Podcasts about lenscratch

Doug Breault is a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist who works with photography, painting, sculpture, and video. In addition to his art practice, he curates exhibitions at Gallery 263, teaches art students at Babson College and Bridgewater State University, and contributes articles to Boston Art Review, Lenscratch, the Harvard Art Museum, and the Bridgewater Review. Doug talks about his evolution from creative writing to photography - which then began to intersect with other forms of art, how an interdisciplinary approach to art making allows the idea to come before the material, and the themes of loss and memory that run through his work. You can learn more about Doug and his work through his website douglasbreault.com and on instagram @dug_bro

Mackenzie Calle is a freelance documentary photographer and National Geographic Explorer based in Brooklyn. In 2024, she was awarded first prize in the World Press Photo Open Format category award (North & Central America) for her project the Gay Space Agency, and was a finalist for the Sony World Photography Awards.She was selected as a Magnum Foundation Counter Histories Fellow in 2022. That same year, she was named one of the Lenscratch 25 to Watch and was shortlisted for the PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant. In 2023, she was named as a Lens Culture Emerging Talent Award winner and received the Dear Dave Fellowship.Mackenzie is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in Cinema Studies and was awarded the Director's Fellowship to attend ICP's Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program. She was selected to Eddie Adams Workshop class XXXV. She is an Adjunct Lecturer at CUNY's College of Staten Island. Prior to her freelance career, she was a photo producer at NBC Universal. Her work has been exhibited at Fotografiska Stockholm, Photoville, Pride Photo Festival, and Noorderlicht International Photo Festival. Clients include National Geographic, The Washington Post, GAYLETTER, Discovery, MSNBC, and The Wall Street Journal.  In episode 255, Mackenzie discusses, among other things:Winning the WPP open categoryTangible and intagible benefits of winningHer journey to photographyHow the idea for the Gay Space Agency came aboutHow she set about making images to tell the storyThe goal to disseminate the story as widely as possibleHer experience of doing the Eddie Adams WorkshopLetting the story tell her what it wantsExperimentation being the fun partHer love of sport......and TV Referenced:Sally RideFrancis FrenchBillie Jean KingChristina De MiddelErika Larson Website | Instagram“For me, it's letting the story tell me what it needs. So it's not so much going in with a preconceived notion. You obviously go into most stories with some idea of what you're going to do, but every idea I have, that work in itself almost reveals or tells me kind of what it should be. So sometimes that means fiction, sometimes that does mean straight photojournalism, sometimes that means entirely imagined and staged projects…” Become a full tier 1 member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of previous episodes for £5 per month.For the tier 2 archive-only membership, to access the full library of past episodes for £3 per month, go here.Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.Follow me on Instagram here.Build Yourself a Squarespace Website video course here.

Jake Benzinger (Wych Elm) and Tabitha Barnard join me to officially launch my series on publishers and authors where I explore the relationship that builds between publishers, editors, designers, and photographers and to hopefully provide some insight as to how photobooks are being made. Tabitha's book, Dead Trees Speak to Me, was Jake's first photo book that was not his own and Jake and Tabitha will share how they came to know each other and why Jake wanted to publish Tabitha's work. We will talk about the editing and sequencing of the book as well as some of the more traditional questions about how they both got to where they are. https://wychelm.press  |||    https://jakebenzinger.com   |||      https://www.tabithabarnard.com This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin Building your dream photobook library today at https://charcoalbookclub.com Tabitha Barnard was born in Freedom, New Hampshire in 1994. She is a photographer who grew up in rural Maine with three sisters. Growing up in a very Christian female-dominated family has had a huge influence on her work. Barnard works primarily in digital color photography exploring themes of femininity and religion. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art from Maine College of Art in the Spring of 2016 and a Master of Fine Art from Massachusetts College of Art in the Spring of 2021.  She has worked in both commercial studio settings, as a shooting assistant, and as the media technician for the photo department at the Maine College of Art. She currently works in Portland Maine, teaching at the Maine College of Art and the University of Southern Maine.  Jake Benzinger (he/him) is a photographer, book artist, and writer based in Rockland, Maine; he received his BFA in photography from Lesley University, College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA. His work has been shown nationally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Haute Photographie Rotterdam, Center for Fine Art Photography, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, 82Parris, Panopticon Gallery, RIT City Space Gallery, and more. He has been featured by numerous platforms including GUP Magazine, Lensculture, Float Magazine, Lenscratch, Transference Magazine, and Fraction Magazine. His publications are held in collections at the National Gallery of Art, School of Visual Arts, SMFA at Tufts, and Griffin Museum of Photography, and his monograph, Like Dust Settling in a Dim-Lit Room (Or Starless Forest), was shortlisted for the 2023 Lucie Photobook Prize.

Michael Honegger is a visual artist born in Germany with a B.A. in History & Spanish from Duke University, a M.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, and a Professional Certificate in Visual Arts from Maine Media College. His practice as a fine art and documentary photographer explores the performative nature of self-portraiture, the complexities of memory and family, and an investigation of the ironies of American culture with an expatriate's eye. He has exhibited his work in numerous juried group shows throughout the United States and Europe, including the Center for Fine Art Photography, Photo Place Gallery, A.Smith Gallery, the Southeast Center for Photography, and P.H. 21 Gallery, among others. His documentary project on the refugee crisis on the island of Lesvos, Greece in 2015 was widely published in major European newspapers and by Amnesty International in their initial press release on the crisis. The Economist, The Guardian, and Lenscratch have also published his images. He currently resides in Nice, France, and has lived in France for the past 14 years. His most recent book is titled, The Need to Know. Resources Michael Honegger Websites Sponsors Nikon Z8 Camera Website Charcoal Book Club Frames Magazine Education Resources: Momenta Photographic Workshops Candid Frame Resources Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download it for . Click here to download Support the work at The Candid Frame by contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

Ep.157 Karen Navarro is an Argentinian-born multidisciplinary artist currently living and working in Houston. Navarro works on a diverse array of mediums that include photography, collage, the use of text and sculpture. Her image-based work and multimedia practice investigate the intersections of identity, representation, race, and belonging in reference to her migrant experience, her Indigenous identity and the history of colonization and its influence. Her constructed portraits are known for pushing the boundaries of traditional photography and the use of color. Navarro has won numerous awards and grants for her mixed-media photography, among them the Artadia Fellowship and the Top Ten Lensculture Critics' Choice Award, and has been shortlisted for several more, including the Photo London Emerging Photographer of the Year Award and The Royal Photographic Society, IPE 163. Her work has been exhibited in the US and abroad. Selected shows include Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH), USA; Galerija Upuluh, Zagreb, Croatia; FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, Bloomington, USA; Holocaust Museum Houston, USA; Artpace, San Antonio, USA and Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Navarro's work has been featured in numerous publications, including ARTnews, The Guardian, Observer, Rolling Stone Italia, and Photo Vogue Festival Italia. Photo credit: Self portrait Karen Navarro www.karennavarroph.com Dovetail https://dovetailmag.com/karen-navarro/ Lenscratch http://lenscratch.com/2023/01/karen-navarro-somos-millones-foto-relevance/ Aesthetica https://aestheticamagazine.com/the-constructed-self/ Houstonia Magazine https://www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-culture/2021/09/houston-women-artists-radical-portraits OBSERVER https://observer.com/2020/03/spring-museum-exhibitions-2020-moma-guggenheim/ ARTnews https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artadia-1202680318/ The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/oct/15/best-of-photo-london-digital-2020-in-pictures Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/archive/2020/05/diary-of-a-foreigner-in-paris-katherine-jackson-french-on-lighthouses/ Rolling Stone Italia https://blackcamera.it/karen-navarro-la-fotografia-ai-confini-dellidentita/ PaperCity https://www.papercitymag.com/society/contemporary-arts-museum-houston-art-ladies/#374810

This episode I welcome Aline Smithson to the podcast. Aline is the driving force behind Lenscratch, a fantastic online showcase of contemporary photography, in all its varied glory. She is also a prolific photo-based artist who delves into the world of analogue processes in her inspiring, personal artwork. A great chat!Aline Smithson websiteLenscratch websiteFugue State portfolioShadows and Stains portfolioThe Lonesome Doll portfolioSome "Hugo" information

My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 167 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world. I'm pleased to introduce you all to a photographer from San Francisco called Nicole Morrison. Nicole specialises in food and drink,as well as lifestyle photography. When you come across her work you are drawn in by the colours and happy vibe. It's not a simple thing to create and has taken practise. We talk about how she has adopted to freelancing in to the world after leaving university. Nicole is a happy and smiling type of person and loves writing too. I came across her work through Lenscratch as she had done some interesting work with GIF's. The project about makers was really interesting and drew me in, it's so nice to see people using their hands in this age of technology and especially considering her local area (Silicon Valley). So in this one we discussed: editing photos vs writing bright colours GIF formats importance of test shoots culture shocks mentors Etsy surviving freelance Links Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nicolemorrisonphoto/ Website - https://www.nicolemorrisonphotography.com/ Friends of the show Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/ Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/photography-insights/message

Aline Smithson is a visual artist, editor, and educator based in Los Angeles. She is also the Founder and Editor- in-Chief of Lenscratch, a daily journal on photography. In this conversation, Aline talks about her trajectory to fine art photography: from painter, to fashion editor to photographer. We discuss roadblocks and fear, long-term projects, the nuances of rejection, building community in the art world, and much more! If you are feeling a little stuck creatively then this is the episode for you. Get ready to be inspired!This episode was audio produced by Aaron Moring. Music is by Madisen Ward.

Episode 68 features artist and archivist Alanna Fields (b. 1990, Upper Marlboro, MD) is a lens-based mixed media artist and archivist whose work investigates and challenges representations of Black queer identity and history through the lens of photography. Fields' work has been featured in exhibitions including Felix Art Fair, LA, UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami, MoCADA, and Pratt Institute. Fields is a Gordon Parks Foundation Scholar, 2020 Light Work AIR and Baxter St. CCNY Workspace AIR. She received her MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute and has given talks at the Aperture Foundation, Stanford University, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Parson's New School, Syracuse University, and Rutgers University. Fields lives and works in New York City and is represented by Assembly. DON’T MISS ~ Alanna Fields in her solo exhibition debut titled ‘Mirages of Dreams Past’ thru June 9th, Baxter Street at Camera Club of NY. Artist website www.alannafields.com Baxter Street https://www.baxterst.org/alanna-fields/ Yancey Richardson Gallery https://www.yanceyrichardson.com/ Lightwork https://www.lightwork.org/archive/alanna-fields/ Aperture https://aperture.org/editorial/alanna-fields-audacious-gaze-on-the-black-queer-archive/ Lenscratch http://lenscratch.com/2020/08/photographers-on-photographers-nick-drain-in-conversation-with-alanna-fields/

As you know I've come across a lot of artists through the website Lenscratch.com and do urge you all to check it out. Recently Karen Constine recommended I talk with the founder of the resource - Aline Smithson, so that's what I did. After reaching Aline, was only to happy to chat. Another lovely person who is all about giving, sharing information and providing a free resource for everyone. It's a hell of an effort to write regular and find time for your work too (i know this). But after 14 years, Aline is still going strong and now has a team of writers alongside her. What is unusual about this site is everything here is free and it was done this way on purpose and all the staff are volunteers too. Very commendable they provide this for others. Aline is a not only a talented photographer but her roots are in painting, so you will see some of this in her photography. What I really liked was the different projects she has worked on and some of these are just so much fun. It's not something I have seen a lot of so nice for a change. Though we will only get to talk about a few of these like "arrangement", "the lonesome doll" and "in case of rain" you really should delve in to her website to look at her portfolio. Arrangement is about her mother and has been exhibited in Russia, Korea, China, France, Italy and the USA. There are a few statements Aline made during the podcast and tells you about her thought process to photography. The idea of lenscratch was to give back to community, but also she is a big believer in being patient. In fact I took this quote: "your work may not get celebrated now, but when your turn comes everyone will celebrate you” Personally I really love this and we go on to explain why she talks about this. We also discuss: only shooting film board games hard drive failure Velour tracksuits peer reviewing how to get noticed hand painting Links Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alinesmithson/ Website - http://alinesmithson.com/ Friends For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/ Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/ Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/ Facebook group Don't forget this resource is there for anyone, need to let some steam off or chat about life? Then come be around other creatives and help each other - https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/photography-insights/message

We discussed: - portfolio reviews - constructive criticism - photography workshops - using humor in art - being subversion with social media - cultivating a younger generation of art collectors - unique photographic work - legacy planning - the importance of knowing who you are as an artist   People + Places mentioned: John Baldessari Edward Ruscha Wayne White - https://www.waynewhiteart.com/ Catherine Edelman Gallery - https://www.edelmangallery.com   3 artists she recommends: Raymond Thompson, Jr. - http://www.raymondthompsonjr.com Sandra Klein - https://www.sandrakleinportfolio.com Jon Henry - https://www.jonhenryphotography.com   http://alinesmithson.com http://lenscratch.com   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com   Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org             and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner - https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge - https://www.kunstsentrene.no               Transcript available here: https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-160-photographer-educator-founder-editor-in-chief-of-lenscratch-aline-smithson-california-usa/

We discussed: - portfolio reviews - constructive criticism - photography workshops - using humor in art - being subversion with social media - cultivating a younger generation of art collectors - unique photographic work - legacy planning - the importance of knowing who you are as an artist   People + Places mentioned: John Baldessari Edward Ruscha Wayne White - https://www.waynewhiteart.com/ Catherine Edelman Gallery - https://www.edelmangallery.com   3 artists she recommends: Raymond Thompson, Jr. - http://www.raymondthompsonjr.com Sandra Klein - https://www.sandrakleinportfolio.com Jon Henry - https://www.jonhenryphotography.com   http://alinesmithson.com http://lenscratch.com   Hosted by Matthew Dols http://www.matthewdols.com Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway https://eeagrants.org and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no   Transcript available here: http://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-160-photographer-educator-founder-editor-in-chief-of-lenscratch-aline-smithson-california-usa/

In this episode of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, Sasha and photographer, curator, and writer, Jon Feinstein discuss the evolution of Humble Arts Foundation, the organization he co founded with Amani Olu, and how Humble represents Jon’s strong desire to democratize the art world and create opportunities for more people. Jon and Sasha also talk about some of the recent events in Jon’s personal life that has made his own work more urgent and emotional. They also reminisce about the first time they met and mutual affection abounds.  http://www.jonfeinstein.com About Jon Feinstein: Jon Feinstein divides his time between making photographs, writing about photographs, curating photographs, and raising his daughter.   Since 2019, he has been directing content/marketing strategy for The Luupe, a new platform connecting women photographers with big brands to change the still-backward narrative.  In his spare time, he runs Humble Arts Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to supporting up and coming art photography. He works with photographers on collaborative interviews to make their photos shine. Feinstein has curated over 50 exhibitions online and IRL, sometimes with curatorial heroes like Lumi Tan, Charlotte Cotton, Natalia Sacasa, Roula Seikaly, and Mickalene Thomas, landing press in HyperAllergic, Aperture, FeatureShoot, The New York Times and The New Yorker.  Feinstein won the 2019 Blue Sky curatorial prize with Roula Seikaly, and also recently, curated his first museum show at The Ogden Museum in New Orleans.  His writing on photography has appeared in VICE, Slate, Daylight, Aperture, Adobe, Hyperallergic, Photograph, and Time, and his weekly stories and interviews on Humble's blog have helped get photographers press, representation, and sell their work.  His own photographs have been featured in Vice, Booooooooom, Paper Journal, Business Insider, Bon Appetit, Lenscratch, and (strangely) Fox News (no regrets). Find out more at https://photowork.pinecast.co

Lenscratch.com is a worthwhile inspiring visit. Also her personal work: alinesmithson.com/portfolios/ Comments? Send them to me at info@kennethwajdaphotographer.com and find me on the web at KennethWajdaPhotographer.com, on IG at www.instagram.com/kennethwajda/ and on YouTube at HeresToGoodLight.com - We can post our photo assignment photos and connect on the Daily Photography Blog FB Group at www.facebook.com/groups/2151928021601330/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kenneth-wajda/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kenneth-wajda/support

Welcome to Diffusion Tape no. 8 with the photographer, curator, editor, writer, and educator Aline Smithson. Smithson wears many hats and in our conversation, we talked about the cultural evolution of photography, female representation in the medium, archiving in a digital world, portraiture, Smithson's personal art history, her family, and the importance of play in the creation of photography. Aline Smithson is a Los Angeles based artist best known for her conceptual portraiture and a practice that uses humor and pathos to explore ideas of childhood, aging, and the humanity that connects us. She is the founder of the highly popular photo site Lenscratch. Recorded April 27th, 2019, All conversations are recorded face-to-face. These are… the Diffusion Tapes.Show notes:Aline SmithsonPhotolucidaShadows and StainsLenscratchPlates to PixelsFractionFlak PhotoJonas YipBook: Self and OthersLenscratch: MixtapesShe Shoots FilmRL GrimePDNBlake AndrewsFugue StateJeff Phillips: Lost and FoundRichard DiebenkornGordan StettiniusSusan BurnstineEvanescent EnergyAmani Willett: The Disappearance of Joseph PlummerAint-badKris Graves ProjectsLos Angeles by Aline SmithsonTHE DIFFUSION TAPES THEME SONG COMPOSED BY JEFF LOUVIEREDownload or stream the full length theme song:iTunes | Spotify | Cd Baby | Google Play | Amazon Music | Deezer

Michelle Groskopf is a street and editorial photographer based in Los Angeles. Her street photography has been exhibited around the world, including Korea, London, NY and LA, and has been featured in the New Yorker’s photo booth, Creative Review, Lenscratch, The British Journal of Photography, Ain’t Bad and more.Her client list includes The NY Times, Apple, New York Magazine, California Sunday, Wired, GQ, Bloomberg Businessweek and Refinery29.Michelle Groskopf talks to Gem Fletcher about vulnerability, taking risks, the new wave of street photographers and how she navigates the challenges of editorial work.https://mgroskopf.com/@michellegroskopfRecorded in London, UKEdited by John WebbMusic by Judd Greenstein – Change from AwakeDesign by Ruby Wight See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jane Szabo is a Los Angeles based fine art photographer, with an MFA from Art Center College of
Design in Pasadena, CA. Her work investigates issues of self and identity. Using self-portraiture and
still life as a vehicle to share stories from her life, her work merges her love for fabrication and
materials, with conceptual photography. Szabo brings many facets of visual art into her photographic
projects, incorporating sculptural, performance and installation elements into her work. Her imagery is often infused with humor and wonder, ingredients that draw the viewer in, inviting them to linger and to have a dialogue with the work, and themselves. Her background in the film industry, creating prop and miniatures for theme parks, and overseeing set construction for film and television, undoubtedly informs her creative process. Szabo’s photography has been exhibited widely, including solo shows at the Museum of Art & History in Lancaster, CA, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, the Yuma Fine Art Center in Arizona, and the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Oceanside Museum of Art, the Griffin Museum of Photography, Houston Center of Photography, Tilt Gallery, Davis Orton Gallery, The Colorado Center for Photographic Arts, San Diego Art Institute, Los Angeles Center for Photography, Gallery 825 in Los Angeles, the Kaohsiung International Photographer Exhibition in Taiwan, and Foto Fever in Paris, France. Her photographs have been featured in many publications and blogs including: The Huffington Post,
Lenscratch, Mono Chroma Magazine, Silvershotz, Bokeh Bokeh, L’Oeil de la Photographie, F-Stop
Magazine, Foto Relevance, Fraction, Your Daily Photo, A Photo Editor, Don’t Take Pictures, Art &
Cake, Diversions LA, ArtsMeme, and others. Jane Szabo’s work is in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA), the
Lancaster Museum of Art & History (MOAH), and in private collections throughout the US and Europe. Upcoming Shows include: “All Women Are Dangerous,” Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA, opens December 14   https://www.buildingbridgesartexchange.org/ "Somewhere Else", solo show: Foto Relevance Gallery,  Houston, TX - opens January 24    https://fotorelevance.com/ Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX, auction preview exhibit opens January 17 Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX, print auction / gala, February 13.   https://hcponline.org/print-auction/ Photo LA, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, January 30-Feb 2. https://www.photola.com/ All images courtesy of the artist 00:00 - Introduction 00:39 - Jane Szaba 02:30 - Hana Vu - Actress 05:59 - Switch to Photography 11:08 - dis.place.ment 16:31 - Reconstructing Self 23:59 - Family Matters 30:06 - Current Work 35:42 - The Static - Dead Soft 39:46 - Outro 40:07 - Finish

David Patrick Valera is a professional artist (photographer/digital-cinematographer/cameraman) based in Los Angeles. “I grew up in Silverlake, CA.” Not the Forbes Magazine hippest neighborhood known for an invasion of Teslas, horizontal wood fencing and lumber-sexuals, but the mid-city graffiti urban grit and grime it once was back in the 70’s-80’s.” A latch-key kid, David would jump on his BMX and ride down Sunset Blvd., slaloming around Hollywood street walkers, hair-bands, and the undesirables through the yet to be gentrified regions of Southern California. “Urban life is a part of my upbringing and I always wanted to document those unique, chance moments I came across during my neighborhood expeditions.” David’s personal projects concentrate on “Street Photography”, which he has exhibited in galleries Internationally and across the Los Angeles region.  He has been interviewed and his photographs has been featured in Lens Culture, Street Photography Magazine, LA Times SoCal Moments, Lenscratch, The Candid Frame Showcase and Art Photo Feature. David is currently an adjunct instructor at Otis College of Art and Design as well as a contributing photographer for L.A. Music Blog and L.A. Record Magazine. David’s creativity doesn’t stop there, with over 20 years of Academy winning and nominated film credits, he is currently an Artistic Supervisor/Head Cameraman at a major Hollywood Studio.   Resources: Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Click here to download for Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .  

Samantha Geballe is a passionate artist who believes that everyone needs to use their voice in one way or another. She discovered her voice through the lens of a disposable camera while living in LA taking photographs of street art and hasn’t looked back. In our conversation, we cover how she got into photography, the evolution of her art, how she started getting into galleries, and what project she is excited about now. MEET SAMANTHA (http://www.advanceyourart.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/SamanthaGeballe_CottageUntitled.jpg) Samantha Geballe, a California native, was born and raised in a small town just outside of San Francisco. Art is an interest of her family’s but that is not what propelled Samantha to create. Her ability to express herself through creative form is in her nature and she has been producing art in many different mediums since early childhood. Currently, Samantha’s work focuses on conceptual portraiture, allowing her to explore human emotion from the inside out. She is working on an ongoing self-portrait series focused on body image and healing that challenges viewers to question what it means to accept oneself. Samantha is based in Los Angeles, CA. EXTRAS: Carleton Watkins (https://www.carletonwatkins.org/) Ansel Adams (http://anseladams.com/) Edward Weston (http://edward-weston.com/) LENSCRATCH (http://lenscratch.com/) https://www.callforentry.org/ (https://www.callforentry.org/) http://mediumsandiego.org/ (http://mediumsandiego.org/) http://visitcenter.org/overview/ (http://visitcenter.org/overview/) https://www.stockpotimages.com/ (https://www.stockpotimages.com/) CONTACT: http://www.samanthageballe.com/ (http://www.samanthageballe.com/) samantha@samanthageballe.com (mailto:samantha@samanthageballe.com) BONUS: This podcast is brought to you by Audible. I have used Audible for years, and I love audiobooks. Click on the link to get a 30-day free trial, complete with a credit for a free audiobook download Audible.com (http://www.audibletrial.com/Yuri) QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

Aline Smithson may well be the busiest person in photography. Not only is she a brilliant artist in her own right, she is also the editor of one of the top photo blogs in the world, Lenscratch, where she posts new material every single day. On top of that, she teaches workshops around the country, gives lectures at photo festivals internationally, participates as a portfolio reviewer, juries all manner of photo competitions, and still manages to exhibit and make her own work. It's astonishing that one person can do as much as she does, and yet there she is, day in and day out, doing it. In this episode I was pleased to talk with her about her recent book Self & Others: Portrait as Autobiography, which spans nearly twenty years of her photographic career. And for the second segment, we had a great conversation about the rising role of women as gatekeepers and curators in the artistic community. (Recorded June 14, 2016) Subscribe: iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | RSS Support: Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share: Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect: Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes: Aline Smithson Lenscratch Aline Smithson - Self & Others: Portrait as Autobiography Blake Andrews - Shoot first, ask questions later Aline Smithson - The Lonesome Doll Aline Smithson - Hollywood at Home Aline Smithson - Revisiting Beauty Six Shooters: A Photographic Conversation Ashly Stohl Bootsy Holler Nancy Baron Center for Fine Art Photography Strange Fire Collective What does a female artist have to do to get a major solo show? Lenscratch Student Prize, First Place: Lauren Kelly The Hunting Ground Jon Krakauer - Missoula People v. Turner 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting

Recorded April 5th, 2015 at Stockholm Studios in Bushwick, Brooklyn A few months ago I saw Sophie Barbasch's Fault Line photographs on Lenscratch, and in the weeks after that they started to appear regularly on my Tumblr dashboard. I took a look at her website and was intrigued by the variety of projects she's produced, particularly her monthly photobook series. For two years, she's produced an original photobook which she has published through Blurb. Naturally this made a her a good candidate for the show. We were lucky she agreed to chat with us to share some insights into her process. (You might notice a change in the audio quality. Yes folks, we've graduated to broadcast mics so hopefully that will make the listening experience more enjoyable)

In this podcast, photographer Aline Smithson and I have a conversation regarding her approach to photography, the creative process, and a wide range of topics related to the photographic life. You can see Aline's work and read more about her at her web site. Aline also maintains a blog called Lenscratch where she frequently discusses work by other photographers and news of interest to the fine art photographer.

On this episode of The Creative Process, Dave Hopper speaks with fine-art and documentary photographer Jennifer McClure. She uses the camera to ask and answer questions. She is interested in appearances and absences, short stories, poetry, and movies without happy endings.  She has lectured at Fotofusion and at Columbia Teacher's College, and her work has been featured in publications such as Lenscratch, Feature Shoot, The Photo Review, and Photo District News among others. She was recommended by our last guest photographer Samantha Geballe.