Interview New York: Our Cities, Our Videos, Our Voices

Cameron Russell and her boyfriend Andrew Elliott (also a good friend of WOMEN) are working on an interactive public art project: Interview New York


Photo: Andrew Elliott

The basic idea of Interview New York is to interview everyone in New York City (and expand to other cities if successful) with the same three questions.

1.What are you proud of? (A question that allows us to introduce ourselves)

2.What are you scared of? (This could take on a social aspect or just be interesting across different demographics)

3.And finally, what gives you hope? (So the interview ends on an upbeat note!)

The interviews will be user generated videos (like youtube) except for the first thousand or so which they will do to seed the website. They will be tagged by geography (neighborhood) as well as whatever the poster decides to tag them with.

Though they won't be launching until the summer we are shooting portraits for a book we will publish in conjunction with the website. So if you're interested in being part of the book contact us and send us your interview video. We are looking for New Yorkers of all ages, genders, professions, and lives who have a voice they want heard. Email Cameron@interviewnewyork.com.

To see the work of Interview New York's photographer, Andrew Elliott, go to his website: AndrewElliott.com.

Factory Worker / Cameron at the Factory, ph:Andrew Elliott