Corinne Stoll's Piczines

Hailing from Paris, Corrine Stoll let’s us in on her world through her beautiful photo zines as sold at luxe boutique Colette.

Dazed Digital: Your name, age, location.
Corinne Stoll: I'm Corinne Stoll, 30 years old, I live in Paris

DD: When did you start your series of photozines?
Corinne Stoll:I started in January 2009.

DD: What inspired you?
Corinne Stoll: I didn't have a real portfolio, I was looking for a nice way to show my work to people.

Do your zines always have a theme?
Corinne Stoll: In the beginning it was more a general theme, as a preface I wrote:
"It's about me
It's about the silence
It's about my love for fashion, tattoos, nature, nice girls and cool boys
It's about your body, your energy, your attitude
It's about catching a moment, to make it worth, to show the beauty
A work in progress, always in the beginning."

Later in the year I went travelling so the volumes Six and Seven are more about a stay at a new place and what I saw and how it felt. Volume Five is different because I wanted to do something about people I like. It's called 'Soulsisters & Big Boys'. I also asked my friend Alexandra Compain Tissier who is an illustrator if I could show some of her work. I think it came out nicely and it's quite interesting because it's not only about me. I also wrote a little text by hand about the people.

DD: Where do you find your stories/narratives?
Corinne Stoll: Sometimes I have a picture in my mind, so I try to shoot it. Sometimes I want to take portraits of somebody because I like him/her, or because I think he/she is interesting or so beautiful. Sometimes pictures come from "before or after" a job. I don't tell any story in my pictures, I just show a universe. It's quite personal but I don't feel naked with it.

DD: Which other photographers do you admire?
Corinne Stoll: I like the photographers Dana Goldstein, Ryan Mc Ginley and Alex Soth. I love all portraits of Hedi Slimane, they hurt sometimes because they are so beautiful. I like the work of Graziella Antonini and Marianne Engel. I love all portraits of Richard Avedon and I'm fascinated by Diane Arbus, more about her life, than her pictures. And I like the work of Rineke Dijkstra.

DD: What is the attraction to this print format? To zines?
Corinne Stoll: I like to do the piczines because they are like little magazines, I can print and cut them still by myself. For 'Soulsisters & Big Boys' I had the help of my husband Pierre Emm who works as a graphic designer.
I first met the Zine culture by Nieves, because Benjamin Sommerhalder (the founder) is the brother of an old friend of mine. I always thought it's so cool what this boy is doing.

DD: You have just had your zines placed at Colette, that's great. How did that happen? Has it gone well?
Corinne Stoll: I went to Colette and showed them my piczines. They are very professional and open minded. They have been ordering since I started in January. Printed Matter, Inc in New York ordered some too and I'm very happy about this. They are the two places which I appreciate the most.


Who and what would you like to shoot next?
Corinne Stoll: I almost have a new volume finished, it's about 'Falling in Love'… but I'm not sure if this will be the one for the first birthday of Piczine in January. I would like to make a new 'Soulsister & Big Boys' volume. So if I could choose the people to shoot next, I would choose Kate Moss with her daughter… sounds perhaps silly, but it's true!

What are some of your favorite zines/books?
Corinne Stoll: It's a magazine, very free and beautiful: EGOÏSTE by Nicole Wisniak

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