Working on Brazil images:distill,distill, distill-waiting for inspiration from editing gods(U know who U are) Otherwise just making plans…

RT @leeclowsbeard: Simplicity is usually the result of much complex thinking. - January 7, 2011

mullitover: JONATHAN CHERRY: What gets you up in the morning? RICHARD BEAVEN: A strong mug of tea and the idea that I might be missing something worth sharing. JC: Tell us about your recent shoot at The Do Lectures USA RB: The Do Lectures brings together a small group of inspiring speakers who have done something to change the world. Attendees sleep in teepees. I have known David and Clare (the co-founders from Wales) for a long time so I had a personal connection. They’ve always been brilliant with ideas.  It was a pretty intense four days. The curator of Do Lectures USA, Duke Stump, and I agreed that my focus should be on the moments and magic in between the talks .The stars and the coyotes in California play with your mind… in a good way. I didn’t get the image I wanted at first so I went back out with no one around and waited for it to come to me. JC: Are there any emerging photographers inspiring you at the moment? JC: There are so many great ones out there. The best source for me is Burn Magazine - David Alan Harvey’s blog and books. I learn something every time I look. David should be sainted for his work on behalf of the emerging artists. Matt Eich’s work Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town is something I follow and I’ve help fund a few projects and Kickstarter and Emphas.is.  JC: What is your current project all about? RB: I want to get back to Rio de Janeiro and keep working on my Faith project there. What an amazing place. I’ve got a few other things on the go right now but I am working on an idea close to home that will take a lot of digging deep and personal reflection.  It might be tough but it’s something I don’t want to regret missing.  JC: Any advice to recent Photography Graduates? RB: Pursue your own voice in photography. Get started on what you intend to finish. Access and intimacy with the subject is everything… travelling to find this is great but it’s often right in front of you. JC: How do you find juggling personal and commercial work? RB: I work in advertising. Most of my photography work starts as a personal venture. My world is one big juggling act- fact of life. But one thing always leads to another somehow. I’m lucky. JC: Favourite tree? RB: Fir trees. I love the fact that they stand defiant in every season - something very British about that. Unlike most trees they stick two fingers up to bad conditions.

mullitover:

JONATHAN CHERRY: What gets you up in the morning?

RICHARD BEAVEN: A strong mug of tea and the idea that I might be missing something worth sharing.

JC: Tell us about your recent shoot at The Do Lectures USA

RB: The Do Lectures brings together a small group of inspiring speakers who have done something to change the world. Attendees sleep in teepees. I have known David and Clare (the co-founders from Wales) for a long time so I had a personal connection. They’ve always been brilliant with ideas. 

It was a pretty intense four days. The curator of Do Lectures USA, Duke Stump, and I agreed that my focus should be on the moments and magic in between the talks .The stars and the coyotes in California play with your mind… in a good way. I didn’t get the image I wanted at first so I went back out with no one around and waited for it to come to me.

JC: Are there any emerging photographers inspiring you at the moment?

JC: There are so many great ones out there. The best source for me is Burn Magazine - David Alan Harvey’s blog and books. I learn something every time I look. David should be sainted for his work on behalf of the emerging artists. Matt Eich’s work Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town is something I follow and I’ve help fund a few projects and Kickstarter and Emphas.is. 

JC: What is your current project all about?

RB: I want to get back to Rio de Janeiro and keep working on my Faith project there. What an amazing place. I’ve got a few other things on the go right now but I am working on an idea close to home that will take a lot of digging deep and personal reflection.  It might be tough but it’s something I don’t want to regret missing. 

JC: Any advice to recent Photography Graduates?

RB: Pursue your own voice in photography. Get started on what you intend to finish. Access and intimacy with the subject is everything… travelling to find this is great but it’s often right in front of you.

JC: How do you find juggling personal and commercial work?

RB: I work in advertising. Most of my photography work starts as a personal venture. My world is one big juggling act- fact of life. But one thing always leads to another somehow. I’m lucky.

JC: Favourite tree?

RB: Fir trees. I love the fact that they stand defiant in every season - something very British about that. Unlike most trees they stick two fingers up to bad conditions.