High-Brow Interviews
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Dreams From The Digital Darkroom – Interview with Co-creator of Photoshop – Thomas Knoll
On February 19, 1990, an unknown software product called Photoshop arrived on store shelves, offering entirely new ways for professional photographers and designers to modify and create digital images. At the time, its creators could never have imagined just how influential Photoshop would become, eventually being used in industries as diverse as publishing, advertising, fine art, web design, film, medicine, law enforcement, fashion, government, video games, and countless other fields. This interview is with Thomas Knoll who co-created Photoshop with his brother, special effects pioneer John Knoll, about the worldwide phenomenon that the brothers’ team effort has grown into and just how, exactly, it all began, twenty-five years ago… via…
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Eloise Capet – ‘Bridge of Light’ with Joanne Carter – Mobile Photographer Interview
‘Would you believe me if I told you I was living a second honeymoon right now?’ Eloise Capet talks with Joanne Carter at TheAppWhisperer.com about her love affair with mobile photography and her future plans. We are delighted to publish this interview with Eloise Capet, a wonderful French Photographer based in Paris near the Sacré Coeur of Montmartre. Capet is an academic with a specialization in Semiotics, from the University of Sorbonne where she now works within the Communications Department. An expert in social media, Capet works with large companies, designing training programs as well as advising communication teams in digital development. Photography became part of her life whilst…
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Alessia Glaviano – Vogue Italia’s Senior Photo Editor – Exclusive Interview with Joanne Carter
‘In the age of social networks it’s becoming harder for an image to stand out and become iconic’. Alessia Giaviano Photo Editor of Vogue Italia talks with Joanne Carter at TheAppWhisperer.com. ‘I agree with Fred Richin (Photography and Imaging at New York University‘s Tisch School of the Arts and co-director of the NYU/Magnum Foundation Photography and Human Rights educational program) when he says that ‘in the era of the image, the image loses power’. We are delighted to publish this interview with Alessia Glaviano Senior Photo Editor for Vogue Italia and L’Uomo Vogue. Born in Palermo, Italy, she is now based in Milan, having lived and worked for many years…
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Chelsea Matiash – The Wall Street Journal’s Photo Editor – Exclusive Interview with Joanne Carter
‘I view mobile photography as a blessing and a curse’ says Chelsea Matiash, Photo Editor at The Wall Street Journal. ‘I think it really is a testament to how valuable photographs are and how drawn we are to images, people really feel the need to visually record their world’. Matiash speaks to Joanne Carter, at theappwhisperer.com, expressing both her professional and personal views and the impact of smartphone photography and Citizen Journalism upon the industry today. (All images ©Chelsea Matiash and taken with an iPhone) ‘Lower East Side, New York, 2013’ – ©Chelsea Matiash The obsession by many to record literally everything about their lives has led Matiash to…
