Interview with Nick Danziger. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hannigan, Tim
• Is Part Of: Studies in travel writing. Volume 22:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 215
• Page End: 225
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Travel writing -- photography -- Danziger's Travels -- Danziger's Britain; Travelers' writings -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; 820.9355
• DOI: 10.1080/13645145.2018.1515698
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-7550

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In conversation with Tim Hannigan at his home in Monaco on 17 March 2017, Nick Danziger discusses his work as a travel writer, photographer, and documentary maker. He explains that his first book, the bestselling Danziger's Travels (1987), was written with no prior knowledge of travel writing as a genre, then goes on to reveal the influences that played on his later works. He reflects on the reasons for the shift from his debut, with its central author–narrator figure, to the documentary style of Danziger's Britain (1996), and talks about his commitment to telling the stories of marginalised people around the world. Danziger explains that his move away from writing to focus exclusively on photography and filmmaking was prompted by the difficulty of giving sufficient commitment to both disciplines at the same time, and discusses his recent collaborations with other travel writers such as Rory MacLean.