Interviews
Photographer Marco Rivers on light, and being on time
A conversation about shadow, the first ten minutes of a shoot, and what he keeps in his glove box.
Maya Okafor··12 min read
Marco Rivers arrives 11 minutes early. Always 11. Not 10, not 15. "Ten feels like you're trying to be early. Fifteen feels like you don't trust them. Eleven is exactly correct."
He shoots almost entirely in natural light. His glove box, for the record, contains: two Clif bars, a folded white sheet ("a bounce, when nothing else works"), a pocket knife, gaffer tape, and a thank-you card he hasn't yet decided who to give to.
On the first ten minutes of a shoot: "That's the whole shoot. If I haven't made you laugh by minute ten, the photos won't be good."
