1. Can you tell us how you became interested in photography, and where you are from/if where you live has had a unique influence on your photography
– Since I was a kid illustrating my dreams was my passion and like most kids I was into drawing and painting and it was with these two skills that I tried to put on paper the things I’d see when asleep.
Then came one of my birthdays, when my dad gave me a camera and when a new way of expressing my dreams was also handed to me. Taking photographs made it all a lot easier for me to reproduce my dreams, because of its realism. And after learning how to use computer, I also had the ability of changing that reality. But still, I couldn’t fully make that reality my own, as dreams are in motion and not in still frames. And that’s why I’m trying to make videos these days.
And about impact from where I live, I can say yes of course, I believe the place in where an artist lives has the most influence on his/her works.
2. What other artists and art forms have influenced you and your work?
– I can’t be specific about this, lot’s of unknown artists have influenced me and I don’t even remember their names (nothing personal I’m just not good in remembering names) but I can say that Salvador Dali, Andre Breton, May Ray, Kay Sage, David Lynch, Jan Saudek and Denis Olivier has definitely the most influence on me.
3. Can you describe your current artistic process, habits, techniques you have formed?
– When I have a vision in my mind I try to write down some keywords and draw a very simple sketch of what I want it to become. Then I try to provide the things I need to achieve my goal and shoot the stock photos (or sometimes I search in my older photographs that I took without any specific Idea or plan.) that I may need to make the final picture. After providing the raw materials I begin to process the final step to reach what I had in mind. And I usually use Photoshop and Lightroom for post-processing.
4. Is storytelling important in your photography?
-Yes, Of course. But I believe I’m not the one who tells the story at all, It’s the photograph itself that tells it. Every viewer may get a complete different story from what I had in my mind.
5. What are some of your favorite books, poems, authors?
– Blindness by Jose Saramago, L’étranger by Albert Camus, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk,The Clown (Ansichten eines Clowns) by Heinrich Boll, Catcher In the Rye by J.D Salinger. I believe I love lots of other books that I can’t remember right now.
6. Can you put into words the way you have evolved over time as a photographer?
– Tough question, Since the evolution has a very slow pace it’s hard to tell the small changes over time for the one who is evolving, I believe it’s easier for other people who know me to answer this question.
7. Where do you turn for motivation and new sources of inspiration?
– Basically my Dreams, but sometimes in music, movies,books and other photographs.
8. Discuss the role of gallery showings, and community to your growth as an artist.
– Being in a good environment and creative community can push you forward and motivate you to work more and be more active. It’s hard to tell that if I’ve been influenced by people around me but I believe they definitely had affected me and my works even without me noticing it.
9. What do you think is more important for your craft, passion or dedication and can you elaborate on why?
– I think both passion and dedication are the same thing, and can’t exist without the other.
10. What is a project you are currently working on, and a project you hope to accomplish in your lifetime?
– I am currently on “stand-by mode”. I have written down some ideas for projects, and most of them are not even photography, I am working on video arts and animations now, but as I was busy finishing my undergraduate program, preparing my portfolio and applying for graduate studies I have put them on hold.Sports brands | Sneakers Nike