Yvette Meltzer: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Russ Rowland: It happened very slowly and very late in my life. I worked in PR and one of my accounts was a camera company. They gave me a little digital camera and
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Mick Stetson: For me, it was a long, circuitous route. At first, I had a passion for music, especially writing music. However, it was very difficult for me to perform live. I don’t
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? David Barreiro: I had always had great interest in art, so much that finally I decided to leave my studies in computer engineering to study art. Between the disciplines I decided to take
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Ellen Jacob: When I was 12, I traveled cross-country with my Kodak instamatic. When I returned home, my mother said, “Your pictures are better than anyone your age.” Given that competitive encouragement, my
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you both first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Ioana Cîrlig: I went to film school and when I was 20 I got a job as staff photographer for a newspaper. I was interested in photojournalism and after a while became
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Houston Cofield: I first picked up a camera in high school when I chose to be on the newspaper staff. My parents wanted me to do an “extra curricular” activity since I was
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Jason Houston: I have done photography as along as I can remember. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t see the world through the possibility of making a photograph. And I don’t
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Tammy Mercure: I happened into photography. I started at Columbia College studying arts management as an undergrad. My third semester I took photography. The arts management major required taking a few photography, film, or art classes
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Kevin Griffin: Photography has been in my family for four generations. I remember as a child trawling through my grandfathers many contact sheets and prints. He was a reconnaissance photographer in the Royal Air
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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Andrzej Maciejewski: I guess the reason for starting photography was a mix of teenage boredom, lack of TV and overall lack of everything in Poland where I grew up. Me, and my friends
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