Natalie Krim

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diary

interview and portrait by OLIVIER ZAHM

Natalie Krim

OLIVIER ZAHM — When did you move to LA?

NATALIE KRIM — A year ago. I just felt like there was a shift in New York, and I wanted a change. A lot of my friends were leaving and going to different places, so I went, too.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Would you consider your drawings a journal of your emotions?

NATALIE KRIM — I guess I would. Very much. All my drawings are based on my experiences with people or an emotion that I feel toward somebody, so they contain little secrets between me and somebody else.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Do you draw every day?

NATALIE KRIM — I try and draw every morning, very early, at five or six o’clock. I can’t draw in the afternoon or at night. Nothing comes out. I have to…