Are boundaries between conceptual photography and photojournalism breaking down?
DAH: I think so. You can have eclectic tastes and embrace one [type of photography] without selling out any of the others. PDN: How have you been supporting Burn magazine? DAH: I haven’t. I’m losing money. I’m so broke. I was financing myself on my American Family [personal] project, and I had to slow it down a little bit. PDN: So how do you plan to keep Burn viable in the long run? DAH: I think corporate sponsorship will keep it going. All I have to do is [complete one sponsored project] and the servers will melt down, and [other potential sponsors] will look at the numbers. I’ve already got a pretty good audience, and a 7-1/2 or 8 minute hang time [i.e., the time visitors spend on average at the Burn Web site]. PDN: How would the sponsored projects work? DAH: The basic idea is to raise money, and give assignments to emerging photographers alongside iconic photographers like Martin Parr or James Nachtwey. And then we’d [promote it], telling everyone that at a particular time you would
