Face To Face Creative Portraits Hits Its Target

Now Onto Stretch Goals

Thanks to the support of Mark London at Mad Cave Studios, Face To Face Creative Portraits has sailed past its target, now on 132 per cent of what we were looking for. So now once we hit £3500 then our first stretch goal will be an extra spread in the book. If we hut £4500 then our second stretch goal will be two extra spreads in the book. If we get to £5500, then everyone who pledges will get an exclusive photo print…

Here’s the first of my write-ups on how I met some of the subjects in the book. My first one is about Alan Moore. I first interviewed him at his home town in Northampton back in 1999. Tripwire was in its earlier days and this was the biggest face to face interview I had done for the magazine. I went on to interview him a number of times afterwards and he was always a great subject to photograph. I took photos of him at several signings at Gosh in London well into the 2000s and 2010s.

In over thirty years as a professional journalist I have interviewed pretty much every mover and shaker in the worlds of comics, film, TV and genre. Also if I have been lucky enough to  do it face to face, I have always made sure I can capture them with one of my own photos. So I thought it was time to try and encapsulate this in a book. Face to Face features 50 subjects from the worlds of comics, film, TV, books and genre, offering a snapshot if you’ll pardon the pun of my career as a journalist and a photographer.
Shooting portraits sometimes with only a few minutes to do this at a press event or a convention rather than the comfort of a creator’s home or studio surroundings can be a challenge. For me creating a portrait is intended to be a piece that reflects the essence of the subject that I have shot and that is why I like to photograph people that I have interviewed as I already have a rapport with the subject.

Here’s where to pledge on the book

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tripwire100/face-to-face-0?