Interviews

MAX EICKE: “EXPLORING OUR SOCIETY THROUGH THE EYES OF SEX-WORKERS IN THE BDSM AND FETISH COMMUNITY”

XIAOYI CHEN: “MAKING A PHOTO BOOK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REWORK MY WAY OF THINKING”

HIDEKA TONOMURA: “THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES BETWEEN NAKEDNESS, SEXUALITY AND THE EVERYDAY REALITY TO ME”

OLOF JARLBRO: “PHOTO BOOKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST WAY TO ABSORB PHOTOGRAPHY”

KATRIEN DE BLAUWER: “SINCE I WAS A CHILD, IT WAS A KIND OF NECESSITY, AN OBSESSION”

VALERIE PHILLIPS: “I LIKE REAL LIFE – UNSANITIZED, SOMETIMES UNPRETTY, BUT PACKED WITH SPIRIT AND CURIOSITY AND OBSESSION”

YOSHINORI MIZUTANI: “PHOTO-BOOKS MAKE YOU EXPERIENCE THE WORLD WHICH ARTISTS PRESENT”

MARCO TIBERIO: “I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MIGRATION IN A DIFFERENT MANNER”

SAKIKO NOMURA: “BOOK IS THE SECRET RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITH MY AUDIENCE”

FIONA CLARK: “GENDER EQUALITY IN THE ARTS IS STILL A HUGE ISSUE”

ULRIKE BIETS: “ZINE GIVES YOU MORE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT BECAUSE IT RELATES MUCH MORE TO THE DIY CULTURE THAN A BOOK”

MAT HENNEK: “GREAT LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPH IS: YOU HAVE TO LOVE WHAT YOU SEE; YOU HAVE TO FEEL THE SOUL OF BEAUTY.”

JEFF JACOBSON: “PHOTOGRAPHY LIVES BEST IN BOOK FORM”

ELIN HOYLAND: “I WANT TO BRING INVISIBLE LIVES TO OUR ATTENTION, TO TREASURE THE UNDEREXPOSED”

INDIGO LEWIN: “PEOPLE BE CAPITALIZING ON FEMINISM THAN SEXISM”

JOHN VINK: “MY WORK HAS TO DO WITH IDENTITY, WITH THE SENSE OF BELONGING, WITH DISRUPTIONS IN ORDINARY LIVES, AND WITH IMPOSED CHANGE”

HIROSHI TAKIZAWA: “PHOTOGRAPHY IS SIMILAR TO CRIMINAL PROFILING, WHERE EACH IMAGE REPRESENTS A PROOF OF THE WORLD AS IT EXISTED”

MAX PAM – “THE QUEST FOR INSPIRATION, THE HUNGER FOR NEW WAYS OF SEEING IS ALWAYS POTENTIALLY THERE, IN A PHOTOBOOK BY SOME WONDERFULLY ORIGINAL ARTIST”

TOMOKO SAWADA – “I ALWAYS PRODUCE MY WORK TO SHOW WHAT I AM CURRENTLY THINKING”

MARIETTE PATHY ALLEN: “I AM LUCKY TO GIVE VOICE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HIDDEN OR BULLIED BY THE SOCIETY”

KAVEH KAZEMI: “I BELIEVE MY MAIN MISSION IN PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED”

LUIS MOLINA-PANTIN: “INSTEAD OF INVESTIGATING THE DISAPPEARING CULTURES OR THE SOCIETIES IN CRISIS, I CHOOSE TO DO THE OPPOSITE”

ALEX HANIMANN: “ARTISTIC AND FORMAL AESTHETIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN ECONOMIC ISSUES”

LAURA LARSON: “I WANT MY PHOTOGRAPHS TO TELEGRAPH THE COMPLEX EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN”

MARGOT WALLARD: “I PHOTOGRAPH WHAT I KNOW, WHAT SPEAKS TO ME, WHAT TOUCHES ME AND WHAT I LIVE”

PIXY LIAO – “PHOTOGRAPHING ‘EXPERIMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS’ MADE ME MORE AWARE OF MY FEMALE-SELF AND EAGER TO EXPLORE WHAT INTERESTS ME AS A WOMAN”

JAN HOEK: “A LOT OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS HAD SUPERPOWERS, AND A UNIQUE BRAIN THE MOST ARTISTS WOULD BE JEALOUS OF”

OSAMU YOKONAMI: “ANONYMITY OF INVISIBLE FACES MAKES PEOPLE USE THEIR IMAGINATION”

MIKE MANDEL: “PHOTOGRAPHS ARE A POEM ABOUT THE AMPUTATION OF HUMAN SENSITIVITY IN SERVICE TO TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS.”

EKATERINA VASILYEVA: “A HANDMADE BOOK IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT TEACHES TO BE PATIENT AND TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES”

GEORG ZINSLER: “SINCE WE ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE AFTERMATH OF NUCLEAR CATASTROPHES, I THINK THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL OF A BOOK ARE FAR MORE PROBABLE”

MASHID MOHADJERIN: “I DO NOT THINK THAT CITIZEN JOURNALISM IS CAPABLE OF TAKING OVER THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY”

LEIF SANDBERG: “PHOTOBOOK COMMUNICATES MY FEARS FOR PANIC AND DYING, IT ALSO SHOWS THE HAPPINESS OF A LONG RELATIONSHIP”

MAGNUS CEDERLUND – “IN THE END, IT IS NOT JOURNALISM OR ACTIVISM BUT AN AESTHETIC ENTERPRISE, SO THE INSPIRATION, NOT SYMPATHY, IS PARAMOUNT”

GUO YINGGUANG: “I CHOSE THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE THE PHRASE “LEFTOVER WOMEN” WAS WIDELY USED IN CHINA AT THE TIME, AND I WAS ONE OF THESE “LEFTOVER WOMEN” MYSELF.”

SMITA DARYANANI: “THERE IS A RAWNESS AND IMPERFECTION IN ‘ABSTRACT ART’ WHICH I FIND APPEALING”

BAHADIR AKSAN: “IF YOU ARE MISLED & THE ONLY AIM IS TO BECOME THE WINNER, YOU MAY EASILY MISS THE MAIN BEAUTY OF PREPARING A PHOTO BOOK; THE EXCITEMENT, ENERGY & JOY IT BROUGHT TO YOU TO ACHIEVE A DUMMY THAT SATISFIES & REFLECTS YOU TOTALLY”

KOICHIRO KIMURA: “IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO EXPRESS THE UNIVERSAL FEELING OF FAMILY LOVE, PLEASURE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN MY PHOTOBOOKS”

GÖZDE ‘MIMIKO’ TÜRKKAN: “ACT OF TAKING AND DISPLAYING PHOTOGRAPHS IS, SIMILAR TO LAYING OUT THE DIRTY LAUNDRY”