An Interview with Shetal Shah
(Continued)

PM: What are you currently working on?

Shetal: I'm focusing on getting ready for the Knitting Factory showing, I want to print out a few more Ngoso photos. And I've been experimenting with being in front of the camera lately - a friend of mine devises these great characters that he creates costumes and jewelry for. And I'm learning about acting. And I'm still writing and trying to read them out loud.

PM: How do you interpret the photos that you took in a line or two?

Shetal: The attempt to capturing what is natural in people.

PM: Do you romanticize your own photos?

Shetal: Don't think so. Except in my interpretation of the photos, I think the naturalness of the subject was a discovery moreso than capturing something. So violent, that word, and that day was more…spiritual, flowy, spontaneous, earthy. A mixture of these.

PM: Okay, not so serious now. if you stole something from Target, what would it be?

Shetal: The bullseye.

Shetal: Target is a hardware store?

PM: Word association. Ready?

Shetal: Sure.

PM: Feminist.

Shetal: Soft.

PM: Indigo.

Shetal: Blazing red.

PM: Gelato.

Shetal: Surprising.

PM: Mischief.

Shetal: A grin

PM: Fearlessness

Shetal: Strong cliffs.

PM: Ok, enough of that. Fill this in: mama says…

Shetal: Stay independent

PM: Poppa says…

Shetal: Do what you love but find a way to make money from it.

PM: You are: the angel, the muse, the pixie, the vixen, or the gangsta bitch?

Shetal: I've been called a muse before so I guess that'd be my choice.