Meet Photographer Xingni Kilby How did you get started? Tell us a little about yourself.
What’s your favorite quote?
I actually didn’t start until about two years ago. I was waiting
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” -Oscar Wilde
for my visa and couldn’t work, so I suddenly had all this time to myself. I thought maybe I should try to pick up something
Dream vacation you would like to take (or have taken)?
new. I learned some basic skills from my dad when I was a kid,
I don’t know. Somewhere unearthly beautiful I think.
so I just start from there. I loved it so much and spent all my time in doing it. About myself: I use a Nikon D810. My favorite
What’s your theme song?
lens is 85mm 1.8F. Before becoming a photographer, I studied
Bach Cello Suite 1.
Chinese Literature and International Development. If you had the opportunity to meet any photographer, living or Three adjectives to describe yourself.
dead, who would it be?
Hardworking, sensitive, and whimsy.
Sally Mann, I think. She is a bit controversial. But the first time I saw her photos, I was stunned by the nature and the innocence
What do you enjoy the most about photography?
shown in her photos.
Creation. Putting feelings or inspirations into real images. Favorite movie? What do you not enjoy about photography?
“2001: A Space Odyssey”
Skin and hair retouching. Favorite actor/actress? Favorite color?
Ellen Page.
Green. Favorite superhero? Why? Favorite food/drink?
N/A
Dim Sum. What is your favorite word? Least favorite? What person, living or dead, would you love to photograph?
Serendipity. No least favorite.
No, not really. But I do want to shoot a normal people/place series like Stephen Shore’s “Uncommon Places”.
If you could have personally witnessed anything, what would you want to have seen?
What country would you love to shoot in?
A VR movie wins the Oscar.
Iceland. Guilty Pleasure? What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Whip cream on Ice Cream.
Doing well on things you like the best. Last show you binge-watched? Your zodiac sign?
Mr. Robot.
Cancer. Last book you read? What was the last picture you took with your phone?
“The Razor’s Edge” by W. Somerset Maugham.
Someone I saw on the street. The color matching of her outfit inspired me.
105 Anything else you want the readers to know about you. Follow me on my IG: @ xingnikilby :)
SALYSÉ Nov 2016