Tag: PHOTOGRAPHY
Q&A: TREVOR TRAYNOR| PHOTOGRAPHER
by CHRIS GROSSO on Jul.10, 2009, under TREVOR TRAYNOR
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING ART?
All my life. if ART is the expression of human creative skill, then I’d like to think that most of us express ourselves creatively one way or another. My public ART form is photography. I Shoot Everything.
HOW DID YOU BREAK INTO THE INDUSTRY?
My Family are creative thinkers, Individuals, with that my photographic art form was born. I fine tuned it with some schooling, persistence, and practice. Hip Hop culture has always been a part of my life. I Started shooting friends and emcee’s that my older brother Shel Shock was producing for… Dres, Casual, Vast Aire, AG, etc..
WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS?
Vicente Fernandez
Bjork
Mike Patton
Malex1
Louis Armstrong
Mos Def
Tricky
De La Soul
Sum Majere
Q & A: BRIAN MCCARTY| PHOTOGRAPHER
by CHRIS GROSSO on May.20, 2009, under BRIAN MCCARTY
When and how did you realize McCarty Photoworks was the path for you?
Honestly, having my own studio was always the path. It just took a few years of working for various companies to build my confidence and skill set. In early 2003, everything just clicked, and I finally took a leap of faith. To look back now, I couldn’t imagine any other path. The life I’ve chosen can be challenging at times, but it’s also more rewarding than anything else I’ve ever done.
HOW DO YOU CREATE OR AQUIRE TOYS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVLY USED AS SUBJECTS?
To date, the toys I’ve shot aren’t exclusive subjects. The beauty is that they are plastic and plush works of art, made by a variety of brilliant designers. Anyone can buy them. I’m extremely fortunate and honored to have
close relationships with many artists and art-toy companies. All but a few of my photos involve direct collaboration, even if that’s just having a toy sent along with character information.
As for toys that are exclusive subjects, that’s the next chapter. I’m working on a new fine art series that’s going to have characters designed and built specifically for the it. I’m then going to shoot for several
months, documenting the reality of the characters’ imagined world. This probably won’t come as a surprise, but it’s an enormously expensive endeavor. I’ve had some generous support thus far, but I anticipate another
six months to a year of fundraising before the project fully gets off the ground.
Q & A: PATRICK HOELCK PHOTOGRAPHER + DIRECTOR
by CHRIS GROSSO on Apr.16, 2009, under PATRICK HOELCK
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING ART?
In a way since I was a little kid. I always felt really outcast and alone and art was a way of amusing myself.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME AN ARTIST?
I moved to NYC when I was young and started running with the downtown art scene. They would talk shit about entertainers and how unimaginative they were, coming from LA this was news to me. My friend, Vincent Gallo, would invite me to these dinners and gatherings to and sit listen in awe. I was a young fly on the wall collecting mental notes. I used to get laid a lot by borrowing their stories and metaphors and points of view.
WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS?
The ones from those days Jean Michel Basquiat, Vincent Gallo, Francesco Clemente, Richard Serra. Of those I didn’t meet Jackson Pollock, Diego Velasquez, Ed Ruscha, the list could go for miles. I don’t know all of the names of artists nowadays, I just like movement. Damien Loeb is amazing, David Shadi Perez, Jose Parla and Richard Prince all have really interesting work I have seen recently.
