F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Zisis Kardianos: I started playing with a medium-format Lubitel camera that literally fell into my hands when I was about 15 years old. I later went on to study sociology, and that somehow
Read more

“I grew up with cameras around me, but it wasn’t until I came to Osaka in 2010 that I started to seriously think about using cameras as a form of expression. I decided then to go back shooting film using cheap point and shoot cameras that I could put in my pocket, to see if
Read more

Philippa Stannard – Portfolio, Side B “I am interested in the concept of space – how we inhabit it, how we occupy it, and how we interpret it.” Philippa Stannard addresses the idea of space, and how people can be viewed within various spaces. I asked her what compels her to make images photographically, and
Read more

GenderQueer – Intimate and Genuine Gender is a current topic of discussion and debate – politically, and socially. A political debate wages on in several states to decide who should use which restroom based on their assigned gender at birth, versus the gender with each person identifies themselves. Time Magazine’s cover story for March 27,
Read more

CB: What is the idea behind your ‘Mother’ portfolio?  JP: “Mother” is a deeply personal project and comes from a place of great pain and hurt. I didn’t set out to create this project; it just happened. My parents divorced when I was eight. It was a very bitter and traumatic divorce. It affected each family member very
Read more