Production Information: A one hour documentary for Fujilove by Tomasz Trzebiatowski and Jens Krauer about the celebrated photographer Damien Lovegrove. “In this revealing documentary, Jens uncovers a hidden side to this outwardly confident, charismatic photographer. We see Damien at his best shooting fashion on the streets of New York City and get his take on art and the life of a photographer.” (4k video)
Damien says: “We shot this video over one day in Brooklyn NY back in 2018. It was originally filmed by the Fujilove team for an ambitious project called Pholaborate. Unfortunately, Pholaborate didn’t survive, but I couldn’t let all this hard work go without getting an audience so with permission of Fujilove the complete video is now here for you to enjoy.”
Model: Denisa Strakova
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Great video! Very honest & truly inspiring. Enjoyed the BTS sections, please keep up the great work for a lot longer before you move to paintings. Hope to meet up with you again sometime soon.
All the best
Dave
Thanks Dave. I’ll be shooting stills for quite a bit of time yet ;)
Cheers, Damien.
Thanks for sharing this, Damien. I love the look of your photos and loved your e-book. The video was a great, and a revealing way to get to know you better. You, Neil Van Niekerk and Vincent Peters are my favourite living people photographers – how telling that both you and Neil had careers in television before becoming people photographers. I’ve had the pleasure of doing an excellent workshop with Neil: hopefully I will have the pleasure of getting across the pond to do one of your delicious looking workshops sometime soon once the world returns to something approaching normal. Keep up the great work! P.S. I also loved Peter Lindbergh’s work…
Hi Phil,
Thank you for your compliments. Praise indeed! You will always be welcome on one of my workshops in Europe or you can join me on an adventure next year in the deserts and ghost towns of California :) All the details are here https://lovegroveadventures.com/
Kindest regards,
Damien.
Thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you a little more Damien, your work has inspired me for a number of years and I now find myself looking for the opportunities when making an image.
Thank you for watching the movie and thanks for your inspiration mention. Regards, Damien.
Amazing video, Damien!! Thank you for sharing your passion and experience with us, this is really a big source of inspiration.
Best regards,
Nelson
Hi Nelson,
Thank you for your kind words, Stay inspired,
Damien.
Damien
I really love your approach to photography it’s refreshing and it inspires me to get out there, keep producing the content
Steve Piggott
Thank you, Stephen, I’ll keep shooting if guys like you keep appreciating it.
Kindeest regards,
Damien.
You know I see a lot of hotshot photographers that do some intriguing images but all too often they overshop them and I find it refreshing to see a photographer that just shoots it as it is and that is you Damien!…. More video’s on your new Scatterflash system please!! … Mine is on its way! :)
Hi Mike,
Thank you for your generous compliments. As soon as I can get out and shoot I’ll be doing more Scatterflash videos for sure. I’m all set up now to self film my BTS movies and I think it’s the way I’ll go.
Enjoy shooting with your Scatterflash :)
Kindest regards,
Damien.
Love your work, no photoshop no schnickschnack (I don’t know it in englisch ) it’s pure :) would love to go to a workshop from you but how I see you doesn’t come to Germany :( Germans photographer could learn a lot from you! Keep well and fit and good luck to become a painter, im sure you can do it but before please come to Germany, just one time
Lovely greetings from Berlin ❤️
Hi Missy,
Thank you for the wonderful compliments. I’m glad you like the simplicity of my work. I like to keep it real. I used to shoot transparency back in the last century and that set me up to realise the light, exposure and composition has to be spot-on in-camera. There was no Photoshop back then and we all had to learn the craft. I’m not saying Photoshop is a bad thing but integrity in a photograph is precious.
Germany has been one of my main workshop and event destinations. I’ve run street workshops in Hamburg, Berlin and Baden Baden. Boudoir workshops in Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin and Baden Baden, and Studio Lighting workshops in Munich. My series of one-day talks in Germany took me to Frankfurt, Cologne, Stuttgart, Munich and Hamburg.
I will be back in Munich at Radmila Kerl’s studio at some point soon for sure plus I’ll visit Switzerland again to run workshops at least once more in my life too.
What I have discovered in recent times is, if I travel to places that I find visually and culturally exciting it will attract other photographers. These workshops then become more like creative holidays and the level of fun and creativity goes right up. It’s really hard to be fabulously enthusiastic and creative when faced with grey so this has changed my destination list somewhat.
Seeing as you live in Berlin you might like to see some of my pictures from your city: https://www.prophotonut.com/2011/09/26/boudoir-in-berlin-70-monochrome-pictures/ I loved Berlin and having spent a week or so there I feel I have ticked it off my bucket list.
Kindest regards,
Damien.
LET’S DO IT………
Okay, you are on!
Look forward to hearing about the possibility of another adventure.
So nice to see a more personal portrait of you Damien! I have been on board with you since that first Natural light video, and through all the rest, and have joined you in Tuscany, and have learned so much that I have implemented into my own photography. Your positive personality, your know-how, and the way you handle people, is what is so inspiring to me, and probably to so many others. It’s been fun to follow your constant evolution as a photographer. Thanks for taking us with you on the ride! I look forward to what’s coming up next.
Thank you, Jan,
Super compliments indeed. It has indeed been a ride and I too look forward to the next chapter. My plans for 2021 include a road trip adventure through the deserts and ghost towns of California and Nevada plus another visit to our all-new Tuscany locations.
It would be wonderful to catch up again on a shoot/ workshop/ holiday/ adventure again.
Kindest regards,
Damien.
Excellent presentation Damien and thank you for making it available.
Cheers
Jay
Thank you Jay :)
Cheers, Damien.
I’ve had the pleasure of being in Damiens company for a few days here in Norway a few years ago, you will not meet a more down to earth bloke his energy and passion for his photograhy just rubs off on you. Your hooked!!!!
Love to hear his honesty, that’s what so attractive with him, no bullshit! get the job done and move on.
The man is quality and deserves all the praise and credit he gets. Chris.
Thank you Chris,
I have fond memories of our shoots and workshops in Norway. I’d love to come back in 2021 and catch up with you again. Thank you for your wonderful compliments.
Best regards,
Damien
Watched this x 3 times… will watch it again and again. Been following Damien for what seems like years. Amazing lighting technician and artist. Learned so much from his videos and training tutorials… Fabulous photographer! I cannot understand why he sometimes feels less than confident in his abilities.. I think it just shows his humility. For me, he is one of the Worlds true professionals. Fabulous :-))))
Hi Richard,
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You made my day, you really have.
Kindest regards,
Damien.
You never stop to inspire me Damien!!!
Thank you my friend!!
Thank you, Ioannis,
Your continued support is ever so welcome and needed.
Cheers, Damien.
Fascinating insight to your working, ideas, and thoughts. You never fail to inspire and enthuse me. Hearing you have moments of insecurities both astounds and reassures me.
Thank you Nicola,
I’m glad that sharing this has been beneficial. I must admit it was quite unnerving being laid bare in this way. Your kind words reassure me too.
On another note; I’ve got a desert adventure next year that I think you’d love ;) I’ll keep you in the loop.
Kindest regards,
Damien.
Great stuff ! Loved to see Denisa in your video. She is so good. Thanks to both of you !
Thank you Milan,
I’ve also shot with Denisa in Prague. Fabulous model, as you say.
Kindest regards,
Damien
Great and very personal Vid, beautiful quality as always, many tips and ideas, thank you for sharing mate
Thank you Fari :)
Thank you Damien for sharing generously your experience as a photographer and as a person. I was moved by the way you speak about photography so well intertwined with your inner thoughts, emotions and insights.
Best regards
Luiz
Thank you Luiz,
Your kind comments are truly appreciated.
Best regards, Damien.
Thank you so much. I’ve watched it twice already and will look again, I’m sure. It’s great watching a true master at work.
Who was the model, please?
Hi John,
Twice in one day – wow! Thank you for the compliments. The model is Denisa Strakova from Prague.
Thanks for sharing. loved it!
Thanks James :)
Damien, thank you for sharing these valuable and honest insights and having a look over your shoulders in this partly interview / partly documentary setup. Very nice!
Thank you paul for the appreciation and compliments.
Best regards,
Damien.
I thoroughly enjoyed this Damien . Lovely insight and nicely presented.
I’ve noticed before that you don’t appear to over shoot when you nail a shot, whereas many photographers would keep going just to see if a minor change in a pose might surprise as an option. They say pixels are free, or am I just a canny Scot ?
Thank you Dave,
Pixels are free but the time taken to sort them out is more valuable than diamonds. I’ve found far more enjoyment in life when I’ve been working fast and efficiently. The keepers/ day ratio is important for me to maintain my passion and drive to keep on keeping on.
I think it is time we went on another desert adventure.
I’ll keep you posted ;)
Kindest regards,
Damien
Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts, your emotions, your doubts with such humanity. I love and admire your work for a long time and tonight I can make a link between your pictures and the human guy who create so beautiful images. Thanks for this.
Thank you Laurent,
It was a nerve-wracking process being interviewed by Jens. He really knows how to pull the right/ wrong strings. I’m pleased with the integrity of the film. It would not have been something I could have published when I was at the height of my retail career. Brand image is something that stifles the truth. I’m glad you found it of value.
Best regards,
Damien
Hi Damien, What make are those stable lighting stands you were displaying on the video, they look ideal.
Hi Michael,
Those are Lastolite Jupiter stands. They are wide, lightweight and they go nice and high. They are really cheap too. Less than £40
Kind regards,
Damien.
Thank you so much for giving me inspiration and a fresh approach from your creative insights!
A true gift indeed!
Hi Lee,
You are welcome. Get out there and shoot. Pass on the passion.
Thank you,
Damien