McVirnEtienne
Therecessionhasleftamark,rather
than a commercial scar, on McVirn
Etienne.
He admits: “I don’t think anyone is
well known enough in this game to
avoid taking a hit in this recession.
The ‘super heavyweights’ have
droppedpricesandsotheyarenow
picking up some of the jobs that
someone at the same stage of the
foodchainasmyselfmightpickup.
Andthephotographerslowerdownin
thepeckingordernowfindtheyare
workingforvirtuallynothing.”
He confesses: “In hard times I will
accommodate people’s purses
wherever I can – but I won’t allow
anyonetotakemefora‘budgetride’.
It’sstrange.LastweekIfoundmyself
doingahalfdayshootwithavalueof
£12,000. Twenty four hours later I
committed to a job that earned me
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Lindqvist
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Machastakenportraitsofsomebig
names–buthesaysthefunniestever
shootwastheonehedidwithRicky
Gervais.
“Iwassupposedtogetanhourwith
him” he smiles, “But the first forty
minutes were spent laughing our
headsoff. EventuallyIgottheshotI
wantedwithaHomerSimpsonimage
behindhim.IputuponeBowenslight
with some black foil round it – and
shot.”
When I bumped into Ricky weeks
laterhesaidithadbeenagreatshoot
forhimbecauseithadbeenpainless.
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InterviewbyTrevorLansdown
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