BJP #7847: Shooting on Assignment

SCHOCK TREATMENT

When German luxury kitchen-fittings company Schock were designing their brandbook, they turned to Klaus Pichler to create an unusual identity for a new product range and help them stand out from the competition. With neon-coloured poodles jumping over sinks and acid-bright turtles dancing on a tap, the result is not your average kitchen-fittings catalogue. 

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“WHEN YOU ARE DOING PERSONAL PROJECTS, YOU TEND TO STAY IN YOUR OWN BOUNDARIES; YOU DO WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF. BUT IF THERE IS A COMMISSION, AND YOU ARE COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS ON WHAT TO DO AND HOW YOU DO IT, THEN YOU NECESSARILY HAVE TO DEVELOP YOUR TECHNICAL SKILLS”

Elsewhere in the issue…

In AGENDA, we look at fashion magazine Archivist’s cerebral approach to sartorialism, Giles Duley on the journey from photographer to subject and back again, the return of Photo London, forty years of punk showcased across the capital and Moises Saman’s new photobook showing a deliberately opaque approach to the Arab Spring.

In PROJECTS, we present six highly individual photography series – showcasing Azerbaijan’s rapidly changing landscape (Mathias Depardon), Riga’s dark underbelly (Alnis Stakle), two very different takes on family (Paul Thulin and Magdalena Świtek), life on an isolated island far in the Arctic Circle (Léo Delafontaine) and a left-field fashion shoot (Tom Johnson).

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In INTELLIGENCE, Photo agency Noor’s new managing director talks through the agency’s approach to funding, while Archisle shows how local projects can win support. Plus, transforming an acclaimed photobook into an app, and the creative influence behind Rough Trade’s new magazine.

In TECHNOLOGY, we inspect a slew of new announcements from camera and lens makers following the CP+ trade show in Japan and a month after CES, review the new Fujifilm X-Pro2, test Phottix’s battery lighting heads, and look at Leica’s T adaptor to mount M lenses on an SL body.

Finally, in ARCHIVE, we hark back to an old issue of BJP – December 1978 to be exact, which marks the emergence of a quiet but powerful new voice. Peter Marlow’s portrait, taken at a National Front march in Lewisham, exemplified his thoughtful approach, and our archive records the early appearances of future greats. Sadly, it also records their passing, and we mark the loss of the former president of Magnum Photos earlier this February.

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