harri peccinotti

interview

by OLIVIER ZAHM

portrait by OLIVIER ZAHM

 

The legendary British art director, photographer, and designer of the cult ’70s Nova magazine lives surrounded by books, piles of photographs, magazines, and cameras in a small house in Paris’s 11th arrondissement. While he also uses digital cameras, his mind and creativity are shaped by the full physical process of making an image — from the shoot to the layout.

 

OLIVIER ZAHM — Harri, I’ve been trying to find an opportunity to have a discussion with you, and this is the right moment because we’re doing an issue about the analog world. We’re noticing that young people are starting to distance themselves from the digital world. They’re starting to understand that their phone isn’t the right place for art, fashion, sex, and friendship. I’m sure that makes you laugh…