Max Snow

Max Snow, Ku Klux Klan I, 2010, 24 x 30 inches, edition of three plus one AP

interview by JULIANA BALESTIN 

 

Last fall max snow decided to burn all of his archives and negatives and start again fresh. The result is his first solo exhibition in two years. Moving away from the documentation of subcultures, he turned his lens on his friends and on himself.

JULIANA BALESTIN — Do you like photographing yourself and your friends more than you do Ku Klux Klan members?
MAX SNOW — I guess so. I mean, I don’t know if I enjoy any of it. I do it because I feel like I need to. I don’t know if my friends are easier to convince than Klan members. Both can be difficult.

JULIANA BALESTIN — What about your self-portraits? You always include an accessory, like a noose…