Shoot the Breeze: Ada Hamza

Ada Hamza is a photographer and designer from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Her work is intuitive and spontaneous – glimpses from her everyday world. Each photo is rich in color and emotional aesthetic. Favoring subjects like the sky and flowers, Ada’s images are distinctly natural, which is perhaps what makes them so powerful. -CM

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1. Why do you take photos?
Because it’s relaxing and challenging at the same time.

2. Do you carry your camera with you everywhere you go?
I used to carry it all the time but now not anymore. Very rarely actually.

3. What celebrity would you like to shoot most?
Christopher Walken.

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4. What animal would you like to be, if not a human?
Domestic cat owned by my parents. That’s pure dolce vita.

5. What is your favorite smell?
Truffle.

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6. Would you like to live forever?
That’s my biggest nightmare.

7. What do you think is the best photo you have ever taken to date?
I really like the red car in front of the red tree which I took in San Francisco in summer of 2013.

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8. What’s your favorite pastime?
Grandma activities like knitting, baking cookies and watching romantic comedies.

9. Do you like having your photo taken?
No, I always make this weird expression on my face and strangely curve my lips.

10. Who are your favorite photographers, currently?
Tillmans, Homma, Edström, Borthwick…

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