Ted Scott — Interview

Ted Scott, b. 1942 · Karekare

For all of that, he has never put it out into the world as one body of work. This is the first time. What follows is Ted, in his own words, with a few from the friends who know him best.

A friend: what's the most Ted thing you've ever watched him do?
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— [Artist friend's name]

How did photography first get its hooks into you?

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Do you remember your very first photograph?

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Is it true you photographed Prince Charles?

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What was the move from England to this coast actually like?

You've photographed this same coast for decades. What keeps you coming back to it?

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What does a usual Sunday look like for you?

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The new work is a real departure from the photographs. What changed for you?

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How did the collages come about?

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You've got a lot of work that's never left the studio. What's sitting in there?

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What pulled you toward making work about the war?

What's it like to make work about something like that?

This is the first time you've put it all out in the open. How does that sit with you?

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Last one. Seventy years in, what's something you know now that you didn't at the start?

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A friend: what's the worst idea Ted ever talked you into, and did it actually work?
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— [Artist friend's name]

A friend: what's the one story Ted would kill you for telling? Tell it anyway.
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— [Artist friend's name]

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