Interview: Interviewed by: Randy LinHere at MV Photo Lab, we had the wonderful opportunity to work closely with Pascal Deeester, a fashion, beauty and advertisin! photo!rapher" #s a lon!tie veteran of the coercial industry, Pascal has shot award$winnin! capai!ns for brands such as Mercedes, Perrier and %arlsber!" &onetheless, his real callin! is in 'ne art photo!raphy in which Pascal is truly dedicated" His ain in(uences include the )estern canon of landscape photo!raphy and paintin!s in particular that of the *el!ian and +rench countryside" His ost recent work includes Vanishin! Point in which he revisits the sub,ect" #fter publishin! a sall se!ent of Vanishin! Point on the blo!, we decided to sit down with Pascal to hear in further detail his thou!hts on the pro,ect:Interviewer:%oin! fro a coercial-fashion 'eld, what ipact do you think youre.periences in that industry ade on your vision and pro,ect/Pascal:My coercial-fashion ,ob has strictly ade no ipact on y artistic pro,ects" +or 01 plus years, y coercial-fashion work was totally independent fro y artistic re(ections" I wouldn2t say that I2 coin!fro a coercial-fashion 'eld" I have always considered yself as a visual artist usin! di3erent edius 4Paintin!, 5culpture 6 Photo!raphy7" %oercial-fashion photo work ,ust helps 'nancially feed those pro,ects"Interviewer:)hy approach 'l as opposed to di!ital when shootin! this pro,ect/ Pascal:#s I e.plained brie(y in y stateent, di!ital ia!es are disconnectedfro nature to the reality"Di!ital ia!es are not photo!raphs89ust a strin! of :s and ;s in coputer code8