Hadley Hudson is an American photographer currently based in Munich and Berlin.
She studied art at UCLA School of the Arts and Parsons School of design in Paris.
Her work has appeared in BLAST, Playboy,Vogue, New York Times Magazine and many more.
She has photographed for example Black Eyed Peas, Peaches, Gonzales,Jamie Lidell!
Some of you maybe know her from her Work for K-SWISS !
Q: Hello Hadley, as you are a heavy traveller, in which City do we find you today?
Q: We really love your Series about Models at Home.How did you get the Idea and have you done an Exhibition with them?
Hadley: As far as fashion, I have always been more interested in the models themselves rather than the clothes. Part of being a good model is being a kind of blank canvas for people to project their image or product upon. I always found it interesting to find out who these girls (or boys) actually are . Mostly their interests have nothing to do with the fashion world. Some live with their parents, some in “model apartments”…
Anyway, I am a total voyeur and love going into people’s houses…![/column]
Q: Which Sports do you like and and does Sports inspire you? What kind of Sports do you do?
Hadley: I started running about 4 years ago and haven’t stopped since then. And of course photographically, anything having to do with movement, be it dance or sport, inspires me. A lot of my work is about catching the right moment and physicality.
Q: Who are your favourite Photographers and what kind of Sports do you imagine they are doing?
Hadley: Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Lee Miller, Helmut Newton and Wolfgang Tillmans are some of my favorites. None of them ( except for Lee Miller perhaps) was known for being particularly sporty. I think Leni Riefenstahl was the first true sports photographer. She was also an inspiration for me.
Hadley: Classic is something that never goes out of style. I wore KSWISS in high school…I think that qualifies them as classics!
Q: Is there a special Trend going on in Photography? A special look maybe?
Hadley: I think that photography is going to get a bit more back to the basics… first of all due to the global economic situation…there simply are not going to be enormous budgets for tons of assistants , tons of retouching, et cetera. I can imagine photography becoming more intimate and spontaneous again, instead of so manufactured and retouched like it has been lately. I also think that film is going to make a comeback, at least in the art world.[/column]
Q: What can we expect from you in the Future?
Hadley: A book! And a huge party when it is finally finished….!
Q: Tell us about the White Book you shot for KWISS and how did it come about that you worked für KSWISS? Which Series have you most enjoyed?
Hadley:The white book was a fantastic project.It was a book project which I shot to commemorate 4o years of KSWISS. I basically just grabbed my camera and went to London, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam with some Classics in my bag. I could shoot whatever I wanted, musicians, friends, street scenes, and events. It was a “free interpretation” of the brand loosely sectioned into the different cities. The title of the book is “PLAY”, and I think the spirit of playing , whether music, games, or in life comes through.
Thank You Hadley !
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