JONATHAN CHERRY: What is your favourite colour?

TONY LUGO: Blue/Green. The colors of the ocean I suppose.

JC: What is your current project all about?

TL: I am currently working on a series of photographs based on found images from various news/tabloid publications. These images will explore the fascination people have with celebrity culture and it’s relation to classical art narratives. 

JC: Who are your photography heroes?

TL: Dash Snow, Juergen Teller, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, & a few others.

JC: Do any other emerging practitioners inspire your work?

TL: Jackson Eaton has some great work and I’m excited to see the direction his work will be taking.

JC: What particular methods do you go through when making portraits?

TL: Generally there’s alcohol involved, a loose concept, and a bit of improvisation.

JC: What are your plans for the rest of 2010 photographically?

TL: I’ll be putting together a large format newsprint zine this fall based on the series mentioned above … hopefully I can do a pair of short films before the year runs out.

JC: What is it that draws you to photography?

TL: Probably its ability to help shape how we perceive memories. There’s an intangible reality to photography versus the memories we keep in our minds that I find fascinating.