Artist: Andres Gonzalez

Visually, I am attracted to Gonzalez's minimalist, documentary style. His photos feel mysterious, yet peaceful. They give a feeling of exploring, wandering, and discovering, that ends in solitude. Hid quote about thinking of the "camera as a tool for reconciliation and problem-solving, even if it never gives a straight answer" relates closely to my process. My pictures about isolation act as personal therapy, even if they don't directly effect the situation. I also like how Gonzalez photographs a lot of mundane subject matter, but makes it interesting because of what he puts into it.


bio:
Andres Gonzalez (b. 1977, United States) is currently based in Istanbul, Turkey. He is originally from California where he pursued a degree in writing from Pomona College in Claremont, California – but after a two year stint in Namibia teaching environmental education and snapping pictures along the way, he realized that photography was a much more natural way for him to express his world view. He is the recipient of the Canon Italia Young Photographer’s Award in 2009, was a Fulbright Scholar in 2008. He was selected as one of PDN’s Emerging 30 photographers in 2006. His work has been published by W Magazine, Monocle, and Wallpaper among others.
(from Verve Photo http://vervephoto.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/andres-gonzalez/)


Quotes:
"Over the year, I think I started using the camera to approach the way I was feeling about them, maybe as an emotional shield, maybe as a way to capture some internal conflict."
-Andres Gonzalez for Mossless Magazine (http://mosslessmagazine.com/post/963160937/andres-gonzales)

"The process suddenly felt serious in an abstract way - I had no idea what I was doing, or that I could even express myself with pictures. At that point I only knew of photojournalism, the pinnacle being National Geographic. This felt different, but I didn’t know why. So that was really the beginning, and I still try to hold onto the idea of the camera as a tool for reconciliation and problem-solving, even if it never gives a straight answer."

-Andres Gonzalez for Mossless Magazine (http://mosslessmagazine.com/post/963160937/andres-gonzales)

gallery:
http://www.tinyvices.com/gallery/131181?page=portfolios


artist website: 
http://www.andresgonzalezphoto.com/


interview:
http://mosslessmagazine.com/post/963160937/andres-gonzales