Riptide Magazine

A Touch of Genius

Wednesday, 07 September 2011 19:09

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At this stage, TM's kept the content of his publication mostly under wraps. Here's a glimpse of what he's up to from his blog, trentmitchell.blogspot.com:

im pretty quiet at the moment with outside work so im using this free space and time to get back into why i like making stuff. ive been digging. lots. through all my film. Im gunna make a book of wave pictures with no words. words are silly in photo books. who needs em?

its been a really good experience so far. ive learnt alot about my personal work and how it has changed over the past 10yrs and how its still the same. most images i thought were great, are really crap. but then ive found pictures in these 1000's of slides that are diamonds in the rough. just little glimmers in the mess that is my film pile. so having said that i have to look at every single frame with a fresh eye. i just never know what will be in the next sleeve or mount. its a long process but its going to be worth it!

i think alot when im doing this stuff. sometimes im really decisive and can just chuck a whole roll in the bin, and other times i will dwell on the weirdest, technically crap image for 20 mins and see stuff i never saw before and keep it. these are often THE ones.

alot of the process of editing for me, is pretty emotional. not like i get upset or something … i mean, if the shot feels great im keeping it. i dont care if its not sharp. i dont care if there is a water drop where its not "ment" to be. the beauty of this whole silly little book making game is that i can do what ever the hell i want and choose images that i like. most people may hate what i like. but i have to sit here, and make decisions and im just rolling with how i feel. so this collection of pictures could end up all over the shop. i dont know … im just going to trust she will be fine and some one might buy the book or something.

im really excited by this though … its been something i have been wanting to create as a photographer, designer and an artist for over 10yrs and it feels fucking good to get it started. its a project im really going to loose myself in. get weird and make my pictures flow across pages how i want. its so fucking exciting!

ive gotten weird already. ive documented me in my mess.

better get back into it while ive still got a roll on …

trent.

Brace yourself folks, TM's new book is going to rock your world - look out for it on 11.11.11.