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Brad Pitt's Life Is Larger Than Yours
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When Esquire magazine asked me to photograph Brad Pitt, I was very excited by the request and decided to create a world where he's is a photographer looking for his moment within and beyond mirrors, but with me photographing him. I tried to stay out of the mirrors. Not easy!
I gave him a vintage Canon F1 loaded with film. Nothing digital. Exposures were set on both his camera and mine and we started to shoot. It was very disorienting — all the shiny mirrors, one camera focused just on Brad, eventually hoping that there would be moments where the combined shootout would result in something memorable. For me it was a very exciting day and it ended with a shot of Brad on a custom-built motorbike from his collection. Enjoy the pictures.
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The camera is loaded and also happens to be one of Hasselblad's iconic square-formate V series, the last of which was discontinued this year.
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This is a collage of images from contact sheets taken from Brad's camera with a couple of frames that I shot as well. I think it makes a nice mix. You can see, in some images there is no escape from the mirrors. But he got some good shots.
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This is a raw contact sheet with some of the shots I liked. So exciting to look at contact sheets again!
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Another contact sheet from Brad Pitt's camera.
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I was really excited to see that during the chaos of the photography, the camera he was holding and clicking — there were real images there. It could have all gone wrong by just turning a little knob or dial. But there are some great selects.