This week, we talk a little about the recent Gregory Crewdson show at the Gagosian in NYC and how seeing a photograph in person can be vastly different than seeing it on a screen. Also, how you feel about meeting your heroes? Would you like a one-on-one, or do you prefer to keep them in your imagination? Plus, a trip to B&H sparks a discussion around gear—both the limitations of it and the notion that regardless of how well a piece of gear works, there’s something to how it feels in your hand that impacts how you use it. Miles Aldridge is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #repeat

Gregory Crewdson – January 28 – March 5, 2016 – Gagosian Gallery

Gregory Crewdson: Cathedral of the Pines

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Jack Gilbert – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Steven Pressfield on Amazon

Elton John releases a brand new video for new song Blue Wonderful | Daily Mail Online

Phil Collins Donates Alamo Artifacts to Texas Museum | Rolling Stone

An Object of Beauty: A Novel

16-Year-Old Brooklyn Beckham Is the Official Photographer Behind the New Burberry Campaign | Fstoppers

Pixel Perfect – The New Yorker

B&W Film Developing Times | The Massive Dev Chart

Miles Aldridge

@milesaldridge • Instagram photos and videos

Ira Glass on the Creative Process (www.getoutthebox.org) – YouTube

This week, an experiment we proposed on the show a year ago yields some terrific results for a listener. Also, is the bigger problem getting beyond a plateau, or realizing that you’ve reached one in the first place? Plus, Instagram has grown beyond food photos and into a robust platform for discovery, particularly for photojournalism. Alfa Castaldi is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Signature

One day, one year later — Kristopher

The magical photos recovered from over 200 lost rolls of film – The Washington Post

Ron Haviv – “That Lost Rolls”

Why the World’s Leading Photojournalists Are Ditching Their DSLRs to Shoot on Instagram

War Photographer – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Instagram Is Fostering the Next Generation of Photojournalists

How a College Student Used Creative Commons to Dominate Political Photography

Is this the first Instagram masterpiece?

The Chemical Brothers – Wide Open (feat. Beck) – YouTube

Trypophobia – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

AGFA SCALA FILM PROCESSING & DR5. THE ONLY WOLDWIDE B&W SLIDE SERVICE. *MAINPHOTO – IS CLOSED*

Alfa Castaldi – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alfa Castaldi • LateAndModern Gallery

Respect The Shooter: Alfa Castaldi | Life+Times

Ask Bill & Dan

Process Driven

This week, is art just a shell game of semantics? Do the names and labels matter at all as long as you’re making mistakes, making work and moving forward? Why do we get so spun up over something so nebulous? Also, do you buy photobooks to enjoy, or simply to leave them shrink-wrapped on a shelf, hoping that they will appreciate in value? Are collectors screwing it up for the folks who want to enjoy the work? Plus, Tyler Shields is a genius…or is that just what he wants you to think? Richard Mosse is our Photographer of the Week.

This week, a discussion partially prompted by the passing of David Bowie on living your art. Does the work/art you create exist apart from you or is one an intrinsic part of the other? Also, a conversation with Gregory Crewdson about his new body of work. Plus, is there such a thing as “the perfect size” for printing and displaying your photos? How do you determine what’s too big or too small? Belgian photographer Marc Lagrange is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Character

Process Driven: Gregory Crewdson

David Bowie – Lazarus – YouTube

David Bowie’s final photographs | Consequence of Sound

David Bowie – Blackstar – YouTube

El Jaleo – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Persistence of Memory – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Steve McCurry | Rubin Museum of Art

McCurry Pictures of girl on boat

Monkey selfie case: judge rules animal cannot own his photo copyright | World news | The Guardian

Marc Lagrange

Marc Lagrange on Vimeo

Marc Lagrange | Woman hanging on Elephant Tusk

SENZA PAROLE – Behind The Scenes on Vimeo

Lawrence Alma-Tadema – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

STUDIO ERWIN OLAF

This week, we’re taking a look back on 2015 and discussing what worked, what didn’t and what we’d like our respective 2016s to look like. We’re also responding to a listener question around changes in the industry and what the career of a maker may look like moving forward. Plus, you asked for some of our favorite Lynda tutorials, so we’ve each picked our top three. Jing Huang is our first Photographer of the Week for 2016. Welcome to the new year everyone.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #renewal

Phase One IQ3: World’s First 100mp Sony CMOS Sensor

Mastering Selections in Photoshop CC | Lynda.com

The Practicing Photographer | Lynda.com

The Creative Spark: Brian Taylor, Handmade Photography | Lynda.com

Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor: This is not photography | Lynda.com

F2 Design: Letterpress Printing and Poster Design | Lynda.com

InDesign CC Essential Training (2015) | Lynda.com

Home : HuangJing

Jing Huang: An Urban Poet in Shenzhen – The Leica camera blog

For the last show of the year, we’re doing a Q&A show and taking a stab at answering some of your questions. We can’t thank you enough for not only listening week in and week out, but also for helping to build a community of makers that we are both extremely proud of. We are very much looking forward to 2016 and can’t wait to see what all of you are up to. If you have ideas, comments or suggestions, or you just want to say hello, email us at podcast@ontakingpictures.com. Happy New Year everyone!

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Resolution

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Welcome | Digital Photography Best Practices and Workflow | dpBestflow

Metadata Overview | dpBestflow

JIMMY CHIN Photography

Jimmy Chin (@jimmy_chin) • Instagram photos and videos

JIMMY CHIN Photography

This week, is boring art bad? Then again, who is to say whether any art is either good or bad? That said, do we miss part of the conversation if we don’t “get” a piece of art from the start? Or, should expecting to connect aesthetically to a particular piece or body of work be enough? Also, is there such thing as taking a perfect photograph and would you try 720,000 times to take it? Plus, we discuss a couple of your Crit Wall entries. Arthur Meyerson is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #morelight

Coca Cola: The Gift Bottle [BTL Case] – YouTube

Is It Bad If Art Is Boring? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

The Köln Concert – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David Sylvian – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ognissanti Madonna – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor: This is not photography | Lynda.com

Photoshop CC 2015 Update Raises Liquify Rendering Problem | Fstoppers

After 6 Years And 720,000 Attempts, Photographer Finally Takes Perfect Shot Of Kingfisher | Bored Panda

Fojo | A Darkroom for Smartphones

Tiny microscope lets you see the smallest-ever inkjet prints

The best thing about the SpaceX rocket landing was the human reaction | The Verge

Astropad for iPad | Graphics Tablet App

Rainy day, someone bought me a bottle of Bourbon so I thought I’d have a go a…

Volunteering at a refugee center I met this small time actress who only had b…

Arthur Meyerson Photography

Arthur Meyerson: The Color of Light (10 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

Arthur Meyerson – Only in Houston 2007 Award Winner – YouTube

This week, we’re discussing a letter from a listener who offers observations on the intellectualizing of modern art and how we tend to find it difficult to relate when we look at it emotionally. Also, another letter from a listener sparks a discussion around what to do when a shoot (or a project) doesn’t turn out the way you wanted it to and how we gauge success or failure. Next week, we’re looking at an NPR article that asks whether or not it’s bad if art is boring. Check the show notes. Roy DeCarava is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #fandom

The gif of happiness

Paul Nicklen

A Graphic Glimpse Inside the Studio of Roy Lichtenstein

Crazy Walls

Lichtenstein Cows

Does The Hateful Eight’s 70mm roadshow really impact the future of film? | The Verge

What one bad screening of The Hateful Eight means for the future of film

DE VERE 504DS Digital Enlarger

Is It Bad If Art Is Boring? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

Stacy Kranitz Is TIME’s Pick for Instagram Photographer of the Year 2015 | TIME

Roy DeCarava – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tribute

Masters of Photography: Roy DeCarava

Roy Decarava – YouTube

Roy DeCarava books on Amazon

This week, we discuss what to do when you feel like you’ve said all you want to (or can) say creatively, including some recent examples of creators who have decided to make dramatic changes to both what and how they create. Also, TIME has updated their contracts, which looks to have a dramatic affect on how freelance photographers are able to monetize their work. Plus, David Bowie has a new album and video that’s full of cultural references and surreal imagery…and isn’t that exactly what we’ve come to expect? Kevin Russ is our Photographer of the Week.

Musical iconography: Anton Corbijn is bowing out of professional photography | The Economist

Chester Thompson – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leland Sklar – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

One Summer: America, 1927: Bill Bryson: 9780767919418: Amazon.com: Books

iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case – Charcoal Gray – Apple

Amazon.com: mophie juice pack Air for iPhone 6/6s (2,750 mAh) – Black: Cell Phones & Accessories

Digital images can’t be trusted, says war photographer Don McCullin | Art and design | The Guardian

Magnum and the Dying Art of Darkroom Printing | the literate lens

Is TIME Screwing Photographers? | PhotoShelter Blog

Photo Business News & Forum: Times’ Failed Attempt At Fairness and Equity

Mining ‘Color’s Mother Lode’ | PDN Photo of the Day

Filmomat – Automatic color film processor – YouTube

Thought long and hard about this one. I’ve decided I think this might be my f…

On Taking Pictures – G+ – Assignment: #junk

Kevin Russ

The Western States by Kevin Russ – VSCO Artist Initiative

Kevin Russ | VSCO Grid

Photo – Google+

This week, we discuss a terrific NPR article on how people prefer to consume and contextualize information. It may offer some insights into how we as creators present our own work and how and to what degree a given audience may respond. Also, what do you do when what’s popular isn’t the way you see? Do you try to bend your own aesthetic to fit in, or stay in the familiar and let them come to you? Plus, we tease up a few items for next week, so be sure to check the show notes. John Chiara is our Photographer of the Week.

Berlin Mirimalism: Miri Berlin

Do Visual Stories Make People Care? | NPR Visuals

Taylor Wessing photographic Portrait Prize 2015 – Five Girls entry from 2008

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The seven ages of an artist | Art and design | The Guardian

Todd Reynolds

Holga Factory Ceases Operation of Holga Cameras! | Freestyle Photographic Supplies

Behind “Blackstar”: An Interview with Johan Renck, the Director of David Bowie’s Ten-Minute Short Film | NOISEY

Digital images can’t be trusted, says war photographer Don McCullin | Art and design | The Guardian

John Chiara

John Chiara – Photographic Process – YouTube