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featureshoot: Photo by Spencer Murphy 
destinyofmints: In the crucial moment, I implored myself: I will, yes please. 
photomawf: 35mm
George Awde
f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s: by richard avedon
mariamsitchinava: untitled on Flickr.
Michal Chelbin
terrysdiary: ATL Twins at my studio #10
mullitover: JONATHAN CHERRY: What gets you up in the morning? EMLI BENDIXEN: Daylight and my dog JC: Are there any emerging photographers inspiring you at the moment? EB: I often visit Fiona Rogers’ Firecracker which features inspiring stories and projects told beautifully by a selection of female European photographers.Of the more established photographers, I love the work of Nick Ballon, Emma Hardy’s personal work and Spencer Murphy’s portraits. I’ve recently started looking a lot at work on Vimeo as well as the idea of moving image appeals to me more and more as a way to say something extra - for a little bit longer. JC: What is your current project all about? EB: I was adopted from South Korea to Denmark at an early age, and I’m curious about adoption and how being adopted affects your identity. I’m in the very early stages of doing a workshop with a charity that deals with young people who’ve been adopted. JC: What draws you to making portraits? EB: I’m interested in people. I enjoy getting to know something about someone in a small space of time - sometimes only minutes in a hotel or publishing house - my favourite part of any job without a doubt is that short amount of time. As such, I don’t direct my subjects much - I think conversation and interaction helps construct the mood and feel of an image before it’s captured. JC: How do you find juggling personal & commercial work? EB: The two often come together as I never fully stop working on personal ideas which in turn influences my editorial and commercial work. A lot of commercial work I get on the back of personal projects which means that these days my personal work although basically led by curiosity tend to bear some commercial awareness. JC: Any advice to recent photography graduates? EB: I studied journalism and it was during this time that I found myself wanting to condense every sentence so much that it really made more sense for me to produce images rather than copy. My approach was to assist until I felt confident and happy enough to go it on my own. My advice then would be to assist different types of photographers studio based product photography couldn’t be further from what I do now but I assisted in a food and still life studio for years and learned a lot about lighting which has come in useful on location based lifestyle jobs since. JC: Favourite tree? EB: Apple. When I was little I used to climb the trees in the apple orchard next door with the owner’s son. Nothing better than that.