Simon Kossoff
Simon Kossoff is one of the many prolific photographers constantly adding to our Flickr group
Originally from England, Simon now resides in Overland Park, Kansas, his work has subsequently become heavily focussed on the American Landscape. We recently dropped him a few questions about his work and his current projects, So Keep reading to find out more…
“Being an outsider America has come as a great inspiration to me photographically. The act of orientation itself still continues to be exciting and insightful, weather it has been exploring the neighborhood where I live, or throughout the country as a whole. I’m interested in both the America inside, which I brought with me from England, with all its myths and legends and also the America that I’m actually discovering out on the road now I’m here. I am also inspired deeply by the space, or the mystery, which arises out of the ether between these two, where my own personal vision is being created and shaped daily through my experiences.”
“The main subject of my work is America, but this is always splintering into various sub-projects which take me down different avenues of exploration. Right now I am working on a psycho-geographical survey of Overland Park, the city in which I live and I am also editing another series called ‘American idol’ which is almost ready to be published at ‘Get the Picture’, the photo collective I am a member of. I also curate a Flickr group called ‘Altered States of Agoraphobia’, which is a public extension of my personal work here in the U.S. and is made up of work submitted by what I call it’s “Resident Aliens”. This group is filled with some inspired photographs made by some very talented photographers who are also invited to put together features using images from the group pool plus a relevant text. These features have been then published on the excellent photography website La Pura Vida. The ASA group, as it has come to be known, also has its own blog and is linked closely to my own blog of the same name. Presently I am now very close to opening another chapter to the ASA project titled ‘American Invasion’ which will be an investigation into the influence of America (for better or worse) on the native culture and environment of country’s outside the U.S. It’s a project I’m very excited about.”
Simon’s book ‘Foreign Bodies’ Is soon to be published through Pogo Books, so make sure to look out for it later this summer at http://www.pogobooks.de/
More of Simon’s images can be seen at GetThePicture or his Blog
