Well, my intention is to make work about being uncomfortable. About being in a world that isn't always the world you want to be part of. I talk a lot about the free fall, the moment in the scene where gravity takes over, and the beautiful awkwardness when gravity wins. Gravity is hilarious. Gravity always wins.
I'm interested in that hybrid - the place between the real world and my imagination. There's a friction that's created between the things we imagine … - Laurel Nakadate
I'm interested in that hybrid - the place between the real world and my imagination. There's a friction that's created between the things we imagine …
- Laurel Nakadate
[Photography] ties back into this feeling of wanting to watch things fall and the moment before they break. Fireworks are that way for me - this love… - Laurel Nakadate
[Photography] ties back into this feeling of wanting to watch things fall and the moment before they break. Fireworks are that way for me - this love…
Polaroid, you know, goes against everything that photography is now. You can't make multiples. Only one exists. I love that. By the way, while we've … - Laurel Nakadate
Polaroid, you know, goes against everything that photography is now. You can't make multiples. Only one exists. I love that. By the way, while we've …
Sometimes, photographs live in our hearts as unborn ghosts and we survive not because their shadows find permanence there, but because that thing tha… - Laurel Nakadate
Sometimes, photographs live in our hearts as unborn ghosts and we survive not because their shadows find permanence there, but because that thing tha…
Things might not get better but they might not get worse. There's something sort of beautiful about that. - Laurel Nakadate
Things might not get better but they might not get worse. There's something sort of beautiful about that.
Also, I'm drawn to moments of ambiguity, when things could go right or they could go wrong. I'm interested in discomfort. Discomfort is a place where… - Laurel Nakadate
Also, I'm drawn to moments of ambiguity, when things could go right or they could go wrong. I'm interested in discomfort. Discomfort is a place where…
The act of looking is brave. Especially if you look at things you can't handle. I think that most people do not look. If you're really paying attenti… - Laurel Nakadate
The act of looking is brave. Especially if you look at things you can't handle. I think that most people do not look. If you're really paying attenti…
I find some comfort in running through the worst-case scenario in my mind and seeing how it's all going to go down. - Laurel Nakadate
I find some comfort in running through the worst-case scenario in my mind and seeing how it's all going to go down.
Although I get a lot of ideas from things that have happened in my life, I see the final product as a place where my imagination meets my experience.… - Laurel Nakadate
Although I get a lot of ideas from things that have happened in my life, I see the final product as a place where my imagination meets my experience.…
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