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A podcast featuring conversations and observations about photography.

Lars Mensel


    • Aug 18, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    10 Presence (feat. Anders Petersen)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2018 34:15


    How do photographers manage to get so close to people, using nothing more than their sense of curiosity, their camera, and their presence? I traveled to Stockholm and asked Anders Petersen about it. Music: Devil_Music - Bar 2

    09 Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018 10:03


    Gerda Taro didn’t just help invent one of the world’s most famous photographers. Briefly, she was him.

    08 Historical Distance

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2017 11:28


    Vitas Luckus was too revolutionary a photographer to be accepted. But his is no ordinary rebel’s story.

    07 Photopoetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2017 7:02


    An attempt at trying to describe something that can't be seen. Music: Starting with Monplaisir – Mexico DF 1996, followed by Tapes and Tubes – Solo Guitar 2, then Marisa Anderson – A Dream of Willie McTell, and finally Steve Gunn – Wildwood.

    06 Introspection

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2017 8:40


    Why Chilean photographer Segio Larraín quit fame in pursuit of yoga and solitude. Music this time is by Igor Khabarov. The songs are called Stay, Ty, and Run, all off his album "Be", which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

    05 Hyperreality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2017 5:56


    Back with an episode about reality itself and how accurately cameras capture it. All inspired by an iconic photo. Music this time is by Igor Khabarov. The songs are called Rise and Fall, both off his album "Be", which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

    04 Anterior Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 6:43


    This time, I'm bringing you a story that includes almost everything that has fascinated me over the past year and a half: Photography, struggle, modernism, Mexico, revolution, the Spanish civil war. It’s the story Tina Modotti's remarkable life, and it starts with a picture.

    03 The Fourth Dimension

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2016 4:57


    Reinvestigating the famous Decisive Moment – with the wisdom of a Japanese musician.

    02 New Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2016 6:54


    Photographic lessons from the 1920s.

    01 The Banality of Color

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2016 4:54


    Why looking at color pictures of the past is so sobering. Picture: Berlin in 1937, from the State Archives of Norway. Music: 00:00 Paul Tyan – Indie - Optimistic 00:14 Marquice Turner – Sometimes Things Don't Go As Planned 01:58 Paul Tyan – Indie - Space 02:42 Paul Tyan – Acoustic - Dramatic 03:49 Paul Tyan – Acoustic - Reflective All licensed under CC-BY 3.0

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