Thursday, November 19, 2020

๐’๐“๐Ž๐‘๐˜ ๐๐„๐‡๐ˆ๐๐ƒ ๐€ ๐๐ˆ๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„: ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐›๐จ

Two weeks ago I started talking to you about ๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ, a French photographer who worked with Placebo since the late ‘90s. As previous time I showed you a beautiful picture of Brian taken during the concert in Paris, so now let’s enjoy this playful studio photo of the band from 2000.
Also, I’d like to share an ✨๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐„๐–✨with Robin Franรงois in which he tells about his collaboration with the band, impressions on Brian’s style and meeting Robert Smith at the Placebo afterparty in Wembley.

Photo credit: Robin Franรงois

๐Ÿ“"๐ˆ๐“ ๐–๐€๐’ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐'๐’ ๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐€๐Œ ๐‚๐€๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐‘๐”๐„"๐Ÿ“
๐€๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฒ๐š ๐‹๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š: Robin, thank you for your participation. Firstly, I would like to ask you about photo shoots with Brian Molko and Placebo. When and where did you meet for the first time?
๐Ÿ“ข๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ: … I met Placebo so many times that I don't remember which one was exactly the first. Apparently, I got acquainted with them on Black Sessions, on France Inter radio where they were giving a promo-show in support of the release of their first album in summer of 1997.

๐€๐‹: How many photo shoots do you have with Brian and the band?
๐Ÿ“ข๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ: There were really a lot of photo shoots. But I should specify that it includes not only complete photo shoots at studio. I often took pictures of them on stage, backstage, in breaks between interviews, here, in France, and in London… It's too difficult to divide all this into certain categories.

๐€๐‹: Can you remember the most remarkable moment of your collaboration with Placebo? What impressions do you have about your mutual work?
๐Ÿ“ข๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ: One day during their show at Wembley, Robert Smith from The Cure joined them. It was pretty amusing to see them at the after party. They turned out to be good friends. I had taken several photos with them together and Brian kept them afterwards.

๐€๐‹: What can you say about Brian's images for photo shoots? In your opinion, what was the most interesting?
๐Ÿ“ข๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ: I think it will not be a revelation but the most interesting thing in work with Brian is his androgyny which creates a special, one of a kind person. His image became a symbol for ‘90s generation.

Photo credit: Robin Franรงois

๐€๐‹: As a photographer, what photo shoots do you like making with musicians? Portrait photo shoots at the studio or photo shoots of live shows?
๐Ÿ“ข๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ: Unfortunately, since every smartphone is equipped with a high quality camera and everybody can post pictures in real time, live show photography became less popular among professional photographers. Anyway, at live shows a photographer serves as an onlooker imprinting what is happening on stage. Portrait shoots are a different story. Only in this context a real chemistry appears between a photographer and a model. Also there is an opportunity to instantly change set (light, decorations) and anticipate a final result. For me a portrait is in the first place reciprocation.

๐€๐‹: Now the band is celebrating their Twenty's anniversary. What can you say about Brian and Stefan – now have they changed through the ages?
๐Ÿ“ข๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ: In the beginning of their career lots of people thought that Placebo was a fashion phenomenon of that period. Nevertheless, they succeed to stay afloat and develop their talent in the long-term listening to emerging trends and, at the same time, keeping their authenticity.

๐€๐‹: I saw on your website that you had taken photos of David Bowie as well. What do you think about Placebo collaboration with David Bowie?
๐Ÿ“ข๐‘๐จ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ̧๐จ๐ข๐ฌ: It was Brian's dream came true.
(๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘—๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก, 2017)

Photo credit: Robin Franรงois


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