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The Australian sensation took some time to chat with us about her love for David Byrne & The Talking Heads!

Be sure to visit Sarah Blasko on MySpace.

There are no accidents.

At least, that’s what Brantley Gutierrez must be thinking as he boards the plane at LAX headed for London to shoot Sir Paul McCartney in his home studio, again.

From the age of 12, when he got his first Canon AE-1, he started shooting his friends skateboarding. Then, at 20, when he thought he was “getting pretty decent at it,” he moved out to California where he knew some pro skaters and thought he could make some money.

Once there, he picked up some production assistant work on a Foo Fighters music video shoot. It was his first video shoot and he was stoked. Not only was he a huge fan of the band, but he also grew up in the same area of Virginia as Dave Grohl.

Read the remainder of this interview after the jump!

Last week, MKC contributor, Marianna Ruiz, chatted with the famed photographer. Here’s their full dialog:

M: I’m writing a piece on you for Max’s Kansas City. Are you familiar with Max’s?

S: I’m very familiar with Max’s but I never went there. But I know everybody who did: from Warhol, to Julian Schnabel and crew, and all that. Yeah, I know about it, but it wasn’t my time yet. What year did that close again?

M: Closed in the early eighties.

S: Yeah, I was just starting out in Milan at that time, ’81, ’82, I was living there. So, yeah. I did go to Studio 54 a few times, though (laughs, then adds) as a 16-year old.

M: Ok, so let’s get started. I kind of want to talk about how, to me, your style defines ‘sexy.’ You look in the dictionary, next to the word sexy, and there’s one of your pictures of Kate Moss half naked.

Read the remainder of this interview after the jump.

We recently chatted with NYC based music & fashion photographer, Santiago Felipe.

He also shared a statement about Annie Leibovitz in The Back Room.

Here’s our full interview:

1. How would you describe your work to someone just being introduced to you?

Cinematic, I think. I always go for expressions & emotion. It comes naturally. What also helps is that I stand out or in a weird way I’m drawn to who I’m photographing. I’ve had clients say that they love how I work. When shooting concerts I’ve had artists pose, smile or point at me out of all the photographers shooting the show. It’s kind of great and even throws me off sometimes.

2. Where does your imagery stem from. What inspires you?

Music. For example, all the fashion/portrait stuff I’ve been setting up lately, it just comes to me when I’m riding on the train or something, just listening to my iPod. I’ll start forming images or ideas.

I’ll feed off the vibe or mood the music put me in. I believe that’s why a lot of my concert photos come together. If I’m really enjoying myself or know the music well, the photos always seem to turn out great.

Read the remainder of this interview after the jump…

A few weeks ago, we featured Atarah Valentine.

We recently had the pleasure of chatting with him.

Watch the full Q&A here!

He’ll enter Max’s Back Room shortly.

Visit Atarah Valentine on MySpace.

MP3: Atarah Valentine – End It All