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DoF recently had a chance to sit down with photographer and curator, Jade Doskow. The interview was conducted by kamau ware.
DoF: What makes a good photography exhibition?
JD: It depends what size the show is... if it's 2-3 people, the work should have a dialogue which is either similar or opposing in idea and energy. As Paula Abdul says, 'opposites attract.' In larger shows I love the energy of showing multi-media, and how a photograph and a sculpture and a video piece can all compliment each other visually and conceptually. These are the most exciting shows to me to put together.
DoF: What are you shooting with these days?
JD: A Wista 45DX Field camera.
DoF: What was your first camera? Your next camera?
JD: My first photo project was shot on a plastic Holga. I found what I could do with the Holga very 'modern futurist' back when I was green. Now I'm an OCD large format perfectionist. I just got a new camera which I am very excited to shoot with, an Arca-Swiss Discovery, a field/ technical 4x5 camera. I got it on ebay for a really great price. It's very sexy.
DoF: How do you think photography will change in the next 5 years?
JD: There are so many amazing photographers and artists out there currently, either using photography as a tool as a means to an end, making straight photographs, or digitally creating imagined worlds using pieces plucked from reality with a camera. I think more and more creative people realize photography and Photoshop provide a whole new set of tools; things will become more and more limitless and envelope-pushing. Ideally, photography as an art form will be respected as equally as painting or sculpture because just as much imagination will be required---as opposed to just technical skills and an expensive academic background.
DoF recently had a chance to sit down with photographer and curator, Jade Doskow. The interview was conducted by kamau ware.
DoF: What makes a good photography exhibition?
JD: It depends what size the show is... if it's 2-3 people, the work should have a dialogue which is either similar or opposing in idea and energy. As Paula Abdul says, 'opposites attract.' In larger shows I love the energy of showing multi-media, and how a photograph and a sculpture and a video piece can all compliment each other visually and conceptually. These are the most exciting shows to me to put together.
DoF: What are you shooting with these days?
JD: A Wista 45DX Field camera.
DoF: What was your first camera? Your next camera?
JD: My first photo project was shot on a plastic Holga. I found what I could do with the Holga very 'modern futurist' back when I was green. Now I'm an OCD large format perfectionist. I just got a new camera which I am very excited to shoot with, an Arca-Swiss Discovery, a field/ technical 4x5 camera. I got it on ebay for a really great price. It's very sexy.
DoF: How do you think photography will change in the next 5 years?
JD: There are so many amazing photographers and artists out there currently, either using photography as a tool as a means to an end, making straight photographs, or digitally creating imagined worlds using pieces plucked from reality with a camera. I think more and more creative people realize photography and Photoshop provide a whole new set of tools; things will become more and more limitless and envelope-pushing. Ideally, photography as an art form will be respected as equally as painting or sculpture because just as much imagination will be required---as opposed to just technical skills and an expensive academic background.
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