Dean DeInterviewee

So I got to do my interview last Thursday with Dean DePhillipo! It was actually really fun being able to mix general conversation with questions about a field I find really interesting. Also I just had the problem with my space bar not working because someone - the real natalie frank - threw their phone on my keyboard #rude. Anyways, he and I sat down in his office and kind of hit it off really well. He used to work with Ralph on some projects (Ralph was even his teacher at one point) and I thought that was so cool. Like two professors, one was once the student of the other, both have worked together on awesome projects. That's just really cool.
So some of my questions were:
    - What got you into scientific photography
    - Have you reached your original goals you set for yourself in this field
    - Did you ever work in another field/have a different genre of photography
    - Do you feel it’s better to free lance or work for a specific business in this field
    - Do you have a blog you post your work on? Why/why not
    - What would you do differently if you could go back to the beginning of your career
    - Do you write your own contracts/model releases
    - What kind of articles/writings have you written in your career? Why
    - Do you create write-ups after a shoot

The answers I got to these (and the rest of the questions) were really interesting. My favorite answer from him when asking what he would do differently if he could go back to the beginning of his career was "Start a retirement plan after graduation if not earlier". I don't know, it just tickled me a bit.
Overall I really enjoyed interviewing Dean because of his personable vibe he gave off. Very easy to work with and I would like to get to know him more after that!

Email 4 lyfffff

Dear Mr. Ken, 

I am a student at Brooks Institute in Ventura working to get a degree in scientific photography with a focus in medical. I’ve been informed that you work in medical photography and have looked through your portfolio. Would you be interested in talking a bit about what you do over coffee sometime? Thanks! 

Hunter Sloan

I think this turned out well? I don't know I'm just an amphibian trying to get by in a world full of mammals. Will Hunter get a response? Will Mr Ken ever get a last name in his official email? Will Hunter get a chai latte and have his dreams of success come true in a Starbucks like he always dreamed? the answers to these questions and many more to be unveiled soon. Stay with us for next weeks update. 

I guess this is an artist statement

As a kid of the south oppression and controlled thought are my game. I was born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in Shreveport, LA where the idea of free thinking is frowned upon. We are raised like cattle; born, learned, silent, christian, silent, small, silent, computers, silent, reproductive, silent, dead, silent. I never liked the idea of this so, obviously, I packed my stuff and left for the land of milk and honey, California. 

Growing up I lived in a one parent household, showing me the struggles of a single mom and the harassment from work and society that she would receive. While growing up, my sister was my main distraction from this and competitor in the art world, pushing me to do better paper plate colorings and eventually get my doodles on the refrigerator along side hers.I always knew I would be an artist but just not sure which type. I went from coloring books to paintings to sketching to fashion to photography. I now know what I want in life, I want to be a fashion photographer mixed with medical photography. I believe that the mix between the beauty of art and fashion and the vulnerability of the exposure of the human anatomy can become a new wave of creation. I believe that the mix between science and art is a rare but beautiful thing that is overlooked in the artist community. I’m inspired by cold, metallic areas and fashions and mental and biological sciences and how they each affect an individual. I want to eventually perfect my genre of shooting and work with the next big artists of my generation to bring new ideas into my art.