Lera Boroditsky: Language Shaping Thought
"By the time you see the world, you’re seeing it through the lens of your language."
—Lera Boroditsky (John Adams Institute, 2016)
Stephen Shore: What Looking Looks Like
"I wanted a picture that was more the visual equivalent of speaking."
—Stephen Shore (GUP Magazine)
Jay McInerney: Brightness in a Marriage
“We all have to deal with the deepest and most difficult questions in life – no matter how nice our wardrobe is, or no matter how good our education is, or no matter how packed our social schedule is.”
—Jay McInerney (John Adams Institute)
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)
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)
Interview with Doug Rickard
"I came to the understanding pretty quickly that social media and the internet put into place a real predatory dynamic, where basically it motivated people to take video of other people to put up on YouTube to get shares, likes or comments."
—Doug Rickard (GUP Magazine)
Interview with Maurice Mikkers
“Normally, in public, I wouldn’t really cry, or I wouldn’t show you, because I don’t know you. But if I can capture the tear, and image it, and tell a little bit about the moment, I open up and I can maybe connect with you without actually crying in public.”
—Maurice Mikkers (TEDxAmsterdam)
Interview with Ad Vingerhoets
“Emotions are never caused by external events but rather by how we appraise certain events.”
—Ad Vingerhoets (TEDxAmsterdam)
Interview with Karen Marshall
“I started to realize that there was a language that women share with each other and oftentimes it’s really hard to describe. And so I thought, well, if it’s so hard to describe, then maybe photographs will really articulate it.”
—Karen Marshall (GUP Magazine)
Interview with Álvaro Laiz
“You never know when you’ll need a favour from a tiger.”
—Álvaro Laiz (GUP Magazine)