Here is the interview with Gabriela Lupu by Sophie Bernard in the context of our coverage of the festival Circulation(s). Lupu uses the series Just to See by Robert Delpire and Michel Frizot as a support for her own work: she makes drawings of the photographs presented in these publications. With these drawings, she creates the “History of Photography” series, calling on the big names of photography, from Nicéphore Niépce to Nancy Rexroth.
Why did you become a photographer?
I first became a photographer by accident. During my sociology studies in Romania, a friend told me I should take a photography course. My oldest sister responded to my arguments and paid for my visual art courses in Brasov, Romania. At first, I wanted to do fashion photography because it was the thing to do at the time. It was only later, when I was in France, that I decided to become a photographer after having worked at an ad agency. From that moment on, photography became a need.
