Interview Antje Schley

You have a look at your photos and it’s like a time machine.

Name: Antje Schley
Hometown: Dortmund, Germany
Style of photography: Analog and digital
Type of camera(s): Canon EOS 400D, Lomo fisheye, Holga 120, Polaroid, Minolta x-300, Mamiya Sekor 528TL, Revueflex SD1 and a Russian camera whose name I can’t decode.
Website: www.schleyerhaft.de, Flickr

What gives you inspiration?

Photographers, songs, movies and architecture, conversations and my own mood. The Picture with the foamhead is a realization of a dream, a friend told me. You can’t enforce Inspiration, you have to be open minded and just start with something no matter if your idea is mind-blowing, but it can give you a new idea for an excellent photo.

What are your influences?

I am a media junkie, I sponge anything I see, that makes it hard for me to name a specific photographer or something else. I have a dozen of feeds, which I check out daily for several hours. I think my pictures are minimalistic and graphical altogether. That’s because I am addicted to architecture, I guess.

Why did you choose these photos?

Because these photos represent a certain period in my life where I learned much from private defeat. Although I like thinking back to that time.

What does photography mean to you?

Photography means everything to me. I love picking up my photos from lab, often I can’t remember what I actually shot and how long it is since I’ve made them. You have a look at your photos and it’s like a time machine. All emotions and thoughts are kept in it.

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