Will.I.Am
Author: Louise Haywood-Schiefer
One Sunday evening recently I was sat down watching a repeat of ‘The Voice’ on T.V and I thought to myself, I would love to photograph Will.I.Am.
I think he has a really expressive and charismatic demeanour so thought it would be fun to spend time with him.
As if by magic, the following day I received a glorious email from the Art Director at The Big Issue asking me if I was free to photograph the man himself that week. Well I almost choked on my sandwich, then felt sick, and then started spasmodically hitting my keyboard and wooping in delight until I realised I was about to send back an unprofessional reply of random characters; note to self, one must remain cool at all times in business, even whilst sat at home.
So the following Friday I found myself in a tiny, yet full of people, room doing my first ever fist-bump with Will.I.Am and discussing Cows, Robots and Wizards.
I was pleased to discover that he is as charismatic and interesting in person as he appears on screen and is able to talk incessantly even whilst suffering with a bronchial infection.
Although the shoot was disappointingly swift (after the interview I was left with a mere 4 minutes before his next one), I still frantically managed to get some nice close ups and couldn’t resist pulling back to include those wonderful sparkly shoes!
Next week I am going to spend all my time watching Ryan Gosling films and thinking about how interesting his face is and how great he would be to photograph…
Hi Louise
Thank you for a lovely piece and great photos. Glad you like the Bunker.
Best wishes
Susan
Susan Morris, Trustee
The Natural Death Centre Charity,
Registered Charity No: 1091396
http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk
The Natural Death Centre is an educational charity which sees death as a natural part of life. Founded in 1991, it is committed to supporting cultural change and is working towards a situation where all people are empowered in the process of dying, and organising a funeral.
Hi Louise
Thank you for a lovely piece and great photos. Glad you like the Bunker.
Best wishes
Susan Morris, Trustee
The Natural Death Centre Charity,
Registered Charity No: 1091396
http://www.naturaldeath.org.uk
The Natural Death Centre is an educational charity which sees death as a natural part of life. Founded in 1991, it is committed to supporting cultural change and is working towards a situation where all people are empowered in the process of dying, and organising a funeral.