• In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?
Therefore I am
• What’s your weapon of choice?
Mamiya RZ67 with a Phase One digital back. And a giant mug of anemic over-sugared tea.
• Where is your favorite place on earth?
The studio
• What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?
Ninja. Or working on how to bring photography back from the dead. Realistically, I’d probably be a child psychologist/some sort of counselor.
• Swimming with sharks or toiling with alligators?
Swimming with sharks. If I could bring a camera and some models with me.
• What do you favor:
B&W or Color? Colour
Film or Digital? That’s impossible
Studio or Location? Studio
Night or Day? I’m awake pretty much 24/7 but my mind comes alive at night
Portrait or Landscape? Portrait
Dave Lee Roth or Sammy Hagar? John McClane
• What is your most treasured possession?
My mind
• Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?
That’s a tough one, I love so many movies, but my favorite would have to be The Lion King. I’m a Disney whore. I also love anything twisted with fantasy and macabre humour.
• Photographer/s that inspire you?
Erwin Olaf, he’s incredible. And anyone who has determination to make their visions reality.
• Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?
Look before you click. And just keep doing it. And smile at the same time. If you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong.
• What’s the story behind the photo below?
Hmmm. A lot of my work has a narrative behind it, but there’s not so much of a story behind this one. More the fact that I was given some latex to shoot on a model that loved to put her limbs in impossible positions, and I wanted to ensure that I captured the essence of the makeup, hair, wardrobe, pose and the models face all in the one image, with use of lighting and a set that would enhance, but not detract from all the components.
Although that sounds quite boring now. Let’s say she’s travelled from the future and fallen from a wormhole down onto my set and landed in a perfectly aesthetically pleasing pose.
• Any future projects or travels?
There are always countless ideas swarming inside my head. I have a permanent infestation of ideas.
• Where can we see more of your work?
You can check out my work at…
www.catherine-day.com
www.modelmayhem.com/catherineday
I also have a book available here http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/755320
And a cheaper (smaller) version here http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/911152
What a shameless plug!
• In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?
Tea?
Photo courtesy of the artist "Catherine Day"
Thank you
T2
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