This was on ITV 3 in May, where David Suchet went around taking some shots as taken by his grandfather, many years later. His grandfather was James Jarche. David Suchet showed us lots of the original negatives, the main one I remember was an image of a man in Berlin which used only available light. He mainly took people shots. David Suchet had never done an assignment shoot before this programme.
He talked about using a Leica as it is good for stories. He talked about layouts - starting top left to bottom right to show the story. He also talked a lot about how stories differ from single images. He followed the stories his grandfather took, he went and found the places, found out the history and talked to locals to try and recreate the images.
Mining was still going on in one area of North Wales, he followed miners who work in one of the mines his grandfather photographed. This part of the show really highlighted the power of images to help us remember things, he showed locals the images his grandfather had taken and this sent them down memory lane and he heard so many stories. He also showed us images from Libya and went to the Imperial War Museum archives. He talked about how it felt as he took Army images of a 'fake war;' feeling removed as he took photos, and said it was odd that he was taking photos as there was shooting all around him and people potentially being killed.
He went to the Senetaph to recreate an image for the Weekly Illustrated and also took lots of backstage images in a theatre. He showed us colour images from 1944 at a show 'Lilac Domingo.' the images were incredibly sharp. He also talked about 'being invisible' and how this is the best way for a photographer to be.
His exhibition at the end was amazing and really consolidated what must have been an amazing personal journey.
He talked about using a Leica as it is good for stories. He talked about layouts - starting top left to bottom right to show the story. He also talked a lot about how stories differ from single images. He followed the stories his grandfather took, he went and found the places, found out the history and talked to locals to try and recreate the images.
Mining was still going on in one area of North Wales, he followed miners who work in one of the mines his grandfather photographed. This part of the show really highlighted the power of images to help us remember things, he showed locals the images his grandfather had taken and this sent them down memory lane and he heard so many stories. He also showed us images from Libya and went to the Imperial War Museum archives. He talked about how it felt as he took Army images of a 'fake war;' feeling removed as he took photos, and said it was odd that he was taking photos as there was shooting all around him and people potentially being killed.
He went to the Senetaph to recreate an image for the Weekly Illustrated and also took lots of backstage images in a theatre. He showed us colour images from 1944 at a show 'Lilac Domingo.' the images were incredibly sharp. He also talked about 'being invisible' and how this is the best way for a photographer to be.
His exhibition at the end was amazing and really consolidated what must have been an amazing personal journey.
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