Télégramme Magazine - Issue 4 Autumn 2012 by Télégramme Magazine

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Editor SARAH HILL

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Editor's Note Welcome to issue four of Télégramme Magazine. Six months since the last issue and we’re moving quickly into Autumn here in the UK. It’s nice to come back and showcase more incredible artists while the days get cooler and the air starts to take your breath away. We’ve featured long time favourite Sarah McLean (who also took our cover image) wonderful illustrator Amy Walters, and the intriguing photo of Ben Jones. This issue is all about exploring cities, skylines, hidden pathways. So go forth, find something new and do a little exploring of your own. Love from

Sarah Special Thanks Jen Dary, for pushing me when I needed to be pushed. 3

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Contents

Spreads 020 minutia 032 street furniture 062 leading in 074 skylines 102 group work 112 city streets

Featured Artists sarah mclean

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ben jones

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amy walters

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Contributors Featured sarah mclean

amy walters

ben patio

Photographers

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®oland*

helgi páll einarsson

philippe yong

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imogen cunliffe

raquel simoes

2r_roger*

jemsimmo

renato andrade

adele m reed

josh thornton

rob patterson

alex h

julia fredenburg

robotsonfilm*

alexander williamson

julien brkmr

rosie kliskey

barbora mráčková

kevin hsia

s. oertelt*

baron humbert von gikkingen

lampokyinw

sarah

bartek odias

lillian wilkie

sarah mclean

beyond borders media

lucie777

sj walton

ciro miguel

ludwig danner

sofaville*

daniel poláček

mboujong

stiaan schoeman

dave tuttle

michael dietrich

szopa

eduardo alcivar

mike murray

tatsunari oshima

evita

nick leonard

toi*

eyer

oleg borodin

tortugagod*

fletcher chancey

paul

tricia v*

francisco j

paul pearson

夏先生

gilles saulnier

peter currie

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sarah m

mclean

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Telegramme speaks to:

Sarah Mclean

Sarah Mclean is a photographer from London, UK. When she’s not working at her 9-5 she

splits her time between photography & singing in alternative female choir, GAGGLE. What are you shooting with at the

it was partly to do with the beauty and

moment? I have a canon EOS 30 and a

function of this particular object which

Pentax super me, both 35mm, that I use

encouraged me to start to use it more than

most of the time. I recently rediscovered

the digital camera, and my interest in using

my father’s old Rollei 35 which i’d like to

film grew from there.

be able to use again, and the only digital I really enjoy using is my phone camera.

I’m partly drawn in by the fact that you have to wait for your photos to be

What’s

your

favourite

thing

developed before you can see exactly what

photograph? I have a great fondness for

you’ve got. It encouraged me to learn more

the textures of walls and the arrangements

about how the camera worked - how light

of chairs - things, moments, from the

works, how film is exposed - than if I had

everyday which sometimes feel a little bit

been playing around with the settings on a

like magic. Although, I can be drawn to

digital camera. Of course, I also like the

photograph almost anything if the light

aesthetic, the smell of a new film canister,

is right - it’s about finding the things that

the grain of a particularly fast film which

make me feel things - they are what make

shows in every frame.

the best photos for me. Who are your heroes? Amongst others: Why 35mm? I’m not exactly sure - sorry!

Wolfgang Tilmans, David Lynch, Jeremy

I got into taking photos by using a compact

Deller, Jenny Holzer, Lillian Wilkie.

digital before being bought a beautiful old Exakta 35mm camera in 2004. I’m sure 9

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I'm not scared of taking some awful pictures - as long as I keep doing it, it makes me happy.

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What stops you taking photos? Lack of

where I took some photographs for the first

time, lack of light, lack of energy, lack of

time in months, so I’m excited to see what they

confidence.

look like, and what they lead to.

What are your plans for the future? Do you

How do you balance your job, your

have any more exhibitions coming up? I’ve

photography

not currently got anything planned: I aim to

commitments? It’s hard - I work a lot and it

find new things that move me all the time, and

makes it difficult to get out and about while the

try not to take the same pictures over and over

light is good, and I am also in a band (Gaggle)

and over and over. I just got back from a trip

which can be really time consuming.

and

your

outside

I suppose I try to take photographs wherever

[portfolio] www.sarahmclean.co.uk

I am - I have managed to record a lot of the

[web] flickr.com/sarahrosephotos

adventures I’ve had with Gaggle over the years

[twitter] @_sarahrose

which can be a really good way of combining my interests! It’s about taking my camera with me and trying to use it as often as possible. I’m not scared of taking some awful pictures - as long as I keep doing it, it makes me happy.

All photos © Sarah McLean

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“untitled” © dave tuttle

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“untitled” © toi*

“**” © eduardo alcivar

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“75/365” © anni3goesclick*

“calm” © rosie kliskey

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“nyan” © ✖✖

“unknown” © eduardo alcivar

“everyday life” © lucie777*

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“morning” © peter currie

“two cups of tea” © ✖✖

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“untitled” © eyer*

“untitled” © sarah mclean

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urniture “-” © julien brkmr

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“untitled” © helgi páll einarsson

“untitled” © jemsimmo*

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“untitled” © sarah mclean

“untitled” © oleg borodin

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“.” © mboujong

“untitled” © ludwig danner

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“...” © s. oertelt*

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“fire escapes” © julia fredenburg

“.” © raquel simoes

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“iiiiii” © gilles saulnier

“closed” © tricia v

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ben jon

featured photographer

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télégramme speaks to:

ben jones

Ben Jones is a 41 year old architect based in Lewes, UK. He publishes on Flickr under Ben Patio. How long have you been taking photos? juxtapositions, beauty in the mundane. I use My father was a professional photographer so

photography to hopefully learn more about

cameras have always been around. I remember

light and composition that I can use in my

endless days hanging around at my Dad’s studio

architectural work.

watching him work. Later he gave me various

Do your surroundings influence your work a

cast-offs to use. I guess I started using them

lot? Well yes, in the sense that I very rarely have

seriously in my teens, did a lot of film and slide

the time or inclination to plan any photoshoots,

photography at college, then lost interest a bit.

and I enjoy the serendipity of just finding stuff.

Over the last few years, with digital making it so

I just take photos wherever I am, whether

quick and inexpensive, it’s become my creative

that’s a building site as part of my work or the

release from the pressures of my job.

countryside on a day out with my family.

What kit do you use? These days, the only way

Where would you go if you could could

I have time to take any photos is by carrying a

go anywhere? I’d certainly like to do more

camera around in my pocket, so I use a Canon

travelling than I do, but I don’t really have any

Ixus. That’s it. I’m definitely looking at a

specific places in mind. America maybe, Iceland

replacement soon though, maybe a Fuji X100.

too. Anywhere rich in the things I look out for.

When I get some spare time, I’d like to start using more sophisticated cameras again.

What do you have planned for the future? I don’t have anything planned. I would like to

Are buildings your favourite things to

have more time to devote to photography but I

photograph? As an architect I have a natural

don’t want it to take over my life. It’s a hobby

fascination with buildings, but I don’t get much

for me, a relaxation, and I want it to stay that

joy out of photographing shiny new buildings.

way.

I like accidentally sculptural things, textural

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All photos ÂŠ Ben Jones

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“untitled” © robots on film

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“untitled” © kevin hsia

“bridge to coventry” © adele m reed

“path” © tortugagod* “no through traffic” © mike murray

“mlhllddrv” © baron humbert von gikkingen “beacon” © lillian wilkie

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“london (2010)” © alexander williamson

“untitled” © paul

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“the right track” © stiaan schoeman

“slipway i” © sofaville*

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“seaford” © szopa 72

“alley” © paul pearson 73

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skylines 75

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amy wal issue

featured photographer

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Télégramme speaks to:

amy walters

Amy Walters is freelance illustrator based in London, in the UK. Both her photography and her graphic design work have simple, strong themes. Who or what inspires you? Mundane everyday

me the little spark of instant gratification as well

things inspire me to make them into art. I like

as the fun of developing the idea beyond that

surprising people by creating art from things that

first doodle.

are so familiar they blend into the background, like a can of drink or a mailbox, people respond

What kit do you use? Photography wise

to it because it’s so familiar, they just hadn’t

I use a Nikon DSLR, currently a D7000 and

really thought about it.

the amazing Fujifilm X100 which I adore both looking at and taking pictures with. I also use

Do you prefer to illustrate or take photos?

my iPhone as sort of a photo diary.

That’s a tough one! It’s sort of apples and I love the immediacy of digital

Illustration wise, I have an absolute cavalcade

photography, that instant gratification, the art is

of pens and pencils that I am constantly trying,

created in the blink of an eye. But I also love

but it always comes back to a very simple 0.7

taking the time to create an image from scratch,

mechanical pencil and a Pilot Fineliner. Most

that I see in my head, or seeing an idea evolve

of my work is then scanned and coloured and

into something that I hadn’t thought of through

textured in Photoshop or Illustrator.

oranges.

a happy accident. I also really enjoy the happy conjoining of both mediums that I get using

What’s your favourite thing to draw? That

something like Instagram.

varies wildly. I usually get fixated on doodling the same thing over and over for months on

I’ll draw a little doodle in my sketch book and

end... bottles, glasses, smiling kids faces, bugs..

snap it on my iPhone through Instagram, when

it’s hard to pinpoint one thing!

I get a little flood of comments and likes it gives

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What’s your favourite thing to photograph? I guess I covered this in the first question! What are your plans for the future? I’ve got so many plans, reams of lists of things I want to

[twitter] @amyalisha [web] http://www.amywalters.com [blog] http://amyalisha.blogspot.co.uk [email] hello@amywalters.com

create, so I’m just working my way through that. Hopefully a lot more greeting cards coming up, some more fabric design is on the cards too.

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