#197: House Elf of Genius
This week, we talk a little about the recent Gregory Crewdson show at the Gagosian in NYC and how seeing a photograph in person can be vastly different than seeing it on a screen. Also, how you feel about meeting your heroes? Would you like a one-on-one, or do you prefer to keep them in your imagination? Plus, a trip to B&H sparks a discussion around gear—both the limitations of it and the notion that regardless of how well a piece of gear works, there’s something to how it feels in your hand that impacts how you use it. Miles Aldridge is our Photographer of the Week.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #repeat
Gregory Crewdson – January 28 – March 5, 2016 – Gagosian Gallery
Gregory Crewdson: Cathedral of the Pines
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Jack Gilbert – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elton John releases a brand new video for new song Blue Wonderful | Daily Mail Online
Phil Collins Donates Alamo Artifacts to Texas Museum | Rolling Stone
Pixel Perfect – The New Yorker
B&W Film Developing Times | The Massive Dev Chart
@milesaldridge • Instagram photos and videos
Ira Glass on the Creative Process (www.getoutthebox.org) – YouTube
#196: Mind-field of Obstacles
This week, an experiment we proposed on the show a year ago yields some terrific results for a listener. Also, is the bigger problem getting beyond a plateau, or realizing that you’ve reached one in the first place? Plus, Instagram has grown beyond food photos and into a robust platform for discovery, particularly for photojournalism. Alfa Castaldi is our Photographer of the Week.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Signature
One day, one year later — Kristopher
The magical photos recovered from over 200 lost rolls of film – The Washington Post
Why the World’s Leading Photojournalists Are Ditching Their DSLRs to Shoot on Instagram
War Photographer – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Instagram Is Fostering the Next Generation of Photojournalists
How a College Student Used Creative Commons to Dominate Political Photography
Is this the first Instagram masterpiece?
The Chemical Brothers – Wide Open (feat. Beck) – YouTube
Trypophobia – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AGFA SCALA FILM PROCESSING & DR5. THE ONLY WOLDWIDE B&W SLIDE SERVICE. *MAINPHOTO – IS CLOSED*
Alfa Castaldi – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfa Castaldi • LateAndModern Gallery
Respect The Shooter: Alfa Castaldi | Life+Times
#195: Everybody’s Eating Oreos for Breakfast
This week, is art just a shell game of semantics? Do the names and labels matter at all as long as you’re making mistakes, making work and moving forward? Why do we get so spun up over something so nebulous? Also, do you buy photobooks to enjoy, or simply to leave them shrink-wrapped on a shelf, hoping that they will appreciate in value? Are collectors screwing it up for the folks who want to enjoy the work? Plus, Tyler Shields is a genius…or is that just what he wants you to think? Richard Mosse is our Photographer of the Week.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #intersection
Against Neutrality – NYTimes.com
Is Celebrity Photographer Tyler Shields Inspired, Or Copying Other Artists? | VICE | United States
On Taking Pictures PotW List by Matheson
Steve McCurry “India” on Amazon
Richard Mosse – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Mosse: The Impossible Image on Vimeo
Richard Mosse – Jack Shainman Gallery
Did Film Director Rip Off Photographer Richard Mosse? – artnet News
#194: Asking for Real Estate
This week, a discussion partially prompted by the passing of David Bowie on living your art. Does the work/art you create exist apart from you or is one an intrinsic part of the other? Also, a conversation with Gregory Crewdson about his new body of work. Plus, is there such a thing as “the perfect size” for printing and displaying your photos? How do you determine what’s too big or too small? Belgian photographer Marc Lagrange is our Photographer of the Week.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Character
Process Driven: Gregory Crewdson
David Bowie – Lazarus – YouTube
David Bowie’s final photographs | Consequence of Sound
David Bowie – Blackstar – YouTube
El Jaleo – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Persistence of Memory – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steve McCurry | Rubin Museum of Art
McCurry Pictures of girl on boat
Monkey selfie case: judge rules animal cannot own his photo copyright | World news | The Guardian
Marc Lagrange | Woman hanging on Elephant Tusk
SENZA PAROLE – Behind The Scenes on Vimeo
Lawrence Alma-Tadema – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
#193: Not Starting From Zero
This week, we’re taking a look back on 2015 and discussing what worked, what didn’t and what we’d like our respective 2016s to look like. We’re also responding to a listener question around changes in the industry and what the career of a maker may look like moving forward. Plus, you asked for some of our favorite Lynda tutorials, so we’ve each picked our top three. Jing Huang is our first Photographer of the Week for 2016. Welcome to the new year everyone.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #renewal
Phase One IQ3: World’s First 100mp Sony CMOS Sensor
Mastering Selections in Photoshop CC | Lynda.com
The Practicing Photographer | Lynda.com
The Creative Spark: Brian Taylor, Handmade Photography | Lynda.com
Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor: This is not photography | Lynda.com
F2 Design: Letterpress Printing and Poster Design | Lynda.com
InDesign CC Essential Training (2015) | Lynda.com
Jing Huang: An Urban Poet in Shenzhen – The Leica camera blog
#192: Find Another Cliff
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!
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Resolution
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Welcome | Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow | dpBestflow
Metadata Overview | dpBestflow
Jimmy Chin (@jimmy_chin) • Instagram photos and videos
#191: Gardiner Used All the Saturation
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.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #morelight
Coca Cola: The Gift Bottle [BTL Case] – YouTube
Is It Bad If Art Is Boring? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
The Köln Concert – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Sylvian – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Fojo | A Darkroom for Smartphones
Tiny microscope lets you see the smallest-ever inkjet prints
The best thing about the SpaceX rocket landing was the human reaction | The Verge
Astropad for iPad | Graphics Tablet App
Rainy day, someone bought me a bottle of Bourbon so I thought I’d have a go a…
Volunteering at a refugee center I met this small time actress who only had b…
Arthur Meyerson: The Color of Light (10 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day
Arthur Meyerson – Only in Houston 2007 Award Winner – YouTube
#190: One Big Bundle of Bias
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.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #fandom
A Graphic Glimpse Inside the Studio of Roy Lichtenstein
Does The Hateful Eight’s 70mm roadshow really impact the future of film? | The Verge
What one bad screening of The Hateful Eight means for the future of film
DE VERE 504DS Digital Enlarger
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
Masters of Photography: Roy DeCarava
#189: An Analytical Gamble
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
Chester Thompson – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leland Sklar – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One Summer: America, 1927: Bill Bryson: 9780767919418: Amazon.com: Books
iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case – Charcoal Gray – Apple
Amazon.com: mophie juice pack Air for iPhone 6/6s (2,750 mAh) – Black: Cell Phones & Accessories
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
Thought long and hard about this one. I’ve decided I think this might be my f…
On Taking Pictures – G+ – Assignment: #junk
The Western States by Kevin Russ – VSCO Artist Initiative
#188: A Facsimile of a Facsimile
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
The seven ages of an artist | Art and design | The Guardian
Holga Factory Ceases Operation of Holga Cameras! | Freestyle Photographic Supplies
Digital images can’t be trusted, says war photographer Don McCullin | Art and design | The Guardian
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