This is for the doers.

This is for the children.

This is for the community.

This is Viewfinder.

Viewfinder is a series of conversational interviews that dismisses the monologued nature of interviews, and instead injects genuine curiosity into an engaging interview.

These interviews are a lens into the lives of people who ignored dogma and followed their dreams. Their stories aren't polished, censored, or fabricated. They're real, personal, and motivated with the intent to encourage creativity.

★ indicates an Editor Pick.

2018

ELIZABETH RENSTROM
• PHOTOGRAPHER & PHOTO EDITOR
• “People are really open to how you build community in your own way.”

 

EMILY KEEGIN★
• PHOTO DIRECTOR
• "Sometimes you have to lean into things that are ugly."

 

SAMUEL BRADLEY
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• “People want the original, don't they?”

 

AMY HARRITY
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• “Good pictures happen when I feel comfortable in my skin.”

 

DANIEL ARNOLD★
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "I don't expect this shit to last."

2017

DAMIEN MALONEY
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "I'm more interested in how the picture is presented than how it's taken."

 

MOLLY MATALON
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "The root of my work is to find a community."

 

CAROLINE TOMPKINS
• PHOTOGRAPHER & PHOTO EDITOR
• “There's a utility for every kind of picture."

 

STEVEN BRAHMS
• PHOTOGRAPHER & DIRECTOR
• "It's either there or it isnt."

 

SHAWNA X
• ARTIST
• "I don't want to appeal to everybody."

 

EMILY SHUR★
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "Competition should be inspirational and a driving force."

 

OLIVIA BEE
• PHOTOGRAPHER & DIRECTOR
• "I knew I was going to figure it out."

 

ANDREAS LASZLO KONRATH ★
• PHOTOGRAPHER & PUBLISHER
• "People want you to influence the image with your personality."

 

TRACY MA
• GRAPHIC DESIGNER
• "The hardest thing can be not making something look perfect."

 

BRYAN SHEFFIELD
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• “Where would the inspiration come from if everyone was doing the same thing?”

 

ALEC SOTH★
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "I want people to be challenged by it."

2014 – 16

NEAVE BOZORGI
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "When I'm ready, it'll happen."

 

JOE PUGLIESE ★
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "Whittle it down to something that no one else does but you."

 

COLLIN ERIE
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "What's the worst that's going to happen?"

 

VSCO ★
• ART & TECH COMPANY
• Empowering and nurturing the creative community.

 

ELIZABETH WEINBERG
• PHOTOGRAPHER & DIRECTOR
• "I was convinced that everyone was going to forget me."

 

NEIL KRUG
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "You can't get away with everything."

 

TIMOTHY GOODMAN
• ARTIST
• "How do you turn the ordinary into the spectacular?"

 

JAMES VICTORE
• ARTIST
• "We're not for everybody. Just the sexy people."

 

JAKE STANGEL ★
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "How quick can you think on your feet?"

 

MARK HUNTER
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "We just wanna have fun."

 

WALT MOSSBERG
• JOURNALIST
• "You have to push hard to really do the right thing."

 

HELENA PRICE ★
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• "I wasn't sure how I was going to do it."

 

GEORDIE WOOD
• PHOTOGRAPHER
• Using photography as an excuse to understand the world.