We interviewed @Bartcelestino , the force behind our new campaigns for @childe_co and @childewilde , and received the most poignant, creative and poetic response that was an absolute pleasure for us to publish. Thank you Bart.
CE: Who are some of your inspiring peers or muses?
BC: All my heroes like musician Mark Hollis are dead. I’m not inspired by any photographers that’s for sure. I think we’ve done all we can do with the ‘fashion photography’ medium. Its just rehashing old ideas. The younger photographers should develop their identity and incorporate new ideas into their work, they should start with their memories. Otherwise they are just Xerox copies of their peers, lost in the vortex of politics. It gets boring very quickly. That's why I’m pushing what boundaries remain with ideas rather than a sharp focus. I'm more attached to the great ideas, how plants grow and elemental camouflage or composers, than anything to do with a photographer or what they do. In terms of muses though my wife, daughter, my history, memories and thoughts are my eternal muses.
More of this interview to come.