The eyes sparked a lot of things for me, it could be somebody remembering something they had witnessed or heard about, or it could be the person in the photograph that was experiencing a tragedy or it could also be the spectator looking on from a safe distance.

Alex Prager

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With photography, I like to leave a lot of the story, even to mys... by Alex Prager

With photography, I like to leave a lot of the story, even to myself.

photography stories

I think that's one of the reasons it's nice to leave out a lot; it can become a lot more personal to people if there is room for them to put their own experiential time track on it.

nice people thinking

I never plan anything in an analytical way before I shoot, but when I look back there seems to be kind of a primary color palette.

color looks way

When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it loo... by Alex Prager

When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it look like California.

california cities trying

I am looking for the disconnected connection by Alex Prager

I am looking for the disconnected connection

disconnected connections

I like to use really basic or classic colors, things that people have seen over and over and over again. Primary colors, at least in photography, have been around a lot longer than neon colors and really vibrant purples, hot pinks. Red, blue, yellow, orange - because of Kodachrome and the way that things were produced I think that those colors stood out more than any others.

photography blue thinking

I think the worst reaction that I could get from someone to my photos is some sort of mediocre, middle-range reaction where they really get nothing from it, and they want to move on to the next thing. [I'd rather they be] horrified, pissed off at me, extremely disgusted at how bad of an artist I am.

artist moving thinking

It's always really scary to release new work. by Alex Prager

It's always really scary to release new work.

new-work release scary

I can't even imagine what it is like to make a movie that lasts t... by Alex Prager

I can't even imagine what it is like to make a movie that lasts two hours.

imagine lasts two

I never thought about the green, but LA has a lot of greenery. by Alex Prager

I never thought about the green, but LA has a lot of greenery.

greenery green

I lived in London for small amounts of time, and in Florida and N... by Alex Prager

I lived in London for small amounts of time, and in Florida and New York.

florida london new-york

It's hard for me to approach [a film] as a still image now that I know exactly what it takes to make a movie. I mean, I know what it takes to make a movie that lasts five minutes.

film lasts mean

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I... by Alex Prager

I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background.

composer musical names