#87: I’m Wearing Tap Shoes?

This week is all about you, the listeners, as we try to answer some of the questions you’ve asked via email, twitter and the Google+ group. We also talk through some camera and photo related news. Conceptual portrait slash fashion photographer, Miss Aniela is our Photographer of the Week.

Show Notes

Yogaglo Patent Issued | Yoga International
Official website of Vivian Maier
How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work | natethayer
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram: It’s possible to use social media mindfully.
Apple Mac Pro review (2013) | The Verge
Photoshop Lab Color on Amazon
The Fizzle Show — a podcast for online business builders

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Photographer of the Week

MISS ANIELA – ARTIST – PORTFOLIO
Flickr: Miss Aniela’s Photostream
Miss Aniela on Vimeo

Books We Recommend

Creative Portrait Photography
Self-Portrait Photography: The Ultimate in Personal Expression

#86: Sing Me What You’re Going To Play

This week, Bill’s recent musical interlude inspires a discussion around how embarrassment and fear can paralyze us, more than just creatively. Also, the practice of practice and who owns your likeness and for how long? Iconic fashion shooter Mario Testino is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• TEN – Craft & Vision
• EPIC DRAGON
• “Instant: The Story of Polaroid” on Amazon
• Object of Desire: Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 Neo Classic Camera
• French court bans Yan Morvan’s latest photobook » British Journal of Photography
• This Instagram movie proves that every Instagram picture is the same
• TIME’s Best Portraits of 2013 – LightBox
• The 2013 Stitcher Awards
• Mario Testino
• Mario Testino – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Fuji Mini 90 Instant Camera on Amazon
• Mario Testino “In Your Face” on Amazon
• Mario Testino “Private View” on Amazon

#85: Good Art Doesn’t Have a Shelf Life

This week, we talk about projects, specifically long-term projects and how the full value of them (on both sides) often isn’t fully realized until you’re well down the timeline. Also, who decides what art is important, or even good for that matter? Should “good art” (whatever that means) define the current culture or reflect it? Plus, 19th century French photographer Charles Marville is our Photographer of the Week.

Show Notes

Created In Brooklyn: A Conversation With Randy Duchaine – Faded + Blurred
Amazing Shadow Sculptures by Tim Noble and Sue Webster | Marvelous
Hello – Exposure
This Photo Is (Probably) The World’s First Selfie
Dell UltraSharp 24 Ultra HD Monitor – UP2414Q | Dell Belize

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Photographer of the Week
Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris
Charles Marville – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An Insider’s View Of 19th-Century Paris (Even The Urinals) : The Picture Show : NPR

Books We Recommend

Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris
Piercing Time: Paris after Marville and Atget 1865-2012

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#84: Your Definition of Yourself

This week, we remember icon Saul Leiter and discuss not only legacy but intent and what it means to live and create with purpose. Who gets to decide what work (if any) is important? Plus, we talk a little about tools, including the new crop of 4K displays on the horizon. Ethnologist and photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples Edward Curtis is our PotW.

Show Notes

Saul Leiter, Photographer Who Captured New York’s Palette, Dies at 89 – NYTimes.com
“In No Great Hurry” 13 Lessons In Life With Saul Leiter
Here’s The Thing: Chris Rock and Herb Alpert – WNYC
Learn From Joey L. · Learn From Joey L.
Pixelmator
TidBITS: Can You Replace Photoshop with Pixelmator?
Dell UP2414Q: The 24-inch 4K monitor that finally brings 4K to the desktop PC, for $1400 | ExtremeTech
Where Children Sleep by James Mollison is a Photography Project That’ll Shock You
Watch the Rolling Stones Write “Sympathy for the Devil”: A Highlight in Godard’s ’68 Film One Plus One | Open Culture
Vermeer’s Secret Tool: Testing Whether The Artist Used Mirrors and Lenses to Create His Realistic Images | Vanity Fair

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Photographer of the Week
Edward S. Curtis – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A portrait of the American Indian – CNN Photos – CNN.com Blogs
Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian

Books We Recommend
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
Native Nations: First North Americans as Seen by Edward Curtis

#83: It’s Not A Pendulum, It’s A Kaleidoscope

This week, we gear out a little (just a little) and talk about light, specifically the subtleties and how much they may or may not affect your end product. Also, we talk about funding projects. Should you pony up the cash, or is crowd-funding a possible solution? Plus, user-suggested Photographer of the Week, portrait shooter Martin Schoeller.

Show Notes

At The World’s Margins: Paul Salopek – Faded + Blurred
TIME Picks the Photobooks We Loved in 2013 – LightBox
Lightning Source Books
Photoshop Photography Program : Adobe Creative Cloud
9 year old discusses the meaning of life and the universe – YouTube
Spencer Murphy wins 2013 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
Fujifilm Finds Niche With Old-Style Cameras That Mask a High-Tech Core – NYTimes.com
Pixelmator
Jony Ive, Marc Newson And Bono Lead Sotheby’s (RED) Auction To A $977,000 Mac Pro – Forbes
It’s Not The Umbrella’s Fault – Einstein / Speedlight Modifier Shoot-off : On Taking Pictures
Photograph taken by Ringo Starr of high school friends peering out of Chevrolet is reconstructed 50 years on as group is reunited | Mail Online

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Photographer of the Week
A Conversation with Martin Schoeller
Who Said Girls Can’t Jump? – NYTimes.com
Matthew Modine & Martin Schoeller’s Experiences| Capture Ep. 3 Full | Reserve Channel – YouTube
Martin Schoeller photo shoot – YouTube
The Technique Behind Martin Schoeller’s Photography | Around The Mall

Books We Recommend
Identical: Portraits of Twins

#82: Going ‘All In’ On Yourself

This week, should exceptional talent be a gift or a chore? Does what you do have to feed your soul to be important, or is just doing the work enough? Also, when are too many options not a good thing? Plus, we discuss the new documentary “Everybody Street” and Tim Flach is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Bruce Springsteen – Wings For Wheels – The Making of Born To Run
• Born to Run – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Are We Happier When We Have More Options? : NPR
• Katy Perry ‘Prism’ Good Example How Albums Don’t Work Anymore | Variety
• EVERYBODY STREET
• Writing Wednesdays: Resistance and Self-Loathing
• French newspaper removes all images in support of photographers – British Journal of Photography
• Analogue Forever: Film Talk with Lars Fielder of Kodak Alaris – Lomography
• Tim Flach
• Amazon: Books by Tim Flach

#81: An Artistic Vacation

This week, thank yous and follow up to last week’s episode. How do we decide what we do and don’t want creatively? Is a hard-coded trajectory helpful, or merely another distraction you need to adhere to? Also, we talk about an interesting article by Kirk Tuck and a really great interview with our Photographer of the Week, Walker Evans.

Show Notes

The Graying Of Traditional Photography And Why Everything Is Getting Re-Invented In A Form We Don’t Understand By Kirk Tuck | DIYPhotography.net
Everybody Street
The Kilowatt Hour • Mathieu | Sylvian | Fennesz • the-kilowatt-hour.com
Fuji x100s Travel Camera Review : On Taking Pictures
Meg Wachter Photography
A Fiend Inside: Lee Miller – Faded + Blurred
Walker Evans – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
INTERVIEW: “An Interview with Walker Evans” Pt. 1 (1971) – Since 2008, AMERICAN SUBURB X | Art, Photography and Culture that matters.

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Photographer of the Week
Walker Evans (1903–1975) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
MoMA | Walker Evans American Photographs

Books We Recommend
Walker Evans: American Photographs: Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition
Walker Evans: Signs
Walker Evans
Walker Evans: Cuba

 

#80: It’s Something To Take Seriously

This week, synchronicity and the beauty of moments. Bill recaps his whirlwind trip to Italy and we discuss why seeing art in person is better than seeing it through a viewfinder. Model turned photographer, Lee Miller is our Photographer of the Week.

Show Notes

J.B. Camera Designs
How the Fuji X-series made me feel inadequate | Tokyo Photographer Irwin Wong | Editorial, Corporate, Commercial
In Praise of Art Forgeries – NYTimes.com
Tony Tetro – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tony Tetro | ACCLAIM
INTERVALS The Marsh Sessions by T. L. Schmidbauer with foreward by Jeffery Saddoris
Rant: I’m Tired of ‘White Guy Photography’ Projects
Digital Photo Retouching: Beauty, Fashion & Portrait Photography [Review]

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Photographer of the Week
Lee Miller – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LeeMiller | LeeMiller

Books We Recommend
Lee Miller in Fashion
The Art of Lee Miller
Lee Miller’s War

 

#79: Photography Without A Net

This week, the importance of heroes and how being inspired by one can make you feel like a kid again. Also, are you shooting for the present or for posterity? Plus, we talk about an interesting performance art piece and the intention behind it. Greg Heisler’s former boss, Arnold Newman, is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• New York City police arrest artist who created drone satires – World Socialist Web Site
• The Writer as Meme Machine: How Has the Internet Altered Poetry? : The New Yorker
• David duChemin – World & Humanitarian Photographer, Nomad, Author. » And Then I Fell.
• Q&A@F&B No. 14 – David duCheminFaded + Blurred
• Stephen Shore Photography: American Surfaces to Uncommon Places | New Republic
• Arnold Newman – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Arnold Newman, Portrait Photographer Who Captured the Essence of His Subjects, Dies at 88 – New York Times
• Arnold Newman’s Incredible Artist Portraits (25 photos) – My Modern Metropolis
• Recommended Book: Arnold Newman Masterclass
• Recommended Book: Gregory Heisler 50 Portraits

#78: Shutter Priority on Glass Plate

This week, we tackle some great questions from you, the listeners, about topics ranging from personal and professional goals to social media and where we find inspiration outside of photography. We also try to find the line between art and porn. Plus, National Geographic wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• My Portrait Subject Wish List
• Rise and shine: the daily routines of history’s most creative minds | Science | The Guardian
• Pissed-Off Photographer: Lhota Stole My Gritty NYC Picture For His Pandering Ad: Gothamist
• 125 years of still magic | National Geographic photography exhibit comes to Annenberg Space for Photography – Framework – Photos and Video – Visual Storytelling from the Los Angeles Times
• Oedipal exposure: Leigh Ledare’s photographs of his mother having sex | Art and design | The Guardian
• Tierney Gearon Photography
• My Selfie, Myself – NYTimes.com
• Model sues after HIV-positive ad | New York Post
• Paul Nicklen Photography – STORIES
• Recommended Book: Paul Nicklen “Polar Obsession”