Introductions/Introducciones – Victor Prieto

I introduce Victor Prieto

By looking at your images it looks like you’re comfortable photographing people you don’t know. What is your approach?
I usually just approach people on the street, I don’t ask but I don’t do it secretly so they don’t think I’m doing something bad. Sometimes, depending on the person, and the situation, I  ask. The thing is that a lot of people don’t mind, because it’s flattering to get your portrait taken.

You are also a painter, do the two mediums influence each other?
I haven’t painted in a while, but now I am doing illustrations, I don’t think that they influence each other in a direct way, but I go about it in the same way, It’s just intuition, I know what I like, and I try to get it out in different mediums but in the same way.

You are a founder of DUST Magazine, tell me about your collective?
DUST Magazine was founded by Irwin Lewis and me, and Amanda Smith, this is a DIY magazine that consists of black and white film photography, we mix up different genres of photography in a way that it makes sense to us. It’s about telling our own stories and combining them to tell a bigger story, it’s about our the tangibility of our experiences, and the uncertainty of life.

Why do you use film?
I use film because I still work like a painter, I need a hands on approach to my photography, and I love the process of doing it all myself, it’s a certain feeling of accomplishment that I get when I can say that I printed my photos on my own. I have full control and it’s slowly decreasing in usage among photographers. I like the idea of light hitting silver to create an image.