Mobile Photography & Art – ‘Intimate Interview’ with Paul Suciu (@rain.is.poetry) from Bucharest, Romania
Our sixty sixth interview in this new series of intimate interviews is with talented mobile photographer and artist Paul Suciu, from Bucharest, Romania, you may know his work from his popular Instagram account @rain.is.poetry. This is an assured interview with deeply stunning atmospheric imagery throughout. Enjoy.
To read the other published interviews in this series including artists, Adria Ellis, Rino Rossi, Mehmet Duyulmus, Alexis Rotella, Lou Ann Sanford Donahue, Irene Oleksiuk, Kerry Mitchell, Filiz Ak, Dale Botha, Lisa Mitchell, M. Cecilia Sao Thiago, Deborah McMillion, Rita Colantonio, Amy Ecenbarger, Jane Schultz, Anca Balaj, Joyce Harkin, Armineh Hovanesian, Kate Zari Roberts, Vicki Cooper, Peter Wilkin, Barbara Braman, Becky Menzies, Sukru Mehmet Omur, Sarah Bichachi, Michel Pretterklieber, Alon Goldsmith, Judy Lurie Whalberg, Andrea Bigiarni, Sean Hayes, Oola Cristina, Kathleen Magner-Rios, Linda Toki, Deb Field, Emilo Nadales, Lydia Cassatt, David Hayes, Jean Hutter, Frederic Deschênes, Mark Schnidman, Fatma Korkut, Fleur Schim, Rob Pearson-Wright, Dieter Gaebel, James Ellis, Marco P Prado, Jeronimo Sanz, Manuela Matos Monteiro, Bleu Chemiko, Manuela Basaldella, Stefania Piccioni, Luis Rodríguez, Marilisa Andriani (@mitrydate) Mayte Balcells (@artofmayte), Nicole Christophe, Jennifer Graham, Cathrine Halsør, Paul Toussaint, Carol Wiebe, Julie Denning, Kim Clayton (@berleyart), Karen Messick, Serap Utaş, MaryJane Rosenfeld and myself, go here.
All images ©Paul Suciu
What was your childhood or earliest ambition?
I started to draw when I was very young, around 3-4 years old, that’s why I wanted to become a cartoonist, a creator of animated movies.
First Recognition?
Due to a contest, one of my cartoons was published in a popular magazine for children back then. I was around 12, and I was very happy.
Private or State/(Public in US) school?
State and private.
University or Work?
University then work.
Who was or still is your mentor?
I had several role models, from different domains, because I have a big capacity for admiration. I am following many artists and I try to learn new things every day.
How physically fit are you?
Comme ci comme ça!
Ambition or talent: what matters more to success?
I can’t imagine one without another, both of them are equally important.
How politically committed are you?
I am very interested in politics (sometimes too much!). In the last few years, I was in the street very often, because of the government abuses. I wish I had no reasons to do it.
What would you like to own that you don’t currently possess?
I love Liguria in Italy, and I wish I had a small house there on the beach (and I adore the sea!)
What is your biggest extravagance?
A studio where I can work in that house on the beach from point 9! Working in progress for it.
In what place are you happiest?
On the streets doing photography.
What ambitions do you still have?
I’d love to have a personal exhibition in Paris.
What drives you on?
The joy of discovering beautiful things and trying to create new ones, as much as I can.
What is the greatest achievement of your life so far?
Because it’s about photography and art, I am very happy that I had several exhibitions and that I won an important prize, Romanian Photographer of the Year – Street section in 2018.
What do you find most irritating in other people?
The lack of empathy and of rightness.
If your 20 year old self could see you now what would she think?
“Dude, you are on the right track. Finally!”
Which object that you’ve lost do you wish you still had?
My first film camera, a Smena, a very popular kind of camera at the time.
What is the greatest challenge of our time?
Not to lose our souls.
Do you believe in an afterlife?
Although I have a skeptical mind, I take into consideration an existence of a spiritual world, not only the one experienced through our senses. I am interested the texts and books that describe paths to self-knowledge.
If you had to rate your satisfaction with your life so far out of 10 what would you score?
I think it would be around 8. It’s not a bad score, but there is still room for improvements.
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Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
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