publié le 06.04.2012
Portraits of Donovan King I made for the latest issue of Maisonneuve. This is their 10th anniversary issue and, as usual, it’s loaded with good reading and beautiful art. So BUY IT!
Maisonneuve went with the wide-angle portrait (last one) on a full page to illustrate the article. I explored different frames and angles, brightly lit and from the shadows but this one, I think, works well for the subject.
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
As for Donovan, he is an actor and an activist. He founded the Infringement Festival and Optative Theatrical Laboratories. He wrote an interesting thesis on revolutionary theatre, and just plain revolution, titled “A Critical Theory for Challenging Oppression and Spectacle”.
publié le 12.10.2010
Back in August Maisonneuve Magazine asked me to shoot a few portraits for an article in their fall issue.
As part of the article, which mentions various artists who took matters in their own hands when it came to the diffusion of their respective arts, I had the chance to meet Sebastian and Alex Cowan, two brothers who founded and managed the now closed Lab Synthèse. They have since went on to start the record label Arbutus. It was inspiring to meet and chat with the people involved in this article, they have a great frame of mind, if you want to be creative and achieve anything, don’t wait around for someone or something to come along, take chances and create your own opportunities.
The first two shots are some of my favorites with the third being the one that was selected to run in the issue.
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
© Patrick Alonso
If you like literature, arts and opinions and well written magazines (getting to be rare these days), you should definitely do yourself a favor and pickup a copy of the magazine.
Direct link to the article on Maisonneuve’s website.
