By Johnny Ray Huston
Every photo has a story, and the one behind Ace Morgan’s in this week’s Photo Issue is worth telling. “I was documenting and photographing my friend Chris in Detroit who was a male-to-female prostitute,” Morgan tells Sara Seinberg in the first issue of Cutter Photozine, where the image is part of a section devoted to his work. “Chris’ lover was this guy named Tony. And so Tony was in the pictures, too…Months down the road, the headlines in the Detroit Free Press said Tony was the Highland Park Serial Killer.”
One of ten artists or groups in this year’s Photo Issue, Cutter Photozine views San Francisco from the same candid, instinctive perspective that Morgan brought to Detroit’s streets. Along with Seinberg, Alison O’Connell, Jesse Rose Roberts, and Cole Blevins, Heather Renee Russ is on Cutter‘s staff. I recently emailed her to ask about influences, experiences, pros, cons, and the future.
Photo of Jimmy Shotwell by Heather Renee Russ
SFBG: What zines and photo magazines do you like? How about favorite photographers?
Heather Renee Russ: Hamburger Eyes. Scam zine by Erick Lyle. The Fader. Ration zine by Arwen Curry. Sad Kids. Mega Words. Emergency by Ammi Emergency.