© Jacko Vassilev

This week, a conversation with Joel Meyerowitz inspires a discussion around legacy and whether art of a specific time has a shelf life of relevancy, aesthetic or otherwise. Also, what’s more valuable as a photographer, being a generalist or focusing (no pun) on one subject, area, or technique? Plus a few words about enthusiasm with 600+ hours in the rear view. Jacko Vassilev is our Photographer of the Week.

Ami Vitale on Instagram: “Photo by @amivitale With a heavy heart, I share this news and hope that Sudan’s legacy will awaken us to protect this magnificent and…”

Ryan Weideman, the NYC Taxi Driver and Street Photographer

The Candid Frame #412 – Joel Meyerowitz — ibarionex

5by5 | On Taking Pictures #30: Entrances Confused with Dead Ends

Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself: A Lifetime Retrospective

About the S-System // Leica S-System // Photography – Leica Camera AG

Alden Men’s 405 – Indy Boot High Top Blucher Workboot – Brown Calfskin

Adobe Creative Cloud prices will increase April 16th, Photography Plan will stay the same: Digital Photography Review

G-RAID with Thunderbolt 2 | G-Technology

Jacko Vassilev Photography – Bulgaria

Jacko Vassilev | Harper’s Magazine

© Evelyn Bencicova

This week, a question from a listener around making photos “that have more meaning and heart” inspires a discussion around narrative and determining what we as makers are trying to say with our work versus what we want—or need—an audience to take away from it. We also touch on editing (not post processing) as a skill that often gets minimized or even overlooked in the picture making process. Plus, sometimes, you need to prepare for anything, including the valet wrecking your car 15 minutes before a shoot. Evelyn Bencicova is out Photographer of the Week.

© Elsa Dorfman

This week, we’re talking about context and meaning in the work we create using Sally Mann’s new show at the National Gallery as background. Within the discussion, we address changing creative directions, the relationship between process and outcome and, despite repetition how sometimes taking a dramatic creative leap comes down to timing. Also, advice on creativity, courtesy of famed portrait and landscape photographer Nadav Kander. Elsa Dorfman is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+

Elvis Presley: The Searcher – Watch the HBO Original Documentary | HBO

The Compleat Beatles – Wikipedia

Camera and Inspiration #11 | PPN | February 28th, 2018 – PhotoPodcasts.com

Sally Mann: Collodion and the Angel of Uncertainty

Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings

The Color of Humanity in Sally Mann’s South | The New Yorker

Hikari Creative (@hikari.creative) • Instagram photos and videos

Advice for Portrait Photographers: Learning from Nadav Kander – Photos by Nadav Kander | Interview by Alexander Strecker | LensCulture

Godox AD600 Pro Strobe Announced, Brings Performance Upgrades

Cactus V6 II HSS Wireless Flash Transceiver| CACTUS

Pentax 645Z HSS – Mark Kitaoka Photographs

Elsa Dorfman – Wikipedia

Elsa Dorfman

Errol Morris’s “The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography” | The New Yorker

Netflix – The B-Side

@ Isabel Magowan

This week, we’re talking about planning purchases — specifically, how do you determine what gear you want, versus what you need? Also, a recent gallery show inspires a discussion around editioning work and the value (or potential caveat) of arbitrary editions in a digital world. Plus, a new social media platform is gaining ground, but is it the new Instagram? Finally, a bit of gear talk musing over the latest offerings from Fuji and Sony. Isabel Magowan is our Photographer of the Week.

Forcible Entry Pro Bar- Halligan Pro Bar – – Amazon.com

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Artwork | Paul Stanley

Aaron Siskind Foundation Invites Applications for 2018 Individual Photographer’s Fellowships | RFPs | PND

Don McCullin speaks about the 50th anniversary of his photos from the Battle of Hue during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War in 1968 – The Washington Post

The Online Photographer: Pentax’s Big News

Blurred Lines – Netflix

Chinese woman joins handbag in X-ray machine – BBC News

Fujifilm X-H1 versus X-T2: what does the new camera bring?: Digital Photography Review

Sony launches a7 III: sub-$2000 24MP full frame mirrorless with a9/a7R III advances: Digital Photography Review

Isabel Magowan (@isabelmagowan) • Instagram photos and videos

Home – Isabel Magowan

A Former Ballerina’s View of “The Nutcracker,” Home of Childhood Dreams | The New Yorker

RESTRICTED AREAS – Danila Tkachenko

As the largest diesel submarine of the Russian Navy was in the middle of the steppe in Togliatti – YouTube

© Thomas Struth

This week, we’re wrestling with the concepts of “good” vs “different” and whether one is better than the other, both as an end product and as a prime mover. What’s more important to you, good or different? Also, a couple interesting items around copyright and how others can or can’t share your images. Plus, preserving Disney cels and documentaries about William Eggleston and Ansel Adams. Thomas Struth is our Photographer of the Week.

©Donna Feratto

This week, making art because you have to and how context can elevate humble materials to something extraordinary. Also, connecting to the past through the tangential experiences of the present. Plus, why is serious subject matter taken more…seriously as important work? Donna Ferrato is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #bookshelf

Introduction to the Exhibition—Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings

Outliers and American Vanguard Art

It Might Get Loud – Wikipedia

SAMANTHA FISH BAND “Shake ‘Em On Down” 3/22/13 – YouTube

Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian

Alaa Hassan

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Panasonic’s new $999 GX9 is a mirrorless camera for monochrome film lovers – The Verge

The FUJIFILM X-E3 is INCREDIBLE | The Art of Photography

School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City > Howard Schatz

Glitterati Inc., Schatz Images: 25 Years

The Unknown Berenice Abbott – Berenice Abbott – Steidl Verlag

Collected Works. Study Edition – Gordon Parks – Steidl Verlag

Five Things A Still Shooter Needs To Know To Shoot Video | Sony | Alpha Universe

Graffiti Artists Awarded $6.7 Million for Destroyed 5Pointz Murals – The New York Times

Visual Artists Rights Act – Wikipedia

5 Pointz – Wikipedia

Domestic Abuse in the Photos of Donna Ferrato – The New York Times

Donna Ferrato Photography | PERSONAL WORK

Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering? | Pinky and the Brain Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia

Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz, Desperado @ National Sawdust, 11/19/15 – YouTube

© Eugene Richards

This week, we start with a question we missed on last week’s Q&A show around balancing available light and flash using speedlights. Also, a discussion around accepting not only who, but also where you are on your creative curve. Plus, what do you look for from a podcast? Eugene Richards is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #tangential

macperformanceguide.com: 2017 iMac Pro: Usage Observations and Conclusions

This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry – The New York Times

Bill Wadman on Twitter: “Cleaning the closet with my wife out of town. Looking through old prints. Huh, I used to be a decent photographer.… “

METHOD 143 — Arch Motorcycle

The US Copyright Office is ‘modernizing’ group registration of photos: Digital Photography Review

Do I SWITCH from Nikon to Fuji? | The ULTIMATE print test – YouTube

Eugene Richards | International Center of Photography

EUGENE RICHARDS

Eugene Richards: A Life in Photography – The New York Times

Global Journalist: Eugene Richards and the art of photography – YouTube

Eugene Richards – Presentation at Fritt Ord 10.03.2016 – YouTube

© Hugh Kretschmer

This week, questions and answers from YOU, the listeners. Topics range from the business side of photography — including social media and marketing — to how to approach subjects who may not “get” your vision on the shoot. We’re also talking about how art can sometimes be overwhelming to look at and even a few technical questions around gear. A couple questions were too big to answer here and we’ll tackle them on the next show. Hugh Kretschmer is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Moonlight

Real World Speed Tests for Performance Minded Apple Mac Users

LensCulture – Contemporary Photography

PDN Online | Photography News, Techniques, and Gear Reviews for Professional Photographers

British Journal of Photography – The latest photography news and features, since 1854.

Brain Pickings – An inventory of the meaningful life.

THE 10TH EDITION OF THE JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARD — The Photography Gala Awards

Polaroid Type 55 — Wadman

Exposure — Esperanza Spalding

Beautiful Free Images | Unsplash

REAPER | Audio Production Without Limits

Crit Wall Train photo

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‘Time Warp’ Scene w/ Lyrics | The Rocky Horror Picture Show – YouTube

Hugh Kretschmer Photography | OVERVIEW | 1

Q&A: Hugh Kretschmer, Los Angeles – Feature Shoot

©Franz Christian Gundrich

This week, we start with a discussion around the often finicky nature of inkjet printing—between random clogs and the cost of ink and paper, is it better to just job it out? Also, a talk around taking risks, inspired by an interview with Gail Bichler, Design Director of the New York Times Magazine who says that if your work is “consistently pretty good, but you don’t have anything great,” you may not be taking enough creative risks. TWO Photographers of the Week this week: FC Gundlach and Bert Hardy.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #9to5

Home – Binartem

Joshua K. Jackson — Street Photographer, Photography Workshops & Prints

Precision Colors Home Page

Gail Bichler on The Great Discontent (TGD)

Gail Bichler on

Chris Ashworth (@ashworthchris) • Instagram photos and videos

Phantom Thread 70mm Screenings: Paul Thomas Anderson’ Grainy Image | IndieWire

$2,000 camera with 16 LENSES?!? Photography with the Light L16 – YouTube

F.C Gundlach – Lens Magazine

OP ART | ANDY MEETS WARHOL

Gundlach Images on Pinterest

Master of fashion photography F.C. Gundlach celebrates 90 years with 90 photos | Arts | DW | 14.07.2016

Gundlach selfie

Never had it so good: Bert Hardy’s archive of mid-century life – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

Bert Hardy | The Photographers’ Gallery

Reebok Pump – Wikipedia

Nike Court Royale Mens 749747-100 White Grove Green Leather Shoes Size 10 | eBay

© Emmit Gowin

This week, we’re discussing “iterative ideation” — process whereby you course correct more often as a project develops — as a means of failing forward. Along the way, we wonder if “failure” is really the most productive way of thinking about our creative missteps. Also, we talk about some of the struggles of balancing our personal and professional lives on social media. Plus, 11 minutes for 3 setups with an icon. Emmet Gowin is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #badRetouching

MLK in Color

PS4 Slim on Amazon

We Are Guerrilla – Guerrilla

Jimmy Webb – Tunesmith

Louis BL – YouTube – YouTube

Janusz Kaminski: The Post | The Treatment | Film Televsion and Arts Interviews | KCRW | KCRW

11 Minutes with Bruce Springsteen | PDN Online

H6D-400c Multi-shot

Fujifilm GFX R Announcement Coming in 2018 | Fuji Addict

Hilarious Photoshop Fail of Professional Family Portraits Go Viral

a-ha – Take On Me (Official Video) – YouTube

a-ha – Take On Me [ Live From MTV Unplugged, Giske / 2017 ] – YouTube

Kodak Is Launching a Cryptocurrency for Photographers – CoinDesk

Why Photographers Shouldn’t Use Blockchain Copyright Services

Blockchain Copyright Services: Seductive, but Unwise – Burns the Attorney: Leslie Burns

Moths, Alive and in Color, in All Their Diversity – The New York Times

The Most Intimate Photograph | The New Yorker

Pace/MacGill Gallery | Artist Page

Emmet Gowin: ‘Everyone thought my photographs were incestuous’ | Art and design | The Guardian

Emmet Gowin: A Life in Photography, Part 1 / 4 on Vimeo

Emmet Gowin – Aperture Foundation

Emmet Gowin on Amazon