In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?
America
What’s your weapon of choice?
Mamiya 645 Pro with an 80mm portrait lens.
Where is your favorite place on earth?
San Francisco/Salamanca
What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?
I've been doing some curating recently and I'm definitely very psyched about that.
Swimming with sharks or toiling with alligators?
Gators
What do you favor:
B&W or Color? Color
Film or Digital? Film
Studio or Location? Location
Night or Day? Day
Portrait or Landscape? Portrait
Dark Wing Duck or robot chicken? Dark Wing
What is your most treasured possession?
Probably my camera, also my photo book and record collections.
Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?
Well Alec Soth's Sleeping By The Mississippi is my favorite photo book of all time but some recent acquisitions that I can't stop looking at are Daido Moriyama's Record. 10, Wakaba Nada's Making A Map, Ron Jude's Postcards. Wolfgang Tillmans' Kunsthale Zurich, and Morad Bouchakour's little self titled book.
Favorite movie is a toss up between True Romance, The Professional, and Rushmore.
Photographer/s that inspire you?
I would say Alec Soth is my main influence in both style and the way I think about photos. I've been reading through the book Image Makers, Image Takersrecently and I love this quote from him "You need to find your own voice, as corny as it sounds. I do have that feeling that you need to know the tradition and find your little voice in that tradition in order to bring a little glimmer of newness to it." I feel like that is what I go for, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, I work with my influences to find my own way in the overarching photographic tradition.
Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?
Look at as much work as possible, go to shows, museums, buy books, immerse yourself in photography.
What’s the story behind the photo below?
While I was going cross country with some friends last summer we were driving through Oklahoma and looking for a place to camp for the night. We entered Foss State Park and pulled right up to J.D. and J.R. They were really excited about the '62 VW Bug we were trailing with us and we ended up hanging out and drinking beer around the campfire all night with them. The next morning I took this portrait of them and I couldn't have been more excited with the results when I got the negatives back. It's a very important picture for me, it will always remind me of that time.
Any future projects or travels?
I'm starting a new project on my days off of work, I'm just going to start driving upstate with no real destination, stopping to take pictures when I feel that inspiration in my gut. I also just started a new publishing company called Long Tom Books, the first release will be the catalogue for my good friend Chibi Lai's exhibition "We Come From The Land The Land of The Ice and Snow" at Broadway Gallery in NYC which I had the pleasure to curate. Check out work from the project at www.chibilai.com and email me (cpresha@gmail.com) if your interested in a copy of the catalogue.
Where can we see more of your work?
Check out http://www.coreypresha.net/
for the most up to date portfolios, I haven't switched it over to coreypresha.net yet but you can still check out that site as well, its just outdated. I also run the blog Eyes of Artists which you can see at http://eyesofartists.wordpress.com and look at for a Long Tom Books site in the near future.
In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?
WhatALongStrangeTripItsBeen
Photo courtesy of the artist "Corey Presha"
Thank you
T2
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