giovedì 18 ottobre 2012

Who is the person behind the photos?



A passionate adventurer who gets bored easily.


How did you discover photography and what makes you keep on doing it?
 I started painting and discovered my interest in photography  whilst on my foundation course.



 Which artist would you like to work with?
David Hockney or Lucian Freud or maybe Ryan Mcginley.


Is there anything you want express with your works?
 Yes,  I hope to present my subjects fairly and for my images to create a connection between sitter and viewer.


 Is there anything you couldn’t live without?
 My camera and a roll of 120 film.


Tell us two bad habbits you would like not have
 Impatience beyond reason and inability to sit still.


 What do you expect from your photographic future?
Progression and learning.



Thanks to Laura Pannack

giovedì 4 ottobre 2012

Who is the person behind the photos?

A girl extremely insecure and complexed but sometimes also happy to be this. I love the bodies, male and female, the faces, perhaps because I have a bad relationship with my body and my face. Behind the camera there is also a girl with so many sources of inspiration trying to create a different atmosphere in each photo, when planning her sets and choose the models, of course.


How did you discover photography and what makes you keep on doing it?
My boyfriend has a passion for photography and three years ago he approached me to the world of photography, encouraging me to take pictures because, probably, he already believed in my abilities even though I took horrible photos. Now it's a bit better, I'm learning!


Which artist would you like to work with?
Among directors, I tell Giuseppe Tornatore because his films always inspire me a lot and it would be nice just to shake his hand.
Among the photographers, Ellen Von Unwerth, Steven Klein and other lesser-known but equally deserving as Himitsuhana, Salome Vorfas, Federica Erra, Pierluigi De Rubertis. Great artists and teachers, in my opinion.
Among musicians, I tell you "Il Genio", they inspire me so much and I have also met and photographed to a concert where I enjoyed so much.
There are so many artists and the list would be endless!


Is there anything you want express with your works?
Not anything in particular. I always say that I shoot to stimulate the imagination of the people who watch them. Sometimes there are specific things which emerge, sometimes there are various and undefined. Every person, in a work, sees what he wants to see.


  In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a photographer, and what differentiates it from a good photo taker?
Certainly not the expensive equipment (which is still important).
But, frankly, I don't know what is the recipe to make a good photographer. After knowing talented photographers and very different from each, I don't know what distinguishes one from the other.


Favorite websites?
Flickr, because is on that site I found many outstanding artists! I love it!


Do you expect anything from your photographic future?
I don't know what will happen, I hope the best. And I hope to travel!
Thank you so much!


martedì 2 ottobre 2012

October is William James Vincent Broadhurst


I am 20 years of age and live in Melbourne Australia. I started photography about 2 years ago when I found an old film camera at an op shop. I was determined to find out how it worked and this distracted me from school which I hated. i take photos because it makes me happy.

 Ho vent’anni e vivo a Melbourne, in Australia. Ho iniziato con la fotografia due anni fa, quando trovai una vecchia fotocamera analogica in un negozio dell’usato. Ero determinato a scoprire come funzionava e questo mi distrasse dalla scuola, che odiavo. Scatto foto perché mi rende felice.



I am a very nostalgic person and my bedroom is filled with photographs and objects from the 1960's and 70's and models such as Jean Shrimpton have always fascinated me. In my Photos I don't wish to say anything in particular. I want them to be honest and perhaps remind someone of their childhood or a happy moment in their lives. I have no interest in politics and how the world is run.

  Sono una persona molto nostalgica e la mia stanza è piena di fotografie e oggetti degli anni Sessanta e Settanta e modelle come jean Shrimpton mi hanno sempre affascinato. Nelle mie foto non desidero dire nulla di particolare. Voglio che siano oneste e magari che ricordino a qualcuno della loro infanzia o di un momento felice delle loro vite. Non ho interesse nella politica o nel modo in cui è governato il mondo.




In the future I just want to take photos of women.I believe that there is nothing more beautiful than the female form and this is something I have never been able to express in words or on paper. I hope to one day take photos that are more than just lots of grains and pixels and transcend the medium into something that is much more deeper.

 In futuro voglio fotografare solamente donne. Penso che non ci sia nulla di più bello della figura femminile e questo è qualcosa che non sono mai riuscito ad esprimere nelle parole o sulla carta. Spero che un giorno riuscirò a scattare foto che sono qualcosa di più di un sacco di grana e pixel e a trascendere il mezzo in qualcosa che è molto più profondo.


 
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