Florence Montmare
Photographer
What do you make?
I make images. Mostly.
Where else on the web can we find you?
What did you dream about last night?
I shot a horse wearing red 80s pumps and got paid for it.
What inspires you?
People with interesting stories.
Where do you live and what do you like about it?
I live on the Upper West Side. I love Central Par, which is a block away and my own garden on the terrace on top of a taco place.
What is your biggest fear?
Loss in different ways...people I love mostly.
Name a few of your favorite movies \ books \ websites \ bands:
Movies:
Gummo by Harmony Korine, Persona by Bergman, Belle du Jour, Black Adder, Monty Python, Southparkstudios.com
Books:
Perfume by Suskind, the Alchemist, reading "father dancing" right now by Nikos Papanderou.
Music:
Depeche Mode, Radiohead, Beatles, Smiths, Velvet Underground.
What are you really good at? What are you really bad at:
I am good at enjoying beauty in different ways and coming up with new ideas. I am bad at administration.
What is your favourite thing to eat?
Grilled lamb with lemon and thyme, tzatziki and potatoes fried in cretan olive oil-
How would you like to be remembered?
As a person who laughed a lot.
What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?
I get easily embarrassed so I will pass on this one.