Introducing the collective: 

Adrian

Adrian Storey is a freelance video producer, cameraman, editor, animator, photographer, WordPress developer and recovering ex-pat who recently returned to the UK after a 30 year absence, the last 10 of which were spent in Tokyo.

Interview

Where are you based?

I’m currently based in St Ives, Cambs, near where I grew up, after a 30 year absence living in Thailand, India, Nepal and Tokyo.

In a nutshell, what’s your creative experience, skill set and responsibilities?

I started out as a photographer before transitioning into video about 20 years ago. These days I’m mostly a documentary director of photographer, editor and occasional motion graphic artist and WordPress developer who spends a lot of time wrestling with CSS and usually winning.

Who’s your creative hero?

There isn’t really one, but English video artist Chris Cunningham and his work with the Aphex Twin and Bjork, Michel Gondry’s music video stuff. The writers Richard Brautigan and Douglas Coupland. The photographer Gregory Colbert. I could go on! I find I’m inspired by so many people and I love the cross pollination that occurs – music inspiring photographic practise or passages from books that inspire visual approaches to camera shots.

If your personality had a theme song what would it be?

Stupid cliché but it would have to be Sid Viscous singing “My Way”. Does that even need an explanation?

What is a recent project you’ve worked on that you’re particularly proud of, and why?

For Slade Design I really enjoyed building the Fox & Cat site. Taking the design and making it work was challenging and rewarding. I fought with CSS and won :)

What do you love to do outside of work?

Travel, ride my motorbike, write & learn things. I think it’s been a good day if I either earned some money or learnt something, then it wasn’t a waste.

What would you be if you weren’t working in your current job?

Honestly I have no idea, doing creative things has been my whole adult life. I’ve never had a traditional full time job in my life. If it all went away, I’d go and be a Buddhist monk living in a cave.