JK: If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have 1 photograph to look at for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?
ET: A photograph I made with a Holga camera of a dog, suspended in air, as she was diving into a lake at twilight.
JK: Who is your favorite (non-photographer) artist?
ET: Anselm Kiefer
JK: What’s the hardest thing about teaching photography?
ET: Balancing teaching and doing my personal work.
JK: What’s your favorite word?
ET: Spectacular
JK: What’s your least favorite word?
ET: Chick
JK: If you couldn’t be an artist/educator, what profession would you choose?
ET: Something that involved classical music/opera.
JK: What’s your favorite color?
ET: Green
JK: What’s your Zodiac sign?
ET: Libra
JK: What was your childhood nickname?
ET: Big Otis
JK: What’s the best book you’ve ever read?
ET: Crime and Punishment
JK: What’s the best advice you’ve ever gotten from a teacher?
ET: Don’t take yourself too seriously and never throw anything away.
JK: Do you have any children? If so, what are their names and ages?
ET: I have a four-legged daughter named Ruby. She is six years old and well above average.
JK: If you could take any class at SCAD, what would it be?
ET: FURN 200 (Materials and Techniques)
JK: What’s your favorite TV show?
ET: Six Feet Under
JK: Why is photography such a powerful medium?
ET: Because anyone can make a photograph but not everyone is a photographer.
JK: If you could go out to dinner with anyone, living or dead, whom would you choose?
ET: Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States (2001-2003)
JK: Do you have any guilty pleasures? If so, fess up.
ET: Hot dogs from the Varsity with onion rings and fries!
JK: What’s the best thing about photography?
ET: It is magic.