Chad Moore is an American photographer born 1987
Chad Moore's photographs capture the ineffable quality of youth - those nostalgia - inducing moments that usually happen sometime between dusk and dawn. Forgoing the tired irony of so much postmodern work, (which has itself at this point become cliché), Moore presents moments of youthful sincerity, albeit often faded, aggressive, and lustful. Breaking down the distance that traditionally separates photographer from subject, Equal parts spontaneous and formally precise, Moore's work eulogizes the messiness that's left behind, and all too often forgotten.

Was it artistically interesting for you in a way?

Moore: Kind of, because a lot of what I do, photography, is not taking pictures every day, 90 percent of it is on the computer and then also emailing and stuff like that. So in one aspect, it was nice because it took away the sense of urgency and there was no deadline or anything, and you could actually focus on what you want to do. But also in the end, I wasn’t able to really work at all. So there was actually a plus side to it. Also, New York is really cool-looking when there’s no one there. I would ride my bike into Times Square, and it just looked like a zombie apocalypse scene.