Ep 029: Amir Hamja
"You need to have a sense of understanding how close you should be, not too close that you’re intruding her space...Mentally, you’re making sure you’re not crossing that line."
Ep 028: Heami Lee
“It’s important for the photo to lead into something. It’s the beginning that extends, not a beginning that is cut short…Even in a simple moment like this, I feel like I wanna know more.“
Ep 027: Mary Frey
“That democratic lighting…It just reveals everything, reveals more than we could ever see or understand, reveals it in a way that makes it important.”
Ep 026: Caroline Tompkins
“There’s something that drew me to doing it, something I knew I had to work through. Maybe I see the photograph as this opportunity to walk through the fire.”
Welcome to Season Two
Ep 025: Chris Buck
“It’s a bit of a seduction to go somewhere vulnerable and awkward but maybe somewhere thrilling and exciting that will end up being quite beautiful and telling as well.”
Ep 024: Jingyu Lin
“I’ve learned to take my time. They gave us three hours…and I used every single minute of it.”
Ep 023: Pat Martin
“In an artistic way of speaking, I can say that I was trying to take the first and last photo that I might take of him.”
Ep 022: Josefina Santos
“This is new to me. This is special to me… But as I’ve worked on it, I’ve also found my place within all these images and where I belong as well.”
Ep 021: Valerie Chiang
“I feel like I never photograph the actual person in my photo. I always create a character for them… They’re not who they are.”
Ep 020: Maximilian Virgili
“Tables and glassware and plates and food are always a combination of so many interesting things for me in terms of emotion, graphics, colors and textures.”
Ep 019: Elizabeth Weinberg
“In a planned photo, everything is going to be perfect, and I don’t believe in perfection. Wabi-sabi, I want everything to feel a little weird and off-kilter and natural.”
Ep 018: Justin J. Wee
“It’s a photo about ‘You should buy all of the items in this gift guide,’ but…if a queer person was to flick through this magazine, maybe they would look at those bodies and be like, ‘Oh, I know.’ “
Ep 017: Alexander Saladrigas
“She forgot about everything that’s happening in the world, and she’s just flying this kite… It feels like she does this on a daily basis.”
Ep 016: Gioncarlo Valentine
“I wanted her to be centered… I love the power in her face. It almost looks like she’s quietly bragging about her family. I love that so much.”
Ep 015: Natalie Keyssar
“Simplified narratives draw oversimplified conclusions, and real life is really messy, and I want the narrative to be messy.”
Ep 014: Todd Cole
“It’s there from the beginning for all of us. We just have to trust ourselves and try to open up and operate from a little bit of our unconscious.”
Ep 013: Kennedi Carter
“Moments like these, you wouldn’t walk around and see it on the street, and you wouldn’t do it with just anyone.”
Ep 012: Heather Hazzan
“Go for it. Look stupid. Look silly. Look ugly. We’ll probably end up somewhere really special.”
Ep 011: Jake Michaels
“I’m not a constant shooter, but I’m a constant viewer. When I’m photographing this experience, it’s about being prepared for the shot, but also being engaged.”