Maggie Lee Peter Sutherland of I don’t want to sound like I’m fanning out but Peter Sutherland is so real and genuine. On one of my first experiences hanging ten with Peter, we swapped half our sandwiches and talked about everything from boys to Richard Prince to Final Cut to thirst-quenching lemonade to 411 skateboarding to rare books. He’s a powerhouse of knowledge and a well-oiled machine of machinery. When it comes to the documentary image, publishing, collage work, video, and photo, you can tell he’s a legit dude because he brings out the seriousness in quirk, and vice versa. One time Peter told me that five pimples formed simultaneously on his face because he was so stressed out. Anyways, alas, huzzah, read on for an interview with this fire starter. Maggie: Peter, so you travel a lot and have left town twice in the past two months. Where have you been?? Peter Sutherland: That’s a lot of different places in two months. What did you eat and what was the worst snack? I’ve read China has the gnarliest food and will try to cook almost anything thats living. Your eyeballs must be over stimulated from looking at everything. What were some awful and strange happenings? an artist friend of mine That’s pretty heavy. It’s great you had a chance to work with them and they felt that same connection What are you doing now? Punk. OK, let’s rewind. I understand you are like a social butterfly and everything now, but tell me about your most awkward stage in life. HAHA, did you have long hair then? Ooh, classic! OK, let’s fast-forward back to now. it says through Facebook that you have 1,290 friends, which is a lot of people to know. How did this happen? I mean, I know it’s from being an artist and just having originality and stuff, but like what was your first big break through work when you first came to NYC? PEDAL Oh yeah! I remember that scene where time freezes and the girl’s helmet flies off when she is hit. That was so nerve-racking. You are kind of like a melting pot of rap (you like Wu-Tang and 2pac a lot), metal (Iron Maiden blanket), and hippie (long hair, camping, like to make things, vegetables, etc). A lot of people connect to your photos and there’s kind of a trend of young artists riffing off of or getting inspired by your art. Do you see or feel that? Also, do you get any cool e-mail? smoke bath Wow, awesome. Getting emails from strangers is like reciprocated inspiration. Like a huge braid. Tao of Wu That’s a good philosophy. Sooooooo, what is going on in this photo where this girl is balancing a pizza pan on her head and she is drinking a soda in a glass? She is the center of weird attention. How long have you been growing your beard and when are you going to cut it? I like that! that’s kinda similar with Clayton Patterson‘s story… once he grew his beard out, it was easier for him to take photos and he acquired more respect from bandits. Is that dog in the blue van (blame it on the dog cover) your dog? If you like Peter as much as we do you will probably want to go to tinker-street.com and atmgallery and petersutherland.tumblr.com. Or what are we saying. You’re probably there right now.