About a year ago, when we were all stuck inside, I met up with Cam Fraser and Sean Ryan and gave them one of my little point-and-shoot cameras, along with three rolls of Kodak TRI-X. I'd heard Cam was making a video with some of my favourite people, and they were sneaking out and doing a whole lot more than what I was up to at the time. I said something along the lines of, “Shoot some photos and in a couple of months, let's see what you come up with - maybe we could do an article on your video.”
Six months later, I got the first two rolls back, and I knew we were onto something special. It's pretty hard to condense everything into a handful of pages, but here are some of my favourite things I shot during the making of the video, alongside a chat with Cam about his motivation for the project. Keep your eyes peeled for Arcadia.
“I AM VIRTUALLY THE ONLY PERSON FILMING FOR THIS BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE STILL STUPID ENOUGH TO USE A VX IN SYDNEY.”
Hey, Cam. How old are you and where are you from?
I'm 22 years old and I'm from Sydney.
What's the deal with this video? Who's in it?
Corey Young, Dean Palmer, Sean Ryan, Karl Dorman and Jae Overton.
The video has been nicknamed “The Nerd Video”. Why are you guys the nerds?
I mean just look at us [laughs]. I'm in my fourth year of uni, and both Sean and Dean are Sydney Uni alumni. I
