Timothy McGurr: The 13th Witness | Hypebeast

We’ve covered your stop motion work, more specifically with Nike, how did those projects come about?

My friend Julien Cahn from Nike. I’d done a photo shoot for Nike with him in Paris and a year later the video opportunity came along.

It seems like quite an extensive process, how long did it take to complete each video? and what was the process like?

Each video took quite a bit of time, they were all made using still images. I believe the Nike 5 video was almost 3,000 stills. It’s a daunting task, but the end result is worth it, I’ve done it so many times now that it’s become second nature. The only thing that holds me back these days are CPU speeds.

Whats your weapon of choice when to it comes to photography?

Well, I don’t own a real camera if you can believe it. I have a point and shoot G9 that I do most of my day to day with. For most of my nicer images or big jobs, I either rent or borrow a camera from someone, mostly a Canon 5D + Canon G9.

I’m waiting to get my hands on that new 5D Mark 2, people are gonna be in serious trouble when I get my hands on that fucker. Seriously, you heard it here first…trouble.

What are your thoughts on post-processing photographs?

That’s where the magic happens, not always though, a good photo is a good photo. I like to take an image and make it into it’s own piece of art. People shoot photos, but I like to shoot photos and turn them into art, ya dig?

Although my style is constantly evolving, my older work was very colorful and super saturated but lately I’ve toned it down a lot. I think all of my photo colors and vibes are based off my inner mood. I also like to explore by trial and error, I live my life and learn my life by it.