Dodge a*k*a EMG is ready to call it quits? WTF! The muscle behind the ever popular EMG brand is tired, or so he says. After a few short years in the game; "the pawns dominate the board". Ask him how he really feels and you'll probably get 10 lines of expletives mixed in with 1 or 2 words of love for photography. Based in Philadelphia, Dodge has traveled up and down the east coast shooting in cities like; NYC, Baltimore, Washington DC, and even Atlantic City but...
EMG: Do you see how big my eyes are? The internet has helped a lot, but got damn man.. It's also f*cked a lot of sh*t up too.
GVille Press: A self proclaimed potty mouth; Dodge does seem to be able to control himself when he wants too. I'm not sure many people have seen the lighter side of this dude though.
EMG: Oh, I guess because she loves my work; but doesn't want to pay me, for the work she loves, I'm supposed to bend over backwards to shoot her for her portfolio? FOR FREE??? I've already made one too many ungrateful b*tches semi-famous and look at what I get! Another mutha f*ck'n quote un-quote model who is supposed to be broke, but pulls into the studio parking lot in a 2007 Mercedez Benz. You gotta be kid'n me right.. RIGHT! I'm dream'n right???
GVille Press: I'm not saying that Dodge is a nut but it's funny to just experience these little outbursts because as a photographer myself, I totally understand his frustration.
EMG: Real-talk.... dude I'm tired! If I didn't have Glamourville, I'd probably sell all my sh*t and take up hiking or mountain climbing or some sh*t like that. You ever been to Yosemite? You ever feel the heat of Central America beating on your face bro? I went to Hondorus once and ate fruit that was picked off the tree, cleaned, and cut right in front of me. I'm in the wrong f*ck'n country, in the wrong part of the world. I'm ready to be out...
I had plans on leaving the United States altogether, I was gonna sell all my sh*t, my house, my car, my motorcycle and move to the Dominican Republic, but those plans never materialized. Never f*ck with young girls bro, they're nice to look at but 10 out of 10 of them don't have their heads screwed on tight.
GVille Press: You guys know that this is supposed to be an interview and I've yet to ask a question? I should really start taping my interviews because it may read well but, there's a lot missing. You can't hear the pure frustration in this guys voice when he speaks about certain topics. It's not only frustration that I wish you could hear. I wish you could hear the passion as well. The conviction, the emotion, it's unreal!
EMG: Yo! Come here for a minute, I want to show you something... I took this light, this one light right here. This background, this camera, and produced this shot! This shot right here was printed on some bullsh*t paper, the name was written with a pen - on the back of the bullshit print, handed to someone leaving the casting because the model was late, and this muthaf*cker got the lead in the video. Not some side show-whore role. The mutha! f*ck'n! lead!!!
I'm a beast wit it! I tell people all the time, I don't shoot famous girls. I shoot girls and make 'em famous. You wanna shoot and get noticed, you f*ck with me, EMG. The funny thing is. I don't even try hard at this sh*t.
GVille Press: Are you cocky?
EMG: A little bit but, listen dude.. I think I have a right to be. My accomplishments in photography with my given effort level is .... well ..... just stupid. I talk to models all the time and they have these great big plans and ideas and I'm like, listen mamacita.. just bring your stuff and we'll shoot what looks and feels good at the time of the shoot and guess what; it always f*ck'n works out!
GVille Press: So here's the million dollar question, I need a YES or NO answer. Are you really ready to quit photography?
EMG: I think so; the pawns dominate the board.
