This past Saturday I gave a presentation on my four books in 1 year project for the London Street Photography Festival. The team over in the UK did an excellent job with the production of this live stream. We also had a lot of questions and it came off quite well. Hopefully next year we will all be able to gather in person.
My presentation begins at 04:05:52. (Click here to jump right to it.)
Interviews
Old Customs Featured in VICE /
VICE Magazine, the Romanian edition, has a nice interview with me about my new book Old Customs, my experience in Romania, and my thoughts on the sea side village Vama Veche. We also go a little bit into the meaning of some of my images. Particularly how and why I have included several mirror photographs throughout the book.
Read the interview here.
Interview with BULB Collective /
Dropped Child, Miami © 2020 Chris Suspect
I was honored when famous Balkan photographer Cristian Crisbasan reached out to me for an interview on the BULB Collective website. BULB is the βalkan Urban League w/o Borders which is comprised of 50 photographers from 6 countries in the Balkans. They publish interviews, books, videos and even run a street photography colloquia called PhoS (Photography and the Street).
Cristian was one of the first people I met when I went to Romania for the VSLO festival in Vama Veche. We hit it off immediately over shots of homemade pálinka while discussing photography and heavy metal music. He is also a well known artistic nude photographer who worked for Playboy Magazine and has had work published by Taschen Books and DAAB. If it wasn’t for meeting Cristian I probably wouldn’t have come up with half the images I created for my new book Old Customs. He led a workshop that year at VSLO on shooting nudes and it was my first time doing so. I learned a lot from him.
Click here to read the interview in which we discuss street versus documentary photography, internet censorship, the state of the world and more!
Interview with Street Photography Magazine /
August 2020 issue of Street Photography Magazine featuring an image from Gratuity Included.
Street Photography Magazine just published a lengthy interview with me. Magazine founder Bob Patterson and I sat down virtually and discussed some of the highlights from my 10-year journey as a street photographer. We talked about how I got interested in photography, the importance of submitting to contests and networking in person, why persistence often pays off, and how to gain recognition.
We also went in depth into some of my recent photography projects, book publishing and my new book “Old Customs.”
Give it a listen!
Chris Suspect Interview on The Berman Hour /
The other day I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Jeff Berman of the band Divided Heaven. I met Jeff back in the late 90’s and then later we both played in the harDCore band VPR. In this video we discuss my punk rock past, photography and my latest book Leather Boyz.