• In 1-2 words, what do you shoot?
Documentary/ Portraits
• What’s your weapon of choice?
5D mark II and a film camera point and shoot
• Where is your favorite place on earth?
In a city
• What would be your replacement Hobby/Profession if photography was dead?
If photography were dead I would still take pictures. Someone has to document the death of photography. It may as well be me
• Dave Chappelle or David LaChapelle?
Dave
• What do you favor:
B&W or Color? Color
Film or Digital? Film
Studio or Location? Location
Night or Day? Day (dusk)
Portrait or Landscape? Portrait
Spike Lee or Spike Jonze? Spike
• What is your most treasured possession?
My negs
• Favorite photo book and/or Favorite movie?
Photo book: William Klein’s New York
Movie: Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 (the original)
• Photographer/s that inspire you?
My old friend Michael Schmelling. William Klein. Bruce Gilden. Eugene Richards. Boris Mikhailov.
• Advice for the younglings out there looking through their first viewfinder?
Take as many pictures as possible. Document your life. And, what might not seem very interesting now, could be fascinating in 20 years.
• What’s the story behind the photo below?
This was a frightening day with rapper DMX. This is X smoking a J before we went drunk driving at 145MPH away from the cops on Miami’s I-95 South
• Any future projects or travels?
I have been working on a project with an unsigned skate-punk band from East New York called Cerebral Ballzy. We are putting out a ‘zine style book with a cassette tape of one of their shows (cassette with only first hundred copies sold however)
• Where can we see more of your work?
In magazines or on my website www.salacuse.com
• In 1 word, last thing you’d say if time stopped right NOW?
Aw fuck
Photo courtesy of the artist "Matthew Salacuse"
Thank you
T2
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