WHO? I’m a photographer and process-oriented psychologist. I live and work in St. Petersburg, Russia. I have always loved the books of Arnold Mindell, and when I started getting into street photography, his book “Dreammaker’s Apprentice” was my favorite one. The name of the book perfectly mirrored how I felt when I wandered around with my camera, searching for I don’t know what.
Interviews
Interview with Latife Baudet
WHO? I was born in Germany to Turkish parents. We moved to Istanbul with my mother when I was 8. Once an adult, I lived in England and Romania on different occasions, and have been living in Paris, France the last 19 years. After having studied business administration and marketing I have been working at non photography related jobs throughout my professional life.
Interview with Franz Mangel
WHO? I am Franz Mangel. I am a German photographer. Born (1994) in Munich I briefly grew up in North Carolina and California before returning to a small village, far outside my birthplace, in the foothills of the Bavarian alps.
Interview with Ricardo Cases
WHO? I am a photographer who lives and works in Valencia, Spain. Trained in journalism and later as a member of the BlankPaper collective. I usually publish my work in the form of books and for some time I have been working with the Spanish publishing house Dalpine.
Interview with Isa Gelb
WHO? I was born and raised in Paris, France where I work as a graphic designer/artistic director. But I’m now living in the close suburbs. I am also the founder/curator/designer of Underdogs, a contemporary photography magazine that I started publishing in 2014.
Interview with Missy Prince
WHO? I am Missy Prince.
Interview with Matt Gomes
WHO? My name is Matt Gomes and I’m from San Jose, California. I’ve been taking pictures of my life, intimate spaces, the street, and various industrial spaces since about 2010. I’m a musician, father, sports fan, and industrial mechanic in my day to day life. I love lifting weights, drinking beer, and spending time with my loved ones.
Interview with Nicolas Portnoi
WHO? I’m Nicolas, or Nico to my friends, and I live in Paris, France. Photographically, I’m old school. I owe my first photographic emotions to Henri Cartier-Bresson and Martin Parr. Then came hundreds of others. I’d say my major influences at the moment are Lee Friedlander, Lars Tunbjork and Jason Eskenazi’s “Wonderland”, which is a bit like a bedside book.
Interview with Andreas Bleckmann
WHO? I was born 1960 in Münster, a sedate City in Westphalia Germany. My Parents owned a string of pharmacies and as the eldest child I was expected to take over the family business, but being the only punk in town, a disaster at school and later at business school, my doomed education didn’t bode well for my Father, who later took out large loans against the family home and business before abandoning the lot, including my mother, and leaving her with huge debts. The family lost everything. By this time, I had gone to New York where I was living in a former dance school with artists in Harlem 125th and Lexington, the exact spot where Lou Reed waited for his man.
Interview with Toby Binder
WHO? I grew up in a Swabian village in Germany but believe till today that something went wrong and I should have been born in Argentina – but this is where I ended up just many years later. As a teenager, I really only had football on my mind. It wasn’t until I studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Art that I got into photography.