Category: Interviews

Two Way Lens: Tema Stauffer

Tema Stauffer

MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field? TS I sp…

Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2010/02/tema-stauffer.html

I was fascinated with stories and was determined to invent my own path. Among some of my early fantasies of what I might be when I grew up were a writer, an artist and the leader of a motorcycle gang.

My mother enrolled me in my first photography class at an art center while I was in high school. I took pictures of my friends in fields and cemeteries and jumped out of the car with my camera for the right stranger on the street – someone who looked as restless as I felt.

February 11, 2010
Through Their Lens: Michael Mullady – CALIBER

Haiti has been like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. The things I’ve witnessed—I hope all of you reading this—will never have to go through. I’m still here at the moment, so it’s difficult for me to really understand everything. I think once I get home and have time to reflect, it will sink in and I’ll begin to fully comprehend what happened. It’s a horrific tragedy. When I first arrived, bodies lined the streets and the smell of death pierced the air. I immediately did what I came to do and began documenting my surroundings. It’s challenging, but I believe most photojournalists have to put up a shield when doing this kind of work. You become numb to what you’re seeing. It’s crazy to think about light and composition when you’re shooting dead bodies or being shot at in police/looter crossfire, but that’s the reality of what we do. What I’ve witnessed will be sure to haunt me. My work takes a huge emotional toll on me and that’s something I think most people don’t understand.

Link: Through Their Lens: Michael Mullady – CALIBER

February 8, 2010
An Interview with Tim Cothren: A TV Cameraman in Haiti – The Digital Journalist

I’ve worked in Haiti twice before, and have seen horrible things including the freshly bullet-riddled body of an anti-Aristide lawyer, mother of three, and someone whom I had spent days filming on a previous trip. But the scale of this destruction went way beyond anything photographs could capture. We traveled 50 miles south towards the epicenter following a caravan of refugees out of the city, just to find their village of Petite Goave in total ruins.

Link: An Interview with Tim Cothren: A TV Cameraman in Haiti – The Digital Journalist

February 7, 2010
The Visual Student » Working Abroad: Kathryn Cook

Kathryn Cook (b.1979) is a freelance photographer represented by Agence VU’ and Prospekt Fotografi in Italy. Kathryn grew up in New Mexico and studied Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Link: The Visual Student » Working Abroad: Kathryn Cook

February 7, 2010
Juxtapoz Magazine – Exclusive Interview with Day 19: Claire and Jeremy Weiss Part 1 | Features

Duo Claire and Jeremy Weiss have made an indelible mark on the world of photography with their personal portraiture and documentary work of musicians, celebrities, and friends. Chances are, if you’re a fan of David Lynch or Gnarls Barkley; Nylon or Elle Magazine, you’ve already seen their work. Juxtapoz contributor Isaac McKay-Randozzi sat down with the pair for an interesting chat.

Link: Juxtapoz Magazine – Exclusive Interview with Day 19: Claire and Jeremy Weiss Part 1 | Features

February 2, 2010
On Assignment: Deeper Into the Depths – Lens

On Assignment: Deeper Into the Depths

Ozier Muhammad hopes that the sight of so many orphaned children will move readers to adoption. Haiti, he says, is a long, long way from recovery.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/assignment-22/

Ozier Muhammad is one of the Times staff photographers covering the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. His was the memorable picture of desperate people at a food distribution site that ran at the top of the front page on Wednesday. (He was also among earliest contributors to Lens, with his narrated slide show, “Ozier Muhammad’s Harlem.”) On Tuesday evening, Mr. Muhammad spoke by telephone with James Estrin. The interview has been condensed somewhat and edited for clarity.

January 29, 2010
Showcase: This Isn’t Show Business – Daniel Morel on Haiti – Lens

Daniel Morel:

That’s when I’m off to the street. Oooh. I didn’t know where I was. People were crazy, moving up and down. Looked like bombardment from cruise missile.

People were panicked, really. They were all over the place. I started taking pictures. And I walk all the way to the end of the avenue. And I shot eight gigs of photos. I shot until the night.

Link: Showcase: This Isn’t Show Business – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

January 27, 2010
AMERICANSUBURB X: INTERVIEW: "In Camera: Juergen Teller"

Penny Martin, Editor, SHOWstudio: There is an image in your current exhibition at Modern Art where you and your wife are pictured standing either side of an estate car, much in the way that Mrs and Mrs Andrews stand in front of their country estate in the Gainsborough painting. Are you asserting yourself as the new society painter?

Juergen Teller: First of all, it’s not an estate car. It’s a Mercedes 500CL. It’s for me the perfect family portrait where I’ve put everything: the car, the wife and the kid. It’s a happy photograph. It’s my state of mind.

Link: AMERICANSUBURB X: INTERVIEW: “In Camera: Juergen Teller”

January 26, 2010
Bruce Davidson – Telegraph

Bruce Davidson

In 1957, Davidson starting working for Life Magazine and became a full-time member of Magnum in 1958.

via Telegraph.co.uk: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/7071459/Bruce-Davidson.html

What’s the greatest picture you didn’t take?
The birth of our first child, Jenny. I was too involved with new life to cheapen it with a camera click.

January 26, 2010
Interview: Lincoln Barbour/Photo Force

This week I talk to photographer Lincoln Barbour about a collective called Photo Force- five Portland photographers who came together to be “a force for good, helping worthy non-profits and companies tell their story in new ways”. The Force has just wrapped up a collaborative project with the Oregon Food Bank.

Link: Interview: Lincoln Barbour/Photo Force

January 21, 2010
Interview: Jeremy M. Lange – The War at Home | dvafoto

His recent project, “The War At Home” is a wide-ranging piece covering the Iraq and Afghanistan wars from the perspective of those in the US. Do yourself a favor, and spend some time on his site. I asked Lange if he’d be willing to share his perspective on “The War at Home”

Link: Interview: Jeremy M. Lange – The War at Home | dvafoto

January 20, 2010
Ed Kashi – Telegraph

Ed Kashi

Kashi is a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator. His award-winning work spans from high-end print photojournalism to experimental film.

via Telegraph.co.uk: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/7017938/Ed-Kashi.html

What’s the greatest picture you didn’t take?
There are too many, so I choose not to dwell upon the near and far misses. Suffice it to say, like life itself, photography provides a limitless set of possibilities and we have a limited capacity to take advantage of them.

January 18, 2010
On Assignment: Where Is the Help? – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com

On Assignment: Where Is the Help?

Damon Winter asks the same question that is constantly asked of him. Viewers are cautioned that this slide show includes very disturbing images.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/assignment-20/

Damon Winter has been in Port-au-Prince since Wednesday. James Estrin spoke with him at 12:30 p.m. Sunday by satellite phone.

January 17, 2010
Two Way Lens: Russ Martin

Russ Martin

MW What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field? RM I gre…

Link: http://2waylens.blogspot.com/2010/01/russ-martin.html

Since the beginning, I have loved everything about photography. I especially remember looking through my camera at everything. Though I didn’t make pictures a lot of the time, I just liked how things looked through a lens. I also liked composing images and visually played around frequently. That love of images is still present. Today though, I don’t photograph everything. I work on one project, usually involving one subject, over a long period of time.

January 14, 2010
Through Their Lens: Isaac McKay-Randozzi – CALIBER

I don’t remember how I first met Isaac McKay-Randozzi, but it feels like it was a very long time ago. Mentally, I associate him with: film, black/white, and skateboarding.

Link: Through Their Lens: Isaac McKay-Randozzi – CALIBER

January 8, 2010
too much chocolate: Bertrand Fleuret

This week, Mårten Lange interviews Bertrand Fleuret.

Bertrand Fleuret is a photographer living in Berlin. He has published two books, The Risk of an Early Spring (Artimo, 2004) and Landmasses and Railways (J&L Books, 2009).

Link: Weel 46: Bertrand Fleuret

January 6, 2010
Juxtapoz Magazine – Exclusive Interview: Blek le Rat on Homelessness

“As the temperature in London plummets, my thoughts turn to the homeless who have to endure below freezing conditions out on the streets,” reports Helen Soteriou. “I knew Blek Le Rat is an artist passionate about highlighting this issue, so I contacted him to ask a few questions.”

Link: Juxtapoz Magazine – Exclusive Interview: Blek le Rat on Homelessness | Features

January 4, 2010
Ilan Godfrey Living With Crime | Verbal.

Ilan Godfrey’s projects about life in South Africa took my interest recently, partly due to how close to home they were for me.

His ‘Living With Crime‘ project looked at victims of crime in South Africa, who have suffered a horrendous ordeal or lost a loved one due to violent crime.

Link: Ilan Godfrey Living With Crime | Verbal.

January 4, 2010
Juxtapoz Magazine – Alex Prager enjoys a month-long Week-end

Alex Prager harnesses solar energy. Face her smile and feel it — sunshine at point blank range. Your eyes will continue working though, and for the better too, as it happens with her photography. That luminosity is inescapable. You’re not avoiding it anyway. You’re called to the siren song, despite the silence, for even the nocturnal pieces of Week-end kindle.

Link: Juxtapoz Magazine – Alex Prager enjoys a month-long Week-end | Features

December 27, 2009
The Visual Student » Powering A Nation: UNC at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill won gold in the Large Group Multimedia Project in the College Photographer of the Year Competition. The project, called Powering A Nation, is a News21 project. UNC also won silver, bronze and the award of excellence in the same category. Ashley Zammitt and Sara Peach were both involved in the project.

Link: The Visual Student » Powering A Nation: UNC at Chapel Hill

December 20, 2009