Nominees 2014:
A word with… #14:
EROL GEMMA
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PHOTO: EMILIE MULLER

We meet Erol Gemma, who lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland as an independent photographer. He applied to the Photography category with his book, ‘Hit the Lights’. After studying Fine Arts and photography in Lausanne at ECAL in 2006, he went to the Royal College of Arts in London until 2009.

What does the SDA represent?

The opportunity to see highly achieved projects (some worldwide distributed, others self-published on a small scale) from established creators and newcomers alike.

Best previous SDAwardees?

Nicolas Savary, Joël Tettamanti, Emilie Muller, Florian Joye, Melanie Hofmann, Cyril Porchet, Emile Barret, Cornel Windlin, NORM, Happypets, Gavillet&Rust, Ulrich Francke / Jürg Lehni, Laurent Benner, Laurenz Brunner, Aurèle Sack, Florence Tétier, Nazareno Crea, David Keshavjee /Julien Tavelli …

Yourself:

alive

Your motivation:

fun

Your inspiration:

variable

A genius:

independent