Cary Benbow: Why do you photograph? Timothy Hutto: I photograph because I feel that my images can push against current trends and defy definitions from previous eras of the camera. CB: What compels you to make the images you create? TH: It started as a rebellious response to my failures to create images in the vein of the great photographers of history. I had an epiphany where I realized the rules placed on my photographic practice were self imposed and that I could do anything I wanted at anytime. From there, I decided to push my image making as far away from what I perceived as traditional photography as I could. The media, literature and semiotic theory drive the concepts behind the images.
Interview with photographer Timothy Hutto
Interview with photographer Timothy Hutto
Interview with photographer Timothy Hutto
Cary Benbow: Why do you photograph? Timothy Hutto: I photograph because I feel that my images can push against current trends and defy definitions from previous eras of the camera. CB: What compels you to make the images you create? TH: It started as a rebellious response to my failures to create images in the vein of the great photographers of history. I had an epiphany where I realized the rules placed on my photographic practice were self imposed and that I could do anything I wanted at anytime. From there, I decided to push my image making as far away from what I perceived as traditional photography as I could. The media, literature and semiotic theory drive the concepts behind the images.