Harley Weir talks about her love of Nobuyoshi Araki and the Pre-Raphaelites, and that time she nearly interned for a female pornographer
on the phone, she had just been caught in a giant hailstorm. It was the middle of July, and she was in awe of the size of the hailstones. Eager for me to see, she picked a few off the ground and took a quick iPhone photo of her clutching a collection of them. However, what struck me from the photo she sent to me wasn’t the hugeness of the golfball-sized hail, but how beautiful the image was.
HW: I’ve been lucky to have always had art available to me. I remember the first time I saw what I thought was great art: it was a postcard up in my uncle’s houseboat of Hylas and the Nymphs. I remember being besotted by the image of the water nymphs gently dragging Hylas into this pond.object that I remember I found really, really captivating.
eople tell me I look a bit Pre-Raphaelite. Maybe that’s also why I connect to it, that very old-fashioned stereotype of beautyBella Donna byHW: The Spice Girls were a great influence on my taste … unfortunately! I remember I used to collect Spice Girls posters, and I hid them in a secret closet. The Spice Girls were a big thing for young girls at the time. The first female heroes of my generation.
HW: I think I was so busy that I didn’t really have a chance to realise what I was up to, but I was really grateful.MA: Was there anything in your work that you felt you wanted to explore or say when you were starting out?. I was intrigued and excited about. In the beginning, when I first started, I primarily took photographs of guys. Most of my projects consisted ofMA: What photographers’ work were you looking at during that time?. I used to love Sally Mann and Peter Beard.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Breakout Comedy Series Minx Has Us Asking – Would Male Centrefolds Be Acceptable Today?Minx opens up an interesting narrative about whether it would be appropriate, or even desired today?
Read more »
Why Keeley Hawes’ messy main character is the most relatable thing about CrossfireGive us a complicated female lead any day of the week, thank you very much.
Read more »
M&S cafe unveils its new autumn menu additions - including epic jacket potatoes and best-ever toast -From grown-up toast and gourmet jacket potatoes, to cinnamon buns, spiced lattes and pastry-topped soups – check out the M&S autumn menu.
Read more »
Unspoken desires: why you need to learn to say ‘I want’Psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber’s new book What We Want explores the hidden desires many of us repress. Here, she delves into the power in learning to say ‘I want’.
Read more »