For this project, I chose to interview a photographer that I am greatly inspired by. His name is Paul Gowder, and he is the founder/photographer of Powwows.com He was very nice to talk to, and prompt at responding to emails.
1) What inspired you to become a photographer?
I started doing photography very young. I would try to recreate scenes from my favorite movies – Star Wars – with the figures.
2) When you were just starting off, how did you make connections with other photographers; how did you 'get famous’?
When I started shooting more as an adult, I used online communities to reach out and learn from other photographers. Flickr was one of the places I used often. I could see other people’s work and talk to them about it.
3) When you were just starting out, did you have another job that you did; if so, what was it?
I still have a day job! I’m a Project Manager with the South Carolina Attorney General.
4) How did you decide to create powows.com?
I built pages in graduate school to teach myself html. I built them on things I knew about. The one on Pow Wows took off from the start. As I got more and more comments, I setup a bulletin board for people to contact. That lead to the site growing more and more.
5) How did you get it to what it is today?
I continue to nurture and build community. I listened to what people needed and wanted, and then built that. It was a slow process, the site was started in 1996.
Here is some of his work:
2) When you were just starting off, how did you make connections with other photographers; how did you 'get famous’?
When I started shooting more as an adult, I used online communities to reach out and learn from other photographers. Flickr was one of the places I used often. I could see other people’s work and talk to them about it.
3) When you were just starting out, did you have another job that you did; if so, what was it?
I still have a day job! I’m a Project Manager with the South Carolina Attorney General.
4) How did you decide to create powows.com?
I built pages in graduate school to teach myself html. I built them on things I knew about. The one on Pow Wows took off from the start. As I got more and more comments, I setup a bulletin board for people to contact. That lead to the site growing more and more.
5) How did you get it to what it is today?
I continue to nurture and build community. I listened to what people needed and wanted, and then built that. It was a slow process, the site was started in 1996.
Here is some of his work:
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