#44: “Sensor Verite”

How much change is too much change for the sake of commerce? Why portraits are different than other types of photography, and who is copyright really protecting? Classic sports magazine shooter Ozzie Sweet is Photographer of the Week.

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#43: “Artistic Monkhood”

Safe vs Experimental, to get good you need to stop trying to get good, and Jeffery’s monologue at 42:20 which is among the best things ever spoken on our show. Iconic war photograph Robert Capa is Photographer of the Week.

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#42: “That’s Just Going to the Driving Range”

Style vs Fashion and How do you develop a style anyway? The influence of luck, snow angels, and listener Q&A. Michael Light is Photographer of the Week.

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#41: “Our Microscopes Got More Powerful”

Decaying Americana, taking being uncomfortable one small step at a time, and some talk about starting a flickr group on this week’s show. Modernist Paul Strand is Photographer of the Week.

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#40: “I’m Buying a Smoke Machine”

The new Gregory Crewdson Documentary, the morality of Photoshop, and Q&A from a pile of listener emails. Master of masters Richard Avedon is Photographer of the Week.

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#39: “The President and an Umbrella”

Presidential portraits, the ‘cool kid camera club’, why Bill uses prime lenses, and the importance of having Dreams on this week’s show. Celebrity portrait and fashion photographer Norman Jean Roy is Photographer of the Week.

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#38: “Tug of War with the Muse”

Technical and creative limitations as inspiration, schtick vs style, and how the artistic process is what gives art it’s humanity . Innovative fashion photographer Paolo Roversi is Photographer of the Week.

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#37: “Jump in the River”

Photographers not known for their pictures, popularity contests, and trying to be a nice guy in a divisive world. Listener emails about exploitation, education, and ‘Meditation’ are answered. Classic agressive street photographer and filmmaker William Klein is Photographer of the Week.

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#36: “The Schrodinger Moment”

An epic show this week wherein Bill and Jeffery tear into legacy, life, death, and being remembered. It’s deep and heavy and well worth the time. B&W conversion, photography movies, and photo education also make an appearance. Portraitist Platon is our Photographer of the Week.

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#35: “Justification After the Fact”

It’s the last episode of 2012 so we conquer comment trolls, Fuji’s lack of auto-focus, and whether historical artistic perspective matters at all anyway. Artistic portrait man Philip-Lorca diCorcia is our Photographer of the Week.

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