Blog 4 O. Makers Pitches – Photo Reportage

A series of blogs written about the 2021 edition of  O. festival which found itself operating as a hybrid festival due to COVID restrictions.

O. photographers captured some of the Makers Pitches recently, some taking place in WORM space, Precious. Even though no one sees it, festival life, of sorts, goes on. These representations – what would have normally been presented as  “behind the screen” documentary  – are, in these strange times, reversed. This IS O. festival as we currently know it.

Photograph of a seated man in a workspace - with kitchen - during a photoshoot. The man's chair is on a carpet in the middle of a concrete floor with boom mics and stands around him. Another man stands some way behind the seated man. Document of the Makers Pitches at the 2021 O. Festival.
A woman seated, with her feet on a white rug surrounded by mics and stands laughs in a theatre space with patterned dark grey and white carpet . A man sat some distance from her also laughs. Document of the Makers Pitches at the 2021 O. Festival.
A photoshoot with stands flash umbrella, and eth back of a grey haired man with top knot and hoodie. Across from him another man with a green short laughs behind a camera. Document of the Makers Pitches at the 2021 O. Festival.
A seated man surrounded by camera and mic stands looks away from the lens, out of the window. Document of the Makers Pitches at the 2021 O. Festival.
A view from above of a woman seated, with her feet on a white rug surrounded by mics and stands in a theatre space with patterned dark grey and white carpet . Document of the Makers Pitches at the 2021 O. Festival.