AC Parsons

Catching Up with Alicia Pitts

Alicia Pitts is photographer from Birmingham, Alabama. With a keen eye for detail, she documents the world around her to inform others of moments they may (quite possibly) have missed in this fast-pace world we find ourselves today. Through her work, she aims to give a voice to those people and places that have been silenced. She moved back to the U.S in 2015. We decided to check in and see what she’s been up to since moving on from Korea.

Can you tell us about your work and what inspires you?

Alicia Pitts: What is currently inspiring me is a book I’m reading about the industrial photographer, Margaret Bourke-White. She captured the American industrial revolution as it was happening. Her love for the machine helped to establish photography as an art and a storyteller. I’m slowly building a darkroom so I can get back to film. I’m obsessed with unintentional patterns and isolating a subject with my camera to the point of obscurity. I can’t chop vegetables without stopping to grab my camera, which makes dinner a long process.

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Did living in Korea have any profound impact on your work?

AP: Korea definitely made me braver. I don’t worry so much about putting myself out there where people might judge. It pushed the limits I had set for myself with my photography. Being a foreigner allowed me to rediscover the beauty in the every day.

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What have you been up to since leaving Korea and what has the transition been like?

AP: Since leaving Korea I have moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas in the U.S. with my husband. We have a cat named Cat Stevens who abandoned his owner to adopt us. Adjusting to a small town has been interesting but thankfully Fayetteville is nothing like the rest of the state geographically or politically. I hope to start working on my Masters in Teaching next year.

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About Alicia:

Alicia Pitts is a photographer from the U.S currently based out of Arkansas. She is currently taking pictures of people, her dinner, and clouds.

Website: www.aliciapitts.com

 

Published by AC Parsons

AC Parsons is an educator and photographer from Daejeon South Korea. He has a passion for sharing information about his experiences through photography. As a photo is worth 1,000 words, often his articles are succinct . He is a member of The Daejeon Arts Collective and has been exhibiting his work throughout Korea for the past 4 years. Artist BIO AC Parsons is a self-taught multigenre photographer who is originally from California. By viewing his unique imagery, one can see that he loves to capture life in all forms and objects/environments of all kinds. AC has been capturing South Korea through photography for the past 12 years. Although he has an intrinsic aspiration to photograph, AC also enjoys sharing his work with the world. He is a seasoned artist having participated in over 20 exhibitions in the past 3 years. He won 3rd place in the 2015 Daejeon Tourism photography contest. His photos have been featured on the cover of PIK, in Groove Magazine, and a variety of websites. He hopes that those who view his photographs can see the world through his eyes, if only for a second.