Dickies Commissioned a Photographer to Shoot with an 8×10 Camera
The clothing brand Dickies wanted to celebrate its 50th anniversary of their signature pair of trousers, so they commissioned George Muncey to take a series of portraits on his 8×10 large format camera.
For the shoot, Muncey used people who actually wear the trousers rather than “typical models you’d see in a magazine.” It’s this that gave his shoot a much more realistic feel.
He wanted to capture the stars of his shots in their “natural habitat,” as well as against a more typical white background to round things off.
A number of his images suffered a “weird light leak,” and that happened simply from a flash putting too much pressure on the film slide holders, leaking some light onto the film itself. It looks kinda’ like a spotlight beaming up at the model from the edge of a catwalk.
The camera makes a satisfying click, rather than the thud of a mirror that most of us are used to thanks to DSLR cameras.
Over the three days of shooting, Muncey worked with a crew to bring the whole thing together. No doubt it requires quite a bit of manpower lugging around the massive 8×10 camera and all the slides.
You can find more of Muncey’s work on his website.
Image credits: Photographs by George Muncey/Dickies and used with permission