Paris Photo LA is cancelled permanently and what that means to collectors and fans of photography. Where do you fall when it comes to awards and competitions? Are they worthwhile endeavors and potentially valuable experiences or simply distracting popularity contests? Also, we discuss an interesting connection between audiophiles and photographers and the suggestion that where you came to photography from has an influence on the type of work that you produce or are drawn to. Sebastiao Salgado is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Timing

How Lady Gaga Turned into David Bowie for Her 2016 Grammys Performance | Vanity Fair

The end of Paris Photo Los Angeles – The Eye of Photography

The Photography Show – Association of International Photography Art Dealers

LensCulture Portrait Awards 2016

My Guide To Photography Contests | A Photo Editor

THE FENCE 2016 – Now Accepting Submissions

Belstaff Films Presents: Worship the Ground – YouTube

The Making of Worship the Ground, starring explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and stuntman, Riley Harper – YouTube

Leon’s Journey: 60 – YouTube

You Should: Manifesto: 60 – YouTube

How OK Go Made That Amazing Zero-G Video

Reduced gravity aircraft – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OK Go – Here It Goes Again – YouTube

Photographers and audiophiles, two of a kind? – CNET

Sebastião Salgado – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sebastião Salgado: The silent drama of photography | TED Talk | TED.com

Sebastião Salgado: my adventures at the ends of the Earth | Art and design | The Guardian

Sebastião Salgado. GENESIS. TASCHEN Books (Limited Edition)

Sebastiano Salgado “Genesis” on Amazon

This week, we’re starting off with Cindy Crawford—she’s worked with some of the top photographers in the world and in her new book, Becoming, she shares what she’s learned from them. Also, we discuss the seesaw that is balances humility and confidence and how we may need to find a new struggle. Plus, technical details from Taylor Wessing and Instagram gives you more ways to share. Gilbert Garcin is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Souvenir

11 Lessons Photographers Can Learn From Cindy Crawford’s Favorite Photographers – DIY Photography

“Becoming” by Cindy Crawford

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast – Episode 678 – Cindy Crawford

The Humility-Confidence SeeSaw: The Untold Secret of Great Leaders – Open

Dunning–Kruger effect – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Congress Ends Funding of Official Government Portraits | Atlas Obscura

Romney Oil Painting

NPG Taylor Wessing Prize – Technical Details

Instagram Now Supports Multiple Accounts from a Single Login

Artur Fischer, Inventor With More Patents Than Edison, Dies at 96 – NYTimes.com

Gilbert Garcin website

Gilbert Garcin — Wikipédia

Biography: Conceptual photographer Gilbert Garcin | MONOVISIONS

Garcin- Painting the screen

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