Chelsee Ivan (Calgary, Alberta. Canada)
How did you get into photography? I suppose it evolved from my crippling fear of losing anything.
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? The so beautiful moments that last just an instant and if the moment lasted any longer your heart might just blow up.
What makes a good image to you? A good photograph to me is one I want to exist in.
Your favourite film and why? I think Dummy will always be my favourite. When I was little I used to look into my dog’s eyes and say over and over ‘if you can speak, please just speak to me’ and I feel like Adrien Brody’s character in Dummy would understand that.
Your favourite quote? ”We’re here and we’re alive” - J.S. Foer
What was the last interesting dream you remember? I frequently dream of a street that doesn’t exist in my hometown and exploring the shops and homes that live on it, new things to see in a town I know so well. While I’m inside these houses it’s snowing outside, but when I’m outside it’s summer. My dad is fixing up the top floor of one of the houses, painting the hardwood flooring white. Outside the street is filled with horses and a person I went to high school with is shooting at them but missing. I’m lying in a deer’s bed next to a barbed wire fence so I don’t get shot.
Your favourite photographer/artist? Right now - Glen Erler and Nikita Pirogov.
Latest obsession? I’m obsessed with discovering the secret to a perfect meringue, photographs of foot binding and making a picture that’s even better than the last.
If you can sum up your photos in one word, what would that be? Alone.
If you could speak another language what would it be? French.
