Khmer ruins. Ta Prohm - Cambodia.
Preah Kahn in Cambodia. Sunset on El Peten.
Photos from L to R: #1.Denver Botanic Gardens. #2. Antelope Canyon.
Q: Who buys your photos? CONRAD: A rare breed of people to date. It takes a certain type of person to be either curious or knowledgeable about the images I produce. These people are often quite interested in what it took to obtain or make these photos.
Q: And how about curators at fancy art museums in the United States? CONRAD: I have not crossed that threshold…
Q: Which is -from all your photos- the most meaningful photo to you, to your soul and to your intellect? Excuse me, Conrad, perhaps intellect has nothing to do with it? CONRAD: At the moment, it would be the one that I just dropped into a bowl of salsa… A panoramic image from the Bayon in Cambodia. Yes, a giant negative plunged into the salsa. It is the most meaningful because the people that created the stone sculptures were truly gifted – the humble photographer pales in their majesty. Fortunately, the scan was already completed before the slide made it’s way into the saucy mess.
Q: What kind of camera do you use? Any particular lenses, techniques, angles, perhaps timing, the right moment at the right place? Or some secrets you wish to keep for yourself? CONRAD: I use mostly medium format currently. One Mamiya 645 AFD with the simple 80mm lens as it’s light weight (relatively speaking). One Noblex Pro 150U, which is a swing lens camera that is basically a rotation drum with two slits with a lens fixed inside. A Nikon N90S w/ a 28-200 lens. Disclosing certain locations of an area to photograph in an article seems like a good idea, however, one must weigh the environ/social impact of extra pairs of feet trampling certain places and spaces. Continues next