We’re finishing off 2014 with one last listener Q&A show. But first, we’re talking about the idea of planned obsolescence. Is current gear as good as it was 20 years ago? Is anything? Then, Bill’s trip to a recent Saul Leiter show in NYC sparks some discussion around the idea of posthumous artist foundations and legacy. User submitted photojournalist Matt Black is our Photographer of the Week.

Gallery Calendar – The National Arts Club
365 Portraits — Bill Wadman Photographs
Willem de Kooning – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazon: DeKooning, a retrospective
Matt Black Photography | The Dispossession | Photograph Four
On Taking Pictures – Community – Google+ Assignment: #renewal

This week, we discuss a documentary on last week’s Photographer of the Week, Jane Bown, who recently passed away at 89. Can photography be “just” a job and still be important? Or do we have to approach it as art (whatever that means to you) for it to have any sort of deeper meaning? Pioneer of early motion studies, Eadweard Muybridge is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures | iHeartRadio
Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin Reunion – 1976 MDA Telethon – YouTube
Serial Sucked And Wasted Everyone’s Time
Jane Bown obituary | Art and design | The Guardian
Bored Coworkers Recreate Classic Paintings Using Office Supplies | DeMilked
Flickr yanks photos from store after Creative Commons backlash – SFGate
Massive Fuji firmware update: X-T1, X-E2, X-E1, and X-Pro1 gain impressive new features
Freeze Frame- Muybridge in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Muybridge
Freeze Frame
Motion Gallery – Experiments In Motion
On Taking Pictures – Community – G+ Assignment: #family
American Brand: Quality Outerwear, Outdoor Clothing, and Bags | Filson

This week, does “most expensive” always equate to best? SPOILER: No. Also, does finding an emotional connection to photographs (or any creative endeavor) mean finding an anchor you can relate to from your own life experience or can art have meaning in a vacuum? Plus, a terrific video series from the George Eastman House. Jane Bown is our Photographer of the Week.

Jeff Frost | Press Releases
This is the Most Expensive Photograph in the World | The Creators Project
The $6.5m canyon: it’s the most expensive photograph ever – but it’s like a hackneyed poster in a posh hotel | Art and design | The Guardian
Photography is art and always will be | Art and design | The Guardian
Before Photography – Photographic Processes Series – Chapter 1 of 12 – YouTube
Excerpt of Black Drop – Simon Starling on Vimeo
Four Poets Discuss Their Favorite Photographs
“Capturing the Light” on Amazon
“Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color” on Amazon
Graham Hughes: British man is first person to visit all 201 countries WITHOUT using a plane | Daily Mail Online
National Portrait Gallery – Person – Jane Bown
Video: Jane Bown on photographing Beckett, Björk and the Beatles | Art and design | The Guardian
BBC – Radio 4 Woman’s Hour -Photographer Jane Bown

This week, what makes a “good” photograph (or painting, sculpture, film, etc.)? Are there checkboxes that need to be hit or is good something more intangible, more ephemeral – maybe even exclusively personal? Also, once you do make something good, what do you charge for it? Where does value come from? Arthur Leipzig is our Photographer of the Week.

Tony Zarak Photography
Bill’s Polaroid 55 Portraits on Behance
Art Prices – Photography: Cinema
When Photographers Become Self-Publishing Companies | TIME
Stop Taking Pictures of Homeless People | VICE | United States
What’s the biggest problem with women artists? None of them can actually paint, says Georg Baselitz – News – Art – The Independent
pavel_kosenko: 4×5 Kodachromes
4×5 Kodachromes | Pavel Kosenko’s blog (English version)
Kodachromes | Shorpy Historic Picture Archive
On Taking Pictures — Kristopher
On Taking Pictures – Community – Google+ Assignment: #joy
Arthur Leipzig, Photographer
Arthur Leipzig, Photographer of Everyday Life in New York, Dies at 96 – NYTimes.com

This week, we’re talking about the friction of creativity, getting out of your own way and how often the only way out is through. Also, finding help with the work that isn’t in your wheelhouse and using process to overcome technical limitations. Anne Geddes is our Photographer of the Week.

DIORAMA MAP AMSTERDAM from the project “Sohei Nishino: Cities” on Vimeo
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Leica M4 Garry Winogrand
Fight Over Yahoo’s Use of Flickr Photos – WSJ
OS X Lion: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode
On Taking Pictures — Kristopher
Miracle — Anne Geddes
Anne Geddes – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Inside the Studio with Anne Geddes | CreativeLive – Learn. Be Inspired.
On Taking Pictures – Community – Google+ – Assignment: #collage
Anne Geddes books and such on Amazon

This week, Inspired by an email exchange Bill and I had with a listener, we ask each other as well as all of you: “What makes a good photographer?” Is it the work? Is it ONLY the work? Or is making interesting (read: good) work merely a byproduct of being an interesting person? Can you even separate the person from the work? Plus, Sohei Nishino is our Photographer of the Week.

Jose Villa | Fine Art Wedding Photography
Sally Mann – Landscapes
Review: The HBO documentary Banksy Does New York asks, “Who owns art?” · TV Review · The A.V. Club
ArtSlant – Do We Need Galleries Anymore? The Utility of Online Exhibitions
The Gates (installation) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Public Art Fund : The New York City Waterfalls
Switzerland May Give Every Citizen $2,600 a Month | Motherboard
Telectroscope – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits — Medium
PomplamooseMusic – YouTube
Photoshop LAB Color: The Canyon Conundrum
ABCDuane: A Duane Michals Primer
Custom Photo-Printed Adidas Sneakers Finally Available in U.S. | Popular Photography
Nike PHOTOiD Makes Custom-Colored Sneakers Inspired By Instagram Photos | Popular Photography
Stand Here with Rodney Lough Jr.
Stand Here on the App Store on iTunes
On Taking Pictures – Google+ Community – Assignment: #sound
Sohei Nishino
Sohei Nishino – Diorama Map New York

This week, a discussion around a documentary about Polaroid, called Time Zero, gets us wondering about objects versus process and whether there is more intrinsic value in the artifact or the content. We also look at a few “link-baity” news items around the value of photography as art. Carrie Mae Weems is our Photographer of the Week.

Time Zero | The Last Year of Polaroid Film
Instant: The Story of Polaroid
Triumph the insult comic dog – bon jovi – Video Dailymotion
Modern Art Was Used As a Torture Technique in Prison Cells During the Spanish Civil War | Open Culture
Is Black and White Photography a Gimmick?
Flat, soulless and stupid: why photographs don’t work in art galleries | Art and design | The Guardian
Morning Edition: How Kodak’s Shirley Cards Set Photography’s Skin-Tone Standard – WNYC
Bryan Adams’ heartstopping images of wounded British soldiers to go on show at Somerset House – Home News – UK – The Independent
On Taking Pictures – Community – Google+ Assignment: #horizon
Carrie Mae Weems

This week, are you an artist or an entrepreneur? While on the surface they may seem similar, each offers a unique set of challenges that often require very different approaches to overcome. It’s an important question that many of us wrestle with as we try to find a balance between creating art and producing product. Guatemalan shooter Luis Gonzalez Palma is our Photographer of the Week.

StartUp Podcast
Blackmagic Design: DaVinci Resolve 11
Keira Knightley Protests Photoshop: ‘I Think Women’s Bodies Are A Battleground’
Allow This Century Old Selfie To Make You Feel Really, Really Old
The Story of Photography | People, Events, Art & Technology – PhotoBox
Killing Lincoln | National Geographic Channel
Talented 7-Year-Old Art Prodigy Delights Art World With Her Expressive Paintings – DesignTAXI.com
Time Zero | The Last Year of Polaroid Film
Bud Light Salutes Real Men of Genius
Luis González Palma
First Run Features: THROUGH A LENS DARKLY
OPT G+ Group – Assignment: #distortion

This week, a wrap up of our terrific OTP meetup in Philly sparks an interesting discussion. Should art – both the making and the viewing – be a privilege or a right, regardless of ethnicity or economic standing? Are humans better with a healthy serving of art and culture in their diets? Also, is there such thing as too much art? Fascinating installation artist Chris Engman is our Photographer of the Week.

If you’re lucky enough to earn a living from your art, you’re probably white – The Washington Post
Amelia Earhart plane part possibly found on Pacific island – NY Daily News
CHRIS ENGMAN : WRITINGS : ARTIST STATEMENT
Luis De Jesus – Chris Engman
OTP G+ Group Assignment: #food
Jeffery’s video of his dad made with Animoto

This week, is your image your own? Should photographers be able to use photographs of you without your permission – or even your knowledge? Also, an interesting discussion around when the idea for a project is more interesting than the execution. Plus, pricing and what freelance photographers can expect to make. Miller Mobley is our Photographer of the Week.

PHILIP-LORCA DICORCIA: “Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Portfolio” (2001) | AMERICAN SUBURB X
Street photography: A right or invasion? – The New York Times
NY artist is suspect in national park vandalism | Las Vegas Review-JournalRachel Sussman
Mamiya 7II Review by Jack Zyberk
Usage and Pricing of Photography in Social Media — Medium
What Is Photography When Everyone’s a Photographer? | Fringe Arts | The Link
Prevailing Rates Of Photo Assignments From Various Companies Revealed – DesignTAXI.com
Millicent Rogers Museum – Taos Authentic History & Culture Antiques
Maria Martinez – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taking Pictures: A Way for Photographers to Protect Their Work – The New Yorker
12 Exhibitions that Changed Photography Forever – LightBox
Miller Mobley | Photographer & Director | New York
Alabama-born photographer tells us what it’s like to shoot portraits of the President and Michelle Obama | AL.com
OTP G+ Group: Assignment: #MultipleExposure