The road leads to nowhere. The road leads to everywhere. It's endless. It brings me to you. In the dream I have of the Midwest the sky is blood orange and hazy there are falling leaves and snow- white as a blank page. Everything is shot through a smoky lens and everything feels like home. Back roads and power-lines, highways, road trips, rail road tracks. I want to live in the endless possibilities found in the photographs of Kelly Knaga.
Good Winter (GW): What do you love about photography?
kelly knaga (kk):The small quiet moments.
GW: What do you remember about taking your very first photograph?
kk: Sadly, I don't remember what that photo was but I distinctly remember finding my first Polaroid camera on my grandmother's dresser and some packs of film in her dresser drawer that hadn't been used in years. She gladly gave them to me.
GW: Tell us where you grew up and what you like most about where you live?
kk: Some of my most favorite times were spent on my grandparents farm. I loved helping my grandfather with the animals and working with my grandmother in her giant garden. But I also loved exploring and going on these small adventures alone or with my 3 brothers.
GW: What are some things that inspire you in and around your town?
kk:The never ending back roads. I like getting lost on them early in the morning just as the sun is coming up over the fields.
kk:Lately? Photos of girls laying around in sweaters and panties.
GW: Favorite books?
kk: Any book I can hold in my hand. My (other) grandfather was a librarian and an avid book collector and it rubbed off on me.
GW: Four favorite places?
kk: I'm an outdoor girl so I have to say Nevada, California, Utah and New Orleans – they're each filled with history and adventure. And heat. I'm pretty big on warm climates
GW: What music are you currently running on your playlist?
kk: Tycho's latest is what I've been listening to recently. That as well as Mouth Dakota and Phish. I know, a weird combo of music perhaps. I think I'm really missing those lazy summer days and nights. But Wilco, Built to Spill, Bob Dylan are always close at hand.
GW: Who's photography do you admire most?
kk: I honestly don't think I have a most. There's so many photographers I admire for so many different reasons.
GW: Describe a good winter.
kk: A good winter is one spent in a warm climate.
GW: What cant you live without?
kk: My friends and family. It may sound cliché but it is the truth.
kk: I honestly don't think I have a most. There's so many photographers I admire for so many different reasons.
GW: Describe a good winter.
kk: A good winter is one spent in a warm climate.
GW: What cant you live without?
kk: My friends and family. It may sound cliché but it is the truth.
GW: 4 things that you collect?
kk: I've actually learned to stop collecting so much stuff. It's just too much...well, stuff. But I still spend quite a bit of cash on books, music and art. And I usually pick up rocks from every place I go to record a memory.
GW: What do you want to be when you grow up?
kk: Exactly what I am now: A farmer-designer-photographer-teacher. But maybe a park ranger too.
kk: Exactly what I am now: A farmer-designer-photographer-teacher. But maybe a park ranger too.
GW: whats your secret?
kk: That I know how to keep secrets : )
kk: That I know how to keep secrets : )
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