I've always felt like nothing brings people together like a common bond and love for one entity. ![]() There really was a lot to smile about thanks to the Oilers and their fans. As the old saying goes - don't be sad because it's over, smile because it happened. Fans of the Oilers from near, far and everywhere in between had a chance to jump on the victory train to the Western Conference Final. It was the kind of enjoyment that you cannot ever explain or understand until you live it. In fact, it was a blast being back in the hunt for the Stanley Cup. Turning greens into those olives, working with a lot of dark shadows.EDMONTON, AB - It was fun while it lasted. I think at that time, I was very into military-esque colours, all that camouflage stuff, so I started bring those tones into my photos. After that I started doing a lot of black and white, doing a lot of formal research, looking into other photographer's past and present and whatever. My photos used to be really over saturated, but then I fucking hated that look, ha. I think you're also quite lucky because already, your photos have a look of their own, that nice olive wash is very you. I'm really fortunate to be surrounded by so many good creative friends, so many people that have done good shit. He's just got so much personality and you can tell whenever you take a photo of him, he's great to photograph. Which of your friends is your favourite to photograph? There's photos of my friend locking his keys in his car and having to smash all of the windows to get them back. My friend took some photos during a trip we took a couple years ago, and I completely forgot about all the shit that happened. But when you get those little glimpses of photos looking back and it jolts you back to everything. Me and my friends take out cameras when we go away, and then get drunk the whole weekend, you know, no-one can remember anything. I can look back at the photos and it'll all just come back. I thought, "at least if I've got these photos-and the photos may not be good-it's still something I can look back on when I'm 30 or 50." You know, when I can't remember much from that time. That sort of turned me on to taking photos: realising that I would probably never come back to most of these countries again. I used to live in the UK for a few years when I was younger, and I was able to travel to Africa and the Middle East. I think regardless of whether anything happens with this, it's something I'll be doing for a very long time. ![]() I'm getting more in tune with it, collecting lots and lots of books recently.ĭo you wanna be an old man surrounded by cameras and books, stacks and stacks but none of them dusty? But that's progression I guess, and that's good. Even in the past eight months, some of the stuff I was stoked on then, I look at now as fucking rubbish. It's always scary sharing your work, right?ĭefinitely. I think it's always been a hard thing for me: coming to terms with the idea of saying "I take photos, and I am a photographer." I still don't really feel like I can do that justice in a way. That's how long I've been doing work I am actually happy with. VICE: When did you officially decide to be Alex, the photographer?Īlex: I'd been trying to take photos more formally since 2015, so a couple of years now, but looking back in my archives I would only say I've been "a photographer" for eight or so months.
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