Open Curtain

Kim Høltermand is a Danish photographer, based in Copenhagen. Kim's client list includes Apple, Adidas, and Instagram Design. His work has been featured in publications such as Wallpaper*, Dwell and T: The NYTimes Style Magazine. Kim is also the founder and curator of the highly popular Nowhere Diary where he promotes the work of other photographers and tells their inspiring stories. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Kim Holtermand is a Danish photographer based in Copenhagen and is the creator of "Nowhere Diary." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Efrem Zelony-Mindell is a white non-binary curator, writer, and artist. Some of their curatorial endeavors include group shows: n e w f l e s h, Are You Loathsome, and This Is Not Here. They have written about art for FOAM, Unseen, DEAR DAVE, Rocket Science, SPOT, and essays for artists' monographs. Their first book n e w f l e s h, published by Gnomic Book and shortlisted for the Paris Photo Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award 2020, is available now and is in the collections at MoMA, The MET, the Whitney Museum of American Art, TATE, Art Institute of Chicago, and 42 other libraries and archives around the world. Efrem's second book Primal Sight, also published by Gnomic Book, a survey of contemporary black-and-white photography which includes the work of 146 international artists is available now. They work, write, lecture, and live in New York. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Efrem Zelony-Mindell is a white non-binaray curator, writer, and artist. Some of their curatorial endeavors include group shows: n e w f l e s h, Are You Loathsome, and This Is Not Here. They have written about art for FOAM, Unseen, DEAR DAVE, Rocket Science, SPOT, and essays for artists' monographs. Their first book n e w f l e s h, published by Gnomic Book and shortlisted for the Paris Photo Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award 2020, is available now and is in the collections at MoMA, The MET, the Whitney Museum of American Art, TATE, Art Institute of Chicago, and 42 other libraries and archives around the world. Efrem's second book Primal Sight, also published by Gnomic Book, a survey of contemporary black-and-white photography which includes the work of 146 international artists is available now. They work, write, lecture, and live in New York. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Carolyn Drake (Vallejo, CA), grew up in Maryland and studied Media/Culture and History at Brown University. Following her graduation in 1994, Drake moved to New York where she worked as an interactive designer for many years before departing to engage with the physical world through photography. She worked on projects in Turkey, Ukraine, and Central Asia for many years before moving back to the US in 2013. Drake’s work seeks to interrogate dominant historical narratives and creatively reimagine them. Her practice embraces collaboration and has in recent years melded photography with sewing, collage, and sculpture. She has published four books: Two Rivers (2013), Wild Pigeon (2014), Internat (2017), and most recently Knit Club (2020), which was shortlisted for the Paris Photo / Aperture Book of the Year and Lucie Photo Book Awards. Her latest work, Isolation Therapy, is currently on view in SFMOMA’s show Close to Home: Creativity in Crisis. Her work has been supported by a Guggenheim fellowship, the Anamorphosis book prize, the Peter S Reed Foundation, Lightwork, the Lange Taylor Prize, and a Fulbright fellowship and is in the collections of SFMOMA, Kadist, the Open Society Institute, and the Library of Congress. She is also a member of Magnum Photos. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Carolyn Drake’s work began in the documentary tradition and has expanded from there. Drake often collaborates with her subjects and is interested in the ways photography works on the imagination. Her work has been recognized and supported by the likes of the Guggenheim Foundation, SFMOMA, Aperture, Pulitzer Center, and the Peter S Reed Foundation to name a few, and she is a member of Magnum Photos. Drake recently published a photobook with TBW Books titled “Knit Club,” which focuses on a small community of women in Water Valley, Mississippi. In this episode, Drake discusses the challenge of making a living in photography, her reasons for choosing photography as her key medium, and the events that shaped her journey as an artist. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Mimi Plumb (Berkeley, CA) has served on the faculties of the San Francisco Art Institute, San Jose State University, Stanford University, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She currently lives in Berkeley, California. Since the 1970s, Plumb has explored subjects ranging from her suburban roots to the United Farm Workers movement in the fields as they organized for union elections. Her first book, Landfall, published by TBW Books in 2018, is a collection of her images from the 1980s, a dreamlike vision of American dystopia encapsulating the anxieties of a world spinning out of balance. Landfall was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award 2019, and the Lucie Photo Book Prize 2019. Her second book, The White Sky, was published by Stanley/Barker in September, 2020. Plumb received her MFA in photography from SFAI in 1986. Her photographs are in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pier 24, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery. She is a 2017 recipient of the John Gutmann Photography Fellowship, and has received grants and fellowships from the California Humanities, the California Arts Council, the James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography, and the Marin Arts Council. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Born and raised in the suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area, Mimi Plumb has recently released some of the most captivating and important photobooks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Christopher McCall is the Director of Pier 24 Photography in San Francisco, one of the largest exhibition spaces devoted to photography. In 2002, McCall received his MFA in Photography from California College of the Arts, studying under Jim Goldberg and Larry Sultan. After teaching for 7 years, he joined Pier 24 Photography in 2009 as the inaugural Director, assisting in the conceptualization of the organization’s mission and operating principles. Since opening the doors of Pier 24 in 2010, McCall has overseen the presentation of ten exhibitions and spearheaded the creation of the Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program, a program in collaboration with California College of the Arts. In 2015 he implemented the Larry Sultan Photography Award in partnership with the Headlands Center for the Arts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Christopher McCall is the Director of Pier 24 Photography in San Francisco, one of the largest exhibition spaces devoted to photography. In 2002, McCall received his MFA in Photography from California College of the Arts, studying under Jim Goldberg and Larry Sultan. After teaching for 7 years, he joined Pier 24 Photography in 2009 as the inaugural Director, assisting in the conceptualization of the organization’s mission and operating principles. Since opening the doors of Pier 24 in 2010, McCall has overseen the presentation of ten exhibitions and spearheaded the creation of the Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program, a program in collaboration with California College of the Arts. In 2015 he implemented the Larry Sultan Photography Award in partnership with the Headlands Center for the Arts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Rahim Fortune (United States) is a documentary and fine art Photographer based between Austin Texas and Brooklyn New York working for clients like New York Times Magazine, TIME, Sony, and Converse. In this episode, Rahim and I discuss how he got into photography, his progression for acquiring major clients, the key components needed to sustain a career in art, and much more. Photo by Miranda Barnes --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Rahim Fortune (TX/NY) is a documentary and fine art Photographer based between Austin Texas and Brooklyn New York working for clients like New York Times Magazine, TIME, Sony, and Converse. Photo by Miranda Barnes --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

In Episode 2 I will be speaking with photographer, Eli Durst about his new book, The Community.  Stay tuned for that episode next Friday. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

A recent recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship Award, Bryan and I talk about his path from turning his passion in photography into a successful career as well as coping with being kept from making the work he wants to most during these times. We talk about his past projects, music, art, and more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Janet Delaney (Berkeley, CA) is most known for her first project which documents the 1980s gentrification of a working-class neighborhood in San Francisco. Our discussion will air this Friday at 12 pm. See you then! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Kennedi Carter (Durham, NC) is a fine art photographer and creative director with a primary focus on Black subjects. Her work highlights the aesthetics & sociopolitical aspects of Blackness as well as the overlooked beauties of the Black experience: skin, texture, trauma, peace, love, and community. Her work aims to reinvent notions of creativity and confidence in the realm of Blackness. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Mark Mahaney (El Cerrito, California) is an American photographer whose clients include Nike, IBM, The New Yorker, and Time Magazine.  Mark is represented by Claxton Projects in New York and he works with Kominek Gallery in Berlin.  He recently published his first book, Polar Night, which focuses on the two-month dark period of the landscape in Alaska’s northernmost town of Utqiagvik.   --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Mark Mahaney (USA) is a commercial and fine art photographer whose clients include Nike, IBM, The New Yorker, and Time Magazine. Mark is represented by Claxton Projects in New York and he works with Kominek Gallery in Berlin. He recently published his first book, Polar Night, which focuses on the two-month dark period of the landscape in Alaska’s northernmost town of Utqiagvik. Join us as we talk about how he balances his commercial and personal work, what it was like making his first book, and the complexities of being an artist with a child during this time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Kennedi Carter (Durham, NC) and I talk about her process, the significance of how art is mostly seen today, and her plans for working through the creative slump caused by the pandemic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Janet Delaney (Berkeley, CA) is a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. She has received numerous awards, including three National Endowment for the Arts grants. In this episode, we will discuss the key life moments that have shaped her as a person, a mother, and an artist. Photo by Ekevara Kitpowsong --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Bryan (Austin, TX) and I talk about influences, photobooks, cinema, and much more.  http://www.bryanschutmaat.com/ Related Articles: https://invisiblephotographer.asia/2012/09/17/watabe-yukichi-a-criminal-investigation/ https://trespasser.pub/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Eli Durst (Austin, TX) recently published a book called The Community, which follows the group activities that take place in church basements.  We will talk about his path to becoming an artist, how his teaching has influenced his work, and the choices and struggles he went through to create his first book. Website: www.elidurst.com Instagram: @durzt Related Articles: https://aperture.org/blog/eli-durst-search-for-community/ https://www.booooooom.com/2020/05/06/the-community-by-photographer-eli-durst/ https://www.republik.ch/2020/04/27/dieses-beduerfnis-nach-naehe --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support

Colby Deal (Houston, TX) speaks about his work, his recent success as an artist, and his thoughts regarding recent events in our country. To see more of Colby's work check out his website: https://theartistcolbydeal.wixsite.com/colbydeal Instagram: @monsieur_tist Articles: https://www.lensculture.com/colby-deal https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/updates-from-the-2020-magnum-photos-annual-general-meeting/ https://www.redlineart.org/colby-deal-1 https://www.bylinehouston.com/portraitist-and-street-artist-colby-deal-is-the-photographic-sage-of-houstons-historic-third-ward/ https://projectrowhouses.org/blog/beautiful-still-colby-deal http://voyagehouston.com/interview/check-colby-deals-artwork/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/opencurtain/support