Interior design and photography
By Lori Andrews
4 August 2007
1. What kind of designer are you?
- interior design, I have a Interior decorating business. My degree is in Fine art and I have a BFA - drawing major.
2. What did you want to do for a living when you were a kid?
- I wanted to be a make up artist for Horror films. Or an artist.
3. What is it about your design work that makes your photography better? And vice versa? Where do you see parallels between the two?
- I have learned how to edit more in real life as well. No really! My early photographs of my interior work really changed my ideas about how much information was needed. My interior design work informs almost all of my photographs including my self portraits. All the world is my living room.
4. What do you find most challenging about your work?
- meeting customer expectations. I often need to channel all my mind reading abilities. Getting good contractors is also very difficult.
5. Do you have design heroes? Photography heroes?
- I have some favorite designers including Terence Conran and Jonathan Adler. Currently I am obsessed with photographer Lorette Lux and am trying to save to purchase one of her prints.
6. Name some unexpected sources of inspiration you've had.
- the vegetable isle, The Friendly Giant, and leftover paint.
7. Do you have any regular habits/exercises that make you a better designer? Photographer?
- As a designer I remind myself to talk less and listen more and I am not afraid to be very confident in my choices.
I have been taking photographs daily for over two years and now I find myself framing the world around me constantly. I will often return to a site that I passed in transit and wait for the right light to get the photograph that I envisioned.
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