WHO? Hi, I’m Hazel Hankin. A native New Yorker, I lived in Brooklyn most of my life and now live in Jackson Heights, Queens. I’ve enjoyed a long career in photography and teaching.
Interviews
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.
Interview with Dennis Church
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.
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.
Interview with Md Enamul Kabir
WHO? I am Md. Enamul Kabir from Bangladesh. I grew up in a town called Kotchandpur. It’s a small but beautiful town. ork in the capital city, Dhaka.
Interview with Diana Cuautle
WHO? A curious Bronx native Chicana that has her heart, head and eyes on the same axis.
Interview with Enrico Marcus Essl
WHO? Hello, my name is Enrico Markus Essl and I was born in Linz, Austria. I grew up in Salzburg and I currently I live and work in Linz. I am a self-taught photographer; I have been photographing since my youth, and enjoyed photography as an elective subject in school. My first camera was a Russian Zenit SLR which I bought at the age of 12 with my pocket money.
Interview with Dante Sisofo
WHO? My name is Dante Sisofo. I am 25 years old and from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My passion for photography began in 2016 when I was studying photography in University.
Interview with Michael Raines
WHO? Hello, I’m Michael Raines, a photographer recently relocated to Portland, Oregon from Los Angeles. My photos often focus on candid moments out in the world, and domestic life, in and out of my house, elevating the ordinary day-to-day humdrum aspects of living with vivid-color, surrealism, humor and playfulness.