Andrew D Musson is 22 and is afraid his sentence won’t be as witty as the others. 

MOSSLESS: How has working for Ryan McGinley and Thomas Prior & Luis Sanchis been? Good experiences?
ANDREW MUSSON: They’re both very cool people and there’s so much to say about them. My internship at Ryan’s studio has mostly been studio work overall but fun nevertheless. My time there is coming to an end soon, but I plan on keeping in touch. 
I got to know Tom along with Luis Sanchis by getting really lucky and meeting them about 2nd Assistant work in NY. Luis is a master at what he does and Tom himself is an amazing photographer. Seeing he and Luis Sanchis work together is quite inspiring. They’ve been together for so long; when I assist for them I feel like I’m interrupting some sacred ritual, haha. But I learn a lot from the two and I’m really looking forward to working with them more in the future. 

ML: What’s the longest day you’ve had with either photographers?
AM: Sadly the longest day I’ve spent with Ryan is when reviewed my portfolio (or lack thereof) last week. We talked for an hour or more about photography and strange films. I’ll be joining them on the shoots this summer though, really looking forward to that.
For Tom and Luis it was the second day of the first shoot I worked on with them, we shoot between the Lower East Side in the morning and Williamsburg at night; a hotel suite and an abandoned catholic school respectively. By the end of the 13 hour day all of us were tired, but Luis shot some great work. When I was walking home after it finally hit me that I was actually working with fucking Luis Sanchis and Thomas Prior. Haha. I’ll always be excited to help them out. 

ML: How does your photography background help your filmmaking?
AM: I think it’s more the other way around actually. When I was in school for film I was the Director of Photography for the shorts we did there and it taught me a lot about really looking at the subject you’re shooting and how important the background/foreground relationship is. Since school ending I’ve become a much more active photographer and pretty much stopped all attempts and ideas on filmmaking. In the future I’m hoping to be immersed into both worlds equally. As well as getting back into drawing and music: the two things that lead me to filmmaking and photography in the first place. 

ML: If you could have any building in the world as your dream studio, which would it be?
AM: Just give me a loft in Williamsburg with some Southern exposure I suppose or maybe an Airstream trailer in Colorado. To be honest though I’m not the studio type. I’m attracted more to documentary situations and visiting strange places I’m unfamiliar with. I think that’s what my future holds.