The Daily Photograph presents works by photographer Jim McKinniss.
What photographers are your greatest influences?
McKinniss : Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, and Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secessionists.
What makes a photograph good?
McKinniss : For me technical perfection is much less important than the artistic interpretation the photographer brings to the photo. A good photograph will cause the observer to pause and study it and possibly create a story. It leaves questions in the viewer’s mind.
Many of your photographs contain an element of mystery. Can you explain that?
McKinniss : Many of my photographs are dark in tone. I think this is the result of growing up in the 50’s and 60’s watching noir movies and listening to mystery radio shows. I liked the scenes of strong light and shadow contrasts in the rooms and streets, the heavy shadows with characters walking away and disappearing into those shadows.
