The Entrepreneur’s Dilemma
“Let’s be clear about this: working for yourself doesn’t eradicate the problem of worker exploitation. You’ve just replaced an external boss with an internal one. You’re a horse, cracking its own whip.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Medium, 2016)
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Medium, 2016)
A Love Affair with Arles
“[Arles] is the magic of pulling many, many creators into a playground designed specifically for them. A playground, we remember, is one of the first and most sacred of places for meeting on equal ground with peers, and learning, joyously.”…
Pierre Liebaert: Kissing Madness
“It’s sad to see people whose lives think for them, instead of the inverse. We have to think our life, we have to build it, we have to sculpt life. And time. We have to do something interesting with time.”
—Pierre Liebaert (GUP Magazine)
—Pierre Liebaert (GUP Magazine)
Interview with Katherine Oktober Matthews on Life Framer (Open Call)
“In the end, I think we’re all looking for ways to mainline existence, to achieve a more direct way of tapping into ourselves, other people and our environments. That desire is replete with risks, but let’s not kid ourselves, life is a bloodsport.”
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2016)
—Katherine Oktober Matthews (Life Framer, 2016)
Interview with Karoliina Paatos
“Well, the image of a cowboy is basically a young dude. A rascal, a solitary hero. And then I’m showing these two little girls who do exactly as the big cowboys can do. They are so handy and brave."
—Karoliina Paatos (GUP Magazine)
—Karoliina Paatos (GUP Magazine)
Come Hither: A Reframed Means of Seduction
“In one sense, it’s business as usual: a man has photographed a young girl provocatively. In another sense, [Playboy] may have come to recognize that, in modern times, perhaps the most desirable woman is one who is in control over her own image.”
(GUP Magazine, 2016)
(GUP Magazine, 2016)
Portfolio Reviews in Arles
I’ll be among the experts for the Photo Folio Reviews at Rencontres d’Arles again this year, registrations are now open!