“Your first 1,000 photographs are your worst.”
Who is your favorite photographer? The person you draw inspiration from, whose art you are trying to model or analyze, whose career leaves you simply in awe, and pushes you to grind harder day by day. Did that person change the way you perceive photography? We asked 4 Los Angeles photographers who was their inspiration for the craft.
The full interview is available of YOUTUBE. For your convenience, here is the transcript of it as well.
Zuzanna @the_zuz : Some of my favorite photographers are Rodney Smith, and he did this one picture of a lady with a gigantic hat in between the bushes. It was a beautiful fashion shot. And I think I saved that image just the first time I started photography, and I thought to myself that if one day I can actually repeat that, or do something in this style, it’s all worth it.
Arthur @ace_style : I decided to do photography because of inspiration of photographers such as Max Thompson, Bad Boy, and I decided to pick up the camera on my own and try to create something similar to their style, and create my own work in my own style.
Sana Nodelman @sana.nodelman: Obviously it’s like Mary Christine and stuff, but the one of my favorite photographer is Alexander Neumann, Neumann, Neumann. And I like Mois No Mois. Yeah.
Alex Harper @alexgharper : Oh my god, how much time do you have, honestly? There are so many people that I follow on Instagram who inspire me every day. People like Eris Jerome I really like. Or Rosie Matheson who lives … I hope I’m saying that right, she lives in the U.K., her film work, her medium format work is incredible. Every time I go to her page, I’m like, just excited by the work that she’s producing.
Alex Harper @alexgharper : But, honestly, the list could go on. I mean there’s people who’s names I don’t know, but their pictures I know, and every time I see their picture, I’m like, I knew it was them, like I knew that was their work. But then my friends inspire me every day. Seeing them grind and seeing them be inspired by other things inspires me to keep going and keep focusing on what I’m doing instead of watching another episode of TV or Netflix or whatever it is.
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