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DARKIS THENEW
LIGHT
AN INTERVIEW WITH ED WILD
t wasn’t until he left university that Ed Wild first consid- Iered a career as a cinematographer, but looking back
there are signs that offer tantalising hints of the career he would eventually pursue. “I come from a very visual and creative family,” he explains, “and I think what I do stems
from my upbringing, really. If you come from a family full of artists you’re often sent on a creative path.”
For Wild, that creativity initially found its expression in stills photography.
“Oh yeah,” he laughs. “I had huge stains on the floor from where I spilt the chemicals we used to develop them. I saved up for my first camera when I was 10, an old Olym- pus which was my first proper SLR. But I couldn’t afford to shoot many rolls of films so I used to spend a lot of time working out what to take pictures of. I loved it but never dreamed that it could actually turn into a job.”
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