“‘Brutus’ is an experimental body of work that turns the usual procedure of photography on its head, taking it to extremes. Our daily work is all about timing, and sometimes it’s a real challenge to bring all elements of an image together in the same place at the same time. It all starts with finding the perfect location where everything is just right. The background, the color, the floor, and the orientation of the location so you have the desired light at least once a day. This usually already determines the setting. Now you require talent, a stylist for the talent, and in our case as transportation photographers, we needed a car. All together in the same spot at the same perfect time.
For ‘Brutus’, we turned this upside down. We stripped the images we wanted to shoot down to their individual elements: background, floor, talent, styling and car. We photographed all elements right where they were positioned at the time they were available. So we photographed eleven backgrounds in eleven different locations in three different countries – Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal – at the perfect time for each location.
Then, we photographed a car in Munich and the talent in Rotterdam with outfits that were put together remotely by a stylist from Berlin. We captured different ground surfaces we thought were interesting wherever we found them. We made sure to photograph all elements for one final image from the same perspective so they would perfectly fit together.
In the end, we had four different photos for each motif. To illustrate our approach properly and take it to extremes again, we decided to print all four photos and arrange them physically. To do so, we cut out the elements very roughly so you could still see their original backgrounds and montaged them on top of one another at a distance to symbolize their spacial separation. The result: eleven exceptional images that challenge our usual visual perception.” – Marc and David.
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CREDITS
Production HOTEL REBEL
Styling PAUL MAXIMILIAN SCHLOSSER
Model JACK c/o BRODYBOOKINGS
Photographer MARC AND DAVID
About BRODYBOOKINGS
Markus Brodbeck aka Brody started casting for some directors in 1997. Good scouting and casting work made Brodycasting successful. Numerous clients and campaigns found their face with Brodycasting. In 2001 Brodymodels was founded to give special talents a home and open doors to international partners. Ever since, a few brodymodels made their way into the fashion business. A locationservice called Platzverweis in Stuttgart/Berlin offers attractive architecture for any production since 2002 and showcases in the publication of the IF Design awarded 40 Räume Stuttgart and 40 rooms Berlin. New labeled Brodybookings brings Brodycasting and Brodymodels back together and brings up a brand new artist department featuring longtime professionels and hottest new discoveries. Brody is heading the company and three more bookers are supported by 2 trainees and scouts. Platzverweis is lead by Alina Franke and one more trainee and when neeeded, some free lancers.