The past few weeks have been a strange one as we’ve retreated indoors. For photographers who ordinarily depend on the outside world and its myriad different things and people to capture, what sort of things have been inspiring them from the safety of their computer or mobile phone screens? SLEEK’s creative editor Marta Wilkosz reached out to some our of favourite photographers and SLEEK contributors—Andrew Nuding, Fumi Nagasaka, Rebekah Campbell and Felicity Ingram—to send us three screenshots of what’s currently on their mind, what they’re drawn to and where they are at inspiration-wise at the moment. Here’s what they sent.
Andrew Nuding
"1. An image I saw by Czeslaw Siegieda on a BJP newsletter. This image is really striking to me. The huddle that the children are enjoying is such a familiar formation that feels already so alien and unnatural. 2. An image from designer Roisin Pierce. Roisin is an amazing Irish designer, we met at art school in Dublin and were both exhibiting at 2019 Hyeres Festival. I'm a big admirer of her work and we had planned to do a project together in early March that I was really looking forward to, but of course that had to be put on hold for now. I've been using this time to continue to develop the concept from the shoot and get more inspired for when we can eventually get shooting together. 3. Suds—I always screenshot ideas with different textures and shapes that I think I could work into a concept in the future."
"The only screenshots I have are other people’s posts on Instagram. All those images are my inspirations—and my recent inspirations are related to this crisis."
"Here, we have a few snippets of my mind this week after twenty-five days in quarantine. Film stills, copious amounts of Facetime calls, and asking Google what it means to have the same nightmare as a friend on the same night."
"1. Beautiful imagery by Chief Creative Officer and photographer for Chantelle, Renaud Cambuzat. 2. Inspiration for a film project I’m shooting later this year. 3. Pinterest board to inspire my plant decorating for 2020, bringing the outside inside during lockdown."