My name is Martin Szabo and I am commercial and portrait photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. I was recently doing volunteer work for a charity event in Vancouver and wanted to bring little twist and fun to the party. I ended up creating a photo booth to shoot portraits of people while their faces were being blasted by 240 mph wind coming from a leaf blower.
The whole idea was to capture unexpected reactions and showcase the subject’s individuality and personality in an unexpected moment. The project turned out to be a huge hit and since then I’ve been having lots of fun with this concept.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes video of the photo booth in action:
And here are some of the portraits I captured:
You can find a larger gallery of these photos here.
Editor’s note: Photographer Tadao Cern used the same concept for a viral series of photos back in 2012.
About the author: Martin Szabo is a commercial and portrait photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Visit his website here.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.