Photo artist interview #25 - Nguan

• In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?

Strangers.

• What’s your weapon of choice?

Fuji GW690III.

• Where is your favorite place on earth?

NYC.

• Why do you take pictures?

To describe what it’s like to be alive in our time.

• What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?

I would prefer to lay with photography in everlasting rest.

• Sleep, Eat, Sleepwalk while eating?

Sleep.

• What do you favor:

B&W or Color ? Color.

Film or Digital ? Film, for the moment.

Studio or Location? Location.

Night or Day? Day.

Portrait or Landscape? I think of them the same way.

Captain Hero or Cartman? Cartman!

• What is your most treasured possession?

My negatives.

• Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?

Hysteric 16: Shoji Ueda.

• Photographer/s that inspire you?

Shigeo Gocho, a Japanese photographer best known for his book “Self and Others.” Gocho suffered a spinal caries when he was 3. Although he survived, he was left with a condition that was extremely painful and stunted his growth. Two years before his death at age 36, he published “Familiar Street Scenes,” a book of gorgeous color street photos, all of which were shot from a distinctly low angle because he was only as tall as a child. His intense curiosity is palpable in these pictures and his determination to engage the streets with his camera in spite of his physical afflictions is extremely moving.

• Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?

Natural light is beautiful.

• What’s the story behind the photo below?

This picture was taken outside Tiananmen Square a couple of hours before the opening ceremony of last year’s Olympics in Beijing.

• Any future projects or travels?

I want to put together my first book.

• Where can we see more of your work?

www.nguan.tv

• In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?

NOOOOOOOOO…



Photo courtesy of the artist "Nguan"

Thank you

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