Focus: Naomi Christie

Naomi keeps sending us awesome photo sets, so we figured it's time to get to know her better.

Posted By Pile Rats 9 years ago

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Naomi Christie has sent us a couple of rad photo sets over the past year, so we figured it was time to get to know her a little better. We asked her a few questions and got her to send us a few of her favourite photos to go with. Enjoy:

Occupation:

Fulltime photographer, part-time filmmaker

Where are you? What are your immediate surroundings?

My bedroom, at my desk. To my left: A stack of 35mm prints and negatives, mail, paint brushes, a Kerouac poetry compilation CD, and a Chipotle coupon on my desk. To my right: my Wacom tablet and some Instax polaroids on my desk, my pink guitar leaning against the wall, and a map of the world on my wall. Man, I really need to clean this place up.

What have you been doing/working on recently?

Working on a couple of Super 8 video projects and shooting, shooting, shooting non-stop fashion/editorials!

Please describe a typical day:

I like to wake up slowly and I get ready for the day, then grab coffee or a smoothie, answer emails, and head off to whatever shoot I have that day. Sometimes it’s at my photo studio in Downtown LA, on location, or at the streetwear company, Moose Limited, I shoot in-house for. Then if I have time I edit photos or work on whatever post-production I need to. Some days I have to dedicate to editing all day. Every day is pretty different and always busy, but I like to take breaks to do things that inspire me like visit the ocean or adventure somewhere random with my boyfriend or friends. I really don’t like having a routine, so I keep things loose and with my job everything is always new and exciting.

How would you describe your work? And who (or what) are your biggest creative influences?

I would say it is very feminine and often very “California”. I’m highly influenced by the 60s French nu-wave, the beauty and lifestyle of the west coast, and the energy of my friends and the city I live in.

Three favourite spots on the web to browse?

LiveFastMag.com

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What is something new you have noticed or learned recently?

That LA has two kinds of people: those who like to endlessly complain about “all the fake people in Hollywood”, and those who like to live their lives without acrimony.

What in your opinion makes a beautiful image? What elements need to exist in a moment for the image to be successful?

For me, an image is beautiful if it is emotive or gives you an emotion. To see a still of something and have it strike a chord within you, that’s pretty wonderful. For my fashion photography, I like to capture the best parts of my subject whether that is their playfulness, their sensuality, or their charm - it makes the shoot and images feel very natural and organic.