JONATHAN CHERRY: What got you started with photography?

MED ZANINA: I’ve found a digital point & shoot camera in 2007 and started to use it. I would take it with me everywhere documenting my daily life.

JC: Any emerging artists inspiring you at the moment?

MZ: Andrei Tarkovsky is inspiring but not emerging.

I like Glen Erler and his attention to the relationships between people & their surrounding. The rawness of Alba Yruela’s photos & the world of Alison Scarpulla.

I should also mention Wassim Ghozlani.

JC: Whats your current project all about?

MZ: I don’t really have a project on mind while shooting. I take pictures of people who are important to me and of those who aren’t. I play a lot with light and want to catch an “intimate” personal atmosphere. Somehow I end up with concrete series.

JC: Where are you currently living and how is it shaping you?

MZ: A small quiet place in Tunisia where nothing in particular happens. 

JC: One piece of advice to recent photography graduates?

MZ: Find your style and have fun. 

JC: Any big plans for 2012?

MZ: Nothing special in mind, I’ll continue taking pictures & maybe experiment a little with films. I also want to make videos.

JC: Favourite tree?

MZ: Olive.