Lürzer’s Archive yesterday posted an interview they did with Nadav Kander, who holds the distinction of the magazine’s highest-ranking photographer. (Lürzer’s Archive, as you know, is a bimonthly publication that showcases “exceptional photography from around the globe.”) Herewith, some excerpts from the article, plus a nice shot of Nadav on location, taken by his assistant Felicity McCabe.
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What are you working on at the moment?
I have been working with the New York Times on a portfolio, which will be out in early March I think. I’m also getting ready for a show of my life-sized nudes – a series of nudes of men and women which try to ignore the common perceptions of beauty.
What projects do you like to be involved in?
I would say I do so many different genres of work. There are lots of different types of advertising I would like to do. I would love to do things that involve collaboration with the possibility of a great outcome – collaboration with both agency and client.
Who do you admire most in your industry?
I admire great art directors and writers who with so much heart and positivity go after their ideas and in trying to get them through are so often being thwarted. I admire the persistence and hoops they have to jump through.
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Nadav Kander (right) at the Aral Sea. Photo by Felicity McCabe.
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There needs to be less fearfulness from clients and more trust in good creators doing good work. There is less of a need for the lowest common denominator to understand every ad and be part of every ad. Advertising in magazines would altogether be of a far higher standard if creatives were just trusted more.
What was the last song you listened to?
It was “Sugar on the [sic] Tongue” by Talking Heads.
Read the full interview here.
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