WHO? I’m a person who didn’t always want to be a photographer. Although I do have an early memory of being given a camera by my mother to photograph a school outing, I can’t really remember using a camera for anything else until I was almost thirty years old. At that time a friend showed me the work of some well known photographers, and also introduced me to camera fundamentals and the darkroom.
Interview with Valérie Six
WHO? I was born in the North of France but spent my teens in the Paris region and currently live in the Bordeaux surroundings.
Although our family tree shows an evident taste and aptitude for the arts across the generations, they were never encouraged or considered as a ‘real’ profession. Surprisingly, it was only recently that I learned that my great-grandfather, whose track we had lost, was both a talented photographer (transforming his pictures into paintings-like images) and the first flutist of the Paris Opera.
David Gibson on the Outerfocus Podcast
David Gibson interviewed by Ian Weldon on the Outerfocus Podcast. You can find the podcast here or on your favorite podcast app.
Interview with Dan Ziskie
WHO? I grew up in Detroit where I had an uncle who was a musician and who also ran a camera store. One day he gave me a Brownie camera which I still have, and he would come to our house and he and my father would film hours of family events, when small film cameras were becoming available to everyone. I suppose that was the first seed of my interest in photography.
Interview with Sachin Chauhan
WHO? I was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, in the year 1997. When I was just six months old my family moved to Gurgaon, Haryana, where I’ve been living since. It has only been about four years since I’ve been into photography. Coming from a lower middle class family, photography as a career was unthinkable, let alone purchasing a camera. I think that’s the reason I really understood the value of photography, and emotionally connected with it. I purchased my first camera when I was in the first year of college, studying journalism and mass communication, it was a point and shoot.
Shin Noguchi on Arctribe
Shin Noguchi’s project “The World the Children Made” featured on Arctribe. See the full article here.
Interview with Ken Walton
WHO? I hate this part. I’m a 5th-generation Californian, a resident of San Francisco, and the father of an 11 year-old daughter. I’m one of those people who is lousy at most things and fairly good at a few. I was really good at driving a taxi, which paid poorly, and really lousy at practicing law, which paid fairly well. I ended up starting software companies, which fell into the sweet spot. My last venture was a video game start-up that grew quickly and attracted the attention of a global conglomerate called Electronic Arts, which bought it. Alas, I was lousy at working for a global conglomerate, and soon found myself unemployed, depressed, and sitting on my couch.
Dirty Harrry’s Instagram Selections
Selected images from Charalampos Kydonakis‘ April 2020 Instagram takeover.
Interview with Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet
WHO? I am a freelance photographer based in New York City. I was born and raised in Thailand. Three years ago, I left Thailand to study at the International Center of Photography in New York City. Studying at ICP opened my eyes to another level of understanding myself. Now I try my best to achieve my goal as a photographer.
Matt Stuart on the Candela Podcast
Matt Stuart interview with Alan Schaller and Christopher Hooton on the Candela Podcast. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app.