You really love Japan. Do you want to shoot there more? <\/strong><\/p>\nI have a deep and abiding love for Japan and the Japanese. It all started when I was five and realised that Nintendo was a Japanese company. I almost exclusively use Japanese-made cameras and lenses. The last time I visited, I hadn’t yet really taken up photography. I’ve always wondered what it’d be like to travel around Japan for a few months with a set of cameras.<\/p>\n
What do you find so fascinating about the place?<\/strong><\/p>\nEverything. I love their language, their culture, their work ethic, their history, their toys, video games, cameras and manga. I also love Pokemon. A lot.<\/p>\n
We know you\u2019re a fan of Polaroid, but which other forms of photography do you like to experiment with? \n<\/strong> \nI shoot a lot of 35mm and medium format – I haven’t had the patience to get into the larger formats just yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I found myself owning a 4×5″ camera at some point this year. I don’t do any of my own developing, and I haven’t quite gotten the itch for anything like wet plates just yet.<\/p>\nWhat are you currently working on?<\/strong><\/p>\nI do! I have a look book, two personal shoots, a music video, a magazine editorial, and three band promo shoots to do before the end of next month. Things are going to be a little hectic.<\/p>\n
Words: Katie Wilkinson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parker Fitzgerald is a fashion and music photographer from Portland, Oregon who spends most of his time trekking to the last green reaches of the earth to photograph his languid, beautiful subjects. With a traffic jam of projects on the horizon, we pinned down the nascent talent to pick through his impressive portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[305],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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