Carpaccio Magazine Issue #16: interview with Aeschleah DeMartino
You can take a look at Issue #16: “I feel at home whenever the unknown surrounds me” here
You can get this issue here
Aeschleah DeMartino website: aeschleah.com
Carpaccio Magazine: Tell us something about you (Who are you, what do you do, where are you from…)
Aeschleah: My name is Aeschleah DeMartino. I’m 26 years old. I moved to San Francisco from Los Angeles after high school to study photography. I graduated from The San Francisco Art Institute in 2007 with a BFA and have since been pursuing my career in photography. When I’m not shooting a job or bartending to pay for rent and film; you can usually find me basking in the park, cooking, Netflixing HBO series’ or scouting for my next shoot. Although, all the work I am getting in San Francisco is commercial, I am constantly working on my fashion book. Doing conceptual/fashion ad campaigns and editorials is my dream. I know the industry is in New York, but I’m crossing my fingers that something big will happen for me in the comfort of this amazing city.
CM: When and how did you start taking photos? What are your favorite cameras and why?
A: My Father dappled in photography when I was growing up, so it was always around. But at that time, I only had interest in being in front of the camera, which is kinda funny because I take a lot of self-portraits now. As a kid, I was always making art and being creative in some way, but photography seemed too mechanical. I remember one day my Dad walked into my room and found my vanity stacked on my bed with me balancing on it, painting my ceiling black with a tiny paint brush. I painted a mural of a galaxy over my bed and stuck on hundreds of tiny glow-in-the-dark dots for stars. And then in high school, I took a photo class and quickly realized photography was my calling. I visited a few schools I was considering and fell in love with SFAI. There, I learned to appreciate photography as a fine art. So, I shoot film. I have a digital camera that I use for certain jobs, but my Mamyia 7II is my baby. I also love shooting large-format. I’m saving up for a Toyo! Shooting film is very euphoric for me. When I shoot digitally, I sort of snap away, knowing that I can edit later. With analog cameras, I really think about every single, little detail and when I get “the shot”; I feel it. It’s the best feeling.
CM: Where do you find inspiration? What are your influences and other artists you like?
A: All my concepts start from a location. Once I find a location that inspires me; the ideas start flowing. When I’m in the space, I imagine the models, their moods, wardrobe, etc. Then I’ll go home and start developing the concept and research inspiration shots. My favorite photographer right now is probably Steven Klein. I’ve always loved Guy Bourdin, David LaChappelle, Terry Richardson and Nikki S. Lee. A lot of artists that inspire me are photographers I find on flickr too. I’m pretty competitive, so I like to see what my peers are doing.
CM: If you couldn’t take photos, what would you do?
A: Die. Man, I can’t imagine my life without photography. I know I’d find some kind of artistic outlet, but who knows… I really want to learn to play the cello. I think it’s such a sexy instrument.
CM: How do you see yourself ten years from now? Are you working on a future project?
A: I might have to buckle down and move to New York. I’m trying to stick it out for as long as possible, but it’s a big possibility in my near future. And I’ll be 36 ten years from now, so I’ll probably be making babies. They’ll be bi-lingual because my Latina nanny will speak solely Spanish to them while I’m at work shooting huge ad campaigns and editorial spreads. That’s the plan, anyway.
I’ve got tons of projects and ideas stacked up, but if I tell you, someone might steal them! I am working on a self-portrait project with my friend, Jessica Domino. It’s called The Alphabet Project. We’ve been working on it for a long time. In alphabetical order, we switch off mailing each other a word of our choosing for the other to make a photo about along with the print from the previous letter. We’re on N and it’s my turn. It’ll probably be another year before we get to Z. No one has seen the images. We’re really excited.
CM: Do you have any advice for new emerging artists? (and/or) Do you want to add anything?
A: I don’t know if other artists experience this, but I go on creative roller coasters. Where sometimes I’m on a roll and can’t stop taking pictures and then sometimes I feel like everything I’m making is shit. I get really depressed and stop shooting. But the only way to get out of that slump is to shoot your way out. As discouraging as it feels, you have to pick up the camera and create until you make something great again.
credits:
photography: aeschleah
wardrobe stylist: erin frederick
hair stylists: melissa ruiz & kristina goett
makeup artist: elizabeth salamanca
models: morgan [at] FORD & alexandra [at] NEXT
Carpaccio Magazine Issue #16: “I feel at home whenever the unknown surrounds me” is out!
Carpaccio Magazine Issue #16: “I feel at home whenever the unknown surrounds me” is out!
In this issue you’ll find the illustrations + photografies of: Andrea Wan, Andrés Mauricio Rojas Rojas, Andres Reisinger, Astrid Andersson, Cendrine Rovini, Charmaine Olivia, Dagmar Vyhnalkova, Denise Nestor, Francesco Palù, Jane o sullivan, Jonathon Griggs, Juan de Marcos, Juste Jonutyte, Larry Dufresne, Laura Ferrara, Lauren Treece, Luca Polinelli, Lucia O’Connor-McCarthy, Magdalena Meg, Garczynska, Martha Boxley, Matthew Gobert, Michelle Marie Murphy, Sarina Evelyn Cass, Serap Gecü, Susan Anderson, Tara Dougans, Tuane Eggers and Vicente Garcia Morillo.
Interview with: Aeschleah DeMartino
At the end of this week or at the beginning of the next week, printed copies of this Issue will be available in a limited edition of 100 at Atem Books website.
Arnaud Teicher, french photographer (Issue #15)
Arnaud Teicher is a french independent photographer. Lives and works in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes. France.
He uses a Mamiya 645, Ricoh 500G camera with Fuji film and a polaroid sx-70.
His contribution to Issue #15: “The Morning of Our Lives”
He says about this series:
The entitled work “nude” unifies a series of questions on the relationships between human and nature.
When forests are pressured and cornered by a massive industrial development, a new balance between man and his environment must be found.
The goal of this work was to acknowledge two persons of nature’s richness, physical or psychological richness.
Images translate their reactions while being naked into forests.
The work has been realized with a 6×4,5 roll-film analogical camera, for its high standards of quality in terms of details capture and light respect.
You can also find him at his web and his Flickr.
Kai Chan animation “Memory of College”
Kai Chan, one of the first collaborators of Carpaccio Magazine, has done a really funny and great animation called “Memory of College”.
Take a look here:
Kai Chan website: kyliechan.blogspot.com/
Carpaccio Magazine Issue #15: “The Morning of Our Lives” is out!
Issue #15: “The morning of our lives” is out! This issue is inspired in the song with the same title of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers.
On Cover (print & online): Tyler Bewley
Interview with: Eric Zener
Featured artists: Alana Ocano, Arnaud Teicher, Audra Mcclelland, Bianca Stewart, Christopher Schreck, Clara Rastellini, Clau Silvano, Denise Nestor, Eleanor Bennet, Eliya Nikki Cohen, Eric Zener, Heduardo Siberia, Igne Smilingyte, Indiana Caba, Jason Hynes, Jonathon Griggs, Kathryn Macnaughton, Kwon Kyung Yup, Linnea Strid, Manuela Strano, Peter Diamond, Sarah Dunn, Shannon Taggart, Tascha Elliott, Tom Moglu, Tyler Bewley, Valeria Cherchi, Vanessa Kowalski and Yeruza Labrín.
You can get this issue for only 4 euros at Atem Books website. . Limited edition of 100.
Kai Chan: summer & autumn 2009 newspaper
Kai Chan, illustrator (collaborator of several issues of Carpaccio Magazine and cover of Issue #2) has sent us a present: a copy of her summer & autumn issues. The newspaper reports Kai Chan life from summer 2009 (in summer issue) and autumn 2009 (for autumn issue). Kai Chan shows what she sees, what she eats, what she watches… Like a journal.
Ah, and it’s in Chinese! So we don’t understand anything… But as the most important thing is the illustration part… We’ve enjoyed reading them. We really love them!
You can find more works of Kai Chan at her blog: kyliechan.blogspot.com
Ilona Gorecka-Sonnewend, photographer
Ilona Gorecka-Sonnewend, photographer.
Ilona website: ilona-gorecka-sonnewend.de
You can get issue #14 at Atem Books website: atembooks.com
On Cover Issue #14: Andrés Mauricio Rojas Rojas
Andrés Mauricio Rojas Rojas (26 years old, Colombia) is Issue #14: “Alea iacta est” cover. Let’s see his contribution to Issue #14:
Andrés Mauricio Rojas Rojas flickr: flickr.com/photos/senor_real
Carpaccio Magazine Issue #14: “Alea iacta est” is out!
ALEA IACTA EST…
here we have the new issue of Carpaccio Magazine!
In this issue you’ll find the works of more than 40 collaborators from around the world: Alexander Kostinskyi, Andrés Mauricio Rojas Rojas, Aurora Ira, Aysha Banos, Benedetta Falugi, Brooke Shaden, bruce new, Christopher Schreck, Damian Archerama, Eddie Jimenez, Fatma Gultekin, Gabriel Miller Tafra, Gemma Cascón, GSR, Guillaume le moine, Ilona Sonnewend, Jackie Jakaitis, Jessica Bartolini, Jihyun Yeo, Juan Weiss, Krysthopher Woods, Kyle Jorgensen, Louise Chen, Marco Cedrone, Maria Simó, Matea Jocic, Michael Vicent Manalo, Nichelle S., Patrick Carpentier, Rodolfo Vanmarcke, Sam Spreckley, Samantha Casolari, Sarah A. Palmer, Sarah Dunn, Sasha Tugolukova, Scott Nellis, Sebastian Jefford, Sofia Ajram, Sophie Xu, Stefan Dauth and Vladislaw.
+ an interview with Sasha Tugolukova + an interview with Sofia Ajram!
We’re no longer offering the printed version through MagCloud, as people from outside USA, Canada or UK couldn’t get copies… we’re now offering a home-made version of Carpaccio Magazine, printed in full colour, 90gr xerox premier paper & in 18×13,5cm. If you want to buy this version, you can go to this website and for only 3,5 euros plus shipping & handle costs you’ll receive your own copy! We send them to all the world… 
Here Comes The Night book
This book is a photographic showcase about the vision of night photography.
The selection of participants was curated by Andres Medina and Mikel Aramendia, promoters of this book, and partially comes motivated by the positive experience in the Flickr group Midnight Photo Addict. This book project is including 34 photographers from locations around the world.
Link of the book in blurb: blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1267547
One of Carpaccio Magazine collaborators, Ana Himes, is part of “Here Comes The Night Book”. Her contribution to this project:
