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Araf

After many evenings in the pub, a few months of planning, one day of shooting and many more weeks of editing and procrastinating we have finally released Araf to public.

Araf is a short film in collaboration with Andrew Telling and Robin Friend.

I was drawn to the photographs from Robin’s Belly of the Whale series. We were both taught by landscape photographer Jem Southam who would describe how he would trek to remote locations but would only take a photograph unless the conditions were exactly right and would return many times until they were. I felt that Robin’s pictures showed the same consideration and passion. We discussed this with Robin and he suggested that we document his continuing Slaughter House series. When he described the remote location it sounded an ideal way to depict the effort and dedication that goes into photographing his images.

Andy background lies in film making and music. We first met on a long trip down to Exeter. Our friendship has evolved in time along with our creative careers. Andy came to me with the idea of collaborating on a short film. I have always been heavily influenced by film and cinematography and it made sense to take on my first project with someone with experience and great ideas. In the last few years Andy has produced several beautiful short films on street artists around the world. Documenting the artist through the process of creating work in often difficult situations and remote locations. I have always felt the process is as important as the finished article and Robin’s work seem to fit perfectly. 

Click on the image to view Araf.

Araf

Thanks to Bryony and Rob at itsnicethat.com for featuring Robin’s work and our film. You can find out more about Robin’s series here - 

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/robin-friend-slaughterhouse

Many thanks to Owain Brown for his help down the mine too.

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