Topics for Discussion - Will Sherwood, fine art photographer

• Your father was a semi-professional portrait photographer in the 1940s and 1950s. What influence did he have on you?
• Your family of origin was strongly Southern Baptist. What would they/ do they think of your nude images?
• Many of your images are against a black background. What is that all about?
• Most of your images are portions of bodies. Why do you zoom in on only a part of the nude figure?
• What effect does music have on your images? engineering?
• You sometimes speak about painting with human skin. Do you visualize your final images as you're taking your photos?
• What is the importance of building a rapport with your models before the photo shoot? Where do you find your models? What do models think about the unrecognizable abstractions when they see their own resulting pictures.
• You develop your own film and prints. Would you ever trust someone else or a commercial printer to produce your work?
• What parts do you like best/least of the entire photographic art process?
• You have taken many workshops over the years and now are teaching workshops. Has this influenced your work?
• When you exhibit abstractions, what are people's responses, especially when they are expecting "nudes"?
• You have built a neon shop for creating your neon sculptures; you are in to pipe voicing and pipe organ building for the instruments you play; What tools and processes have you created for your photography?
• How do you keep up with your various interests? Do you find that, say, music competes for time from your artwork; Or do they provide synergy for each other?