• In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?
Inspiration
• What’s your weapon of choice?
Canon 5D (OG)
• Where is your favorite place on earth?
The Philippines
• What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?
Cinematography
• Dave Chappelle or David LaChapelle?
Dave La Chapelle, Rize was a sick movie!
• What do you favor:
B&W or Color? – Both!
Film or Digital? Film!
Studio or Location? Location
Night or Day? Day
Portrait or Landscape? Portrait
Aliens or Predator? Aliens
• What is your most treasured possession?
This vintage sepia toned photograph of first wave immigrant Filipinos at the church I grew up in from the 1920s.
• Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?
Gordon Parks’ book Half Past Autumn! My favorite movie has to be Malcolm X who happened to be good friends with Gordon Parks.
• Photographer/s that inspire you?
Gordon Parks, Eduardo Masferre, Sebastiao Salgado, Anthony Remington, Jim Marshall, and Rick Rocamura.
• Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?
Find photos that inspire you and find out how the photographer took that shot! If your like me who hates reading instruction manuals, youtube has the best tips. Also, check out websites like www.canonforums.com
• What’s the story behind the photo below?
I was doing a behind the scenes photoshoot for director Gino Rocks who was shooting a video for Laroo the Hard Hitta. Little did I know that it was at DJ Q-Bert’s house! He was down for an impromptu photo shoot and saw the chessboard and the window light was hitting at the right time of day!
• Any future projects or travels?
My lifelong goal is to document Filipino culture. I get most inspired by capturing Filipinos doing “big thangs” because there was not man visible role models growing up that looked like me and I like to shed some light on those that are reppin’ for my people!
• Where can we see more of your work?
My website www.paulinolove.com
• In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?
“Shiett!!”
Photo courtesy of the artist "Paulino Love"
Thank you
T2
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