Trained as a photojournalist, Victoria Will found herself gravitating toward portraiture as she honed her skills at the New York Post. She's now known for her celebrity portraits, including a series of tintype portraits created at the Sundance Film Festival. We sat down with her at PPE 2015 to learn more about what led her to where she is now and how she connects with her subjects.
Great interview with a good story. I think these interview are great assets for DPR. But why this awful setting? Almost everything is wrong about that, from audio to lighting, even the chairs decals on the wall.
I agree. Very informative interview in a very distracting presentation. Constructively : surely DPR have access to better resources? An interview lavelier mic kit? (A handheld mic? really?) Some nicer lighting? A sofa?? A coffee table??
I know constraints are often such that not everything will be possible, but at least some natural light might have helped, maybe.
I'm surprised.
Otherwise a very genuine, sincere interview. i suppose content is king etc...
This might be a neat interview, but will never know since there is no written transcript for it...that gives viewers a chance to quickly judge if it is worth listening to.
Barney, I thoroughly enjoy your interviews. Victoria Will is another great example. You ask great questions, but even more importantly, you are a good listener and give space to allow the interviewee to feel comfortable and to be able to contemplate and expand on their answer. Much like Victoria stated on asking about family or pets with genuine interest, which establishes a return interest and interaction with her clients, your genuine interest and sincere approach brings out the best in your video interviews. Looking forward to others. I will definitely follow Victoria Will after learning about her through this interview.
She is a very nice person, but I am not sure about her photography. In many instances, figure/hand-posing has been taken from old well-known photographs and simulation of "old", hmmm I don't know.
well, about this: direct copies are bold to impudent, i give you that. but for similarities, that you think you spot in her work compared to "old well-known" work of others, I would thread lightly. If we force us to never use already used momenta or ideas, that would be a very trist world, wouldn't it? oh wait, someone said that already. sorry for plagiarising....
.... in one sense I am with you no question about it, however if we don't see in those photographs famous people from silver-screen I am not sure if that interview ever happen. There is a number of photographers which use very same techniques in accelerating quality, but these photographers have never been exposed on Dpreview-www. To see work of those artists you have to visit ndmagazine.net
I'm well beyond just starting out and I still found this an engaging and useful piece, thank you. Not only is it, as RolliPolli said, a non B.S. interview, but she's supremely down to earth and isn't trying to magnify or glamourise her work, career or the industry in general. She just says it as it is. Oh and I didn't enjoy vox pops either when I had to do them for my local paper. Always made my heart sink, but it does teach you how to approach people.
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