MUTZINE Interview - Aaron Park: Fashion Editorials, Street Style, Models, and Mottos

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Hello~

I don't know if you guys noticed, but we started updating twice a week!
It's Friday and so it's time for an Interview!!!


This one is with Aaron Park. A very talented Korean Fashion Photographer.

To learn about how he got started, his gear, and who his favorite Korean Models to work with are - you've gotta read this one! He also mentions his favorite Korean Hip Hop crew. Haha.

If you'd like to write for MUTZINE, or help produce amazing graphics such as the one above, or even help manage the Twitter account. Drop me a line at gissella@mutzine.me.

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First, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and introduce yourself?
Hello! It’s a bit embarrassing to call myself a photographer at this point, but my name is Aaron Park. I started out by taking street fashion photographs and currently I try to take street pictorial pictures that align with my personal aesthetic.

How did you you get your start with photography?
When I was struggling to find out what I could do in the fashion field, I learned about street fashion through blogging. I was soon interested in it and that’s how I started doing photography.

You are known for great editorial style shoots even on Instagram, and we’re wondering how your photography evolved into that style.
Oh, wow! I’ve never heard that I was well known with that type of photograph so I feel a bit bashful. I think it’s because I spent a great deal of time trying to figure out what I really want to take a picture of and how to put my own personality and ideas into it. I think it has always been very important for me to try different things and evaluate my pictures afterwards.

Monthly Aaron Park seems to be a blog that features mostly editorial style shoots while Anovation seems to have more single features. Can you explain the goals of your two Tumblrs?
I use my Anovation as my portfolio. I hope someone can get inspired by my photographs. Monthly Aaron Park is where I do things I solely want to do. In the future I hope this Tumblr can become a media outlet or creative space of my own. It could be like my own magazine.

You’ve produced some pretty amazing editorial style photo shoots and worked with some great models.
Can you tell us, start to finish, about the process you go through to put something like that together?
Well, I don’t have anything special for the process. Maybe... I do have something special where I get my inspiration from. I get inspired when I listen to the lyrics of a song or places I see while I am walking on the street. Once I am inspired, I start doing some research on other photographs, and I start planning out and directing each little detail from beginning to end.

Does it start with a phone call to the models, and then you go see what happens?
Or do you imagine how the shoot is styled and then try to create the image based around that vision?
I think it’s different for every shoot. Most of the time, I look for models who are suitable for the concept that I want. I contact and eventually shoot models who can create the picture and look I want. There are times when I get inspired while I am chatting with the models and then I plan out and shoot on the spot. It’s super impulsive, but it’s a lot of fun. (laughs)



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Source: MUTZINE

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I always leave your post with a new person to follow on Instagram. Nice interview.