SUSAN BURNSTINE

摘要

Most photographers find inspiration in the physical world sourrounding them. Susan Burnstine initially found inspiration in her dreams-benign and otherwise. "As a child, I suffered from severe nightmares that frequently stayed with me for days," she says. "Often, I would see an image or symbol in my waking life but would not know if it was something real or from my dreams. Over the years, I've found that there can often be a very thin line between my dream life and my waking life." But despite having first picked up a camera at the early age of eight, Burnstine, who grew up in Chicago, only began exploring that thin line several years ago. Apprenticed to a successful portrait photographer at 1 4, she found herself disillusioned with the business side of the medium at 21, moved to Los Angeles, and spent years working in film and live entertainment before returning to photography in her mid-30s. She quickly re-established herself commercially while also re-connecting with her creative visual instincts, first with plastic toy cameras, then with homemade cameras and lenses constructed from discarded toys, household items, and the like.