“I aim for a high-end aesthetic.”
ADAM GOODISON When 28-year-old fashion photographer
I come from a fairly inexperienced background
Adam Goodison moved on from
with no formal training or studying in
assisting Nick Knight to undertake his first
photography. I have no comparison against
commissioned shoot, he was greeted by the
what may or may not be taught in a formal
self-doubt and concern known to haunt all
environment but I’ve always felt that you
young creatives. Now, Adam has grown
can teach anybody how to use a camera,
more accepting of the challenges that
yet you can’t teach somebody to be a
fashion photography presents, and he
photographer: these two things are very
explores compelling concepts through a
separate to me. After having made a few
range of vibrant and diverse photographic
short films at university, I originally came
projects. Our enlightening interview with
to London in a disillusioned, hedonist
the artist unveils his thought processes as
mindset, wanting to walk into being a
well as the secrets behind his quirky yet
director or something – but I quickly learned
high-end approach to fashion photography.
film was a very rigid, almost military industry which completely turned me off; photography seemed to offer some release from this
Tell us a bit about yourself; who is Adam
whilst basing itself on very similar principles.
Goodison? I learned all I know about how to create an I am a London-based conceptual fashion
image through working with various
photographer, working across different me-
photographers, before taking a full-time
diums like collage, video, illustration
position with Nick Knight. Since moving
and 3D.
on from assisting and first discovering fashion photography, I would say I’ve
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Tell us about your background, your
grown to appreciate how difficult it is to
experience and how you have grown since
create an image, a coherent story that
you first discovered fashion photography.
communicates something that may not >