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September 2009 | Don Norris
Q: How long have you been taking pictures?
A: Since 1973 or thereabouts.
Peach Tree, Utah.
Made with a found lens hand mounted on a Polaroid Pack film camera with type 665 Positive/Negative Film - the lens was cheap and it didn't cover the whole film area.
Q: Do you remember your first photograph?
A: My dog with a friend's camera - made me want a camera of my own.
Q: Your favourite camera and lens?
A: Kodak Brownie Starflash, Mamiya 7, Polaroid Pack
Film Cameras
Q: Which photographers do you particularly admire?
A: Robert Adams, Lee Freidlander, Emmett Gowin
Q: The best piece of photographic advice you've received?
A: Keep shooting, keep working and don't let art get in the way - Wendy MacNeil
Q: Where will your work be exhibited during the Ballarat International Foto Biennale?
A: Ballarat Mining Exchange, 12 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat
Q: Where can people see more of your work?
A: drexbrooks.com (website) and Sweet Medicine: Photographs by Drex Brooks (publication)
Contact details
drex@drexbrooks.com
drexbrooks.com
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