September 2010
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SOPHIE MORNER, 34, NEW YORK
You were born in Sweden but later moved to NYC. How did you first encounter photography and do you remember what was your first project about?
I found photography when I moved to America, because I couldn’t express myself in words, so I started to take photographs. The photographs really revealed my emotional mind, so I stuck with it. .. I had two first projects I think, and they were both in...
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KEITH DAVIS YOUNG, 28, AUSTIN
How did you first get interested in photography and most importantly, how would you say your eye developed to become what it is today?
I was interested in photography in early high school and college. I was off and on about it and more involved in design and playing music. Since school, I found myself exploring photography again after surrounding myself with more progressive-minded friends....
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BEN ALPER, 27, NEW YORK
I’m interested in knowing more about the Family Dig. How did you develop the project with your family members? Did you specifically stage some of the photographs, or were they all spontaneously photographed?
The birth of The Family Dig was born out of the death of my grandfather. Shortly after his passing, I (somewhat subconsciously) began rooting through my grandmother’s basement in search of...