We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Yaz Reve. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Yaz below.
Yaz, so excited to have you with us today. So much we can chat about, but one of the questions we are most interested in is how you have managed to keep your creativity alive.
Creativity is a very important aspect of my life. I try to stay creative in all areas of my life and I believe that helps my work as a photographer constantly. I’m continuously inspired not only by the movies, music, fashion and other forms of art by I love to gather inspiration from the food I eat, the clothes I wear and the people around me. My creativity stays alive because everything around me inspires me.
Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I am an artist focused on editorial and conceptual photography. I’ve been learning about my craft for almost 5 years. Previously, I had dedicated most of my life to learning about art and trying to find my artistic path but that would only led me to photography finding me instead. I love what I do and every step of it, it is very common for people who are not in the art industry to believe that the work of a photographer is just to let the camera do its work but it is more than that. It is about connecting with your subject, camera and yourself, which is the part that I enjoy the most. Some other exciting aspects of what I do is the research that goes into pre production, knowing what it is that you’ll be capturing, finding specific references or putting a concept together then see it come to life is truly special in my heart, it feels like my brain is being seen and adds a level of vulnerability that I get to share to the viewer.
I am excited to continue exploring and merging both the conceptual and editorial aspects of my work all while finding myself every time. I look forward to further learn about my art, my work and self through the connections i’m able to form with others. Ones art is a reflection of the artists environment and their story.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Looking back, I think the most important quality is to have curiosity, one could want to create art but it is curiosity to know more, to explore that really does its part. It will lead you to a path that might not be exactly the one that you had envisioned but better. This includes curiosity about your subject, about your equipment and how it works and about the meaning you want to give the art.
Another very important quality to have as you’re starting photography is patience, whether the work is digital or analog, the craft is not really learned in a day. The crucial part is to just go for it and grab a camera, since that’s an exciting moment but being able to sit with your camera and learn its functions, build a concept from scratch or learn any post production such as editing tools or just mixing it with other medias will require time and a lot of patience. Not so long ago, I learned that in order for artists to create they have to stay in the present, a photo is not built in the future, just as a painting might not be done in a day.
For the last but not least quality to have, I would say there are two points to it but asking for help is incredibly important if you have people who know about the type of art you’re trying to make. asking them questions can allow you to fortify the knowledge you already have or to teach you more. I know that as far as my work I would’ve not been able to do what I do without paying attention to the work of other photographers and artists, asking them for help not only helps me but I get to learn about the work of the people that inspire me as well. The second part of this is once you ask for help, I think its important to be able to take direction and feedback even if its not precisely the way you do it or you have it envisioned, you get to see their perspective and maintaining an open mind will take you far in your passion for creation.
Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?
I believe the biggest obstacle I’m facing at the moment and I know I won’t be alone on this would be impostor syndrome. Lately, I’ve been trying to put myself in situations in which I would have to confront that part of me and my work, attending art fairs by myself with incredible artists being represented by big galleries made me feel small as an artist or perhaps less important but once I put myself in the setting, I realize that I am also there and take it as an opportunity to talk to these amazing creatives. An advice that I learned from this is that if you feel shy to interact with others, put yourself a challenge of talking to at least 1-3 people with the goal of just talking and nothing more, you never know what opportunities that can bring you. I learned that looking for opportunities should never feel embarrassing and that we should be our own biggest supporters in the path to our own success.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.yazrevephotography.com
- Instagram: @yazreve @reveobscura
Image Credits
Credits: Myrna1 Model:Pam Sasha Myrna2: Designer: Jesse Martinez Makeup: Kitzya Model: Carolina Kurr Stylist: Veronica Vidana Myrna 3: Model: Isabella Holguin Creative Direction: Colectivo Estro Myrna4: Model: Kathy Mai Hair: Jesus Alarcon Makeup: Claritza Castro Stylist: Keyana Palomera Myrna5: Model/ stylist: Keyana Palomera Makeup: Ximena Myrna7: Model: Kyla Phillips Hair: Jesus Alarcon Makeup: Claritza Castro Stylist: Keyana Palomera
