An interview with Donna Alberico

Your name:
Donna Alberico
Age(optional):
32
Where are you from?
Merrick, Long Island
Where do you live now?
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
What’s your day job?
Worrying where my next freelance photo job is coming from.
Which artists inspire you? (Doesn’t need to be photographers necessarily)
Eugene Richards, Nick Waplington, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus, Sebastiao Salgado
Describe that moment when you knew for sure that photography was something you wanted to pursue seriously:
My first day of b/w photo class in 10th grade
What kind of camera do you use:
Mamiya 7, can’t seem to stop shooting film and now a canon 20D (just started shooting digitally)
What are you reading now?
My travel guide to south east asia (going in october for a month to shoot and explore)
Favorite color?
Blue
Name at least three web sites you visit everyday:
nytimes.com
weather.com
google.com
What are your favorite foods?
Chocolate, mango, bagels
Do you do any artsy stuff besides photography?
Knitting, and writing in my journal if that’s considered artsy
Have you exhibited your work in any other shows? If so, which ones?
Yes, at momenta gallery and rotunda gallery (both in Brooklyn)


January 28th, 2008 at 5:27 am
How current is this interview? As in will you be in the neighborhood in Oct.? I’m shopping for tickets towards the end of May. Hope to see you then. I bought the guesthouse that you stayed in and sold the bar. So far a good move. Say hello to your Mom and Dad.
Regards David