Photograffiti
← № 01 — ROSTER
Blurred figure passing graffiti tags at speed

Idris Vale

Verified

Montréal · Street

Night street with a borrowed edge — sodium light, direct flash, no assistant. If the frame needs a permit, it is the wrong frame.

Response < 8 h 51 shoots
Night portrait under a streetlamp, breath visible
PLATE 01 HP5 at 1600 · 28mm · sodium streetlight, no assistant
Model mid-laugh against a postered wall
PLATE 02 On-camera flash · Boulevard Saint-Laurent · one take
Figure alone at the end of a metro platform
PLATE 03 Metro platform · pushed two stops · handheld

Selected clients

  • Hiver
  • Ossuaire
  • Boulevard Records

In the bag

  • 28mm and a short lead — get closer
  • On-camera flash, bare
  • HP5 at 1600 lives in the coat pocket

Editor's notes

The campaign needed teeth. He gave us teeth.

— Sofia Marchetti, brand director, hiver

No van, no crew, no permits — and the best set of the season.

— Jonah Kim, stylist