Photo artist interview #36 - NORMA CORDOVA

• In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?

People, and landscapes.

• What’s your weapon of choice?

Currently, I’ve fallen back in love with my 35mm canon EOS Elan7, so 35mm these days, but I do love my old school crown graphic 4x5 field camera.

• Where is your favorite place on earth?

There are so many, kaui, paris, istanbul…no particular order.

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

drawing

• Swimming with sharks or toiling with alligators?

Swimming with sharks, but I’d be in a cage☺

• What do you favor:

B&W or Color ? I love color, but B&W rocks! Whichever serves the purpose for my vision.

Film or Digital ? I stopped comparing, they’re totally different beasts.

Studio or Location? Location

Night or Day? Dusk.

Portrait or Landscape? Currently, paper negative portraits, but you have to love a beautiful landscape

Dark Wing Duck or robot chicken? Robot chicken☺

• What is your most treasured possession?

My trigger happy finger…

• Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?

any guy bourdin photo book, “Falkland road: prostitutes of Bombay,” and so many others;
movies “amores perros” “the shining,” “space odyssey 2001,” “manhunter,” and the list goes on…

• Photographer/s that inspire you?

annie leibovitz, mary ellen mark, nan goldin, todd hido, ellen von unwerth, paolo roversi, guy bourdin and so many others.

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

keep on shooting even when you feel discouraged and definitely, learn the business end of photography. you won’t regret it!

• What’s the story behind the photo below?

Last couple of frames on my medium format camera. The sun had gone down, but I decided that I’d finish up the roll and viola, I got one of my favorite landscape shots.

• Any future projects or travels?

Future projects, hmmm, too many to share, but slowly working on old school paper negatives with my crown graphics 4x5 field camera and trying to finish up my “two weeks of rain” photo project, but it needs to rain more.

• Where can we see more of your work?

www.normacordova.com

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

Click!


Photo courtesy of the artist "Norma Cordova"

Thank you

T2