Interview Shane Lynam
Photography is as much about making my own photos as it is about looking at other’s work.
Name: Shane Lynam
Hometown: I grew up in Ireland and Belgium, I’ve been living in Paris for the past 5 years.
Style of photography: Documentary
Type of camera(s): I change camera about once every two months, currently own a Fuji GA 645 and a Canon T90
Website:www.shanelynamphoto.com
What gives you inspiration?
Discovering new work at an exhibition, strong coffee, wastelands, moving to a new country, peripheral areas, well researched and original project work, snapshots, ‘going for a drive’, photo books, photo essays, undefined spaces, big prints, soundtracks. The lecturers on my Documentary Photography course.
What are your influences?
Recently I’ve been thinking about work by John Davies, Paul Seawright, Mark Power, Raymond Depardon, Simon Roberts, Larry Sultan, Clive Landen and some up-and-coming photographers such as Andy Sewell, Hin Chua and Alexander Gronsky. Elements of all of their work are relevant to the project I’m currently developing . More generally I’m drawn to John Szarkowski’s ‘New Documents’ photographers ( Lee Friedlander, Gary Winogrand), William Eggleston , the new topographics (Stepehn Shore and Lewis Baltz), Walker Evans and Robert Frank
Why did you choose these photos?
I’ve included the most recent photos I’ve taken. All four were shot in the past few weeks and are part of research I’m doing for long term project work on peripheral areas and the oddities that these areas can throw up.
What does photography mean to you?
Photography is as much about making my own photos as it is about looking at other’s work.
Photos:
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