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Taylor Radelia, 17

1. You shoot a lot of very effective photos with a simple point and shoot camera. How do you feel about using this camera opposed to something like a 35mm slr or medium format camera? Why do you use a camera such as this?

I like the idea of being able to have a camera on me at all times, something on the small side that I can slip into a pocket and is easily accessible. the Contax t2 that I use is more than your average point and shoot, a 38mm zeiss sonnar 2.8 lens, and aperture priority make it a great tool. I also shoot with a mamiya rb67 medium format system occasionally.

2. What are your favorite styles of photography? Where do you fall amongst these styles? 

I’m not sure how to answer this. Favorite photographers of mine and their style of shooting? I would have to say I thoroughly enjoy looking through online photo blogs such as fourteen-nineteen, Mossless, and Blood of the Young. photographers I have been really into lately include, Keith Davis Young, Bryan Schutmaat, and a number of young adults i’ve become contacts with through flickr.

3. Your work, though it varies in formats, seems to have a strong focus on the banal terrain (and sometimes tiny details) you find around you. How did this evolve and are you happy with your current output? What will or do you want to change?

I guess these photographs evolved from my awareness to my surroundings. I’ve always been attracted to normal and almost uniform locations. I like to but a bleak twist on these normal scenes I run into daily. I guess I’m pretty happy with most of my work at the moment, but who knows where I may stand in the future. I may go another path and abandon my “style” completely. Lately i’ve been wanting to start to work more in series, rather than just individual pictures. I may experiment with some conceptual photography in the near future. Mainly i just want to shoot a solid series that I’m happy with before winter. 

4. What was the best photograph you saw today? 

(by this person)

5. Are all skateboard photographers good photographers? Is there something about shooting skateboarding that transfers over to non-sports related photography? 

I wouldn’t say all skateboard photographers are good photographers. That’s like saying that all photographers are good at what they do. And i think we both know that there are some very bad photographers out there. I never really got into skateboard photography, I skateboard but photographing the activity never really appealed to me much. I do suppose that a skateboard photographer lends himself to other types of photography after becoming aware of the world of photography outside of skateboarding. It’s bound to happen, you can’t limit yourself to what you shoot, experimenting with different realms of photography is what makes it fun.

6.Where do you think photography will take you?

I hope to do something photography related with my life. I can’t really assume where it will take me in the future, I’ll just have to live, learn, and see where it takes me. Or where i take photography perhaps?

Taylor’s flickr.