81 - "It’s Not About the Toys" - an interview with Tobias M. Schiel

Kristina and Shelly have started a new podcast series! Once a month, Kristina will talk to other photographers about their work, what they do, and why, highlighting some of the creative aspects of photography.

In this first episode she talked to German toy photographer Tobias M Schiel. If you follow the blog you know Tobias already because he is a regular contributor of several great series of six image narratives (you can find them here). In this talk they discuss two of his six image narratives: Gregor S, and Nemisis, as well as inspiration, art and literature. To see more of Tobias' work check out his blog, Empire of Lights (named after René Magrittes painting), and website tmschiel.com just for his toy photography.

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