015 TONY BRIDGE Rewriting history Connecting to your own narrative Alien, Christchurch CBD. © Tony Bridge All of us write scripts. All of us write our own will be. We are one-offs, unique. Our perception work that is truly unique, to make work which However a few weeks ago, with the imperative narratives, and this is particularly true of the world is like no other, no matter how hard says: to hell with it, I am going to make work of testing a new camera model, I decided to for photography. we may try to fit in. It stands to reason then, for me. I am going to have a conversation with take a walk through the CBD and re-examine that if we are seeking to speak with our own myself. And that is OK. the narrative of a lifetime. As I wandered and The very heart of the medium can be summed voice, we should consider our own narrative, observed, there before me on the wall of a up in a single word: SELECTION. Every decision I grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand, a Jekyll the way in which we see the world, the story building, was an alien creature, a character I we make springs from that, be it choice of lens, and Hyde town if ever there was one. By day it we have written and the way in which we live vaguely remembered from Star Wars. Or so I exposure or framing. was a sleepy, rural, conservative neo-Anglican it, constantly revising and editing it as we go thought. I made the image and reflected. village of 300-400,000, with strong mores and Some of those decisions are conscious, such as: along. For the narrative is never still, never fixed. conventions. By night it became something Somehow the bipolar narrative of the old is this a wide-angle or telephoto shot? Should As we live, we are constantly rewriting our own other, a somewhat possessed place where bad Christchurch had merged. Daylight and darkness I opt for f8 or f1.4? Where is my centre-of- history. As a consequence, our own present things could, and did, happen. It was as if each had in some way combined. interest? Others are subconscious, or and, by implication, our own future is being night Christchurch got its niceness out of its unconscious, many of them based on what I like And I somewhat ruefully observed, perhaps that rewritten. We are rewriting it. The joy of system and reverted to type. The night time or what has gained me the approval of my peers, was an integration of the bipolar narratives photography is that it allows us to document had a quality of the surreal of something present scripts buried deep within us. If an image has within me. that moment in our own narrative, to highlight that was…other. gained approval, it will have made us feel good, and mark a place in the revision of our own and perhaps admired and, as a consequence, Then in February, 2011, everything changed. place and time, for future reference. Naturally we tend to veer towards making work which The earthquake tore apart all its structures, the moment of documenting changes both the reinforces and builds upon that sense of success both physical and social. The nice was gone; the story of the event observed and our own and belonging to a tribe. We may not consciously ugly was gone. What remained was a shell, an narrative. It is both spiral and cycle. We might realise it, but it is there nonetheless and its empty carapace washed up on the beach. It was ask ourselves where the overlap lies between power to direct our conscious mind should never what lies beyond us – the event observed and as if the familiar façade had been shattered, be underestimated. It is hard-wired into the TB documented – and what lies within us, our along with the comfortable opiate of gathered BIOS of our psychological operating system. internal narrative. For it is when we begin to memory. I just couldn’t bring myself to make [email protected] However we are all individuals. There is nobody realise this that we are able to find that place any photographs. Who wants to photograph a www.thistonybridge.com like us. There never has been and there never in the Venn diagram of our lives and make the corpse any way or anyway? www.hurunuiproject.com 10 | Issue 43 | May 2015 f11 for PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AFICIONADOS | 11 Tim WALLACE Visual voodoo British Photographer Tim Wallace is the driving force and creative thinking behind Ambient Life, the brand for his commercial and advertising photography operation. A critically acclaimed award winning photographer, his work is often described as both conceptual and dramatic and he’s best known for his automotive photography. Tim works internationally with many high-end clients such as Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes and Morgan as well as shooting some of the worlds most iconic brands such as Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Ferrari in the UK and Europe. In the US, Tim has shot for Dodge, Chevrolet and Ford. ‘I love the whole creative visual voodoo, the journey from A to B and the chance of arriving at C...’ Tim started his love affair with photography at the age of 7. In the summer holidays he spent time with his Brigadier grandfather in Yorkshire, who loved to take photographs but had no Ford GT. Nikon D3s with 16-35mm lens, 1/15 sec at f5 with additional lighting to the front of the car. © Tim Wallace 12 | Issue 43 | May 2015 Portfolio :: Tim Wallace :: Visual voodoo f11 for PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AFICIONADOS | 13 interest in their development or printing. Tim Fast forward to the UK recession where an saw this as the very best and most magical part economic downturn in the country forced him of the process at that time and it was not too to re-evaluate his options and seek a long before he was balancing on an old wooden new challenge. stool in the garden shed so that he could reach At that point, Tim decided to join the Royal Navy the bench where he would develop and print and went on to serve with 42 Commando Royal his grandfather’s film. Marines in many parts of the world. A few years ‘My grandmother used to go bananas when she later, during a 'free climb' (climbing unassisted came out to see what I was up to in the shed, without ropes) that Tim was doing on the face believing that if I fell into the chemicals I would of Voss Point in Norway, which towers to almost no doubt be dissolved…’ 4,000ft, his world took a change forever. Tim had completed his climb and after securing a 'cam' All through his early years Tim spent a lot of his into the wall to rope on and rest after 5 hours of time taking pictures and indulging his love for ascent, the cam came loose. The secondary cam developing and printing film. In many ways it could not take the strain and he fell. Tim says he was a central part of his childhood and as he was ‘lucky’ as he only fell 147ft before hitting a grew older he watched the world grow through snow-covered outcrop of rock, which broke his his own lens. fall. With multiple very serious injuries he was ‘Photography is for me simply a creative passion, alive but losing his grip on life quickly. the ability to use light and form to capture in a ‘I was drifting in and out of consciousness, the single image what I see in my own imagination…’ snow around me appeared black and I remember At the age of 16, Tim started work in the wondering why, then realising that it was darkrooms of the Daily Mail newspaper group because of my own blood. I seemed to be there where he learned the art of printing and had a forever as the wind blew across the ledge and baptism of fire into the world of photojournalism, I clearly remember feeling the coldest that I working with many great photographers from think I have ever felt before, or indeed since. A both the national press and agencies. It was helicopter was sent but they had some problems over this period that he developed his personal getting the winch man down to me because of appreciation of the importance of tone and the proximity of the rotors to the cliff wall. contrast within an image. Eventually they managed to swing him quite literally onto the ledge where I was perched At 19 he joined a top agency based in the UK, and I was taken from there to nearby Bergen and went on to spend an increasing amount hospital. I needed to be resuscitated 3 times of his time behind the camera. His slightly during the flight as my body started to close 'different' approach to shooting and his understanding of tone and contrast combined with a conscious decision to bring more of a contemporary style to his work. This look found favour with the UK national press. Later he went into partnership with another mainstream agency and continued building on his successes Aston Martin DB9. A dramatic lighting detail shot and whilst exploring other areas such as public one that I take viewers through step by step in my relations and corporate photography with video classes online at KelbyOne. Nikon D3s with 24- many large UK company contracts. 70mm lens, 1/200 sec at f16. © Tim Wallace 14 | Issue 43 | May 2015 Portfolio :: Tim Wallace :: Visual voodoo f11 for PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AFICIONADOS | 15 down. In the weeks that followed I was moved I worked very hard and remained focused on to a Royal Naval hospital in the UK and spent my goals, often working 18 hours a day to build most of the first month in a drug-induced coma. my contacts, hone my skills, and train myself to Nine months later and after a huge amount of meet the now growing 'digital' side of care and physiotherapy I left hospital and the photography. In many ways I started and built Marines and started a new chapter in my life.’ my business my own way, choosing and walking my own path you could say. This is something After leaving the service Tim followed a more that has always been very strong in me, to find corporate route working with large media my own route in life and follow my heart even companies such as Virgin and Orange where he when it appears to be a path that is less walked took on the role of Network Operations Manager by others.’ in charge of the UK mobile data network. He pursued this career for several years and while Over the past decade Tim has worked with a he remained devoted to photography this was who's who of automotive royalty, and his work enjoyed only at a personal level. In 2006 is highly sought after. A string of awards followed, following a company wide restructure Tim's including Landscape Photographer of the Year network department and all of his 110 staff in 2010, International Commercial Advertising were put on notice of redundancy. Photographer of the Year 2011, UK Motor Industry Professional Car Photographer of the It was at this point that Tim decided it was time Year 2012, International Travel Photographer of to go back to a career in photography, the Year 2013 and Medium Format Photographer establishing his company, Ambient Life. of the Year 2013. ‘Over the years I had thought a lot about going Ambient Life was also honoured in the 'Best back into photography and often talked with New Business Awards' in the UK and won the people and friends about it, but my career had 'Best New Creative Business Award', something been doing really well in networks and when that Tim’s team are all extremely proud of you are in a position like that it’s hard to make especially as this was achieved during difficult that leap into the unknown. In a strange way financial times. That award is a great testament being made redundant was very likely the single to his vision, dedication and drive. best thing that ever happened to me! Cars exist all around us in the modern world I sat down for 5 long days at my dining room and they represent a major part of our lives, table and created my business plan. I researched the cars that Tim shoots commercially are, more my markets and the industry and used my often than not, at the higher end of that management skills to look at things logically and spectrum based within the modern sports or from a business perspective and not just prestige classic ranges. creatively in terms of what I wanted to achieve. Many people that I spoke to at that time told me that it was next to impossible to achieve what I was aiming for because I was too old, did not live in London and my work was too much like 'art'. Ironically when we gain a new client and I ask what led them to commission Ambient Aston Martin DB5. Shot in the Alps early in the day Life for their project I am often told by the client after a few days of shooting in the area. Hasselblad H4 that they love the fact that my work is 'almost with 50-110mm lens, 1/250 sec at f5.6. like art...' © Tim Wallace 16 | Issue 43 | May 2015 Portfolio :: Tim Wallace :: Visual voodoo f11 for PHOTOGRAPHERS AND AFICIONADOS | 17

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