Samantha Murasko is 21 years old and is burnt out on city life.

MOSSLESS: Your mentor was Mitch Epstein. How was your experience with him?
SAMANTHA MURASKO: It was pretty exciting. His work has been an influence on mine for years now and it was unbelievable luck that I got paired with him. We met and he looked over my prints and edited them down which was helpful. I can edit my own work for hours and not end up happy with it so it was interesting to see which images he chose. We talked about I wanted to say with this work and where it needs to go in the future. I left feeling resolved in a weird way which is what I guess is the whole point of the program.

ML: Can you tell me something about how you exhibited your work?
SM: I decided to present all vertical images in two rows of four prints each, eight prints in total. I don’t print very large so I thought it was was a good opportunity to show a small group from the work I’ve been making.  

ML: What has your most memorable moment been at SVA?
SM: Most memorable?  I’m not exactly sure, but I’ll never forget the moment I met Bobby Doherty. He was my first friend I made at college and we met in the dorm. He asked me if I wanted some of his life savers.

ML: What are you going to be doing this summer and onwards now that you’re done?
SM: I hate this question. Traveling is the only thing I’ve really thought seriously about lately if that’s any clue to what’s ahead, haha. Job hunting and sipping on Arnold Palmers? I think that’s a good answer.