REYNARD LI is from a wintery wonderland called canada. In the early 2000's he managed to lie and cheat his way to a BFA in photography from the alberta college of art and design. he moved to new york city in 2003 to pursue his pot of gold (that he has yet to find). he works as a freelance photographer and lives in brooklyn with two cats that don't get along.
SO WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? (random questions submitted by friends)
who does your hair? - jb
a rotund russian lady named oksana. she was an engineer in russia and when she moved to the states she couldn’t find work so she started cutting hair. talk about the the american dream.
if you weren’t a photographer - what would you be? - cl
a chef - my specialty would be sandwiches - who doesn’t love a good sandwich!
a dj at a strip club.
an inventor.
a recording engineer.
a professional soccer player.
a guitarist in a band that all the hip girls like.
anything that doesn’t involve cubicles, management or water-coolers.
what’s the best and worst thing about living in nyc? - cl
best - opportunity.
worst - too many photographers. and litterbugs.
what are the top 3 reasons about having michelle watson as a friend? - cl
she’s hella fun. says funny shit all the time. and she dances like a maniac, maniac, on the floor.
who’s your favorite photographer or visual/artist? - cl
cheryl dunn, taryn simon, stephen shore, bresson, evans, arbus, cass bird, bruce davidson,jason nocito, chris buck, autumn de wilde, nadav kander, todd hido,...man, there’s so many...
when did you stop loving me? - jl
august 12th. 2003. at 5:45pm. i believe it was a monday.
what is your secret to being such a cassanova? - jl
pommade.
if you could live anywhere else other than nyc where would it be? - jl
iceland. montreal. paris.
location of your favorite hot dog/hot nut cart? - mw
i shot a story a while back on hot dog vendors in new york city. i traversed the entire city for hot dog vendors and took photos of my friends eating hot dogs, smelling hot dogs, licking hot dogs, and pretty much anything else you can do with a hot dog (except that, you perv). the whole experience ruined hot dogs for me.
fav chipmunk...mine’s dale. - ry
it’s alvin, simon and theodore. there no ‘dale’, dude. you need to brush up on your saturday morning cartoons from the 80’s.