Interview: Jaime Ferreyros
Posted on
July 04, 2010 by
Knox
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We are happy to present our fourth in the series of artist interviews here on Pixels At An Exhibition. This week, Jaime Ferreyros, who was also one of our first featured artists.
KB: Please tell us a little about yourself – where you live, if you hail from Earth, anything like that. Whatever you feel like sharing that isn’t covered in the questions below.
JF: I was Born in Lima, Peru but started traveling and living around the world from the get-go. My father was a Peruvian Ambassador, so I called San Francisco, Tokyo, Lima, Rome and Panama home as we moved from city to city. Since 1992 I call Miami, Fl. Home, living with my wife, 3 kids and “Ramona” our yorkie.
KB: How long have you been shooting pictures with your iPhone?
JF: My wife bought me the 3GS iPhone a year ago for fathers day. Twelve-hundred and eighty-eight pictures later, I've taken pictures with it everyday.
KB: How often do you work on your art?
JF: Everyday!
KB: When did you get serious about it, and what was the turning point for you?
JF: When it’s about expressing myself, I’m always very serious. I don’t intend to be the best or better than anyone, I just try to be honest with myself.
KB: What do you like to shoot? When? How does your whole creative process work? And how has it evolved?
JF: I don’t have favorite subject when it comes to capturing images. I’m always drawn to simple things, I am a minimalist at heart. As far as the creative process, it depends on the image. Sometimes I don’t edit a thing, I let the moment speak for itself.
KB: Do you work in any other creative mediums, i.e., painting, music, writing, etc.?
JF: I am a tv writer, director, producer. I started working as a copywriter in Advertising in my country before coming to Miami. In 1993 I was asked if I wanted to be the General Producer for a famous Paparrazzo tv special, An EMMY award and 18 years later, I’m still working those crazy tv hours.
KB: Do you spend time online looking at the work of other iphontographic artists?
JF: I’m always looking at other iphoneographers work. They inspire and push me to do things I probably would’ve not dare to do. There are amazing artist out there, I salute all of them!
KB: Do you study other art forms?
JF: I don’t study other art forms and don’t believe art is something you study. The art of expressing yourself should come deep from your soul, not a book or sitting on some class. In any case, the streets and everyday people should be our teachers.
KB: Have you done a lot of traditional photography? If so, are you still using your camera as well as your iPhone?
JF: I’ve loved taking pictures since I was 17. While living in nyc back in 1981 for four years, I woreT-shirts, jeans and my pentax camera strapped around my neck everyday. I loved black and white and have some pretty cool street shots of that era…days gone by.
KB: Who are some artists - in any medium - you admire or have influenced you?
JF: I love Bukowski, Atget, Jackson Pollock, Kurosawa, Werner Herzog, to name a few.
KB: What is your basic app kit, or Camera Bag, as Marty Yawnick calls it. How has your use of apps evolved over time?
JF: My basic kit would be FocalLab, Lo-Mob, CameraBag, TiltShiftGen, Hipstamatic, Photostudio, Photogene, PhotoForge and ShakeitPhoto.
KB: Are there any apps you don't like?
JF: The apps I don’t like, I don’t use.
KB: Are there any specific improvements you would like to see made to existing apps?
JF: I’m not a very technical guy, but I would love Hipstamatic to let us upload photos to be treated.
KB: Are there any apps you would like to see developed/invented?
JF: I ‘m happy with the current app’s but also like to be surprised so lets give it up for the developers!
KB: When you feel you have reached a creative stalemate, and believe your work is not cutting it anymore, do you have any tricks for breaking out of artist's block?
JF: I stop editing my pictures when I feel it’s done and right. I don’t believe in perfection, to me only God is perfect.
KB: What features would you like to see implemented at the Pixels At An Exhibition website?
JF: I really think the Pixels website is a fantastic window of exposure for all of us. I couldn’t ask for more.
KB: A last word perhaps?
JF: I want to thank my iphoneographer friends and colleagues , who continue to be been such a source of inspiration.
KB: Thank you, Jaime!
You can see Jaime's amazing, vibrant contribution to Pixels At An Exhibition here.
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We are happy to present our fourth in the series of artist interviews here on Pixels At An Exhibition. This week, Jaime Ferreyros, who was also one of our first featured artists.
KB: Please tell us a little about yourself – where you live, if you hail from Earth, anything like that. Whatever you feel like sharing that isn’t covered in the questions below.
JF: I was Born in Lima, Peru but started traveling and living around the world from the get-go. My father was a Peruvian Ambassador, so I called San Francisco, Tokyo, Lima, Rome and Panama home as we moved from city to city. Since 1992 I call Miami, Fl. Home, living with my wife, 3 kids and “Ramona” our yorkie.
KB: How long have you been shooting pictures with your iPhone?
JF: My wife bought me the 3GS iPhone a year ago for fathers day. Twelve-hundred and eighty-eight pictures later, I've taken pictures with it everyday.
KB: How often do you work on your art?
JF: Everyday!
KB: When did you get serious about it, and what was the turning point for you?
JF: When it’s about expressing myself, I’m always very serious. I don’t intend to be the best or better than anyone, I just try to be honest with myself.
KB: What do you like to shoot? When? How does your whole creative process work? And how has it evolved?
JF: I don’t have favorite subject when it comes to capturing images. I’m always drawn to simple things, I am a minimalist at heart. As far as the creative process, it depends on the image. Sometimes I don’t edit a thing, I let the moment speak for itself.
KB: Do you work in any other creative mediums, i.e., painting, music, writing, etc.?
JF: I am a tv writer, director, producer. I started working as a copywriter in Advertising in my country before coming to Miami. In 1993 I was asked if I wanted to be the General Producer for a famous Paparrazzo tv special, An EMMY award and 18 years later, I’m still working those crazy tv hours.
KB: Do you spend time online looking at the work of other iphontographic artists?
JF: I’m always looking at other iphoneographers work. They inspire and push me to do things I probably would’ve not dare to do. There are amazing artist out there, I salute all of them!
KB: Do you study other art forms?
JF: I don’t study other art forms and don’t believe art is something you study. The art of expressing yourself should come deep from your soul, not a book or sitting on some class. In any case, the streets and everyday people should be our teachers.
KB: Have you done a lot of traditional photography? If so, are you still using your camera as well as your iPhone?
JF: I’ve loved taking pictures since I was 17. While living in nyc back in 1981 for four years, I woreT-shirts, jeans and my pentax camera strapped around my neck everyday. I loved black and white and have some pretty cool street shots of that era…days gone by.
KB: Who are some artists - in any medium - you admire or have influenced you?
JF: I love Bukowski, Atget, Jackson Pollock, Kurosawa, Werner Herzog, to name a few.
KB: What is your basic app kit, or Camera Bag, as Marty Yawnick calls it. How has your use of apps evolved over time?
JF: My basic kit would be FocalLab, Lo-Mob, CameraBag, TiltShiftGen, Hipstamatic, Photostudio, Photogene, PhotoForge and ShakeitPhoto.
KB: Are there any apps you don't like?
JF: The apps I don’t like, I don’t use.
KB: Are there any specific improvements you would like to see made to existing apps?
JF: I’m not a very technical guy, but I would love Hipstamatic to let us upload photos to be treated.
KB: Are there any apps you would like to see developed/invented?
JF: I ‘m happy with the current app’s but also like to be surprised so lets give it up for the developers!
KB: When you feel you have reached a creative stalemate, and believe your work is not cutting it anymore, do you have any tricks for breaking out of artist's block?
JF: I stop editing my pictures when I feel it’s done and right. I don’t believe in perfection, to me only God is perfect.
KB: What features would you like to see implemented at the Pixels At An Exhibition website?
JF: I really think the Pixels website is a fantastic window of exposure for all of us. I couldn’t ask for more.
KB: A last word perhaps?
JF: I want to thank my iphoneographer friends and colleagues , who continue to be been such a source of inspiration.
KB: Thank you, Jaime!
You can see Jaime's amazing, vibrant contribution to Pixels At An Exhibition here.
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