Face To Face Creative Portraits Is Just £656 Away From Its Second Stretch Goal

A British Original

Face To Face Creative Portraits has now hit its first stretch goal and is only £656 away from its second stretch goal. Here’s a look at another subject in the book, Brian Aldiss…

Brian Aldiss was a groundbreaking British sci-fi writer who with Michael Moorcock, James Sallis and JG Ballard ran the groundbreaking magazine New Worlds. His short story Super Toys Last All Summer Long was adapted into the film AI by director Steven Spielberg. I got to interview Aldiss at his house in Headington in Oxford and met him a few times. He was a fascinating subject and he had very distinctive features so he was always a pleasure to photograph although I didn’t photograph him many times.

Author Brian Aldiss (Heliconia‚ Super Toys Last All Summer Long, Frankenstein Unbound) at home in Headington in Oxford in May 2011

Author Brian Aldiss (Heliconia‚ Super Toys Last All Summer Long, Frankenstein Unbound) at home in Headington in Oxford in May 2011

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 and help us get to the second stretch goal, £4500, where we add a second brand new spread

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