Annette Pehrsson is 21 and loves the smell of vintage cameras and chemicals in the darkroom.

MOSSLESS: You’re in a lot of your photographs - not holding a camera or shutter cord. Who takes those pictures?
ANNETTE PEHRSSON: I use a timer and tripod, which gives me about nine or ten seconds to get in front of the camera before the shutter opens. Though, some of the cameras I use doesn’t have a timer, so what I usually do then is that I set up the camera, make the composition and my boyfriend, or whoever is nearby, clicks the shutter for me. It’s very handy since it is like having a large remote control that can make the shutter open whenever I want, haha. This process can be fairly frustrating though, it is quite easy to get it wrong since I can’t actually see the subject. Nonetheless I think it’s something that suits me very well, I’m not really good at directing other people who are in front of my camera, and I don’t really want it to be “directed” either. I’d like them to just interact with the surroundings so that I can capture it in a natural way, which sometimes can be harder than it seems. Anyway, from time to time I feel that some people might think that using myself as a subject is a way of showing myself off, but I almost never see my pictures as self-portraits. The girl in my photos could be anyone.

ML: You’ve got a strong flickr presence. Has that helped your photography in any way?
AP: Oh, definitely. I think it has made me realize what kind of photography I like and what it is I want to achieve. I would say that I’ve probably evolved quite a bit since I made my first account in 2005. The kind of photos I took back then looks nothing like what I do now. Other than that, it has given me so many opportunities to get exposure in other places, and I couldn’t be more grateful. If I hadn’t started up an account on flickr, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today.

ML: What about in the print world - has your photography made its mark there yet?
AP: I wouldn’t say that is has, but hopefully it is well on its way. Things have started to happen for me quite recently, I’ve had a couple of photos published in some relatively known Korean magazines, ELLE Girl and Nylon. I also have a photo on the cover of a book that is being released in September, so I feel rather excited about what can happen in the future.

ML: Which of your photos do you consider the most intimate?
AP: This one. It might be because this is one of my favorite photographs ever, but it seems so genuine in my eyes.