INTERVIEW WITH DENNIS MCGUIRE



Who?
I once saw a man shot dead in the street. The flash of the gun was like the flash
of a camera, freezing a shocking image on the sensor of my eye.
I studied with Garry Winogrand at the School of Visual Arts in NYC.
Back then, my camera was a passport, allowing me liberties I otherwise wouldn’t have taken.

Interview with Dennis McGuire
Where?
For a while, I worked in New York, as a freelancer but The Coast was calling.
In San Francisco, I found steady work as a technical photographer.
It’s nice to get paid for playing with cameras.

Interview with Dennis McGuire
When?
Bear in mind I don’t have a current project.
Other than this little book I’ve been putting together:
Interview with Dennis McGuire
These Pictures have that temporal patina.
But I do hit the streets everyday.
I tend to photograph structures now, more than people.
And I photograph the same stuff over and again.

Interview with Dennis McGuire
What?
Roger Ebert once said, “Movies aren’t about their subjects; they’re about “how”
they’re about their subjects.”
I think the same holds true for photography. I try to make pictures that are about perception, as much as
they are about whatever I’m aiming the camera at.

Interview with Dennis McGuire
Why?
Sometimes there’s synergy.

Interview with Dennis McGuire