Anton Corbijn on Becoming a Photographer

In a video interview published on the Louisiana Museum of Copenhagen's web TV, legendary Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn (b. 1955) reflects on his career and creative process. The interview, conducted by Kasper Bech Dyg at Brandts in Odense, Denmark, features Corbijn discussing his approach to portraiture, particularly of musicians like Joy Division, Björk, and the Rolling Stones. He describes his work as an immersion into the world to return images. Growing up as a preacher's son on an island village, he sought stimulation in music. Corbijn explains he aims to portray musicians as people within their own universe. He credits Brian Eno for teaching him that limitations enhance creativity, such as using only one or two lenses instead of four to become more inventive.