This week, we’re starting off with a little about gear, specifically the new Microsoft Surface Studio and the uncertain future of desktop Macs. From there it’s on to David Hockney and a somewhat relativistic view of the “good” of art and whether or not one piece of art is really any better than another. Also, are bigger prints always better? Plus, we take a trip to the Crit Wall. Lori Vrba is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #isolation

Saul Leiter in Conversation with Vince Aletti – YouTube

A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen

Hip-Hop Evolution

Inside the Mind of Martha Cooper, Iconic NY Street Photographer & Graffiti Documentarian | The Hundreds

The Genius of Photography – Episode 02: Documents for Artists – Watch Free Documentary Online – BBC, Tim Kirby, Denis Lawson (narrator)

MTA – Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art

Union Square ‘Subway Therapy’ Post-It Note Wall Moving to Upper West Side – Upper West Side, NY Patch

Lori Vrba

lori vrba (@lorivrba) • Instagram photos and videos

Kirsty Mitchell Photography

dr5 Film Lab – dr5-B&W-slide – B&W-negative – C41 – E6 – Film Processing World Wide

Edward Snowden tells Jack Dorsey Twitter’s features are ‘painful’ and ‘terrible’

This week, we discuss TIME’s Person of the Year cover and portfolio, made by Nadav Kandar. Specifically, we unpack questions raised by the potentially subversive nature of the work and whether or not an artist has a responsibility to art before personal belief. As part of the discussion, we also reference a collection of Dorothea Lange’s previously censored photographs of FDR’s Japanese concentration camps. Jack Davison is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #framewithinaframe

A Look Into Time Magazine’s Latest Image of ‘Person of the Year’ Donald Trump – Resource Magazine

See Portraits of Donald Trump’s Most Trusted Advisers | TIME

Behind TIME’s Donald Trump Person of the Year Cover | TIME

Platon Tells the Story Behind His Portrait of Vladimir Putin

Green Day are selling all of their albums on cassette with an old school boombox – NME

Jon Wilkening

Nnadav Kander portrait of Scorsese

Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps — Anchor Editions

First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber

National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe: Roy A. Gallant, Margaret Sedeen, Michael Collins: 9780792227311: Amazon.com: Books

A rare half-male, half-female butterfly — and other photos of evolutionary wonders – The Washington Post

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Hands-on Review – YouTube

2016 MKBHD Studio Tour in 360°! – YouTube

Affinity Photo 1.5 – our biggest update yet

(@billwadman) • Instagram Red Camera

(@billwadman) • Instagram Dead Enigma

Henri Cartier Bresson frame within a frame shot

JACK DAVISON

Great Performers: The Portraits – The New York Times

Jack Davison (@jackdavisonphoto) • Instagram photos and videos

This week, details about the OTP Gift Exchange and some of our book suggestions. Also, how would what you make and release into the world — your art — be different if there were negative consequences to showing it? Plus, is it worth it to print all of your photos? Danny Clinch is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #decisiveMoment

OTP Gift Exchange Post on G+

Canon EOS 5D Mark III – Wikipedia

William Eggleston: Democratic Camera

A Beautiful Anarchy, “David duChemin”

Saul Leiter: Early Color

Road to Seeing – Dan Winters

Magnum Contact Sheets

Annie Leibovitz at Work

Gregory Heisler: 50 Portraits

An Inner Silence: The Portraits of Henri Cartier-Bresson

Regarding Heroes – Yousuf Karsh

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The Crown (TV series) – Wikipedia

Donald Trump wants to ‘close up’ the Internet – Dec. 8, 2015

The future president is blocking people on Twitter like there’s no tomorrow

What It Means To Be An Artist In The Time Of Trump | The Huffington Post

FORSÅ Work lamp – IKEA

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Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies at 90 | TIME

Graham Sutherland – Wikipedia

The Last of Us: Part 2 Reveal Trailer – PSX 2016 – YouTube

My Pentax 645z Medium Format Conversion in a Nutshell – Medium

Danny Clinch

Rock and Roll Photo GOD Danny Clinch the Interview: RAWtalk 138 – YouTube

Anderson Cooper interviews photography “rock star” – CBS News

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This week, making decisions. Sometimes moving through fear means letting go of the reigns — emotionally, creatively, maybe even geographically. But once you do, how much control do you actually have to change course? Are you at the whim of inertia, or do small moves open up new territories, whether you want them to or not? Plus, is monetization after the fact different or better than having it as a goal from the beginning? Frederick Sommer is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #onemile

Court Dismisses $1 Billion Copyright Claim Against Getty | PDNPulse

Casey Neistat and His Beme App Just Got Acquired by CNN for $25 Million

Karl Taylor The Naked Camera #TheNakedCamera – Master Natural Light Portraiture Professional Photography Education

Does Decision-Making Matter? – The New York Times

Shirley Muldowney’s Official Website

100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time

The Unknown Berenice Abbott – Berenice Abbott – Steidl Verlag

Frederick Sommer – Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation

Frederick Sommer – Wikipedia

The Art of Frederick Sommer: Photography, Drawing, Collage

Pentax 645Z bajo el agua – YouTube

GeForce GTX 970 Memory Issue Fully Explained – Nvidia’s Response

This week, what would you do as an artist without the right to express yourself freely? Do you censor your work or do you use your voice and push harder to make your point of view known? Also, what would you give up creatively in order to immerse yourself in something new? Plus, a couple entries from the Crit Wall. Ruth Gruber is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #provocative

YouTube Casey Neistat Ending Daily Vlog | Mediaite

Beme – Wikipedia

Episode 751 – David Crosby — WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Taylor Wessing photographic Portrait Prize 2016 – Prize Winners

Now your photos look better than ever – even those dusty old prints

Shooting the Phase One XF 100MP Camera System on a Drone – Live View shooting in Iceland – YouTube

100MP Phase One Alpa Hands-on Review – YouTube

Visiting Sir Elton John’s Dazzling Modernist Photography Collection | Fstoppers

Crit Wall – Seth Wade

Crit Wall – Johann Trojer

Ruth Gruber, a Fearless Chronicler of the Jewish Struggle, Dies at 105 – The New York Times

Ruth Gruber – Wikipedia

A Woman Of Photos And Firsts, Ruth Gruber At 100 : The Picture Show : NPR

Ruth Gruber, Photojournalist | International Center of Photography

Ahead of Time:The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

This week, we discuss the recent election not from a political perspective, but rather from the standpoint of making art and how to translate the reactionary energy into something good. Also, what are some differences between good and great street photography? Are there objective markers or is it merely great by degrees? Vicki Dasilva is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #congestion

President-Elect Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – YouTube

Artist talk with Photographer Albert Watson | Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Equinox Gallery Vancouver – Two Men in Fog by Fred Herzog

Photography by Thomas Leuthard

Thomas Leuthard (@thomas.leuthard) • Instagram photos and videos

ABANDONED – VICELAND

“Doctor Who” Blink (TV Episode 2007) – IMDb

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man.Documentary 2005 – YouTube

“What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve” by Rufus Wainwright – YouTube

VICKI DASILVA

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This week, with the proliferation of low cost gear and the barrier of entry so low, have the mechanics of making become too easy? Also, is there such a thing as “objectively good” and if so, how do you know it when you see it? Plus, has photo software reached the tipping point in terms of features? Jerome Liebling is our Photographer of the Week.

Bruce Campbell on 16mm film, iPhones and why horror must go ‘up the butt’ – CNET

Evil Dead II – Wikipedia

Bubba Ho-Tep

UNDERFIRE – Tony Vaccaro Studio

Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times Covers After the World Series

Pirsig’s metaphysics of Quality – Wikipedia

THE GAP by Ira Glass on Vimeo

The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel | MoMA

Twitter: “Possibly the greatest scene in documentary history. Incredible. #PlanetEarth2 https://t.co/01dDjDJcdX”

Buy Adobe Photoshop CC | Download photo editing software free trial

Latest Creative Cloud version | Adobe Creative Cloud features

New features summary: Photoshop CC 2017 release

When Pictures Tell Stories We’d Rather Not Hear

Jerome Liebling – Wikipedia

Jerome Liebling

Jerome Liebling, Photographer and Mentor, Is Dead at 87 – The New York Times

The Still-Life Mentor to a Filmmaking Generation – The New York Times

LOOKING AT LIEBLING – YouTube

Jerome Liebling at Steven Kasher Gallery

This week, we’re talking about the ups and downs we go to when we just can’t seem to connect with what we make. How do you keep moving forward when it feels like your wheels are just spinning in the mud. It’s not the feeling of being stuck because energy is still being expended — there’s just the feeling of not moving. Plus, does innovation happen by committee or does there need to be a single vision that the committee then supports? Shin Nogouchi is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #outoftheordinary

The interview: Robert Pirsig | Books | The Guardian

William Eggleston – Wikipedia

William Eggleston: The Democratic Forest: Selected Works

William Eggleston, the Pioneer of Color Photography

Reel Pieces: Philip Seymour Hoffman on Capote – YouTube

Philip Seymour Hoffman – IMDb

Photoshop to work with MacBook Pro Touch Bar this year – CNET

Apple says LG’s new 5K displays were designed for the new MacBook Pro – The Verge

Microsoft Surface Studio | Powerful workstation designed for the creative process

Artist talk with Photographer Albert Watson | Smithsonian American Art Museum

Shin Noguchi (@shinnoguchiphotos) • Instagram photos and videos

Shin Noguchi Photography

This week, how do you know — or can you know — when a piece of work will be more than what you thought it would be going into it? Can you predict greatness or is it only available in hindsight? At what point do you call the game if you’re not going to win? Also, a discussion around how appreciating art can often be affected by the room or the way it’s displayed, using the newly reopened East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in DC as an example. Plus, Erin Margaret Allison Rambo is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #ritual

Meyerhoff/Becker

Great Performances: Hamilton’s America | 2016 Arts Fall Festival | PBS Arts

Museum of the Moving Image

Lin-Manuel Miranda Monologue – SNL – YouTube

‘Hamilton’ Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyle Raps With President Obama | NBC News – YouTube

BBC Radio 2 – Simon Mayo Drivetime – When Simon met Springsteen

Harry Benson: Shoot First – Movie Trailers – iTunes

A Virtual Video Visit with Prints and Photographs | Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos

Kodak Revives Its Iconic Logo—and Gives It a Little Twist | WIRED

Kodak’s new smartphone puts photos and nostalgia first – Oct. 20, 2016

An Interview with Gregory Crewdson

Bruce Springsteen – Wings For Wheels – The Making of Born To Run -2005 – YouTube

Wild Dogs in Paris

Rambo Photography | Portfolio

the name’s rambo (@rambo) • Instagram photos and videos

Leon Bridges (@leonbridgesofficial) • Instagram photos and videos

This week, Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize for literature and it inspires a discussion around boundaries as they pertain to art and creative pursuits. Does Dylan winning this re-define what qualifies as literature? How does this discussion pertain to photography? Is portraiture more valid than street photography? Is shooting wildlife somehow “better” than shooting weddings? Also, how much does creative efficiency figure into your own creative process? Are you looking for the shortest line between to points or do you prefer the more scenic route? Jonathan Mannion is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #framed

Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize, Redefining Boundaries of Literature – The New York Times

Bob Dylan is a welder and he makes big iron gates out of scrap metal [5 pictures] | 22 Words

Custom Honda Ruckus- P150 Warhawk – Steady Garage

Photography Camera Equipment Insurance | Video Production Insurance

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Mannion Photography | Professional Photography by Jonathan Mannion

Jonathan Mannion (@jonathanmannion) • Instagram photos and videos

Jonathan Mannion Talks Photographing Reasonable Doubt, 12 Min. Shoots w/Jay Z & Legendary Portfolio – YouTube

Jonathan Mannion: At Home With – YouTube