The Giglio, Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York 2010
:: Welcome to Nuok, Kevin! Tell us a little about yourself! I am a New York based documentary photographer. I moved to Brooklyn from Birmingham 20 years ago to attend Pratt Institute. I initially studied painting and switched to photography as a means of communicating my ideas of the world around me. I’ve fallen in love with Brooklyn. Every time I leave to work on projects outside of Brooklyn, I always have a desire to return. For the past three years, I’ve been teaching a 14-week documentary workshop out of the Coney Island Museum every summer. Recently, the museum has decided to have this year-round. We will be documenting other parts of Brooklyn. This year, I had the great thrill of being invited to be a guest instructor for a workshop taught by Andy Levin. “Coney Island, a different perspective” was the name of the workshop. Andy runs an online photography magazine called “100 Eyes”. I am currently documenting how people are surviving the great recession.
Cholitas, Que paso cholitas?, Coney Island 2010
:: Why and when did you start photography? I started doing photography and painting in elementary school. My vision throughout my youth was influenced by what I saw from the troubles in Northern Ireland and the civil rights movement in the Deep South. I moved to New York and met Louis Stettner, who has been a big influence in my photography. I consider him a mentor.
:: Where do you get your inspiration from? I get my inspiration from Brooklyn. The people, the places, the smells. Everything that is Brooklyn. Yo! Also from friends like Robert Frank, Louis Stettner and other photographers in New York.
A day at the beach, Coney Island, Brooklyn 2010
:: If I say Italy, you say…? Art! Italy, especially Florence has always meant something to my family, dating back to the middle 1700′s, when Italy was a refuge for my family escaping religious persecution.
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