To celebrate the release of his new book, ‘Photo Breakdowns’, the Vogue contributor reveals the fascinating stories behind his best shots.
, a glossy, hardback treasure trove of some of the most memorable imagery he’s produced to date.
As for the irreverence evident in his work, he adds, it comes from not “putting people on pedestals and shooting them as celebrity gods. I don’t take it allseriously”. That is perhaps due to the rather unusual way in which Williams entered the world of entertainment photography. Aged six, he remembers a distant relative coming to visit him and his family at home and bringing a load of cameras. “I was immediately interested in the kit,” he recalls.
His time on the ground in volatile environments taught him to work quickly and trust his instincts in order to create dynamic, emotive images – lessons he still carries with him today. And as for his advice to young aspiring photographers? “You’ve got to have a point of view now and decide what it is that you do,” he asserts. “There’s no point saying, ‘Here’s my fine art, here’s my landscape, here’s my commercial, here’s my fashion.’ It’s not enough to be ‘a photographer’.
This was captured before there was any composure at all. What you see is absolutely raw unbridled emotion, relief, pride – she’s genuinely overwhelmed. And I think at events like this, it is very rare to see someone showing such raw emotion. If I’d waited for her to compose herself, this picture wouldn’t exist.
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