Steel Notes Magazine July/August 2016 | страница 5

Steel Notes Magazine www.steelnotesmagazine.com wanted to be a photographer, but I went the route of artist first. I spent the 80’s having exhibitions in Dallas. I had the good fortune to meet Andy Warhol who encouraged me to continue my artistic endeavors. By the early 90’s I was taking photographs again and people were REALLY responding to them and telling me I had to be a photographer. I started my web site in 1997 with the hopes that someone in Hollywood would see it and want me to take photos and that’s what happened. The Academy Award winning Director, James Moll hired me to take his photo for the DVD release of ‘The Last Days’ and then asked me to go to LA and take photos of Steven Spielberg along with some other directors so I moved to Los Angeles in January 2001. MBW: Did you have any other interests as a kid ??? AM: I’m pretty singular in the sense that I was content reading about European countries and cultures, animals and glamour! LOL! MBW: Your photos are distinctly artistic in subject and composition ... Please tell us what it is you look for before you snap a picture ??? AM: I’m not looking for anything in particular except how to make the reality of who and what I’m shooting to look the best they can look. I think of myself as a guerrilla shooter in the sense that I often have no idea what I’m getting myself into and deal with the realities Steel Notes Magazine www.steelnotesmagazine.com 5