Bez Uma creates with a quiet intensity, capturing moments of lasting resonance. please enjoy his photographs and his interview :)













“nowhere girl” is a title you’ve given to the second photograph that appears above. there is a beatles song titled “nowhere man.” Is this photograph an interpretation of that beatles song? Perhaps a female response?

Of course, this is an allusion to the popular Beatles song, but I wouldn’t say that this photo literally reproduces the sense of the lyrics. It’s slightly different. The girl in the photo doesn’t want to know anybody. She wants to remain private. Her desire is to stay in her own world; completely unknown. This is her method of defence.



when approaching a photograph, do you observe a scene and then shoot, or do you create in your head first and then arrange for the photograph?

Almost every one of my photos are totally improvised. To put it another way, my plan of action is to have no plan of action. I try to create a special mood that allows you to concentrate on what you shoot but not how you go about shooting it.



hair plays prominently in your photographs. tell us a bit about that.

Well, hair seems to me to be a really magical substance. Firstly, it’s just beautiful. Secondly, it makes us like flowers or trees in that we water it several times a week in a way, don’t we? Some people, mostly men, look like cactuses, others, mostly girls, are like weeping willows. Finally, it’s almost completely useless because we can easily survive without it. I think I like a lot of things that are useless. Hair. Electric tooth brushes. Exercise bikes.



what made you first pick up a camera?

Pure chance I suppose. I just wanted to see how well the camera in my phone worked. That was the beginning of my illness called «photography».



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