#147: Artistic Post-It Note

This week, should there be standards defining what is and isn’t considered photojournalism? Plus, are labels important, necessary or just noise? We also take a look at a potential alternative to Photoshop, the new Affinity Photo. Spencer Tunick is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment – #Mimic
World Press Photo Disqualifies 20% of Its Contest Finalists | TIME
It Takes Two to Tango: Instagram Account Brings Photographers Together | TIME
Photoshop contest – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
3 Hours of New Video Essays on the Films and Career of Stanley Kubrick
Room 237 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast – Episode 565 – Paul Thomas Anderson
Affinity Photo Beta
Miroslav Tichý | International Center of Photography
SPENCER TUNICK
Naked States _ Naked States – Video Dailymotion

#146: Pattern Recognition Machine

This week, we’re going deep into discussing the power of a single photograph. Social or emotional impact notwithstanding, are photographs (or art for that matter) better with additional context? Also, you’ll never believe what Carol Armstrong found in her closet. Iconic sports shooter Neil Leifer is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures 2015 Listener Survey
On Taking Pictures – G+ – Assignment: #streetscene
Humans of New York
Lets Send Kids to Harvard: Vidal Scholarship Fund | Indiegogo Life
Obama meets kid who inspired million-dollar Humans of New York fundraiser
Beyond the veil: photographs can be more powerful than art | Art and design | The Guardian
Locus Online Perspectives » Kameron Hurley: The Privilege to Publish; the Power to Persevere
The Sartorialist
190 Bowery on Vimeo
Meeting your Heroes : On Taking Pictures
The long-lost Apollo 11 artifacts discovered in Neil Armstrong’s closet – The Washington Post
LensVid Exclusive: What Happened to the Photography Industry in 2014? – LensVid.comLensVid.com
Affinity Photo – Professional image editing software for Mac
Film is Here to Stay! Studios and Kodak Strike a Deal | Indiewire
The Bixby Bridge by Moonlight | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
Sports | Categories | Neil Leifer
Professional Photographer Neil Leifer discusses his 50-year collection on Vimeo

#145: Priceless Gets A Price

This week, a bunch of recent articles around use and copyright have us discussing “Who really owns what, and for how long?” Also, should art be enjoyed or merely collected? Bill may have found the perfect camera…for him. Louise Dahl-Wolfe is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures 2015 Listener Survey
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #square
Photographer sues Nike over rights to Jordan ‘Jumpman’ logo: Digital Photography Review
How an incredible coincidence sparked a Facebook plagiarism row – Telegraph
Crowdsourced Instagram Photos of Snowstorm Land on the Front Page of the New York Times
Adobe is suing Forever 21 for pirating Photoshop | The Verge
Art for Money’s Sake – NYTimes.com
Ebony Seeks Buyer for Photo Archive Worth $40 Million – NBC News.com
3-D printing and copyright: Replicas of 16th-century sculptures are not off-limits.
Why every photo storage startup dies or gets acquired | The Verge
Canon EOS 5DS & EOS 5DS R Specifications « Canon Rumors
Louise Dahl-Wolfe – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louise Dahl-Wolfe – Google Search
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Louise Dahl-Wolfe: A Retrospective on Amazon

#144: Ronin Photographers

This week, a domestic worker wins a Magnum Fellowship, two Magnum icons try Google Glass and we discuss entertainment before the word “format.” Also, we discuss what happens when you stop trusting your gear? “Small Town Inertia” shooter Jim Mortram is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures 2015 Listener Survey
Prince Harry’s Moving Photos Prove African Orphans Aren’t Just The Face Of AIDS
Xyza Cruz Bacani – Filipino Street and Documentary Photographer
MAGNUM FOUNDATION — Announcing Our 2015 HUMAN RIGHTS Fellows
Magnum Photographers Give Google Glass a Test Spin – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers | NPPA
HBO: Documentaries | Witness: Juarez | Home
Joe Franklin, a Talk Show Institution in New York, Dies at 88 – NYTimes.com
NASA Just Released The Largest Picture Ever Taken And It Will Shake Up Your Universe |Higher Perspective
Trusting Your Equipment — Bill Wadman
Stephen King: ‘Writing is hypnosis’ – YouTube
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #throughawindow
J A Mortram
Small Town Inertia

#143: Set For Life

This week, a conversation overheard on the train sparks a discussion around the need to create or not and whether we would trade a creative life (whatever that means) for a nine to five if we could. Also, is your personal value in the experience of making or in the resulting artifact/object? Obscure Romanian shooter Andre Pandele is our Photographer of the Week.

Congressman John Lewis Dancing to Pharrell Williams’ “Happy”: “Nothing Can Bring Me Down” – YouTube
Dictabelt – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wax Cylinders To Records, Saving The Sounds Of History : NPR
The Rescued Film Project Archive
Hand Processing Kodachrome
Finding Vivian Maier nominated for Best Documentary? It was one of the worst documentaries of 2014.
Memory and pictures “This is not my Memory” | Wallace Koopmans Artlog
WhiteAlbum
Mosaic Photo Books: Create a printed album from your phone
Robert Frank Collection Guide
Why you should stop relying on your phone, and buy a nice camera | The Verge
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #redux
BBC News – A lost city: Photos of Bucharest’s past
Pandele81003.jpg | EST&OST
Book Insider: Forbidden photos and personal images by Andrei Pandele | Romania-Insider.com

#142: Time Capsule Effect

This week, a few shorter discussions around work for hire vs licensing your work, work that becomes relevant years after it was produced and whether or not your work should continue after you are no longer the one producing it. Deborah Parkin is our Photographer of the Week.

Three Records From Sundown | 99% Invisible
A Last Gift From The Genius Mind of Taylor Negron: Reflections On A Life Spent Playing Everyman – xoJane
Imagista – His Majesty of Modesty – Richard Butler
The Posters Will Produce Affordable Art With a Touch of Charity
Help: I Am Being Sued for Nearly $500,000 by a Model I Photographed
Text – H.R.5893 : Ansel Adams Act | Congress.gov
Opinion: When It Comes to the ‘Ansel Adams Act,’ the Devil is in the Details
How the Selfie Stick Is Killing the Selfie | TIME
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #bestof2014
Deborah Parkin Photography Hexham Northumberland

#141: Frayved Peegan

Welcome to 2015! In this week’s show, we talk about how sometimes doing the right thing doesn’t get you very far and how copyright and the web still has a long way to go. Also, a terrific email from a listener raises the question “What would you do?” Portland based shooter Delaney Allen is our Photographer of the Week.

SFMOMA | Explore Modern Art | Our Collection | Robert Rauschenberg | Erased de Kooning Drawing
2014’s Top Cinematographers on Film vs. Digital | Indiewire
Wet Plate Collodion Portraits of Barbie Dolls
Why your digital photos might die before your grandkids see them – Money – TODAY.com
Selfie stick – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On Taking Pictures – Community – Google+ Assignment: #beforeandafter
Delaney Allen

#140: An Official Knock-off

We’re finishing off 2014 with one last listener Q&A show. But first, we’re talking about the idea of planned obsolescence. Is current gear as good as it was 20 years ago? Is anything? Then, Bill’s trip to a recent Saul Leiter show in NYC sparks some discussion around the idea of posthumous artist foundations and legacy. User submitted photojournalist Matt Black is our Photographer of the Week.

Gallery Calendar – The National Arts Club
365 Portraits — Bill Wadman Photographs
Willem de Kooning – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazon: DeKooning, a retrospective
Matt Black Photography | The Dispossession | Photograph Four
On Taking Pictures – Community – Google+ Assignment: #renewal

#139: Nothing But A Mirror

This week, we discuss a documentary on last week’s Photographer of the Week, Jane Bown, who recently passed away at 89. Can photography be “just” a job and still be important? Or do we have to approach it as art (whatever that means to you) for it to have any sort of deeper meaning? Pioneer of early motion studies, Eadweard Muybridge is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures | iHeartRadio
Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin Reunion – 1976 MDA Telethon – YouTube
Serial Sucked And Wasted Everyone’s Time
Jane Bown obituary | Art and design | The Guardian
Bored Coworkers Recreate Classic Paintings Using Office Supplies | DeMilked
Flickr yanks photos from store after Creative Commons backlash – SFGate
Massive Fuji firmware update: X-T1, X-E2, X-E1, and X-Pro1 gain impressive new features
Freeze Frame- Muybridge in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muybridge
Freeze Frame
Motion Gallery – Experiments In Motion
On Taking Pictures – Community – G+ Assignment: #family
American Brand: Quality Outerwear, Outdoor Clothing, and Bags | Filson

#138: A Little Obsessive That Way

This week, does “most expensive” always equate to best? SPOILER: No. Also, does finding an emotional connection to photographs (or any creative endeavor) mean finding an anchor you can relate to from your own life experience or can art have meaning in a vacuum? Plus, a terrific video series from the George Eastman House. Jane Bown is our Photographer of the Week.

Jeff Frost | Press Releases
This is the Most Expensive Photograph in the World | The Creators Project
The $6.5m canyon: it’s the most expensive photograph ever – but it’s like a hackneyed poster in a posh hotel | Art and design | The Guardian
Photography is art and always will be | Art and design | The Guardian
Before Photography – Photographic Processes Series – Chapter 1 of 12 – YouTube
Excerpt of Black Drop – Simon Starling on Vimeo
Four Poets Discuss Their Favorite Photographs
“Capturing the Light” on Amazon
“Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color” on Amazon
Graham Hughes: British man is first person to visit all 201 countries WITHOUT using a plane | Daily Mail Online
National Portrait Gallery – Person – Jane Bown
Video: Jane Bown on photographing Beckett, Björk and the Beatles | Art and design | The Guardian
BBC – Radio 4 Woman’s Hour -Photographer Jane Bown