Interview with Seth Fluker

Seth Fluker is a photographer from Vancouver, now living in England. He has shown his work in Vancouver, London, Mexico, Japan, and throughout the United States with Tiny Vices. We thought we’d send him an email to say hello and see what he had to say.




Where are you from?
Canada
Where do you live?
Stoke Newington
What do you do?
Kitchen Porter
Tools of the trade?
Nikon f4, 50 mm lens, Contax T3, Fuji Film



I’m living in Vancouver right now. This gray and rainy weather has got me bummed out. What made you want to leave Vancouver for London? It seems to me there are a lot of talented young people over there - Something in the water?
I moved to London because I enjoy living abroad and it seemed like the next step for me after living in New York this past year. Also, some of my favorite artist are from or are based in England like Wolfgang Tillmans, Stephen Gill, Steven Patrick Morrissey, Ian Curtis (RIP) and John Lennon (RIP) to name a few...
There are so many talented people living in London and so much opportunity to grow in any career. For people interested in the arts, there is a ton of influential art centers based in London and the majority of them are free to visit like the Tate Modern and Tate Britain, Saatchi Gallery, White Cube and so many other galleries / museums. Also, with such a huge population people have to push themselves as much as possible to stand out amongst the competition.



How do you feel the 'scenes' are from country to country? (Canada vs. USA vs. England vs. Japan etc?)
I’m super into Pod casts right now!



Last spring I went on a spur of the moment trip through Washington and Oregon with pals who were on tour. We found ourselves, at about 2am, sneaking past park rangers' cabins to get to mt. st. Helens. What I am getting at is that volcanoes are sweet; I love your photos from the lava flows. What was your volcano experience like?
My volcano experience in Hawaii was amazing! I stayed in a town on the Big Island called Volcano for a month in 2006. My purpose of being there was to help build a house for my father and his business partner but due to torrential downpour everyday, I ended up having a lot of free time to explore and take photographs.



You have a few books out, including Strange Days Indeed which you self published to go with your show at Antisocial in Vancouver and one out on TV Books. How was doing that? It turned out looking really nice.
“Strange Days Indeed” was a great learning experience; it has been a good way to show my work to new people that are involved within the photography community.
The book I am a part of through TV Books is called “Various Photographs” which was also a group show I was included in at the 2008 New York Photo Festival. It's a great book there are over 300 photographs from over 150 photographers. More TV Books can be found at http://tvbookshop.com



What have you got upcoming?
I have two solo exhibitions coming up, in April I will be showing at Exit Gallery (Claire de Rouen Books) in London and in June I will be showing at a new gallery in Toronto called 107 Shaw.



Ever almost get killed or chased by a pack of stray dogs or anything crazy we should know about?
I have never been chased by a pack of stray dogs but have had a few run-ins with the police in the past…


Name drop list - who should we check out?
Here are a few friends of mine that are from Vancouver but are now based elsewhere: Zach Fluker | Jaron Albertin | Circelsquare

Anything else we need to know?
PEACE

Thanks Seth!
More Seth Fluker at http://seewhateyesee.com


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