process before/ during photo shoot?
- He stays attentive to every little elements or details. He makes sure every facial expression and hand movement of the actors are done in a certain way to express the emotion of the picture.
- He uses both actors and people with no acting experience.
- pre-shoot day – setting up the props
- The lighting has to be perfect to shoot the pictures so it is hard to shoot outside.
- importance of light and color usage to create cinematic mood
- location scanning for shooting and taking mental pictures of the landscape.
what does he look for/ inspired by when he is composing his photos
- He creates a world to retell stories or dramas.
- A lot of stories he illustrates in his pictures project his own anxieties and fears.
- A lot of his pictures show a town or a neighborhood.
- He wants the picture to not only tell the moment but also tell what would happen next.
- His pictures are tied with psychology.
- He believes in the psychological power of pictures.
- He was really inspired by his father who was a psychoanalyst and his basement workspace where his works were being done and always kept as a secret from him. Because of this, he enjoys projecting fantasies that are forbidden or beneath the surface.
- Laurie Simmons
- creating narratives and characters. fiction. fantasies. unexpected mystery.
- His pictures capture Americans’ life of desperation.
