Jesse’s Visual Interviews: Andre D. Wagner
This week’s edition of Jesse’s Visual Interview gives us a stylish monochromatic glimpse into life in the streets of Brooklyn through Andre D. Wagner.
Q1: Who are you?
Q2: What is your favorite way to waste money?
Q3: What do you consider the most underrated virtue?
Q4: When are you happiest?
Q5: What did your first kiss feel like?
Q6: Where is home?
Q7: Which body parts (yours or otherwise) do you feel the most affection for?
Q8: What’s a recurring theme in your life?
Q9: How do you define childhood?
Q10: What is your favorite time of day?
Q11: Who is your favorite person?
Q12: Which person or place do you miss that only exists in a photo?
Thank you for your responses, Andre!
I happened across his work and immediately appreciated it, but it didn’t really hit until I read his Time article on Gordon Parks, “What Gordon Parks Taught Me” in which he beautifully articulated what Parks taught us. I respect that he doesn’t share in approach what is expressed in everyday life…yet the everyday though, I love the response to question 8, the reoccurring theme of church, striking childhood memories to being happiest with a basketball in your hand going to and from school. It is African American, but it is truly universal. Check his links below:
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This was beautiful. The answer to Question 3 felt like a punch in the gut. Stopped me shor.
My interpretation of that photo was much less distinct than yours but your comment makes me see that photo in a completely different light. I think we’d have to know more about andre to truly know who was “right” but then again I think the beauty of the ‘visual interviews’ is that we all get to shape our own answer from what’s depicted in the photos.
Number 7 is another one where I think I know but I don’t really know hmmm
You of course are right. I’m most likely seeing more of me in the image.
It is what I like about these interviews…I never ask the photographers for interpretations… opting instead to just appreciate the arbitrary nature of the responses~