Portuguese photographer Carlos Cancela Pinto (previously featured here) has released his zine “Natureza, Luz, Homem”, which translates to Nature, Light, Man. The 24 page zine showcases his photography from the past 3 years.
Natureza, Luz, Homem can be bought at Bad Weather Press.
Brazil.
q: Introduce yourself:
a: I am Alinne Rezende, brazilian photographer, besides lately I’ve been in Europe mainly in Paris, where I joined an photojournalism course for one year (2011-2012), I’ve got my first camera, that used to belong to my dad, a Zenith, when I was fifteen. In the beginning it was something that I did just for fun. In 2002, officially, my hobby became my profession, I started as an assistant and in 2007 I joined a brazilian news agency – Futura, after a year I was working at Gazeta Press, and then Lance a sport newspaper. Until nowadays, photography is mainly what is my life all about.
q: What does photography mean to you?
a: In the beginning, it was all about my memories, but while I was discovering the photograph’s world, I realized how involved I was, and I found it, not only as a way to talk about my memories and my story, but all the stories around me, to communicate, to inform, to understand life and why things are as they are right now.
q: You’ve shot everything from sports, political to cultural events. How did you get into photojournalism and any advice for people who want to get into photojournalism?
a: What fascinates me in photography I could find in the photojournalism’s universe, and this is the main reason I get into to it. As a photojournalist I’ve been shooting many different aspect from it (sports, political, cultural) and you should be ready to walking through it and try to keep the consist work, is a challenge. If I should give any advice for someone, to be a photographer is already tough, to be a photojournalist is not different, it needs a lot of work, but the motivation is the soul, if you love it than it is worth it, well at least for me it is.
q: Photographic equipement?
a: I use Canon.
q: Upcoming projects or ideas?
a: As a photographer, you always got some idea in mind, right now, I’m in Brazil for a season and I wanna try to do something about it, right now, there is so many things going on around here.
q: Any music to recommend?
a: Lately, I am listening Guts a lot.
Sydney, Australia.
q: Introduce yourself:
a: Tex Crick, I am from Sydney Australia, I am a twin and I don’t go to school, I’m an autodidact and love to make pictures more than anything in the world.
q: Your works give off a “sanitized” vibe. Is this intentional?
a: I like things to be clean and thats how I like my photographs. Finding a space to photograph is as therapeutic as making the picture, I like to take my time making a picture, thinking about colour, shapes, the absence of subjects, spaces and relationships of objects before photographing them. so in order to find these spaces you need to get into a very ‘sanitized’ mindset which can really get you into some weird situations, I find myself walking for hours with my camera through corporate buildings pretending I am meant to be in these places.
q: Do you like going to the dentist?
a: I have a really beautiful japanese woman as my dentist and it’s quite pleasant with her fingers in my mouth, I’d love to take pictures there.
q: Photographic equipement?
a: Pentax 67, 105mm f/2.4
q: Upcoming projects or ideas?
a: Currently throwing up ideas for new projects which are starting to seem impossible, working on a few music videos as well as photographing spaces. I’d like to work on more portraits, collaborations would be wonderful.
q: Any music to recommend?
a: Anything by John Maus
Italy.
q: What got you into photography?
a: I got into photography - say - by chance. I bought ny first reflex in NYC two years because I wanted to capture the beauty of that city. I have been taking photos ever since that moment.
q: Why shoot undergrounds and subways?
a: I like photos of dark locations and I believe undergrounds are a perfect match.
q: Favorite snack?
a: I don’t have preferences, I like everything.
q: Any music to recommend?
a: The new album by The Knife or any Mogwai record.
London, UK.
q: Introduce yourself:
a: I’m Ruth, a film photographer currently based in London UK but originally from N. Ireland. I’m doing a Mixed Media course at uni and I live with my girlfriend and our two guinea pigs!
q: Why do you take photographs?
a: My photography is about recording raw life, using only film cameras and relying upon spontaneity, to create my representation of the world, a celebration fuelled by my excitement from being alive and enjoying each moment.
q: Seen any good films lately?
a: The last good film i watched was The Motorcycle Diaries on DVD borrowed from a library.
q: Photographic equipement?
a: I own a few cheap compact cameras which I love to use, and also disposables and a Pentax SLR.
q: Upcoming projects or ideas?
a: I’m working on my next zine which will consist of a mixture of my photography, poetry and some paintings.
q: Any music to recommend?
a: The Velvet Underground, Kindness and Foals new album ‘Holy Fire’,
