Loli Laboureau
"...my parents are anesthesiologists and they named me Dolores, which means ‘many pains’ in Spanish."
Final edit
Title: Today’s Saints
Featured: Personal project
Outtakes
Q&A
Give us some background on this project.
We were trying to get a gothic vibe inspired by religion and death but definitely pushing it away from the drama and transforming it into something a bit more pop and fun.
Why was the final edit selected over the outtakes?
The photograph chosen best presents the message we were trying to express.
Any cheeky moments during this project that you'd be willing to share?
Mike Amigorena was taking a selfie to see how he looked like and I started shooting. That’s when the final picture happened.
Shed some light on how you got involved in this career.
Since I was a little kid I was really into collecting National Geographic books while all my friends were into barbies or boys.
Where do you draw your inspiration from?
Mostly old movies and books. Sometimes the ideas come through my dreams.
What’s it like being on set with you?
Depends on the day. Hopefully, I would say fun but I can get pretty serious sometimes. However, the most important thing for me is making the model feel comfortable working around me.
Do you prefer a large or small team on set?
Small team 100%. I feel it turns out as a game that we are all able to explore.
Describe your ideal project.
I got excited just thinking about this. It would be photographing “The Simuladores”. They are a famous group of actors in Argentina who starred in a TV show from 2000 and I’m a huge fan of that show. It would be a dream come true for me to have those four men in the same room about to be photographed by me.
Express what your work means to you.
For me, photographers are magicians and photography is their magic trick. We can play with people’s illusions and realities and that’s what makes it so special and compelling.
Social media for artists… Give us your thoughts.
It's a really great combo. It mostly gives you exposure but as everything in life there’s two sides of the coin and the bad part is that there is plenty of copyright infringement.
Do you have any suggestions to budding artists?
Find a way to express your vision the best way possible. Learn new things every day and don’t be afraid to explore.
Anything else you'd like to share about you or your work?
Funny fact about myself: my parents are anaesthesiologists and they named me Dolores, which means ‘many pains’ in Spanish. I’m definitely a headache and a pain in the ass for a few people.
Why do you think it's important for outtakes to be featured?
Well, outtakes are pretty interesting. It gives you another vision or perspective of what was going on during the shoot. Hopefully, they encourage beginners to understand that to get to the perfect photo it takes patience and a lot of clicks lol.
What’s next for you?
Well, we are going through a difficult time in the world right now. I’ll try to find inspiration to photograph my way through all of this commotion.
Share a quote you live by.
"A Calm Sea does not Make a Skilled Sailor."
How can people follow your work?