Grant Willing is 22 and from the suburbs of Denver. MOSSLESS: What do you think about your photography has changed over the years?GRANT WILLING: I think over the past few years I’ve definitely refined my aesthetic a fair amount and strengthened my ideas.  I feel that I’ve always had a pretty consistent sensibility, but its coming through a lot more clearly now and I’m able to photograph what I like in a way that I enjoy.  There is also significantly more planning in how I work now; I used to work more in a way where I would blow through a ton of film and come back and edit, now I’m shooting considerably less but can anticipate and plan what I’m going to end up with.ML: What is the difference between taking and making a photograph? Which do you think you do?GW: I think this is basically the big change that I overcame.  When I was just shooting everything and working with it during production, that felt more like taking photographs for me.  I now make a lot more notes and pre-conceptualize what I’m doing before I execute it.  I still try to factor in an element of surprise or chance into my work (taking photographs), but I’d like to think its more controlled than it used to be.ML: Top 3 places you want to travel to next? GW: -Anywhere and everywhere in Finland.-Barrow, Alaska.-Snowmobiling in Greenland.ML: What other projects are you working on?  GW: Right now I’m just trying to finish up Svart Metall; I have a decent amount of new work from Scandinavia and Colorado and some images I’ve been working on in New York.  I’ve been lightly making some other new work, but nothing has really materialized yet.  I’m just trying to spend my time being as productive as possible and experimenting with some new ideas and ways of shooting.

Grant Willing is 22 and from the suburbs of Denver. 

MOSSLESS: What do you think about your photography has changed over the years?
GRANT WILLING: I think over the past few years I’ve definitely refined my aesthetic a fair amount and strengthened my ideas.  I feel that I’ve always had a pretty consistent sensibility, but its coming through a lot more clearly now and I’m able to photograph what I like in a way that I enjoy.  There is also significantly more planning in how I work now; I used to work more in a way where I would blow through a ton of film and come back and edit, now I’m shooting considerably less but can anticipate and plan what I’m going to end up with.

ML: What is the difference between taking and making a photograph? Which do you think you do?
GW: I think this is basically the big change that I overcame.  When I was just shooting everything and working with it during production, that felt more like taking photographs for me.  I now make a lot more notes and pre-conceptualize what I’m doing before I execute it.  I still try to factor in an element of surprise or chance into my work (taking photographs), but I’d like to think its more controlled than it used to be.

ML: Top 3 places you want to travel to next? 
GW: -Anywhere and everywhere in Finland.
-Barrow, Alaska.
-Snowmobiling in Greenland.

ML: What other projects are you working on?  
GW: Right now I’m just trying to finish up Svart Metall; I have a decent amount of new work from Scandinavia and Colorado and some images I’ve been working on in New York.  I’ve been lightly making some other new work, but nothing has really materialized yet.  I’m just trying to spend my time being as productive as possible and experimenting with some new ideas and ways of shooting.