A Q&A with artist Jennifer Latour
October Fog, Jennifer Latour
Tell us about yourself: where did your creative journey begin, and what led you to becoming an artist?
I have a vivid memory of being quite obsessed with The Wind in the Willows pop up book. It was the first book that I remember having dreams about and I owe my vivid imagination to that, no doubt. Music videos were a huge influence from the beginning, to me it’s the perfect blend of art, cinema, fashion, set design etc. Artists like Chris Cunningham, Michel Gondry, Jonathan Glazer to name a few were the firsts blowing my mind with their incredible visual candy. I didn’t grow up with anyone to talk to about what inspired me, so I just kept the creative side mostly to myself until I moved to the UK in 2003. Once there it was like a bomb went off inside me and I was creating with pretty much anything I touched. As someone who needs a lot of visual stimulation the city is a playground of inspiration and endless stories.
Shapeshifter, Jennifer Latour
In 2006 I started experimenting with photography and I fell in love with the medium. I started creating photo projects in the style of film stills which was a great way to combine all the things I loved. The more experimenting I did the more I knew that there was no going back to containing my creativity.
