The legendary still photographer talks movies, photos, and his adventures with Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise
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“One of the seats at the bar was kept for an old guy called Tommy – always sat there with his coat and his trilby hat, having a couple of pints after work. He asked me why I was there, why I wasn’t out with my mates and I told him my sob story about being rejected from MGM. He said ‘maybe I can give you a bit of wisdom some time’ and gave me his phone number. I went back to my job on the Monday morning, doing drafting work for a company that designed milk floats and supermarket shelving.
We need to jump forward somewhat here, because among James’ most fascinating stories are more recent adventures with Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise. James has worked with Spielberg on almost a dozen films, starting you might say at the deep end with 1993′s Schindler’s List. “On the first day, we were on the set of the concentration camp that had been built for the film, and Steven pulls me aside and says: ‘Wherever I go on this set, I’ve got 15 people following me.
There’s a lovely circularity too, as James cites the great photographer Robert Capa as one of his influences, and it was Capa’s famously damaged and blurry photos of the D-Day landings that inspired Spielberg’s direction of Saving Private Ryan, and which has gone on to influence pretty much every major war film since. “Capa stopped worrying about the technicalities” James says. “Is there dirt on the lens? Fine, leave it there.
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