Where are
you based?
New York City
Describe your work.
Street photography is a therapy and a way of feeling alive in
the streets of New York. My intention is to capture what I'm perceiving in
others around me and I intent to tell a story as it unfolds. Sometimes with a
single character and how he/she related to the emptiness in the crowded city,
other times with multiple layers of people and emotions.
What are you up to at the moment?
I'm currently working on three projects:
I Live NYC @iLiveNYC: Documenting individuals at a transitional
time of their lives, in the privacy of their own apartments while they are
becoming New Yorkers.
The Mobile Contact Sheet: Featuring a diverse collection of
original contact sheets from multiple international mobile photographers.
24 Hour Project: Gallery showing and photobook of the 2012
collective work when 65 photographers documented the human aspect of 35 cities.
I am also working towards the 2013 theme.
How has smart photography changed your work?
Mobile photography has given me the opportunity to see and be more
in touch with my surroundings without the need of having my phone or other
camera in my hands. I am always observing as stories unfold
while I wander the streets of this city.
What does an image mean to you?
An image is a rich and complex frozen second in time. If it
awakens a feeling in you then to me that is a successful image.
What's next for you?
I soon have the opportunity to travel to Southern Asia and I
intend to use my mobile phone to capture the daily living and emotions in
locations where it might be to obtrusive to have a regular camera. The journey
will start in Pakistan. Recommendations are more than welcome as my itinerary
is still flexible.
Anyone you would like to plug?
Clay Butch: Most street photographers want to spend most of the time in the
streets and after we do, then comes the also hard process of reviewing our
shots and selecting what to share. Clay, not only has a great quality of
diverse shots but the speed at which he shares them is an inspiration in itself.
Renzo is also known as @aliveinnyc on Instagram
