Melissa O’Shaughnessy

Interview with Seda Bikan Toksöz

WHO? Hi. I am Seda Bikan Toksöz. I was born in İstanbul, where I grew up and still live. I have been interested in photography for about four years.

WHO? At a very early age I experienced vast open spaces, driving trucks, tractors and heavy machinery on my parents’ Iowa farm. In addition, my academic background includes sociological and psychological sciences. So, when I bought a camera on a whim, these indelible experiences informed my budding improvisational social commentary as a street photographer.

Matt Stuart on “The Nearest Truth” Podcast

Brad Feuerhelm interviews Matt Stuart on “The Nearest Truth” podcast. You can listen to their in-depth conversation here.

Interview with Conway Chung

WHO? My name is Conway Chung. I am an Asian American, born and raised in New York City. I live in Brooklyn and work in Manhattan. I picked up photography as a hobby in 2015 by taking photographs of friends and family. In 2018, I met a couple of photographers around the Bryant Park area and observed how they made candid photographs of people on the busy streets. After looking at these photographers’ work on their social media and websites, I became fascinated with the street photography genre.

Interview with Valeria Tofanelli

WHO? I am Valeria, born and raised in Rome, with the love for photography inherited from my father who first made me know some technical aspects, and then I continued as self-taught from 2016 to today. I started photographing to escape from the routine, without having a specific idea in mind of what to photograph.