Today we had an industry lecture with photographer Rui Faria. Rui Faria is a photographer, director of photography agency Areia and editor in chief of VOLT magazine. Rui Faria was born in Portugal but started his photography career in New York. He has had two covers for VOLT magazine and believes that 'there is only one sun so there should only be one shadow.
He enjoys shooting close-ups, especially eyes and lips. He enjoys shooting beauty, and shoots more beauty than fashion now because there is more money in beauty. Beauty allows him to be more creative as fashion photography mainly focuses more on the clothing rather than the creativity.
Rui Faria has shot for:
- The Guardian
- A lipstick company called Lipcote
- The make up store
- American express (with very expensive jewellery)
- Harrods
- Specsavers
He told us a bit about his magazine VOLT. It comes in a plastic polly bag and has no bind, all the pages are loose. He sees each page as a 'poster'. The concept that each page can be stuck on a wall.
He also gave us some advice on internships and what makes the perfect intern. He said 'No matter how talented you are, assist someone'. He also mentioned these great points:
- Try to identify what you like
- Be someones assistant, send a CV with a formal email or letter
- Be independent and have your own style
- An intern is someone who knows what they want
- An intern has a clear sense of direction
- An intern applies their skills to everything they do
- They are punctual and friendly.
When asked if he could work with anyone he said 'No one. Don't idolise anybody, anyone that I would have loved to work with are all dead'.
After Rui Faria's talk I felt very inspired. He was such a humble and talented man and his talents and skills really showed through his enthusiasm about his work and talking about photography.
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| All images taken from Areia.com |
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