*fineart-photography Interview!

I am very pleased and excited to share with you an interview with =intao.


Interview by


=intao



How long have you been taking images?

2 decades

How were you introduced into Photography?

I worked at an art book store stocking and inventorying books- I became fascinated with the huge photo selection of books and poured over them - By the end of that job (2 years )I think I new just about every major photographer out there dead or alive. I began serious work after that- my first camera was a Diana Camera I bought after looking at the work of Nancy Rexroth.

What camera do you use?

a Diana camera - Holga - Polaroid 660 - a canon digital rebel- and I carried a nikon point and shoot( until I dropped it too many times) in my top pocket always and everywhere 24/7 (you never know whats going to happen next.)

What is your favourite type of Photography and why?

I lean towards landscape work but my interest is very wide. I love to capture the fleeting moment or see work by others who have taken on this challenge-(fog torrential rain seascapes wind blizzards 20 below zero-here I am at home)

Do you have a reason for producing your images? To tell a story, produce a scene, or is it just the desire to create?

Mostly just the desire to create but specifically to photograph something as nothing (or nothing as something.) I do wish to convey a sense of remembrance or nostalgia in the viewers mind, a connection however subtle it is to the image.

Where do you find your inspiration?

I am not sure. I guess from inside. I do have a collection of hundreds of Sotheby's catelogues of painting auctions and I look at these endlessly so I suppose I would have to say inspiration for 18th and 19th century Painting.

Is there anyone on Deviantart who has had a strong influence on your work? How and/or why?

I am not sure where admiration ends and influence begins so I will note some DA photographers I adore
^equivoque *andrewfphoto *artbrut *BaddogLtd ~ESafian *ilsilenzio *Rasauq =sundreaming =Slopjockey this is not a comprehensive list- I could go on and on.

Do you have any handy tips for Photographers on Deviantart?

Technically I am so random abstract that I won't even begin to lead people astray but I would say the study of art history and particularly the history of photography reaps incredible benefits- I recommend the Getty's image bank.
Thanks so much for having me on your show ! Intao

Thank you for kindly providing the *fineart-photography community an insight into you and your work.