For the last show of the year, we’re doing a Q&A show and taking a stab at answering some of your questions. We can’t thank you enough for not only listening week in and week out, but also for helping to build a community of makers that we are both extremely proud of. We are very much looking forward to 2016 and can’t wait to see what all of you are up to. If you have ideas, comments or suggestions, or you just want to say hello, email us at podcast@ontakingpictures.com. Happy New Year everyone!

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This week, is boring art bad? Then again, who is to say whether any art is either good or bad? That said, do we miss part of the conversation if we don’t “get” a piece of art from the start? Or, should expecting to connect aesthetically to a particular piece or body of work be enough? Also, is there such thing as taking a perfect photograph and would you try 720,000 times to take it? Plus, we discuss a couple of your Crit Wall entries. Arthur Meyerson is our Photographer of the Week.

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Coca Cola: The Gift Bottle [BTL Case] – YouTube

Is It Bad If Art Is Boring? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

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Ognissanti Madonna – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor: This is not photography | Lynda.com

Photoshop CC 2015 Update Raises Liquify Rendering Problem | Fstoppers

After 6 Years And 720,000 Attempts, Photographer Finally Takes Perfect Shot Of Kingfisher | Bored Panda

Fojo | A Darkroom for Smartphones

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The best thing about the SpaceX rocket landing was the human reaction | The Verge

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Arthur Meyerson Photography

Arthur Meyerson: The Color of Light (10 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

Arthur Meyerson – Only in Houston 2007 Award Winner – YouTube

This week, we’re discussing a letter from a listener who offers observations on the intellectualizing of modern art and how we tend to find it difficult to relate when we look at it emotionally. Also, another letter from a listener sparks a discussion around what to do when a shoot (or a project) doesn’t turn out the way you wanted it to and how we gauge success or failure. Next week, we’re looking at an NPR article that asks whether or not it’s bad if art is boring. Check the show notes. Roy DeCarava is our Photographer of the Week.

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Does The Hateful Eight’s 70mm roadshow really impact the future of film? | The Verge

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Is It Bad If Art Is Boring? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

Stacy Kranitz Is TIME’s Pick for Instagram Photographer of the Year 2015 | TIME

Roy DeCarava – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Masters of Photography: Roy DeCarava

Roy Decarava – YouTube

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This week, we discuss what to do when you feel like you’ve said all you want to (or can) say creatively, including some recent examples of creators who have decided to make dramatic changes to both what and how they create. Also, TIME has updated their contracts, which looks to have a dramatic affect on how freelance photographers are able to monetize their work. Plus, David Bowie has a new album and video that’s full of cultural references and surreal imagery…and isn’t that exactly what we’ve come to expect? Kevin Russ is our Photographer of the Week.

Musical iconography: Anton Corbijn is bowing out of professional photography | The Economist

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One Summer: America, 1927: Bill Bryson: 9780767919418: Amazon.com: Books

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Digital images can’t be trusted, says war photographer Don McCullin | Art and design | The Guardian

Magnum and the Dying Art of Darkroom Printing | the literate lens

Is TIME Screwing Photographers? | PhotoShelter Blog

Photo Business News & Forum: Times’ Failed Attempt At Fairness and Equity

Mining ‘Color’s Mother Lode’ | PDN Photo of the Day

Filmomat – Automatic color film processor – YouTube

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Kevin Russ

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This week, we discuss a terrific NPR article on how people prefer to consume and contextualize information. It may offer some insights into how we as creators present our own work and how and to what degree a given audience may respond. Also, what do you do when what’s popular isn’t the way you see? Do you try to bend your own aesthetic to fit in, or stay in the familiar and let them come to you? Plus, we tease up a few items for next week, so be sure to check the show notes. John Chiara is our Photographer of the Week.

Berlin Mirimalism: Miri Berlin

Do Visual Stories Make People Care? | NPR Visuals

Taylor Wessing photographic Portrait Prize 2015 – Five Girls entry from 2008

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The seven ages of an artist | Art and design | The Guardian

Todd Reynolds

Holga Factory Ceases Operation of Holga Cameras! | Freestyle Photographic Supplies

Behind “Blackstar”: An Interview with Johan Renck, the Director of David Bowie’s Ten-Minute Short Film | NOISEY

Digital images can’t be trusted, says war photographer Don McCullin | Art and design | The Guardian

John Chiara

John Chiara – Photographic Process – YouTube

This week, we’re talking about leaps—not leaps of faith, but rather those unconscious leaps in process, technique or vision that serve as lines of demarcation for the work that came before and after them. Also, a listener writes in for advice about how to position the services he offers. Plus, a couple Crit Wall selections and a teaser for next week’s show around the stages of an artist’s life and career. Brigitte Lacombe is our Photographer of the Week.

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Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America’s Master Communicator, George Lois

The Mindful Geek: Secular Meditation for Smart Skeptics

Jackson Pollock | MoMA

Jackson Pollock. Landscape with Steer. c. 1936–37 | MoMA

Jackson Pollock. There Were Seven in Eight. c. 1945 | MoMA

Reuters Issues a Worldwide Ban on RAW Photos

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer fired after admitting that he doctored Syrian war rebel picture by photoshopping camera out of original image | Daily Mail Online

Dear Adobe, Your iPad Apps are a Mess. — Medium

Do Visual Stories Make People Care? | NPR Visuals

The seven ages of an artist | Art and design | The Guardian

Brigitte Lacombe

Brigitte Lacombe – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My Most Important Photograph: Brigitte Lacombe, New York, 1988 | TIME

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Brigitte Lacombe books on Amazon

This week, we begin with a warm thank you to everyone who made it out to the DC meetup. It was really terrific to get to meet you all and we will definitely be doing more of these. The big discussion centers around a question from a listener who asked whether talking so much affects the doing—and both the quality and quantity of what we actually are able to ship. Also, giving yourself permission to fail. Icelandic shooter, Ragnar Axelsson is our Photographer of the Week.

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John Oliver Paris Attacks – YouTube

Jeremy Mann

Artist Anish Kapoor finds “royal response” to Versailles anti-Semitism – Telegraph

Kapoor Versailles – Palace of Versailles

FilmmakerIQ.com

Viewpoint: How creativity is helped by failure – BBC News

Perfect and Unrehearsed – NYTimes.com

No Cameras Necessary: 8 Camera-Less Photographers You Need To Know | The Creators Project

Ragnar Axelsson

All the ‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright claims are invalid, federal judge rules – LA Times

Artists In Jackson

This week, the dangers of letting yourself become defined by what you produce or how much (or how little) it is worth. Also, you can’t make iconic work, but you might be able to make it good. The problem is, is good good enough? Plus, Instagram as a platform for buying and selling art. Ben Thomas is our Photographer of the Week.

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OTP November Meetup in Washington DC – Google+

FotoDC

PHOTOGRAPHERS | Facing Change

Social Media and the Art World: Buying and Selling Art on Instagram — Vogue

Instagram Star Essena O’Neill Condemns Social Media

Do Mass Layoffs at National Geographic Portend an Erosion of Scientific Integrity? | Nonprofit Quarterly

Rupert Murdoch Lays Off National Geographic Staff

Mary Ellen Mark’s Nikon FM2 28mm Lens to Benefit The American Red Cross 018208016839 | eBay

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Hasselblad and DJI “form strategic partnership” | Photo Rumors

DJI Osmo – Reimagine Movement | DJI

Man interviews himself 38 years later and makes it into an amazing movie / Boing Boing

Video Shows How One Softbox Can Have Ten Totally Different Uses | Resource Magazine

Helmut by June (1995) – YouTube

Chroma — Ben Thomas

This week, do creatives always have a responsibility to practice their craft? Or, should we get to choose when and how we let inspiration move us into action? Also, do you work better alone, or when surrounded by others who may be on a similar creative journey? Plus, we discuss a couple photography-related iOS apps and a terrific Kickstarter photobook project that uses a unique printing method to beautifully complement the theme of the subject matter. Michael Borek is our Photographer of the Week.

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Photographer criticised by indigenous people and Survival International | Global development | The Guardian

Astonish-Me! App for mobile devices | Philippe Halsman

Avedon on the App Store

Like a Pearl in my Hand by Carina Hesper — Kickstarter

Torpedo Factory Art Center

Linda Linda by The Blue Hearts-japanese+english lyrics – YouTube

Director Sam Mendes on Going Back to 35mm for ‘Spectre’

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This week, Bill is on his honeymoon in Europe, so we’re doing another Q&A show that we actually recorded last week before he left. Ironically, we did the show on Back to the Future Day, which means that while we were recording it for the future, you’re really listening to it in the past. Science!

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Oregon City — Shadow Quality

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Robert Rauschenberg. Rebus. 1955 | MoMA

ColorMunki Display on Amazon

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