Alex Prager Professions : Filmmaker Born : 1979 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by Alex Prager The eyes sparked a lot of things for me, it could be somebody remembering something they had witnessed or heard about, or it could be the person in the photograph that was experiencing a tragedy or it could also be the spectator looking on from a safe distance. Alex Prager distance eye tragedy With photography, I like to leave a lot of the story, even to myself. Alex Prager photography stories I think that's one of the reasons it's nice to leave out a lot; it can become a lot more personal to people if there is room for them to put their own experiential time track on it. Alex Prager nice people thinking I never plan anything in an analytical way before I shoot, but when I look back there seems to be kind of a primary color palette. Alex Prager color looks way When I'm shooting in other cities, I'm just trying to make it look like California. Alex Prager california cities trying I am looking for the disconnected connection Alex Prager disconnected connections I like to use really basic or classic colors, things that people have seen over and over and over again. Primary colors, at least in photography, have been around a lot longer than neon colors and really vibrant purples, hot pinks. Red, blue, yellow, orange - because of Kodachrome and the way that things were produced I think that those colors stood out more than any others. Alex Prager photography blue thinking I think the worst reaction that I could get from someone to my photos is some sort of mediocre, middle-range reaction where they really get nothing from it, and they want to move on to the next thing. [I'd rather they be] horrified, pissed off at me, extremely disgusted at how bad of an artist I am. Alex Prager artist moving thinking It's always really scary to release new work. Alex Prager new-work release scary I can't even imagine what it is like to make a movie that lasts two hours. Alex Prager imagine lasts two I never thought about the green, but LA has a lot of greenery. Alex Prager greenery green I lived in London for small amounts of time, and in Florida and New York. Alex Prager florida london new-york It's hard for me to approach [a film] as a still image now that I know exactly what it takes to make a movie. I mean, I know what it takes to make a movie that lasts five minutes. Alex Prager film lasts mean I always work with the same composer, his name is Ali Helnwein. I don't have a musical background. Alex Prager composer musical names Similar Authors Burnie Burns filmmaker Brian Lindstrom filmmaker Brian Koppelman filmmaker Anne Fontaine filmmaker Avi Lewis filmmaker Ava DuVernay filmmaker All Authors