Interview: Nick Brandt

Directing is a frustrating business. Vast, precious tracts of your life, when in theory you are at your most creative and energetic, are consumed with projects that ultimately never see the light of day. You’re dependent on the money people to be able to create. And even if you’re fortunate enough to finally get that money, the compromises involved can take you a long way from your original vision. For so many in the film industry, you’re living for tomorrow, not in the present, unable to simply do what you are desperate to do: create.

Photography, however, allows you to just go out and create how you want, what you want, when you want. You’re answerable to no one. You’re in control of your creative life. Joy.