ND: You often feature bands and artists as subjects. Are band portraits your bread-and-butter type work?
BP: I know much of my work is for the entertainment industry but how that translates to my advertising work is pretty on par with my internal vision. You could say the core of my work is shooting humans. Now lets take that a step further, I shoot a person's inner strength, sexiness, secrets and yes, my favorite word, swagger. No matter the subject, that is the common thread throughout my body of work.
ND: What is your favorite photographic subject?
BP: Other than my dog? People who can match my energy and enthusiasm. People who are still excited to wake up and do this. People who know the mission behind the shoot and want to go that extra step to make greatness.
"You could say the core of my work is shooting humans. I shoot a person's inner strencth, sexiness, secrets, and yes, swagger.}
ND: Describe your perfect shoot.
BP: The shoot I did for SAIPHS was pretty much it. Two long days back to back. Everyone from the Client to the subjects to the crew had a positive energy surrounding them. We were photographing Thomas Flowers, Sugar Bowl champ from Georgia. He was so inspiring to work with not to mention he wore the product well. I have to admit it was great feeding off his energy and vice versa. When we wrapped you could just see the overwhelming sense of success wash over everyone's faces. That is very gratifying to the point of addiction.
Brook Pifer can be found online:
web: www.brookpifer.com
vimeo: vimeo.com/brookpifer
tumblr: brookpifer.tumblr.com
twitter: twitter.com/brookpifer
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