MARK FORRER Introduce yourself ? Hey, im Mark Forrer, a 21 year old photographer and videographer from Manchester.
How did you get into photography, and what is it you love so much about it ? As everybody does, I started taking photos when I was a young teenager. I used to borrow my mums old point and shoot film camera and take it to gigs, get down the front early and snap away. It wasn't until I was in University that I decided to buy an SLR on a whim and started shooting local bands. I soon began to start shooting larger shows for an online magazine for free and it progressed form there. I cant explain why I love photography, its just something I enjoy doing and getting paid to do it just makes the experience even more fulfilling!
Who would you love to take photos of that you have not already, and why ? As far as bands go, id love to photograph Incubus. They're one of my favourite bands and one of the first 'rock' bands I got into.
You recently took pictures at the Architects tour, how was this experience ? Absolutely amazing. I love being on tour and visiting places I don't usually get to see and being able to do it for work was a lot of fun. I didn't know any of the bands on the tour before I joined it but everyone was so nice and friendly it made getting the photos I needed for my brief easy and enjoyable. Ive definitely come away with some new pals! The show at Koko in London was probably the highlight for everyone that tour. Its an amazing venue that id never had the pleasure of visiting before and Architects invited me on stage to take a photo of them with the 1400 strong crowd going crazy behind them. Its not very often you get to take photos like that! An amazing experience!
At the end of August you took pictures at the massive Leeds Festival, and how fun was this? and what bands were the most fun to work with? Leeds Festival is always a lot of fun! Ive been going there since I was a teenager so to be able to photograph there is definitely an honour, there are always so many amazing bands playing. You Me At Six are always a lot of fun to work with, ive known them for a good few years now and so I was allowed stage access to shoot them from side of stage. Its always nice to get a different angle and see things from the bands point of view!