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F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Olya Pegova: I took up photography not so long ago, about four years ago. Now it seems to me that I wanted to do it all my life…

F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Debe Arlook: You know the board game, LIFE? I loved getting the artist career but knew it came along with the starving artist tagline. My Dad always had…

F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Camille Mazier: My parents always surrounded me with art books and took me to exhibitions. They were both teachers, and very interested in images, their meanings, and how…

F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Vanni Pandolfi: I can’t explain why. It was a magnetic encounter. It all began when as a child I found a disposable plastic film camera as a gift…

F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Ela Kurowska: I am a photographer and a scientist. Before I started my adventure with camera, I worked for over 20 years as a biochemist with a PhD…

F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography and what led to you working in this medium as an artist? Sunik Kim: I started photography later than others. I grew up interested in car racing rather than art. So I had spent a lot of time on the…

F-Stop Magazine: How did you first become involved in photography in general and documentary projects specifically? Ciro Battiloro: I’ve always felt the need to find a way to express myself. Before starting to photograph I was playing bass in a band. Then I discovered the works of Koudelka, Eugene Richards…

F-Stop Magazine: The current issue of F-Stop Magazine includes images from your project Temple of the Self, can you tell us about this project? What led to this work? Lauren Noelle Oliver: Temple of the Self began as an exploration of the human form interacting with light, space and nature…