THE ART ISSUE
F O C U S O N P H O T O G R A P H Y
TAKESHI SUGA
Takeshi Suga (aka Sugar Crisp) is a Japanese-born photographer now living in Glasgow. He takes photographs for the Fence Collective, NME and himself and mixes digital photography with the use of analogue cameras such as the £45 Diana Mini First photograph you took? In the words of Henri Cartier-Bresson your fi rst 10,000 photos are your worst! Who inspires you? Japanese photographer, Kotori Kawashima. First assignment? To shoot Fence’s Away Game Festival on the Isle of Eigg for The Sunday Times. What was your fi rst camera? The Contax T3 which is an analogue point and shoot camera. I still use it occasionally. The other cameras I use are the Contax Aria, the Diana Mini and the Canon 5D Mark II. Any techniques that you use? Double exposures and anything that can render light atmosphere well. Favourite photography websites? Dazed Digital (dazeddigital.com) and British Journal of Photography (bjp-online.com). Favourite commission? I was commissioned by NME to shoot the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico. That was really exciting! Never had I dreamed about going there on assignment when I fi rst came to Scotland. ■ sugarcrisp.viewbook.com
22 THE LIST 29 Mar–26 Apr 2012