Willa Nasatir is 19 and █ ▌█ ▌█ 

MOSSLESS: Who are you? Where are you from?
WILLA NASATIR: My name is Willa Nasatir, I am 19 years old, I was born and raised in LA but moved to New York last year for school.  

ML: Is there anything you don’t want people to find out through your photos?
WN: My social security number.  No, seriously though, I really like the idea of people projecting their own narratives onto my images.  I don’t really care about conveying the situation I am photographing exactly as it was in front of me, so I guess that could be something I don’t want people to see.  Although the photos are admittedly deeply personal and I wouldn’t say I am trying to distance myself from them.  I like the idea of a photo being a sort of vessel for whatever daydreams that the viewer has.  The internet really helps with that.  Out there, images are so easily stripped of their original intent because of how many different channels that can be found through.

ML: Are you the only person among your friends who shoots photos?
WN: I am not the only person among my friends who takes pictures.  I think at one point I was, but now especially, everyone has this thirst to document their lives at this age and in this place.  It seems like this generation really struggles with it’s own cultural identity and, as a result, is constantly looking to mimic the past.  So it makes sense that we’re so into creating archives of ourselves.  I’m not particularly opposed to this whole shift in social culture where everyone is so self-aware and constantly documenting themselves.  Well, clearly.

ML: What’s your least favourite thing to do on a Sunday?
WN: If we’re talking about New York in the winter, the answer would be “go outside.”