During their R&D for Eat Your Heart Out back in December, Kindle were taking inspiration from some of Caravaggio’s masterpieces. (Though that fact wasn’t mentioned to me when they invited me to take photographs for them in deepest darkest Digbeth.)

They voiced their appreciation for the light-and dark qualities of those documentary images and by accident or design, the Caravaggio theme ran on.

Now, avid fans of filmcafe will know all about the long-running collaborative relationship between filmcafe and Kindle Theatre… So, one night, over a leisurely glass of Kindle wine, they broached the idea of creating more faithful representations of Caravaggio’s to further focus and inform the development of Eat Your Hear Out.

Cut-to: Elywood Studios, on Wednesday the 29th of April 2009. Day. Interior. Dark.

In attendance: 4 Kindles, 5 candles, some home made costumes, some not so home made animal parts, Chris House, the 5DmkII and me.

Now, let me first stress, before allegations of my arrogance become rife, that I do not, in any way, shape, or form believe that by popping my shutter now and again, I am on a par with Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.  Admittedly, I have been known to feel like stabbing some people, but on the whole, me no Caravaggio.

Anyway, now that we’re all on the same page, I thought I’d share an image from our day with fans of the cafe… Hope you like it!

And put ‘Eat Your Heart Out’ in your diaries in heavy pencil for 28th Oct – 8th Nov ’09!