We met Montgomery and travelled back in time with him last week to find out how he came to be where he is now. Today, it's all about the art. Come on in and stay awhile...
Lazaro: What
type of correlation (if any) is there between your
writing/photography and what
you are going through at a particular time in your life?
Maxton: When
it comes to writing I certainly correlate my life with it. While I used to say
that my poetry is entirely fiction, that is not the case; it has always been
based on some part of something in my life or on a fantasy of mine… My
photography steers clear of both my poetry and my life. It’s doing its own
thing and always has.
Maxton's first book, "This Beautiful Bizarre"
Lazaro: So
then, ‘never the twain shall meet”?
Maxton: For
my next book, Champagne, coming out later this year, I was originally going to
push the limit by inserting some of my more controversial photography with the
poetry. But after drafting the book like that, I decided against it, feeling
that it took away too much from the poetry itself.
Mount Pleasant Mansion, Philadelphia
Lazaro: What do you think comes along with expressing yourself artistically?
Maxton: In the end I’m worried that people of the future will look back and not remember me for the poetry, the fiction, or the photography, that I’ll be remembered for a stupid viral tweet or something that gets like twelve retweets and six favorites.
Instead of a statue in a park (of me) someone will make a Play-Doh mold of a drunk selfie that forever lives online or something. *Sad Face Emoji* *Pile of Poop Emoji*
"Still Life of Spring Tulips" 2013.
Man dancing in Central Park. April 2015. ©
Lazaro: You changed your name, as many artists do, but your family still addresses you by your given name. Do you ever feel as if you have two separate personas?
Maxton: I don’t feel like I have dual personas. I really just changed my name to better my writing career; Montgomery Maxton is catchier and cool. I’m glad I did. Someone said once that it sounded like a porn name. Whatever biatch.
©2015 Montgomery Maxton Photography
Lazaro: Being an artist means constant critique, both good and bad. What is the best compliment you ever received about your art?
Maxton: The best compliment was people buying and reading my first book. It wasn't that I made royalties, it was that they supported me enough to buy and read it.
©2015 Montgomery Maxton Photography
Maxton's next book, "Champagne", will be released on October 6th of this year.
Check out daily-affair.com next week to read part 3 of this series, as we discuss Maxton's passion for activism and civil rights.
Follow Montgomery at:
http://montgomerymaxton.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/montmaxton
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thanks for this series.
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