#101: Cookie Cutter Wisdom

This week, we discuss authenticity – is the quest for authenticity real or just a hoax perpetuated by hipsters and organic farmers? Also, thoughts on Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art – realizing what you are and getting down to business. Could this book be a good candidate for a group discussion? Plus, Lee Friedlander is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Community – Google+
YANSS Podcast – Episode Five – The Authenticity Hoax « You Are Not So Smart
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield on Amazon
New York hotel offers to live-tweet your wedding – for $3,000 | Digital Trends
Stunning Photo Series Highlights The Beauty Of Black Dogs That Are Often Overlooked In Adoption
Black Dogs Project
The Mystery of the ‘Only Camera to Come Back from the Moon’ | Motherboard
Alan Bean Art, Alan Bean Astronaut, Alan Bean Moonwalker, Alan Bean Paintings
Rinzi Ruiz photography
New55 FILM by Bob Crowley — Kickstarter

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Photographer of the Week

Lee Friedlander | Fraenkel Gallery
MoMA | The Collection | Lee Friedlander (American, born 1934)

Books We Recommend

Friedlander
Lee Friedlander: Self Portrait
Lee Friedlander: Mannequin

#100: Discovering Something New

Episode 100! Thank you so much for coming along with us each week. This week, we discuss how a place can (and should) get under your skin to help fuel creativity. Also, is technology killing creativity and prosperity? Would you pay real money to increase your social media reach? Facebook thinks so. Plus, fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures Intro Compilation – MP3 On Taking Pictures Intro Compilation – YouTube Facebook Is Ending the Free Ride The beautiful invasion: Sponsorship and Instagram Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Cover Vogue April 2014 Scott’s suicide reveals tragic side of city’s glitzy scene Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class Photographer Swallows 35mm Film, Allows Digestive Fluids To Create Astounding Images The only camera to make it to the moon and back sells at auction for $910,000

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Photographer of the Week

Erwin Blumenfeld – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Home | Erwin Blumenfeld Erwin Blumenfeld on Pinterest

Books We Recommend

Erwin Blumenfeld (Stern Fotographie Portfolio) (English and German Edition) Erwin Blumenfeld (Editions Hazan) Erwin Blumenfeld – Studio Blumenfeld Erwin Blumenfeld (Phaidon 55′s)

#99: Authenticity Complex

For this last double-digit episode, we talk about the entitlement of an artistic life. Should society reward creativity? Also, more on the seemingly endless question of whether social media works or is simply a distraction. Plus, we question whether photography has to be good to be important with our Photographer of the Week, Terry Richardson.

Capa In Color [Review] – Faded + Blurred
What Is a Photograph? | International Center of Photography
NPPA gives Humanitarian Award to photojournalist Al Diaz
Miami Photojournalist Al Diaz, Photography, Miami photographer | Al Diaz
Rocker Jack White – Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O’Brien – YouTube
IT MIGHT GET LOUD | Sony Pictures Classics
“It Might Get Loud” on Amazon Streaming
18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently
Calumet Photo in the US Officially Declares Bankruptcy, Gave Employees Zero Notice

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Photographer of the Week

Young Model’s Shocking Terry Richardson Story Sparks a #NoMoreTerry Boycott
Terry Richardson posts on HuffPo

#98: Signal to Noise

Big show this week as we take a look at some of the latest art and photography news and how the stories may affect making a living as a creative. Content may be the new black, but who really wins if all of it is free? With no roadmap to navigate, we raise more questions than answers. How do you find your way? Lewis Hine is our Photographer of the Week.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Paris as Muse
Award-Winning Photo Tells Us More About The Syria Crisis Than Any Statistic Can
The world’s largest photo service just made its pictures free to use | The Verge
Beyond the Frame
Steven Soderbergh’s State Of Cinema Talk – Deadline.com
“Leica Photography” Is Dead. Leica Killed It. | Leicaphilia
‘Upskirt’ Photos Legal In Massachusetts, Says Court
‘Upskirt’ ban in Massachusetts signed into law – CNN.com
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Report Finds Art Ranking Poorly as Investment Compared to Other Collectibles
This Photographer Just Made $15K In One Day On Instagram
Daniel Arnold on Instagram

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Photographer of the Week

Lewis Hine | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive
Addie Card: Search For An Amemic Little Spinner, Chapter One

#97: The Best Version Of Me

This week, we talk about how technology is affecting branding and marketing. With so much noise and so many choices, how do you know what works? Also, can your future self be your present hero? Plus, transformation – how much is enough? Fantastic dance photographer Barbara Morgan is our Photographer of the Week.

Twitter / TheEllenShow: If only Bradley’s arm was longer. …
Oscars 2014: Watch Matthew McConaughey’s Confounding Acceptance Speech | TIME.com
Matt Damon impersonates Matthew McConaughey – YouTube
David duChemin – World & Humanitarian Photographer, Nomad, Author. » Fill Your Canvas
How a Science Fiction Book Cover Became a $5.7 Million Painting
In pictures: Roger Fenton’s historic Crimean War photographs – Telegraph
Erol Morris “Seeing is Believing” on Amazon
Film news: Fujifilm discontinues 4×5 peel-apart film – Japan Camera Hunter

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Photographer of the Week

Barbara Morgan (photographer) – Wikipedia
Barbara Morgan – Dance Photographer

Books We Recommend

Barbara Morgan (Aperture Masters of Photography)

#96: Pencil Marks

Is your photography business your own? We discuss one interesting case where the answer was no. We also talk about image, not the one you’re making but the one you’re living, which helps set the stage for next week’s discussion on branding. Plus, surf photographer Mickey Smith on a present worth remembering and UK photographer Thurston Hopkins is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Community – Google+
Tych Panel
Diptic on the App Store on iTunes
Create your own diptych (pictures collage)
Canon Lets Go Off The Low-Priced Compact Camera Market | CanonWatch CanonWatch
New Mexico Supreme Court: Wedding Photographer May Not Decline Business from Same-Sex Couple’s Commitment Ceremony » Publications » The Federalist Society
On Not Answering the Question: What Makes a Good Photograph?
Mickey Smith – Dark Side of the Lens
Sue Bryce Portrait | Australian Portrait Photographer of the Year 2011 & 2012
Seeing Themselves: Photographers’ Self-Portraits : The New Yorker
Are More Eccentric Artists Perceived As Better Artists? : NPR

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Photographer of the Week

Picture Post photographer Thurston Hopkins at 100
Thurston Hopkins Collection | Getty Images Gallery
Thurston Hopkins Exhibition | Getty Images Gallery

#95: Finding The New

This week, when is enough really enough? How do you know when it’s time to make subtle corrections versus charting an entirely new course? We also discuss the potential of collaboration and how narrative is changing the way we view photography. Portrait photographer Brett Walker is our Photographer of the Week.

8×10 Experiment Results – All 25 — Bill Wadman, photographer
[Editorial] Photography: Is It Still A Man’s World?
The Making of Fictional Photo Stories on Medium
An American Prayer – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Doors “An American Prayer” on Amazon
The Invisible Peak
Photographing the Sochi Winter Olympics with Getty – Digital Cameras: SLR & Compact Cameras
The World’s Best (Unaltered) Photos

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Photographer of the Week

Brett Walker on Flickr
Brett Walker – Redhead Color
Brett Walker – Nude Version 1
Brett Walker – Nude Version 2

Dan Winters – Road to Seeing

#94: The Custodian Ideal

This week is a Q&A show where we take a bunch of listener questions and try to answer them without sounding like idiots. But first, do you miss the good ol’ days of analog? We discuss Bill’s recent (and expensive) foray into large-format film on an 8×10 portrait shoot. Photographer, professor and MacArthur Fellow An-My Lê is our Photographer of the week.

One in 8 Million – New York Characters in Sound and Images – The New York Times
7 Reasons Why You Will Never Do Anything Amazing With Your Life | Raymmar Tirado
Amazing people & portrait photography by Brett Walker | The D-Photo
Mugshots 2008
Bill’s Type 55 portrait of H.A. Conrad
François Boucher, painter
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, painter

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Photographer of the Week

An-My Lê
An-My Lê — MacArthur Foundation

#93: Listen to Yourself

This week, we discuss the little voice – the gnawing (knowing) inside all of us that pushes us forward. How do you choose what to listen to and what to dismiss? Where do you draw the line between what you can do and what you will do? Plus, where has the mystique around photography gone? Ormond Gigli is our Photographer of the Week.

Apple – Thirty Years of Mac – “1.24.14” Film
Tim’s Vermeer – Movie Trailers – iTunes
Writing Wednesdays: Nobody Knows Nothing
Photography Documentary List
Vintage Camera Ads
The Race to Save a Hauntingly Beautiful Photo Archive – LightBox
ink&paper on Vimeo
The Ox on Vimeo
New Leica T (Type 701) Camera Soon? First Images?
Hasselblad did it again: “elite” Hasselblad HV camera announced, priced at $11,500

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Photographer of the Week

Ormond Gigli
Ormond Gigli’s best photograph – women in the windows in Manhattan | Art and design | The Guardian
Gigli portrait of Louie Armstrong

Books We Recommend

Girls in the Windows And Other Stories (via Powerhouse)
Girls in the Windows And Other Stories (via Amazon)

#92: The Analogy of the Sphere

This week, we chime in on a recent NY Times article that questions the new definition of photography. Should using a camera somewhere in the process be a prerequisite to calling something a photograph? Are curators simply throwing stuff at the wall and hoping that Art is the only thing that sticks? We also discuss a listener email that centers around the flood of tutorials and techniques available to photographers, which begs the question “What should I learn?” Plus, National Geographic shooter Bruce Dale is our Photographer of the Week.

With Cameras Optional, New Directions in Photography – NYTimes.com
Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence | Brain Pickings
The 10,000 Hour Rule
Inside Instruments | Colossal
Snowflakes, night city and other things: My technique for snowflakes shooting
The artist with the bad camera | Photography | Agenda | Phaidon
Sundance 2014 Old-Fashioned Portraits – Sundance 2014 Victoria Will Tintypes – Esquire
Today In WTF: Russian Socialite Poses On Chair Made Of A Black Woman
The Reality Behind Instagram Feeds – The Bold Italic – San Francisco
Triangulation 134 | TWiT.TV

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Photographer of the Week

Bruce Dale – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bruce Dale | Selected photos
Bullet Hitting Watch
30 Years of BAD Pictures on Vimeo