AK: Please introduce yourself: What is your name, where are you from, what do you do?
DR: Hey there! My name is David and I am an urban and social landscape photographer based in Los Angeles. I grew up here, but spent nearly twenty years living in a variety of places, including Montreal, Budapest, and Oakland.
AK: What is your relationship with photography and how did you get into it?
DR: I took film photography class in high school, where I learned the basics and to be comfortable in a dark room, that pretty much sat on the back burner for twenty years. I started taking pictures again after I moved back to Los Angeles because I wanted to document and engage the things I was seeing as I rediscovered my former hometown. I was quickly hooked. Wanting to get better, I was lucky to stumble into a social landscape class tought by Thomas Alleman who pushed me to start taking my work seriously. Now, every day of my life involves photography in some form or another.
AK: What do you think triggers you to photograph in a certain moment? Is it planned or solely driven by intuition?
DR: Virtually nothing I do is planned in advance. I may spend some time researching a location, but the overwhelming majority of my time is spent driving, and then walking, in search of interesting subject matter.
AK: What is the story you want your pictures to tell?
DR: Visually, I am drawn to color, symmetry, industrial buildings, isolated subjects, the detritus of consumer culture, and human-altered landscapes. I avoid taking pictures of people, preferring to document their impact in absentia. I love finding surprising moments of beauty in the monotonous sprawl of Los Angeles.
AK: Which city would you like to visit the most, and why?
DR: Kaliningrad and Teheran are currently at the top of my list of places I have yet to go. Otherwise, Montreal is my favorite city and a place I would go back to time and time again.
AK: What is your personal relationship to cities and how do you perceive them as places in general?
DR: I am a city person through and through. If given the choice to lounge on the beach or explore a new city, I would choose the latter option.
AK: What are you currently working on, and—if there is—what is your next project or journey?
DR: I have been spending more and more time in the high desert regions outside of Los Angeles. I am still not sure what direction I will take, but I am excited by what I find out there and intend to keep going at it.
AK: Thank you, David!
If you have a project that you would like to present on this platform, please feel free to share it using the submission form.
Photography: David Randall (2020)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
AK: Please introduce yourself: What is your name, where are you from, what do you do?
DR: Hey there! My name is David and I am an urban and social landscape photographer based in Los Angeles. I grew up here, but spent nearly twenty years living in a variety of places, including Montreal, Budapest, and Oakland.
AK: What is your relationship with photography and how did you get into it?
DR: I took film photography class in high school, where I learned the basics and to be comfortable in a dark room, that pretty much sat on the back burner for twenty years. I started taking pictures again after I moved back to Los Angeles because I wanted to document and engage the things I was seeing as I rediscovered my former hometown. I was quickly hooked. Wanting to get better, I was lucky to stumble into a social landscape class tought by Thomas Alleman who pushed me to start taking my work seriously. Now, every day of my life involves photography in some form or another.
AK: What do you think triggers you to photograph in a certain moment? Is it planned or solely driven by intuition?
DR: Virtually nothing I do is planned in advance. I may spend some time researching a location, but the overwhelming majority of my time is spent driving, and then walking, in search of interesting subject matter.
AK: What is the story you want your pictures to tell?
DR: Visually, I am drawn to color, symmetry, industrial buildings, isolated subjects, the detritus of consumer culture, and human-altered landscapes. I avoid taking pictures of people, preferring to document their impact in absentia. I love finding surprising moments of beauty in the monotonous sprawl of Los Angeles.
AK: Which city would you like to visit the most, and why?
DR: Kaliningrad and Teheran are currently at the top of my list of places I have yet to go. Otherwise, Montreal is my favorite city and a place I would go back to time and time again.
AK: What is your personal relationship to cities and how do you perceive them as places in general?
DR: I am a city person through and through. If given the choice to lounge on the beach or explore a new city, I would choose the latter option.
AK: What are you currently working on, and—if there is—what is your next project or journey?
DR: I have been spending more and more time in the high desert regions outside of Los Angeles. I am still not sure what direction I will take, but I am excited by what I find out there and intend to keep going at it.
AK: Thank you, David!
If you have a project that you would like to present on this platform, please feel free to share it using the submission form.
Photography: David Randall (2020)
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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