1) How long have you been taking photos?
I got my first camera, a Kodak Instamatic 104, when I was 10 and photographed enthusiastically until entering my teenage years. I started again in my mid 20’s (1977) and haven’t stopped since.
2) Why do you take photos?
I’m still trying to get to the bottom of that for myself. The best I can say today is that I’m increasingly aware of what a miracle it is to experience the physical world in its endless variety, complexity and bewilderingness. And also, very importantly, in its impermanence. Those sentiments color the way I see, and my photos are attempts to isolate vignettes that express them.
3) What’s your favourite camera
Portability and unobtrusiveness are very important to me. They imply some compromises, which I try to minimize by using the best small camera available. For the past 18 months most of my images have been shot with a Panasonic Lumix LX-5. Hold it to 200 ISO max and it’s an absolutely wonderful tool, on par with my favorite film camera ever, the Contax-T. I particularly enjoy the switch on the lens barrel that enables me to change aspect ratios (1:1, 2:3, 3:4, 16:9) before even turning the camera on. so I’m ready to shoot immediately.
4) Favourite Location?
Planet Earth
5) Favourite Lens?
The LX5 has a f/2.0 -3.3 24 – 90mm. Leica DC Vario-Summicron zoom lens.
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Been a fan of Alexis’s work for some time , nice post.
Many thanks Dominic!
nice interview excellent set of images – captures a sense of ambiguity and fascination in the most mundane settings (particularly like the lift lobby and packaged xmas tree)
A small sample of Alexis’s immense and diverse photographic talents…
I can see a kind of humor in your series… I ever like your work, Alexis. The abandoned Christmas tree is a great one for me !
We have a common point : I started also photographing with a Kodak Instamatic 104 when I was a child.
Hello Marie Noëlle! Perhaps in both our cases starting out with an Instamatic 104 explains in part why we enjoy the square format so much? Thank you for sharing that with me, and for your kind comment about this series – and of course also for your wonderful images that I enjoy so much on Flickr
good feature. well said. fine set of pictures.
Thank you Georgia! I find so much of what I’m trying to do beautifully realized in your images.
Nice selection; I like the absurd in your photos Alexis – tempered always by warmth. I like what you say about impermanence – maybe the drive to frame it and capture it somehow (its a big topic!). Well done, keep shooting.
Thank you Warren, for this and for your beautiful pictures.
Nice little interview — good to see these photos again — some of my favorites.
Thank you Jim, for this and for the inspiration I always get from your images
Alexis.. you have a gift!
OT: the LX5 is such a fine camera. I was in love with my LX3 sadly it was damaged beyond repair. I should purchase a new one.
Thanks so much Jan. Before the LX5 I had an LX3 -and LOVED it. I think the 5 is markedly better than the 3, particularly in low light. Just keep the ISO at 200 max, and turn in-camera noise reduction off. I’m pretty sure you’ll be delighted. All the best to you, Alexis
Nice (if brief) interview. One reason I enjoy your images is the way you capture, with wit and whimsy, the unseen yet remarkable hidden in quotidian life.
Thank you very much for these eloquent and kind words Ed!
Enjoy your work. It’s a bonus to get something of your background.
Thank you John, much appreciated
I can see why you’ve had so many positive comments! You have a great eye. I particularly like the toilet shot.
Thank you very much for your kind words Alan!
more wonderful work, alexis. always love your use of color and the complex, and often ironic, scenes you manage to see
Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback