Interview with Alex Prager under the pretext of reviewing her photos
The card’s start was unusual in photography; we can say that you entered by accident. How did you discover photography?
I certainly did not have a traditional educational background. I was 20 years old when I realized that if I did not choose something to spend my energy and energy on, I would spend every day of my life in office work. I was working as a receptionist at the time. I started visiting museums and art exhibitions, and I wanted to see if I could draw or paint. When I was 21, I stumbled upon the Eggleston Exhibition at the Getty Museum. Then, in less than a week, I bought a second-hand Nikon N90-S camera and equipment from eBay – from a woman who broke up with her husband. It cost $ 80 and came with a handbook on how to use darkroom equipment.
– There is a long way between your first camera and your career in art photography.
I was excited about the photos I was taking. I am dissatisfied with them now. I worked on the pictures in the dark until three or four in the morning. Most importantly, I felt that a picture was not finished until the viewer reacted to it. I still feel that way.
– How did they react, and what kind of people were “they”?
I was living in an apartment in Cary town at the time. I used to hang pictures in the laundry, and in the mornings, I would see what pictures they had taken. This way, I could understand what people like. When I started showing my work in galleries, people came up to me and said how they felt about my work. They said these subjects reminded people they knew; those images reminded them of scenes from movies. I was trying to convey something to people that was vaguely familiar to them.
– Why?
Just as I used color to get people’s attention, I then force them to find something in the bottom layer that is not very happy.
– Most of the time, in describing your images, they have said that they have a film-like quality.
I try to create a real-life with a little exaggeration – something more exciting and dramatic—high visualization of real life, like the parallel world. Most of the film-like feel in the photos comes from the lighting.
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