by Blue Mitchell | Oct 8, 2013 | Gallery, Interviews
This project (2008) is about a little girl’s shoe that is traveling around the world going from photographer to photographer. In the past 5 years the shoe has been to Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and North America and it has been photographed by 46...
by Blue Mitchell | Aug 6, 2013 | Interviews
I met Galina Kurlat in New Orleans last December at PhotoNola. I was immediately taken by her images and had some time to chat with her about the series Safe Distance. I wanted to know more about the project and her way of working so I asked her to share some...
by Blue Mitchell | Jun 3, 2013 | Interviews
When do you think you created your first successful photograph? What brought you to this moment? Your question made me do a little retrospective of my short life as a photographer! I’m not sure if I’d use the word successful, but the first image I created...
by Blue Mitchell | Mar 31, 2011 | Interviews
Blue Mitchell: Please tell me a little bit about your background and how you became the Jake Shivery. Jake Shivery: Geez. Usual story – starts up out East, ends up out West. This ain’t my first port town. Can you explain your photographic process from concept to...
by Blue Mitchell | Feb 6, 2011 | Interviews
Tell us more about your background and how you came to photography. I grew up in Houston, Texas in a big family. From my earliest days I used to draw and dream up art projects. My parents are culture vultures, and were always taking us on trips, to art museums and...
by Blue Mitchell | Jan 7, 2011 | Interviews
How long have you been shooting self portraits? For about 15 years. I had done some before that, but not with serious intent. Can you remember your first successful self portrait? How did it come about? I really can’t remember a specific image that I would call my...
by Blue Mitchell | Aug 3, 2010 | Interviews
Interview with Tom Chambers, originally posted August 3rd, 2010 Tell us more about your background (where you grew up; childhood experiences) and how you came to photography. I was born and raised on a farm in the Amish Country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Following...
by Blue Mitchell | Sep 1, 2009 | Interviews
Interview with Doug Ethridge conducted by photographer J Swofford (abnormalimage.com) originally posted September 1st, 2009 Can you describe your first involvement in photography? Going way back to late grade school/junior high, I had an instamatic camera that I used...
by Blue Mitchell | Jul 8, 2009 | Interviews
Interview with Lane Collins originally posted July 8, 2009 Tell us more about your background and how you came to photography. I grew up in North Carolina and started taking pictures as a teenager. My mother gave me my first SLR for my 16th birthday, and I started...
by Blue Mitchell | Jul 8, 2009 | Interviews
Interview with Aline Smithson Originally posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Where did you grow up and what was it like living there? I grew up in Los Angeles, in a wonderful neighborhood called Silverlake. It was an ethnically diverse area, with lots of artists and...
by Blue Mitchell | May 5, 2009 | Interviews
Interview with Paul Karabinis originally posted May 5th, 2009 I grew up in Gainesville, Florida. In the 1960s it was your classic college town. Everything seemed to revolve around the University of Florida. I spent a lot of time on campus as both of my parents...
by Blue Mitchell | May 5, 2009 | Interviews
Interview with Bastien Desfriches Doria May 5th, 2009 I was born in Paris, France, but mostly lived in different areas of France. Until age 7 I lived in a small town near Montpellier in South France called Bezier. Then me and my family moved to Rennes, the capital...
by Blue Mitchell | Mar 3, 2009 | Interviews
Interview with Natalie Young Originally posted March 3rd, 2009 Where did you grow up? Can you tell me what it was like for you growing up? I had a great childhood, really. I grew up Texas and then Arkansas. We lived in Houston until I was 12. I went from living...
by Blue Mitchell | Mar 3, 2009 | Interviews
Interview with Suzanne Rochette March 3rd, 2009 Where did you grow up? Can you tell me what it was like for you growing up? I was born and raised in Quebec city, capital of the Province of Quebec in the french part of Canada. We had a cottage near the St-Laurence...
by Blue Mitchell | Feb 17, 2009 | Interviews
Interview with Nhung Dang originally posted Feb 17, 2009 Where did you grow up? Can you tell me what it was like for you growing up? I was originally born in Hanoi; my families were among the boat people who left Vietnam in the late 70s. We came to live in England...
by Blue Mitchell | Jan 9, 2009 | Interviews
Q&A with Jason DeMarte Why do you do what you do? Honestly I’m not sure how to answer this, my art is I and I am my art. I always have a hard time explaining this to people outside the art world. It is just something I do. What have you learned from another...
by Blue Mitchell | Jul 29, 2008 | Interviews
Interview with Dorothy Shoes, originally posted July 29th, 2008 Where did you grow up? Can you tell me what it was like for you growing up? I grow up in a small town in the middle of France. My mother is a writer, and my father was the boss of a high quality...
by Blue Mitchell | Jul 29, 2008 | Interviews
Interview with Zeb Andrews, Portland, Oregon originally posted July 29th, 2008 Where did you grow up? Can you tell me what it was like for you growing up? Originally I was born in Seattle and around the age of 4 or so I moved to Yacolt, Washington. Yacolt is, or was,...
