"Photography is a great way of hanging on to people and memories, for better or worse"
"Its beautiful... using the human body for form"
"I really like Garry Winogrand, a great street guy, Diane Arbus has some crazy portraits. Walter Iooss does a great job of showing a personal and artistic side of sports"
" [My dad] will usually do anything he can to avoid me taking his picture and most involve him holding a newspaper in front of his face"
"I think it would be a cool memory thing to have of [my dad] but also because he's so tough to sneak photos of"
" I love to just do a million prints and try to tweak every little thing"
"This day and age people do anything to make sure that their actions are insulated from the actions or thoughts of others. Whether its living in a gated community or having enough money to do whatever you want or ignoring the environment"
" [That's] something to think about, the nature of anonymity, and how to spell it"
"Nothing beats Nikon lenses and my 50mm 1.8 [F-stop] on that camera fits the bill for most anything I can think of"
"You could say that people are the best at the things they're spiritually connected to but there are barriers to that. It helps a lot of powerful interests to not have people think like that and instead be subservient"
"I knew that I wanted to keep going with photography as an escape into a new way of seeing and thinking"
Words and Work by John Skinner, BC '10, Sociology:
to see more of his work visit http://www.flickr.com/phot
+ Interview and Pictures arranged by Meggie Sullivan
Amazing!!! It was always fun to watch you work in the darkroom. Great photos John.
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