- Why document residue of abuses with the emotional complexity of amnesty?
- Why is it in black and white only?
- How do you make documenting a part of your everyday life?
- How do one withstand the test of time?
- How did you get started with photographing yourself and friends?
- How does one differentiate themselves from just taking a "regular" photo?
Notes: William Kentridge
- Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- His artworks seems to have a great deal with politics in South Africa
- When he was young he saw a photo with a person's head blown off and that has left an impression from then onward
- He works with all sorts of medium
- His experiences from his childhood to growing up shows in his artworks a lot
- Impacted by the death of her friends and drug usage
- Her sister committed suicide and she ran away from home at a young age
- In the beginning her pictures were not seen by the public but by the people whom she had taken pictures of but later, everyone was able to view them and it became a hit
- She searches for the intimacy she lost with her sister
- Was in an abusive relationship that had her hospitalized
Post Questions for William Kentridge
- Out of all your mediums, which is your favorite and why?
- If you were not living in South Africa, where would you like to live?
- Is everything based on real life experiences or events?
- How come you had no intention of becoming a career artist even though you did so much with photographing?
- Are you still looking for that intimacy you lost with your sister?
- Is any of your friends still struggling with drugs or other life threatening situations?
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