The Kurty D Show
053 - Widen The Lens with Kris Krug
Episode Summary
This week, I'm excited to share my conversation with my friend, Kris Krug. Kris Krug is a well-known professional photographer who has photographed Presidents, supermodels, rock stars, billionaires, and cultural protagonists like you and me. Kris is also a technologist and author exploring Artificial intelligence. US-born but based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. This conversation covers lots of ground and one of the highlights is us unpacking his photography process, where he chooses to rescript the violent language associated with photography for a more intimate and profound approach. Kris and I have lived a lot of life together. I’m delighted to bring one of my favorite friends to the party.
Episode Notes
Key Takeaways:
- The benefits of putting your work online as a photographer or someone in the creative industry.
- How everyone is uniquely beautiful in their own way from a photographer’s perspective.
- How beauty inspires Kris Krug to step things up for himself.
- How adding the context of time to a photograph deepens its meaning.
- How AI is changing our response to beauty.
- Internet culture and how it has allowed people to be more expressive with their fashion.
- How Kris uses English and language to change the world around him.
- Why copying the same camera systems that your friends use and simply switching equipment is a good practice.
- The importance of getting your work online to accelerate growth as a photographer.
- Why it’s important to visit places like Discord and Flickr to see some interesting activity with not just photography, but all sorts of mediums.
- How AI has helped Kris speed up his editing process.
Tweetable Quotes:
- “I make beautiful portraits of all sorts of people.” - Kris Krug
- “The more you put yourself out there, the more you give yourself away, the more value there is in your work and in your name, more people want you involved in their stuff.” – Kris Krug
- There's something about everybody that really speaks to me.” – Kris Krug
- “I often walk away from an encounter with beauty feeling inspired or called to a greater part of myself to step it up.” – Kris Krug
- “This idea of giving space in the context of time gives a better kind of a more of a wider perspective.” – Kris Krug
- “As we enter into this AI age, I wonder what our response to beauty is going to change because these computers can make perfection all day long.” – Kris Krug
- “The ways that people express themselves through fashion is more interesting than ever. And I think that a lot of it comes directly from internet culture in some ways.” – Kris Krug
- “I've always tried to use my relationship with language and English to kind of like change the world around me.” – Kris Krug
- “If you want to accelerate your growth as a photographer, get out there and make stuff. Get it online, read the comments, and incorporate it into your work.” – Kris Krug
- “The most interesting things on the internet are happening under the surface.” – Kris Krug
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