In this episode of Perfect Bound, we talk to photographer David Hilliard about creating work that is personal and vulnerable, why his father was the great love of his life, and committing to being an artist. We also laugh a lot. 

David Hilliard’s vibrant, multipanel images find a delicate and unique balance between fact and fiction. Combining frames from his four-by-five view camera shot at different times, Hilliard creates composite panoramic images that are seemingly fluid, but instead form a narrative that shifts between time and place. These escapist photographs focus on the ideas of masculinity, identity, and personal relationships through a cinematic style of portraiture.

Matt Eich joins the Perfect Bound podcast to share his thoughts on classifying his work, the broken editorial model, finding a home for his images in photobooks, and using his wife's student loan money to produce his first limited-edition book. Listen to hear this artist's journey and where he's heading next.

Matt Eich is a photographic essayist working on long-form projects related to memory, family, community, and the American condition. Matt teaches at Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University. He is the author of four monographs and also self-publishes under the imprint Little Oak Press.