#312: I’m Put Off By Such Comfort
© Mary Ellen Mark
This week marks the end of year six of OTP and we’re talking about style – specifically questions around whether or not our particular style of making (photographic, design, painting or otherwise) is “baked” into how we see. If we stray too far from what we “know” does it simply look like we’re trying to emulate someone else? Also, a listener asks what (if any) obligation does one creative have to another? Mary Ellen Mark is our Photographer of the Week. Thank you for being here, for listening each week and for being so generous with your time and attention. We appreciate it. See you in year seven!
Episode 01 – “Falling Bears” : On Taking Pictures
Let’s Explore Magazine | Curated Inspiration
(3) Guy Plays Table Tennis Every Day for a Year – YouTube
Welcome to the Store – Jeffery Saddoris
NINE INCH NAILS – CLOTHING – Nine Inch Nails
Dreamscapes BTS Lecture – Bill Wadman – Soho Photo Fall 2016 – YouTube
Art Streiber (@aspictures) • Instagram photos and videos
Mary Ellen Mark’s legendary photographs – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
Mary Ellen Mark: Celebrated Photographer Dies at 75 | Time
#311: Poseidon Giveth and Poseidon Taketh Away
© O. Winston Link
This week, a look inside four Instagram photographers who reveal the “contact sheets” behind some of their images. Turns out it can take quite a few shots to get that perfect selfie or lifestyle pic. Also, the start of a broader discussion around social media and the number of “subs” or follows as the real barrier on entry into making a living as a photographer. Also, trouble on the high seas costs one of us a lens. O. Winston Link is our Photographer of the Week.
4 Instagrammers Show Us How Many Photos They Took Before Nailing ‘The Shot’ | HuffPost
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera | Blackmagic Design
DaVinci Resolve 15 – Fusion | Blackmagic Design
Disneyland music- Haunted Mansion ride audio part 1 – YouTube
Ruggard Desiccant Silica Gel Pack (40 g): Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific
O. Winston Link’s Steam Locomotive Photographs – The New York Times
O.Winston Link – Artists – Danziger Gallery
PHOTOGRAPHY LESSON WITH JOHN FREE – YouTube
#310: Let Me Just Finish This Donut
© William Ukoh
This week, do individuals make the collective better? Do we have a responsibility to use whatever talents or gifts we may have (artistic or otherwise), or is it okay to simply walk away and do something else? Also, a recurring question from a listener around overcoming self-doubt, who asks, “does it ever go away?” Spoiler: no, but it’s often an interesting discussion. William Ukoh is our Photographer of the Week.
Photography by the Letter (Paperback) – Jeffery Saddoris
Burnside 35 | Creative Effects Art Lens | Petzval | Lensbaby
Piano Recital 1992 – Chopin Ballade on Vimeo
Redemption of a Lost Prodigy – The New York Times
The Axe Files with David Axelrod | Institute of Politics | The University of Chicago
Good Will Hunting | “The Best Part of My Day” – YouTube
Sometimes I Feel Like Quitting – YouTube
Episode 878 – Ta-Nehisi Coates — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
Telling the Stories of Defectors From North Korea – The New York Times
NYPhotoSalon Presenters Since January 1996
William Ukoh (@willyverse) • Instagram photos and videos
Nigerian Photographer William Ukoh’s ‘Whiteshadows’ Series – OkayAfrica
How to Do an Emulsion Lift to Transfer an Image from Polaroid to Paper
#309: Giant Bags of Stuff in the Car
© Miranda Penn Turin
This week, we talk a little about the upcoming relaunch of Ektachrome and wonder whether Kodak will be able to make a boutique film commercially successful. Also, some insight into exhibiting your work from three successful curators, courtesy of the British Journal of Photography. Plus some terrific questions from YOU, the listeners, that we do our best to answer. Miranda Penn Turin is our Photographer of the Week.
Update from our film factory on Kodak Ektachrome Film – The Kodakery – Podcast – Podtail
Mad Men – The Carousel (Higher Quality) – YouTube
Wista 45 4×5 Wood Large Format Field Camera #14281E5 | eBay
Rui Morais De Sousa- Gandolfi Variant + Gandolfi Precision… | Flickr
Exhibiting your work: A curator’s perspective – British Journal of Photography
Totals App – Creating Stylish Invoices and More…
Miranda Penn Turin (@mirandapennturin) • Instagram photos and videos
Sorbet magazine – Behind the Lens with Miranda Penn Turin – YouTube
#308: Sixth Gen VHS Tape from a Prog Rock Convention
© Jacko Vassilev
This week, a conversation with Joel Meyerowitz inspires a discussion around legacy and whether art of a specific time has a shelf life of relevancy, aesthetic or otherwise. Also, what’s more valuable as a photographer, being a generalist or focusing (no pun) on one subject, area, or technique? Plus a few words about enthusiasm with 600+ hours in the rear view. Jacko Vassilev is our Photographer of the Week.
Ryan Weideman, the NYC Taxi Driver and Street Photographer
The Candid Frame #412 – Joel Meyerowitz — ibarionex
5by5 | On Taking Pictures #30: Entrances Confused with Dead Ends
Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself: A Lifetime Retrospective
About the S-System // Leica S-System // Photography – Leica Camera AG
Alden Men’s 405 – Indy Boot High Top Blucher Workboot – Brown Calfskin
G-RAID with Thunderbolt 2 | G-Technology
Jacko Vassilev Photography – Bulgaria
Jacko Vassilev | Harper’s Magazine
#307: We’re All in the Optometrist’s Office
© Evelyn Bencicova
This week, a question from a listener around making photos “that have more meaning and heart” inspires a discussion around narrative and determining what we as makers are trying to say with our work versus what we want—or need—an audience to take away from it. We also touch on editing (not post processing) as a skill that often gets minimized or even overlooked in the picture making process. Plus, sometimes, you need to prepare for anything, including the valet wrecking your car 15 minutes before a shoot. Evelyn Bencicova is out Photographer of the Week.
#117: Reset The Mechanism : On Taking Pictures
Jeff Gusky – The Hidden World of WWI
Why is narrative such a difficult concept for young photographers to master?
Photography and Narrative (part 1) | Conscientious Photography Magazine
Photography and Narrative (part 2) | Conscientious Photography Magazine
Marcus K. (@mkaz365) • Instagram photos and videos
John Glenn estate sale in Md. attracts fans of the astronaut-senator (Photos) | WTOP
KD Pro Disposable Camera on the App Store
Kurt Moser | Ambrotype Photographer – YouTube
Styles and Presets for Capture One
Opioid Protest at Met Museum Targets Donors Connected to OxyContin – The New York Times
Steven Soderbergh Explains Why He Shot His New Thriller ‘Unsane’ on an iPhone – VICE
Natalia Evelyn Bencicova (@evelyn_bencicova) • Instagram photos and videos
#306: The Venn Diagram of You and Me
© Elsa Dorfman
This week, we’re talking about context and meaning in the work we create using Sally Mann’s new show at the National Gallery as background. Within the discussion, we address changing creative directions, the relationship between process and outcome and, despite repetition how sometimes taking a dramatic creative leap comes down to timing. Also, advice on creativity, courtesy of famed portrait and landscape photographer Nadav Kander. Elsa Dorfman is our Photographer of the Week.
Elvis Presley: The Searcher – Watch the HBO Original Documentary | HBO
The Compleat Beatles – Wikipedia
Camera and Inspiration #11 | PPN | February 28th, 2018 – PhotoPodcasts.com
Sally Mann: Collodion and the Angel of Uncertainty
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
The Color of Humanity in Sally Mann’s South | The New Yorker
Hikari Creative (@hikari.creative) • Instagram photos and videos
Godox AD600 Pro Strobe Announced, Brings Performance Upgrades
Cactus V6 II HSS Wireless Flash Transceiver| CACTUS
Pentax 645Z HSS – Mark Kitaoka Photographs
Errol Morris’s “The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography” | The New Yorker
#305: I Really Like The Deep Dives, Ted
@ Isabel Magowan
This week, we’re talking about planning purchases — specifically, how do you determine what gear you want, versus what you need? Also, a recent gallery show inspires a discussion around editioning work and the value (or potential caveat) of arbitrary editions in a digital world. Plus, a new social media platform is gaining ground, but is it the new Instagram? Finally, a bit of gear talk musing over the latest offerings from Fuji and Sony. Isabel Magowan is our Photographer of the Week.
Forcible Entry Pro Bar- Halligan Pro Bar – – Amazon.com
The Online Photographer: Pentax’s Big News
Chinese woman joins handbag in X-ray machine – BBC News
Fujifilm X-H1 versus X-T2: what does the new camera bring?: Digital Photography Review
Isabel Magowan (@isabelmagowan) • Instagram photos and videos
A Former Ballerina’s View of “The Nutcracker,” Home of Childhood Dreams | The New Yorker
RESTRICTED AREAS – Danila Tkachenko
#304: No Filters Named After Places
© Thomas Struth
This week, we’re wrestling with the concepts of “good” vs “different” and whether one is better than the other, both as an end product and as a prime mover. What’s more important to you, good or different? Also, a couple interesting items around copyright and how others can or can’t share your images. Plus, preserving Disney cels and documentaries about William Eggleston and Ansel Adams. Thomas Struth is our Photographer of the Week.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #muddy
The Candid Frame #409 – Jeffery Saddoris — ibarionex
Google Removes ‘View Image’ Button
Judge rules that embedding a photo tweet is still copyright infringement: Digital Photography Review
365 Portraits 2007 – Keith Ganz
Visual Artists Rights Act – Wikipedia
Graffiti Gets Paid at 5Pointz. Now What? – The New York Times
Graffiti Artists Awarded $6.7 Million for Destroyed 5Pointz Murals – The New York Times
Imagine | The Colourful Mr Eggleston – YouTube
Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film 2002 – YouTube
Photographer of the Week Gender and Region Analysis
#303: Who The Hell Goes To Picasso’s House?
©Donna Feratto
This week, making art because you have to and how context can elevate humble materials to something extraordinary. Also, connecting to the past through the tangential experiences of the present. Plus, why is serious subject matter taken more…seriously as important work? Donna Ferrato is our Photographer of the Week.
On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #bookshelf
Introduction to the Exhibition—Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
Outliers and American Vanguard Art
SAMANTHA FISH BAND “Shake ‘Em On Down” 3/22/13 – YouTube
Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian
Panasonic’s new $999 GX9 is a mirrorless camera for monochrome film lovers – The Verge
The FUJIFILM X-E3 is INCREDIBLE | The Art of Photography
School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City > Howard Schatz
Glitterati Inc., Schatz Images: 25 Years
The Unknown Berenice Abbott – Berenice Abbott – Steidl Verlag
Collected Works. Study Edition – Gordon Parks – Steidl Verlag
Five Things A Still Shooter Needs To Know To Shoot Video | Sony | Alpha Universe
Graffiti Artists Awarded $6.7 Million for Destroyed 5Pointz Murals – The New York Times
Visual Artists Rights Act – Wikipedia
Domestic Abuse in the Photos of Donna Ferrato – The New York Times
Donna Ferrato Photography | PERSONAL WORK
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering? | Pinky and the Brain Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz, Desperado @ National Sawdust, 11/19/15 – YouTube
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