{"id":2588,"date":"2020-11-15T21:53:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T21:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2020-11-15T21:53:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T21:53:17","slug":"all-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonalden.com\/site\/staging\/?p=2588","title":{"rendered":"All the People"},"content":{"rendered":"

I photographed some people, real ones, I spoke to them, we laughed\u2026 it reminded me of 2019!<\/span><\/p>\n

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A month ago I was asked by Imperial college to contribute to their Shifting the Lens <\/i><\/a>campaign. The project focussed on staff and students from ethnic minority backgrounds at the college.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve worked with the team at imperial for many years but this time I was directly collaborating with their college photographer, the very talented Thomas Angus<\/a>. After the obligatory Zoom meeting we were asked to photograph environmental portraits that in some way expressed the heritage of our sitters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Normally when I work for Imperial I shoot business students in a lecture hall\u2019s or people working on doctorates in a labs. This time round everyone was working from home so location hunting became the biggest challenge. It reminded me of my newspaper days – turning up at someones doorstep without a plan; just a camera and a smile.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a really interesting dynamic; you\u2019ve never met your subject and the objective is to draw something out of them and make them relax whilst operating a camera and trying to stop your lights falling over. They often have an idea of how they want to be seen; which can be both good and bad.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In contrast to newspaper photography; everyone here wanted to be photographed – they were engaged and happy to let me lean them against derelict buildings and shipping containers. For me the best thing about photography is the interaction it generates. Above all, I hope it is back to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n

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>>No hands were shaken in the production of these images<<<\/span><\/p>\n

For the full Shifting the Lens <\/i>campaign click here<\/a>. Special thanks to Martha Salhorta for her dedication in producing these shoots.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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