For those of you who are still able to concentrate on any kind of text while watching at the picture below, I’m going to share an ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ with an American photographer ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ who took one of the hottest photos of Brian smoking his cigar in the tub full of foam...
Firstly, ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ was interested in music even more than photography which he considered to be kind of a hobby. Nevertheless, growing as a professional photographer, he managed to work with such great artists as ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ́๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ก, ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ, ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ and many others during his career. His works have appeared in both American and international publications, as well as on numerous album covers. Occasionally, Anthony puts down his camera to pick up his guitar.
You can see more amazing photographs on his website:
https://www.anthonysaintjames.com/
But now, enjoy a little sneak peek behind the scenes of the photoshoot with Brian… and please don’t let your imagination go too far. ๐
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| Photo credit: Anthony Saint James |
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: "๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐!"
๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐: Anthony, thank you for your participation. Your photo is one of my favourite pictures of Brian Molko. It's so sexy! Did you make up this idea about him having a bath or had it been discussed before with Brian or with the editor of the magazine?๐ค ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ: The idea of Brian in the bathtub was something that we discussed over the phone prior to us meeting for the photoshoot. The only things that I brought with me were the candles and the bubble bath that you see in the photograph. All of the other items were things that Brian brought to co-create this idea that he had.
๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐: What should you prepare before Brian's coming?
๐ค ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ: Being that I met Brian at his Los Angeles hotel room, I didn't prepare anything prior to arriving. I came prepared with a few props and we worked to create the set in his bathroom.
๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐: How much time did this photo shoot take? Did you have any breaks? How many people were involved in the photo shoot?
๐ค ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ: I probably spent a little bit more than an hour with Brian we didn't really have any breaks because there was just enough time to shoot the photos.
๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐: What did you remember about your mutual work with Brian? What can you say about this certain experience with him?
๐ค ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ: The single-most memorable thing about my experience with Brian was laughing with him in his attempts to make smoke rings with the cigar in the tub. Overall, he was just really fun to work with.
๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐: Maybe, there were some interesting or funny situations during the photo shoot?
๐ค ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ: Well, aside from the smoke rings, you can imagine getting a bubble bath ready for a photo shoot is challenging and a funny thing to do. We had to pause between every few shots to get the bubbles just right and to make sure there was enough, especially to cover Brian's private bits. But we had a lot of fun doing it!
๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฒ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐: Did you meet Brian or the band anymore? Do you keep an eye on Placebo music now?
๐ค ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ: It's unfortunate that I haven't met up with Brian since the photo shoot, but, as life is in photography and entertainment, we're both busy doing other things. I must say I would love to work with Brain again. I am a fan, so of course I've always listened to Placebo's music. It was good to hear that they got back together for a big tour. I wish them all the best and look forward to working with them again.
(๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, 2018)
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