Sinna Nasseri’s photographs are distinctively his, with a unique style that draws upon mistakes and happenstance. Despite being relatively new to photography, he has photographed countless famous and influential people. His work is frequently featured in publications like Vogue, The New York Times and others. In a recent video interview with YouTuber and photographer Willem Verbeeck, Nasseri talks about his photographic path and how important mistakes are to his work.
Nasseri, formerly a corporate lawyer in New York City, recognized that 2020 would be a pivotal year. After just two years of photography, he quit his job and embarked on a journey of living in his car and traveling across the country to capture images. That same year, Vogue hired him to photograph the Democratic National Convention. Reflecting on this experience, Nasseri admits he wasn’t fully prepared at the time, lacking the skills and a clear personal vision or style.
Now, though, his images have a very distinctive style, and it’s pretty easy to tell photographs are his before seeing his name. “I think like my guiding principle is really to kind of try to not make things that have been made before, which is really hard to do,” says Nasseri. One of the keys to his process is to embrace uncertainty, chaos and errors. He notes that some of his best photos are those that resulted from mistakes. “It’s fun to make photography that doesn’t look like normal life. We see normal life all the time,” Nasseri says.
The video provides interesting insight into Nasseri’s unique work, process and journey and is well worth a watch. You can see more of Nasseri’s photographs on his Instagram.
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