While reviewing the work online for one of our featured photographers in Issue #111, Jena Love, I immediately recalled one of her images. Love’s self-portrait is included in F-Stop Magazine Issue #106. It made me smile. As a parent, I could easily relate to the scene she presents. Her self-portrait dovetails nicely into the
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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? Olya Pegova: I took up photography not so long ago, about four years ago. Now it seems to me that I wanted to do it all my life, but for some reason I
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Chung-Wai Wong’s project, So Long Hong Kong, So Long, captures the enhanced sense of powerlessness and loss of hope in Hong Kong at a time of transition, discovery and reflection. Wong’s work is amongst the featured artists in this issue’s ‘Portfolio’ exhibition, and we had the opportunity to explore ideas behind his heartfelt farewell to
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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? Debe Arlook: You know the board game, LIFE? I loved getting the artist career but knew it came along with the starving artist tagline. My Dad always had cameras with him, documenting family
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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? Camille Mazier: My parents always surrounded me with art books and took me to exhibitions. They were both teachers, and very interested in images, their meanings, and how we can create an image.
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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? Ela Kurowska: I am a photographer and a scientist. Before I started my adventure with camera, I worked for over 20 years as a biochemist with a PhD degree, doing research at university
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Michael Young’s work in his ‘Hidden Glances’ series is a visual exploration of his past and present. The viewer literally, and metaphorically, is viewing overlapping layers of time and identity placed into a single new plane of existence. What if we all could fold time and reflect upon who we were and who we’ve become?
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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? Vanni Pandolfi: I can’t explain why. It was a magnetic encounter. It all began when as a child I found a disposable plastic film camera as a gift with a box of chocolate.
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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? Sunik Kim: I started photography later than others. I grew up interested in car racing rather than art. So I had spent a lot of time on the racing track in my early
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