© Carol Guzy

This week, happy Halloween! What constitutes a cultural experience for you? A museum? A gallery? Going bowling? Also, what motivates you to look at art? Plus, we talk about managing expectations of creative endeavors when they are just outside of your comfort zone. Four-time Pulitzer Prize winner Carol Guzy is our Photographer of the Week.

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: We Are Not Amused | Lisa’s History Room

Sneakernet – Wikipedia

RGB vs CMYK colorspace: Why it’s important to use CMYK for Printing

37% of Art Museum Visitors Don’t View Them as Culture—and Other Takeaways from the 2017 Culture Track Report

Amadeus – Too Many Notes – YouTube

Pedro Reyes (artist) – Wikipedia

Richard Serra Prints that Jeffery finds decisive

(1) YOU GET NOTHING! HD – YouTube

Ellsworth Kelly’s Studio by Annie Leibovitz

Official portraits of Trump, Pence released by White House – CNNPolitics

Scary portrait of Trump

13: Let it Beep | Welcome to Macintosh

Who is Terry Richardson? Infamous Celeb Photographer Has Faced Sex Misconduct Allegations

Space Camera Co.

The Night Watch – Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn — Google Arts & Culture

Carol Guzy – Wikipedia

Carol Guzy of The Washington Post – The Pulitzer Prizes

Behind the Lens: Carol Guzy’s Pulitzer-Prize Winning Photography (Full-Screen Slideshow) | Washingtonian

Bill Wadman – ATHENA NIKE REDUX WITH PARISA KHOBDEH

© Taryn Simon

This week, when do great cameras (or any other tools for that matter) cease to be great? Many of us chase the latest and greatest, but even the older version was great once. Also, some thoughts on photos as objects, courtesy of Wim Wenders and his collection of thousands of Polaroids. Plus, managing expectations about what we put out into the world. Taryn Simon is our Photographer of the Week. As a teaser for next week, what defines a “cultural experience” for you?

Whitehead Bros – Your Love Is A 187 – YouTube

All Pixels Are Not Created Equal : On Taking Pictures

Wim Wenders on his Polaroids – and why photography is now over | Art and design | The Guardian

Are You Ready to Publish a Photobook? – In conversation with Chris Pichler, Nazraeli Press | LensCulture

37% of Art Museum Visitors Don’t View Them as Culture—and Other Takeaways from the 2017 Culture Track Report

The new MacBook keyboard is ruining my life | The Outline

uta barth | the official website

Unicomp, Inc.: Ultra Classic White Buckling Spring USB

Heart Like a Wheel (film) – Wikipedia

Taryn Simon – Wikipedia

Taryn Simon

Taryn Simon: Paperwork and the Will of Capital at Gagosian West 24th Street, NYC – YouTube

Taryn Simon — Charlie Rose

Taryn Simon: Paperwork and the Will of Capital – Example #1

Taryn Simon: Paperwork and the Will of Capital – Example #2

Taryn Simon: ‘Paperwork and the Will of Capital’ Book

© Eugene Richards

This week, the amount of new post-production tools (including the newly announced Lightroom CC) inspires a discussion around workflow and the potential need for evolution in how we catalog and process our photographs. While some photographers (ourselves included) tend to prefer the “old” ways of doing things, tools seem to be making a shift, both in capability and in target audience. Also, we begin a look at whether or not you even need a website anymore. There doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer either way and, in the end, it really depends on what you want to get out of your work. Eugene Richards is our Photographer of the Week.

Adobe doesn’t care what you think and quits the standalone version while launching the new Lightroom CC – 43 Rumors

Adobe’s new version of Lightroom lets you resume editing anywhere – The Verge

Adobe CC Photography Plan | Professional Photo Editing Software

Photographer Dawoud Bey wins MacArthur genius grant

Climber Hayden Kennedy and Partner Inge Perkins Dead After Avalanche – adventure journal

Worlds most dangerous hikes – Angels landing, Zion (full hike) – YouTube

William Eggleston, at 78, in a New Key – NYTimes.com

Blade Runner 2049: Inside the Dark Future of a Sequel 35 Years in the Making | WIRED

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #OutOfTheOrdinary

Eugene Richards – Wikipedia

EUGENE RICHARDS

Faith in Winter — EUGENE RICHARDS

The unflinching eye of Eugene Richards – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

FUJIFILM X70 | Fujifilm Global

© Lynn Gilbert

This week, how do you approach a new project or body of work? Is the making more important than the potential juice? Or is potential monetization always a component? Also, a discussion around creating work vs. seeing work, using photojournalism as an example. Plus, a spoiler-free discussion of the making of Blade Runner 2049 from the perspective of practical vs CG environments. Lynn Gilbert is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #HighNoon

The Eddie Adams WorkshopThe Eddie Adams Workshop The Eddie Adams Workshop

Hugh Kretschmer Photography | OVERVIEW | 1

Capitol Hill | Al Drago

Google’s unlimited full-res photo storage for Pixel 2 owners ends in 2020: Digital Photography Review

Yashica launches Y35 digiFilm camera that uses digital ‘film’ cartriges: Digital Photography Review

Amazon.com : Word Notebooks Black : Office Products

Lynn Gilbert Photography

Young Dan Winters

© Larry Burrows

This week, have improvements to the gear side of photography affected the overall craft of making pictures? Or are we now able to simply pick and choose the pieces of the craft that matter most to us? Also, a listener asks about what motivates us to make, the love of doing it, money, or something else? Larry Burrows is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #EarlyMorning

Home – FDR Presidential Library & Museum

Neil Leifer: The Boxing Photos | Longform – SI.com

Fujifilm GFX Extreme (and Amazing!) Shadow Recovery :: Nikon D850 Vs. Fujifilm GFX Samples :: GF 14x TC and GF250 Images (GFX zone) – Fuji Rumors

Fujifilm X100T Digital Camera, Black {16.3 M/P} | KEH Camera

Home – Photography by the Letter

Larry Burrows – Wikipedia

Larry Burrows | International Center of Photography

Vietnam War: Looking Again at Larry Burrows’ Photo, ‘Reaching Out’ | Time.com

Tim Hetherington Trust

Home — RESTREPO — A Film by Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington

Fog Of War Eleven Lessons From The Life Of Robert S. Mcnamara on Vimeo

© Maria Svarbova

This week, we’re addressing some of your feedback from email and the Google+ group, including the impact that mobile photography has had on how we take and share pictures. Also, we talk about the iterative nature of creativity and how sometimes starting over on a project can be a good thing. Maris Svarbova is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #Saturated

Pixels 4 Puerto Rico

Home – Photography by the Letter

Canon Fine Art Paper and Canvas for use with inkjet printers

We Came From Fire: Fine Art Photography Book – Joey L. Photography Shop

16 cameras in one: Light promises smartphone size and DSLR image quality

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

All the New Features in Apple’s Photos App in macOS High Sierra – Mac Rumors

Apple File System – Wikipedia

The Best Drone Photos of the Year

Meet the Engineer Preserving The Last Analog Motion Graphics Machine – YouTube

Scanimate – Wikipedia

In No Great Hurry

Pina (film) – Wikipedia

Amazon.com: Pina: Wim Wenders: Amazon Digital Services LLC

Maria Svarbova

Mária Švarbová (@maria.svarbova) • Instagram photos and videos

Swimming Pool – New Heroes & Pioneers

© Ronin Mckenzie

This week, does having tools at the ready make you more likely to actually create? Or is preparing to create a necessary part of your process? Sometimes creativity shows up messy, if it comes at all. Also, is the perception/representation around women in photography changing, both in front of and behind the camera? Depends on where you look. According to Getty, yes. But, based on something that recently happened with Nikon, maybe not so much. Ronan McKenzie is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #MakeYourOwnStillLife

Do Androids Dream of Being Featured in Portrait Competitions? – The New York Times

Harrison Ford on ‘Star Wars’, ‘Blade Runner’, and Punching Ryan Gosling in the Face | GQ

When You Need Creativity to Strike, Make Way and Gear Up – NYTimes.com

Nikon Picked 32 Photographers to Promote a Camera. All 32 Were Men. – The New York Times

Women Photograph

Banksy Strikes Again, With Nod to Basquiat – The New York Times

Apple’s new iPhones use AI ‘Portrait Lighting’ to improve shots

Overbeers by Freddy Clark on Apple Podcasts

RONAN MCKENZIE – WORK

photographer ronan mckenzie explores today’s perceptions of the black body – i-D

i-D Meets: Next Gen Photographers – YouTube

It’s Nice That | Photographer Ronan McKenzie tells us about ongoing personal project Girls

© Pete Turner

This week, we’re attempting to answer some of your questions that range from our desert island photo choices to whether or not ego affects how we take pictures. There are also questions on how to recognize when a project is done and whether or not it’s possible to change your photographic style. As usual, we got some questions that really stumped us, and some that we’re going to have to come back around to after thinking about them a bit. Pete Turner is our Photographer of the week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #OutOfStyle

Web colors – Wikipedia

David duChemin Interview // Podcast | The Digital Photo Experience

1890’s Sideshow Pitch — Wadman

Best HDR Software – HDR Photo Editor for Mac & PC | Aurora HDR 2018

HDR Photography Software – Photo Editing Programs & Plugins – Photomatix

(770) Pinterest

Pete Turner (photographer) – Wikipedia

Pete Turner Photography

Pete Turner: Master of Color Photography from Nikon

Venture Onward (@1924us) • Instagram photos and videos

© Ruth Orkin

This week, can creatives have concrete long term goals or is the nature of making such that clarity beyond a certain point is elusive by design? Then again, if you can’t define a specific goal or end point, how do you know whether you are getting closer or moving further away from where you want (or need) to be? Ruth Orkin is our Photographer of the Week.

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #EndOfSeason

“At Home” – Bill Bryson

Products Archive – Photography by the Letter

Numbers station – Wikipedia

Shadows of the State by Lewis Bush — Kickstarter

5by5 | On Taking Pictures #261: Healing Salve On The Open Wound Of Doubt

A world-famous photographer goes on the hunt for the ‘perfect shot’. And it’s breathtaking to see. – YouTube

Claire Falkenstein – Wikipedia

Emerson Woelffer – Wikipedia

Ruth Orkin Photo Archive

Ruth Orkin Photo Archive Store

The real story behind ‘An American Girl in Italy’ – CNN

That’s me in the picture: Ninalee Craig photographed by Ruth Orkin in Florence in 1951, aged 23 | Art and design | The Guardian

© William Wegman

This week, does progress take the place of craft, or can things simultaneously move on while still staying the same? Or is the romance and nostalgia of “the way things used to be” just a manufactured memory? Also, how intentional are you about the colors in your photography? The colors you choose (and choose to leave out) can have a dramatic emotional effect on how your work is received. Plus, Sarah Oliphant has been at the forefront of backdrops for decades. Peter Hurley visits her studio to see what all the fuss is about. William Wegman is our Photographer of the Week.

Home – Photography by the Letter

Connolly brothers: Dairy and more

nelsoncandies

Revisionist History Podcast

How to Edit Colour and Create your own Style – YouTube

Impalette | Scan Images for Dominant Pantone Colors and Generate a Color Palettes

Color Palette Generator

Canon TS-E 50mm f/2.8L Macro Tilt-Shift Lens 2273C002 B&H Photo

Adobe Capture CC | Edit photos, shapes to vectors and graphics

Learning from the Masters – Amélie

The Nikon D850 Doubles as a 45.7MP Film Scanner

The Woman Who Paints the $1,000+ Backdrops Used by Top Photographers

On Taking Pictures – Google+ – Assignment: #localbusiness

Wegman | Home

The Artist Series :: William Wegman | The Art of Photography

The New York Times

Polaroid 20×24 camera – Wikipedia

William Wegman: Being Human | Chronicle Books

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