Michele Abeles

Michele Abeles

on (women) photographers 

interview by MAURIZIO CATTELAN and MARTA PAPINI
portrait by JEREMY LIEBMAN

 

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — Do you mind being called a photographer?
MICHELE ABELES — Why would I mind? Do you know why I really don’t like that question? It can be interpreted a few ways: one is in relation to the antiquated question of whether photography is art. And a worse question: are you an artist or an artist who uses a camera?

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — Do you remember your first picture?
MICHELE ABELES — I don’t.

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — How does a photo get started for you?
MICHELE ABELES — Initially, I think about communication because communication is what’s in between, right? I think to go between is the only way to go to the people. The pages of this magazine are what’s in between myself and the…