milkshakeCHOCOLATE :::.. summer07 ::: heidi JOHANSEN

In an era where digital photography and post-production after fx is the norm, and when looking at a picture means feeling some sceptisism (is it photoshop or is it real?), it is refreshing to find photographers that still use their 35mm camera to take pictures, and care little about air-brushing or cleaning, in order to make those pictures ready for digital standards.
I personally enjoy noticing scratches and imperfections in the scans of those pictures, noticing what makes an image interesting rather than perfect, personal and real, like old movies and old records.
Heidi Johansen's images belong to this world of real pictures and real people.

Name: Heidi Johansen
Hometown: Asker, Norway
Location: <no answer>

Where did you grow up? Nesbru, Norway
What was your childhood like? Idyllic
How did you end up in Canada?: I went for the mountains, studied at the Emily Carr in Vancouver.

Do you travel to take pictures or your pictures are consequences of your travels? Yes, both

Film or Digital? 35mm

How much time do you spend to set up your pictures? No set up, i carry a hip sack with a couple of tricks

[ what do these photographers mean to you?] ........

- Hiroshi Sugimoto: <no answer>
- Stephen Shore: <no answer>
- Lee Friedlander: <no answer>

What are your working on right now? Working towards a show at Richard Heller Gallery in LA in sept

What are you reading? Dostojevskij´s, b rodrene karamasov

Have you ever thought of doing other kind of photography like fashion photography or journalism? No, but i have taken up the lap steel guitar