SZ-Magazine, including celebrities Lenny Kravitz and Katy Perry, as well as various politicians and other art people.
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ป
https://bit.ly/2XT43D6
And here is a link to the whole very interesting interview of SZ-Magazin from May 2019, where the photographer answers questions about this long-term project. It's a very interesting read, if you do not speak German you can use a google translator as me. Unfortunately, there is no mention of Brian at all, but that is understandable.
https://bit.ly/3gUzOmI
Mr. Steffen read our post on Instagram and responded to my remark that unfortunately we have no information about Brian's photo shoot. He was very kind and wrote his wonderful memories in a comment.๐
Let's enjoy it together, dear Soulmates.
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"Dear Marti, hello folks.
That's a very nice contribution, thank you.
In my memory it was like this with the Brian shoot:
I had the appointment in a hotel suite in Berlin, the Soho House Berlin.
The record company had blocked some rooms and I was able to build my set in peace.
At some point Brian came into the room and we had a connection within a very short time. I explained how it works. And let's go.
Brian was extremely quick and creative, really extraordinary. No stumbling or thinking about it.
He needed the dress for an answer; someone got it from another room.
In the short break I smoked my e-cigarette, Brian tried to puff a few puffs through the tilted window in the hotel room, which was not allowed to smoke.
It was weird. He was a little jealous and asked me to recommend an initial set of e-smoking equipment.
I think my supplier thought that was very cool and then sent something to Brian.
But I never heard how it went on.
At the end of the session, 20 questions - 20 answer photos, we checked all the images on the computer, all perfect, no corrections necessary - and that was clearly due to Brian's creative and self-confident attitude."
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๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ญ-๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป: ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
Alfred Steffen: Sure, my cell phone rang 13 years ago, at the other end was my photo editor Eva Fischer and told me that SZ-Magazin was planning a new section, an "interview without words", only with gestures and facial expressions. She said there was a role model: the illustrated book The Frenchman, which the legendary portrait and fashion photographer Philippe Halsman made in 1949 with the French actor Fernandel. Then I knew what she meant because I knew the book and had given it to assistants over and over again.
๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ผ๐?
Jรผrgen Trittin. The questions were great, for example: "Can you open a bra clasp with one hand?" Unfortunately, he looked the same in all photos, he always tilted his head slightly and made a pointed mouth. I suggested that he answer the questions again in a second round when one of his employees called that he had to be in the Bundestag in ten minutes, an important vote. Then it was clear that the shoot had to be moderated more strongly and the celebrities had to be given the chance to take a little time for the answers. And that's how we did it, until today.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ?
I don't talk so much anymore, but let the question sink in and wait to see what happens. You have to endure the silence, but it is often worth it. If someone still doesn't have an answer after a minute, I ask: Okay, what do you want to express? Most of the time a chat develops like this, at the end of which there is an idea. If that doesn't help either, I suggest a gesture, which always leads to the other person saying: Okay, thank you, but I have another better idea. Is a psychological trick. Nobody wants to do what is suggested to them.๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ
https://bit.ly/31L7ddi
Can you imagine the photographer's collaboration with Brian? How difficult was it for Brian to express the question with a gesture? The photos look very playful and immediate, Brian confirmed his creativity and acting talent.
๐Marti๐
