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| Anthony Griffin |
When I was looking for a photographer, I wanted to interview an individual who focused on portraits. Not only were they to focus on portraits but I also sought out someone who wanted to convey a deeper message within their photographs. I found
Anthony Griffin who currently lives in Dublin and is a free lance photographer.
"It was less about a career, I just wanted to learn [about photography] and see something else"
The work that inspired me to interview him was his project, "An Uncommon Beauty" that featured women who had alopecia, an autoimmune disease that causes hair loss. Not only did Anthony captivate beautiful women but he was also telling the world that hair isn't important. During the interview, I talked to Anthony a lot about this project. We discussed his motives behind capturing the portraits for the project. He talked about how he was drawn to alopecia because he knew someone that had the disease. Through the use of photographs, Anthony is able to capture women from throughout Ireland that were willing to be models. The most shocking part about this process was hearing how many of the models would have to remove their wigs which they had not even done in front of their partners or significant others.
"The more you engage with something, the more you engage the viewer"
In addition, Anthony gave words of advice of how to capture the perfect shot. His suggestions included building off of our interests and using photography as a way to get to know human stories. What stemmed from an interest in music, social justice and photography led Anthony to become the artist he is today.
"People interest me. I rather spend an hour talking to people than looking at landscapes"
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