FEATURE | Q&A SEBASTIAN FARMBOROUGH
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Sebastian Farmborough A non-fiction photographer promoting cross-cultural communication and understanding
1.Do you remember the first time you held up a camera? What inspired to be a photographer? Actually, I used to love drawing, until one day I came across a photograph by Bill Brandt. At first glance it appeared to be of 3 rocks, one on top of the other, but upon further inspection I realised that it was in fact parts of a human body. I loved the way he had used the light and texture to mislead me and I have not picked up a pencil since. 2. I understand you were in NY when the twin towers got attacked/collapsed. Was that the only trigger that made you move to the middle east? Like most expatriates, I moved to Saudi Arabia in search of money as I wanted to study photography in Costa Rica. However, having witnessed September the 11th in New York and the subsequent media coverage. I wanted to find out for myself what Arabs and muslims were really like.
3. Give us your first thought when you landed in Saudi? Saudi Arabia was such a cultural shock for me. I am English, but I had been living in Barcelona and was used to such an open way of life. I did not talk to anyone for the first week. I kept telling myself not to panic and just to give it time. It was strange, because with all the infrastructure being American, I was used to that, but the people, the clothes, their language, it all seemed so drastically different. I found myself incredibly overwhelmed.