Meet the Hot Shots : Rachel Hulin

Your name
Rachel Hulin
Your Age
26
Website
Rachel Hulin
Where are you from
Storrs, CT
Where do you live now?
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
What's your day job?
Currently: Programs Associate at ICP
In two weeks: Photo Editor at Nerve.com
Artist's Statement
I have been taking pictures for about 10 years in many different guises - first as a high school art student, then as an editorial photographer for my college newspaper, and finally in a Master's program and on my own. I have been working on a landscape series and a series about my mother for the past few years. I am influenced by Elger Esser and Richard Misrach - I love a sense of painterly minimalism in a photograph. Lately I've been looking at Andrea Modica and Ralph Eugene Meatyard as I start to include people in my images (which I managed not to do at all for several years). I am excited about the work I am creating of my mother. I am attempting to create a narrative about her while placing her in a personally meaningful landscape and environment.
Which artists inspire you? (Not necessarily photographers.)
Elger Esser, Andy Goldsworthy, Peter Campus
What kind of camera do you use?
Mamiya 7 and Pentax 67
What's your favorite beverage?
Bloody Mary
What's your favorite movie?
Spellbound
Your favorite quote?
I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. - Abe Simpson
What's the last CD you listened to?
Outkast. I know the "Hey Ya" craze is over, but I still love it.
What are you reading now?
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro What's your favorite season?
Fall
Favorite color?
Saffron
What are your favorite foods?
Soft-boiled eggs and edamame
Do you have an interesting/obscure hobby? If so, tell us about it.
I like street hockey, but I haven't played in a while. Same with darts. And I like to shoot rifles at the range on 22nd Street.

Comments

[sohbet]

Thank you very much for this incredibly well written editorial!