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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.

Send us a textArgus Paul Estabrook is a Korean-American, lens-based photographer currently living in South Korea. He uses candid moments and chance encounters to share a personal journey that often explores the intersections of identity, race, and politics. Argus's work has been awarded by the Magnum Photography Awards, Sony World Photography Awards, LensCulture, BJP, and countless others. He was awarded 1st place in the Life Framer's Street Life Award, judged by Bruce Gilden.Follow Argus:WebsiteInstagram

“Ja, maar jij bent creatief,” ik hoor het ze zo zeggen. Daar zijn we het dus niet helemaal mee eens. De meeste creatieve uitingen zijn het gevolg van stinkend hard werken en heel veel oefenen. Visuele pushups, noemen wij dat in de fotografie. Zelfs als het niet per se hoeft, gewoon je uiterste best doen en zo steeds beter worden. Of is er toch iets genetisch bepaald en is creativiteit iets wat je meekreeg omdat je ouders die zogenaamde creativiteit stimuleerden, je een vel papier gaven of meenamen naar een museum? Hoe heet wordt de soep opgediend? Jeetje, het is maandagochtend. Met een dosis lol en een goede lach je week beginnen? De koffie staat weer klaar bij jouw fotografievrienden! ❗️LET OP: We doen de giveaway iets anders: we verloten de camera onder iedereen die in de aankomende twee weken 'LEGO' reageert. Zo is het iets eerlijker. Dus comment, abonneer en succes!

On this Artalaap episode, Kamayani Sharma speaks to Prarthna Singh and writer Snigdha Poonam about their multimedia project 2024: Notes from a Generation. In five years, the two artists travelled all over India photographing and interviewing people between the ages of 18 and 25, who would vote the national elections of 2024.   We talk about how to conduct photoshoots and interviews with a diverse swathe of Gen Z Indians from all over the country, what it means to assemble and frame an audiovisual archive of citizens and why hope was so central to this long-term project of seeing and listening. Click here to access the Image Guide.   OUR GUESTS Prarthna Singh's work explores questions of feminine identity and gender, especially as it intersects with the fraught politics of nationalism in contemporary India. Her work has appeared in publications worldwide including TIME, The New York Times, The Guardian and the BBC. She has exhibited internationally, most recently at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Her self-published book, Har Shaam Shaheen Bagh: One Hundred Days of Resistance was named one of the best photo books of 2022 by LensCulture.   Snigdha Poonam is a journalist and writer investigating trends in India's politics, culture, and society. She has worked for The Hindustan Times and The Caravan in Delhi, and The Hindu in Bangalore. Her articles and essays have also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Economist, Granta, The Atlantic, CNN, and The Financial Times. Released in 2018, her first book, Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World, has won awards and nominations worldwide.   CREDITS   Producer: Squarewave Studios, New Delhi   Images courtesy Prarthna Singh   Design & artwork: Mohini Mukherjee   Promo artwork: Jasper Levi   Additional support: Raghav Sagar & Anu Balasubramaniam   Audio courtesy: Vernouillet by Blue Dot Sessions [CC BY-NC 4.0]   CONTENTS   00:00 - 00:37 Welcome to the episode.   00:37 – 01:02 Image Guide link.   01:02 - 03:34 Introduction   03:34 - 07:48 How did the project begin?   07:49 - 14:57 Organising the logistics of photoshoots & interviews   14:58 - 20:57 The politics of the photographic portrait in the era of the selfie.   20:58 – 23:22 Developing portraits through words.   23:23 – 26:47 Frames of citizenship and listening in.   26:48 – 31:15 Excerpts and comments about the audio clips of soundscapes from the exhibition.   31:15 – 33:30 Matters of trust.   31:31 - 35:43 The temporality of the portrait.   35:44 – 38:25  What's next for the series?   38:35 – 39:28 – Closing comments by the host. REFERENCES Ariella Azoulay, The Civil Contract of Photography, 2008. Snidgha Poonam, Dreamers, 2018. Kamayani Sharma, "Prarthna Singh: 100 Days of Resistance", Aperture, Summer 2021. https://archive.aperture.org/article/2021/2/2/prarthna-singh

Ep.179 features Basil Kincaid (b. 1986, St. Louis, Missouri) an American artist who honors and evolves traditional practices through quilting, collaging, photography, installation and performance. Implementing materials vested with emotional and memorial content, Kincaid allows these mediums to function as spiritual technology that forward various wisdoms born from Kincaid's greatest values: family, imagination, rest, and experience. Kincaid studied drawing and painting at Colorado College, graduating in 2010. Kincaid has exhibited works with Hauser & Wirth, Mindy Solomon, Kravets Wehby, Kavi Gupta, Carl Kostyal and others. In 2019, Kincaid debuted a first museum performance, “The Release,” at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis MO. In 2020 Kincaid received the Regional Arts Commission Fellowship. In 2021, Kincaid became a United States Artist Fellow and joined the Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 2022, Kincaid exhibited new quilt works in both the Legacy Russell-curated show, “The New Bend” at Hauser & Wirth's New York and Los Angeles locations, and the Ekow Eshun-curated exhibition, “New African Portraiture” at the Kunsthalle Krems in Austria. Kincaid also produced a ceremonial installation at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, wrapping a Manuel Neri figure in a quilt entitled “Take Me Home” just days after Neri's passing. Kincaid opened 2023 with “Dancing the Wind Walk”, a semi-permanent fabric monument during Frieze LA, with support from the Art Production Fund; before the end of the year, he will reveal a new quilt as part of “The Threads We Follow” at SECCA, North Carolina Museum of Art, and will have a solo exhibition, “Spirit in the Gift”, at the Rubell Museum, where he was the 2023 Artist in Residence. Basil Kincaid has been awarded the Great Rivers Biennial Prize and will have a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis in Fall 2024. Photo courtesy of Basil Kincaid Artist https://basilkincaid.art/ Rubell Museum https://www.rubellmuseum.org/miami-exhibitions-2/2023-24-miami-2/2023-basil-kincaid Kavi Gupta https://kavigupta.com/artists/76-basil-kincaid/ Mindy Solomon https://mindysolomon.com/artist/basil-kincaid/ Hauser Wirth https://www.hauserwirth.com/viewing-room/basil-kincaid/ Carl Kostya https://kostyal.com/basil-kincaid-refraction-new-photography-of-africa-and-its-diaspora-surface-design-association/ Smithsonian SAAM https://americanart.si.edu/artist/basil-kincaid-32186 Artnet News https://news.artnet.com/art-world/meet-basil-kincaid-miami-beach-2402768 Artnet News https://news.artnet.com/art-world/basil-kincaids-studio-visit-2323227 Rockefeller Center https://www.rockefellercenter.com/magazine/arts-culture/artist-basil-kincaid-at-rockefeller-center/ Art Production Fund https://www.artproductionfund.org/eventsblog/basil-kincaid-art-sundae Whitewall https://whitewall.art/whitewaller/new-exhibitions-basil-kincaid-spirit-in-the-gift-and-more/ Lensculture https://www.lensculture.com/basil-kincaid UTA https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/fellow/basil-kincaid/ Cultured Magazine https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2022/09/15/2022-09-15-basil-kincaid-quilts-exhibition The Art Newspaper https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/16/quilt-covered-airplane-at-frieze-los-angeles-has-many-stories-to-tell Frieze https://www.frieze.com/event/now-playing-basil-kincaid-dancing-wind-walk

Kamal X is a self-taught documentary photographer currently based in Brooklyn, New York. Photography found Kamal in 2015, after deciding to quit everything to travel the world in honor of his best friend who passed away due to colon cancer. A hard truth that serves as a major influence in his creative style, which is rooted in telling stories that showcase the hidden truths of humanity that are often misunderstood or overlooked. Kamal's covering of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests of Oakland, CA and Washington D.C. granted him the opportunity to be featured in the New York Times. Deciding to mold those images into a mini-series entitled The Beautiful: Oakland to D.C., he won 2nd place in Lensculture's Black & White Photography Awards. More recently, Kamal was featured in Apple's “Hometown” campaign which highlighted black photographers across America. Lastly, in 2021 Kamal self-published his debut photography book, A Quest Supreme, which documents 5 years of traveling to over 40 countries in search of inner peace.    “I am a self-made photographer that strives to push my limits to create images that evoke emotion and honesty. In a world that is often consumed with what's next, my goal is to help us remember the core elements of who we truly are.”   LINKS:  www.iamkamalx.com   @iamkamalx   Black Astronaut   I Like Your Work Links: Apply to our Winter  Exhibition Catalog: https://www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/submitwork   Join the Works Membership ! https://theworksmembership.com/   Watch our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ilikeyourworkpodcast   Submit Your Work Check out our Catalogs! Exhibitions Studio Visit Artist Interviews I Like Your Work Podcast Say “hi” on Instagram  

Nina Welch-Kling is a German-born photographer now based in New York City. Nina has a background in fine art, and her photography focuses on capturing moments of everyday life on the streets.Nina's latest work is Duologues, a book of photographic diptychs that combine to create a visual dialogue between the two images. Nina's work has been included in multiple international photography exhibitions and she has been a finalist in many international awards, including as LensCulture.Follow Nina:Instagram Website

Øyvind Hjelmen er fotograf og billedkunstner. Han har hatt fotoutstilling i 14 land. Han har vunnet mange priser for bildene han har tatt. Han er rett og slett en verdenskjent fotograf, som kommer i fra Stord. I denne episoden får du bli litt bedre kjent med mannen bak kamera. Torsdag 2. mars åpner utstillingen BROKEN SHADOW - UpNorth Art Society, Bergen Sjekk ut: https://www.facebook.com/events/907713933702780/?ref=newsfeed De skriver: Velkommen til vernisassge og kunstnersamtale ledet av Halvor Folgerø torsdag 02.03.23 – kl.18-20 Det er en sann glede å presentere den prisbelønte fotografen Øyvind Hjelmen som vår første separatutstiller. Øyvind Hjelmen tør vi påstå er en av Norges fremste Fine Art fotografer, spesialisert i analogt sort/hvitt fotografi. Hans fotografier dokumenterer de små øyeblikkene av glede og melankoli, som forteller enigmatiske historier en erindrer men aldri var del av. Øyvind Hjelmen har arbeidet med fotografi og sitt kunstneriske uttrykk i over 25 år og har stilt ut over store deler av verden som USA, Tyskland, Russland, Italia, Frankrike, Japan med flere. Verkene hans har blitt kjøpt av samlinger som Museum of Fine Art - Houston, Texas, og Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligieri – Verona, Italia for å nevne noen få. I tillegg til sine fotografier har Øyvind Hjelmen også gitt ut en rekke bøker og blitt omtalt i fotografimagasiner som LensCulture og Analog Forever Magazine. - - - Sponsor: Print & Ramme - https://printogramme.no --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sunnhordlandpodden/message

In episode 237 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on taking inspiration from other photographs, post-graduate photo education and the lack of photography on the radio and television. Plus this week, photographer Max Miechowski takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Max Miechowski is a British photographer based in London. His projects, which centre on themes of community and connection, have been exhibited widely in places such as Paris Photo Fair, Photo London, Peckham 24 and The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery. Miechowski received the Photo London/Nikon Emerging Photographer Award 2022, for his solo exhibition of Land Loss, at Somerset House, London and has been recognised by the Palm Photo Prize, twice as a finalist and once as the recipient of the People's Choice Award. He has had consecutive winning images in the British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain, been awarded LensCulture's Emerging Talent Award, and featured in the Creative Review Photography Annual in 2018 and 2020. He has been featured in and commissioned by a wide variety of publications and clients including The Guardian, The New York Times, It's Nice That and The Financial Times. https://maxmiechowski.com Dr. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, documentary filmmaker, BBC Radio contributor and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019). His film Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay was first screened in 2018 www.donotbendfilm.com. He is the presenter of the A Photographic Life and In Search of Bill Jay podcasts. © Grant Scott 2022

Cuenta que tras viajar por medio mundo fue consciente de que aquello de lo que quería hablar estaba a su lado, en casa. Cree firmemente que el arte es, sobre todo, una forma de conexión, él lo ha explorado con la escritura, los cortometrajes, la música y con la creación de libros bellísimos que, a través de lo cotidiano, exploran temas universales. Pero es que además es el cincuenta por ciento de una editorial y comparte sus conocimientos a través de talleres en un estudio sin pantallas, de donde me traje tres libros firmados… Y esta charla. Hoy, en Calle Oscura, Alex Llovet. En este episodio hablamos de - Influencia como fotógrafos y como seres humanos. - Viajes iniciáticos. - La esencia de todo fotógrafo. - Y recuperar la inocencia del niño. - Autenticidad y originalidad. - La Fotografía como espejo (de miedos y esperanzas). - Sentirse artista. - Crear para comunicar. - Coste de oportunidad. - Fotografiar de manera emocional, editar de forma racional. Y – una vez más – de muchas otras cosas que salieron al paso. Quién nos acompaña Alex nace en Barcelona en 1974 y vive en un bosque muy cerca de la ciudad. Se forma en Humanidades en la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), dirección cinematográfica en la desaparecida Escola de Cinema Independent de Barcelona (ECIB) y fotografía en el Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (IEFC), donde ahora es profesor. Durante 20 años forma parte del grupo musical The Pinker Tones. Actualmente está centrado en el desarrollo de proyectos fotográficos personales que giran en torno a la identidad, el paso del tiempo y la relación del ser humano con la naturaleza. Asimismo, dedica gran parte de su energía a la edición de trabajos propios y ajenos a través de una editorial independiente fundada con un viejo amigo, Ediciones Posibles, y al acompañamiento de alumnos y alumnas a través de talleres, cursos y tutorías. Lleva exponiendo de forma individual y colectiva desde 2012 y su trabajo ha sido reconocido por, entre otros, LENSCULTURE, PHOTOESPAÑA y la Colección Gabriela Cendoya Museo San Telmo. Nuestra charla que fue grabada a mediados de junio iba a ser la primera entrega de la temporada pero finalmente, y por motivos puramente organizativos, es el segundo capítulo. Referencias y enlaces Autores y colectivos - Alec Soth. - Josep Maria de Llobet. - Juanan Requena. (https://jotabarros.com/calle-oscura-juanan-requena/) - Rafael Navarro. Trabajos - Al Borde de Todo Mapa, de Juanan Requena. - Beware of the Dog, de Alex Llovet. - Dípticos de Rafael Navarro. - Faraway So Close, de Alex Llovet. - Not About Lockdown, de Alex. - Summer´s Almost Gone, de Alex. Alex y lo demás Podeis encontrar a Alex en Instagram como @alexllovet (https://www.instagram.com/alexllovet/), en la página de Ediciones Posibles (https://www.edicionesposibles.com/) y en su web (https://www.alexllovet.com/). Gracias por tu escucha Hasta aquí el trigésimo episodio de Calle Oscura, ojalá hayáis disfrutado de esta charla con Alex tanto como yo. Si ha sido así no olvidéis dejar 5 estrellas, compartir este capítulo en vuestras redes y recomendarlo a vuestra gente. Algo tan tan sencillo supone, en realidad, una gran diferencia. Antes de la despedida, gracias a Ricoh y a su modelo GR3 (https://www.tiendapentaxeros.com/camaras/compactas/ricoh-gr/) por apoyar la emisión de Calle Oscura. Desde aquí, todo mi agradecimiento por acompañarme, por acompañarnos, desde ese otro lado que se siente muy cercano. Volvemos a escucharnos pronto. Hasta entonces… Nos vemos en la calle! Jota.

Se levanta, la mirada clavada en algún punto de la calle, varios metros por detrás del grupo. Se aleja riéndose con esa risa contagiosa y desaparece unos segundos, los suficientes para fotografiar algo que solo ella ha visto. Muchas y muchos la admiráis por su capacidad para ver e inmortalizar la luz como casi nadie, otros, los que tenemos la suerte de conocerla un poco más de cerca, sabemos que esas bellísimas imágenes son solo una faceta más de alguien muy especial. Y es que en El Club no llamamos “jefa” a cualquiera. Hoy, en Calle Oscura, Bego Amaré. En este episodio hablamos de - Fotografía y memoria. - Que en la calle lo encuentras todo. - Saber ver la belleza de la luz. - Encontrar la inspiración. - Retroalimentar nuestro proceso creativo. - Marcarse objetivos. - Construir un proyecto, poco a poco. - Escucharse. - Qué es ser fotógrafo o fotógrafa. - Hacer, sobre todo, hacer. Y de muchas más cosas… Quién nos acompaña Bego nace en Madrid en 1970 y se inicia en la fotografía de forma autodidacta para, entre 2018 y 2021 ampliar sus conocimientos en la Escuela LENS. Desde entonces sigue apuntándose a talleres y cursos a un ritmo incansable. Contribuye regularmente al feed de National Geographic @natgeoyourshot y acumula reconocimientos como la selección para los visionados de Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña 2022, el primer premio LensCulture a la mejor fotografía de calle del año y un buen montón de menciones y posiciones de finalista en certámenes nacionales e internacionales. Referencias y enlaces Autores y colectivos - Alec Soth. - Alex Majoli. - Celine Pannetier. - Cristina De Middel. - David Jiménez. - David Salcedo. (https://jotabarros.com/explorar-redescubrir-cercano-david-salcedo-calle-oscura-episodio-10/) - Gloria Salgado. - Gonzalo Golpe. - Ivonne FM. - Joel Meyerowitz. (Joel Meyerowitz) - José Manuel Navia. (https://jotabarros.com/oficio-mirada-jose-manuel-navia-calle-oscura/) - Julián Barón. (https://jotabarros.com/calle-oscura-julian-baron/) - Miguel Oriola. - Quique Corrales. - Rafa Badia. (https://jotabarros.com/aprende-fotografia-calle-rafa-badia/) - Rodrigo García. - Salvi Danés. - Saul Leiter, y el curso monográfico sobre su vida y su obra en El Club. (https://jotabarros.com/curso/monografico-fotografia-callejera-saul-leiter/) - Todd Hido - Trent Parke. (https://jotabarros.com/libro-fotografia-calle-minutes-to-midnight-trent-parke/) - Txema Salvans. - Vari Caramés. Trabajos - Aftermath, de Joel Meyerowitz. (https://amzn.to/3PgEYuL) - FloodZone, de Anastasia Samoylova. (https://amzn.to/3MgFcQA) - Galerna, Jon Cazenave. (https://joncazenave.com/books/galerna) - Polar Night, de Mark Mahaney. - Scene, de Alex Majoli. (https://amzn.to/397CFtu) Bego Amaré Podéis encontrar a Bego en begoamare.com (https://www.begoamare.com/), en su perfil principal de Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/begoama/) y también en Petuniathings (https://www.instagram.com/petuniathings/) y en Lapelidebego (https://www.instagram.com/lapelidebego/). Además cada vez más páginas y perfiles se hacen eco de su mirada. Una mirada que a muchos nos hace sentir una mezcla de admiración y sana envidia o, como decimos en El Club, de admiravidia. Gracias por tu escucha Ojalá hayáis disfrutado de esta charla con Bego tanto como yo. Si ha sido así no olvidéis suscribiros y dejar 5 estrellas, compartir este capítulo en vuestras redes y recomendarlo a vuestra gente. Ahí tienes los comentarios, para seguir conversando sobre los temas abordados con Bego. Muchas gracias por estar ahí, al otro lado. Y gracias a Ricoh y su modelo GR3, mi cámara digital favorita, por apoyar la emisión de este podcast. Muy pronto, más Calle Oscura. Mientras tanto… Nos vemos en la calle! Jota.

Born in Botswana to English and American parents, Tobin Jones has spent the majority of his life living on the African continent in Botswana, Malawi, Kenya and Somalia. Tobin has worked extensively throughout East and the Horn of Africa, particularly in Somalia, where for six years he documented the country's struggle with Islamic extremism, its emergence from over twenty five years of civil war, and its gradual rebuilding. Tobin aims to use his photography to capture stories on the continent that might otherwise be overlooked. His photo essays have covered transgender issues in Kenya, homemade prosthetics in Somalia, traditional healing in slums and the demographic makeup of Kenya. Tobin is a Co-Founder of Nonaligned, where he works with a collective of storytellers working on socially relevant, visually beautifully crafted stories for digital consumption. Tobin Jones' work has appeared in multiple publications including The New York Times, The BBC, Time Magazine, The Huffington Post, and The Guardian. He has also worked for multiple international organizations and NGO's throughout the region, including UNHCR, WFP, the Danish Refugee Council, and USAID. His past photography awards include the Marty Forscher Fellowship Award, Echo Foundation Grand Prize Winner, Pride Photo Competition, and the Juror's Choice Award in Visual Storytelling by LensCulture. Tobin holds a bachelor's degree in International Development Studies with minors in Economics and Political Science from McGill University and a Master's degree in Photojournalism from the University of Westminster in London, England.

Futari (Two Persons) is an exhibition of photographs depicting the ongoing relationship between the artist Pixy Liao and her Japanese partner and muse Moro. Liao met Moro at the University of Memphis in 2005 while attending graduate school, where she invited Moro, who is five years younger, to model for her. In some ways, this served to reverse expectations that women seek older and wiser men. From the beginning of their collaboration, Liao took the role of the director, arranging and posing Moro, so that together they challenge traditional heterosexual roles. For fourteen years now, Liao and Moro have continued to explore ideas of control, dominance, gender, and sexuality through photography.—Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Pixy Liao now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Liao has participated in exhibitions and performances internationally, including Asia Society (Houston), Fotografiska (New York City), Museum of Sex (New York City), National Gallery of Australia (Sydney), and Rencontres d'Arles (Arles, France). She has received honors that include En Foco's New Works Fellowship, Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival Madame Figaro Women Photographers Award, LensCulture's Exposure Award, NYFA Fellowship in photography, and Santo Foundation's Individual Artist Award. Liao was a Light Work Artist-in-Residence in 2015. Her other residencies include Camera Club of New York, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Pioneer Work, School of Visual Arts, and University of Arts London. She holds an MFA in photography from the University of Memphis. Chambers Fine Art in New York City represents her.pixyliao.com—Special thanks to Daylight Blue Mediadaylightblue.comLight Worklightwork.orgMusic: "Oh My," "Little Curry Man," and "Mimoku" by PIMO Band pimoband.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Una puntata ricca di argomenti inerenti alla fotografia, come la medicina, gli interventi e il senso della vita. Da buoni appassionati (anche) di Cinema e serie TV non potevamo non commentare un Netflix Original come "Strappare Lungo i Bordi", e lo abbiamo fatto nel nostro solito modo, cioè riuscendo poi a trovare dei collegamenti con la fotografia.

In episode 168 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on ego within photography, keeping it simple and inaccessible inspirational photo books. Plus this week photographer Tadas Kazakevičius takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer's the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?' Tadas Kazakevičius is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Vilnius, Lithuania. After spending five years in the United Kingdom, Kazakevičius returned to his native Lithuania where he is particularly interested in the social aspects of the people living there. Kazakevičius' ongoing series Soon to be Gone was a finalist in LensCulture's Exposure Awards 2017 and featured in The Royal Photographic Society's 160 exhibition. In 2018, he was picked as a finalist in the ZEISS Photography Awards and the series was shown in Les Photaumnales festival in Le Quadrilatère Gallery, Beauvais, France. With his series Between Two Shores, Kazakevičius was one of the finalists of the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards in 2018. The British Journal of Photography featured the series Soon to be Gone in 2019, and he was one of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2019 finalists. In 2019 he became a member of the international documentary photography cooperative, 'Inland Stories'. https://tadaskazakevicius.com Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, documentary filmmaker, BBC Radio contributor and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019). © Grant Scott 2021

Cary and I reminisce a bit about our different experiences in the textbook world and the changes that occurred in the publishing and stock photography world that came about almost simultaneously with the introduction of digital photography in the classroom. We talk about Cary's own photography, his desire to promote work from those underrepresented in the photo world, and we talk about the kind of work we might be seeing in the coming years that is a result of the psychological and emotional toll the pandemic has taken from us.   https://carybenbow.com   This episode is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club https://charcoalbookclub.com   Cary Benbow is a writer, editor, and photographer based in Greenfield, Indiana. After graduating with a BFA in photography from Ball State University, he worked in higher-education publishing for a dozen years before changing careers. He and his wife Jodi run the family business – an independent movie theater, and are the proud parents of five wonderful young adults.   His articles, interviews, and book reviews have been published in a number of online and print magazines, and his photography has been widely exhibited. Cary is a staff writer for F-Stop Magazine, a contributor to YIELD Magazine, and his writing has been featured in LensCulture, Vantage, Fujifeed, Photomachina, and ArtNarratives. He is the publisher and editor of Wobneb Magazine.   To view published written work, visit https://carybenbow.medium.com/   To sign up for his newsletter, visit https://carybenbow.substack.com/

"In classes it was always, oh the road represents ultimate freedom, exuberance, the American dream…I just kept thinking, wait a minute, this doesn't line up for me." For nearly a century, the American road trip has been closely associated with the American dream. The open road is where millions of Americans freely set out to explore the country's beauty, epic landscapes, and diversity of cultures. For a country that claims to be a free and democratic land without roadblocks, the road trip has been and continues to be a fraught endeavor for Black people. With this project, Willett exposes the cracks of this ideal version of American society, pointing out that historically the road represents a collective site of trauma for the Black community. Amani Willett is a Brooklyn and Boston-based photographer whose practice is driven by conceptual ideas surrounding family, history, memory, and the social environment. Working primarily with the book form, his two monographs have been published to widespread critical acclaim. Both books, Disquiet (Damiani, 2013) and The Disappearance of Joseph Plummer (Overlapse, 2017), were selected by Photo-Eye as “best books” of the year and have been highlighted in over 50 publications including Photograph Magazine, PDN, Hyperallergic, Lensculture, New York Magazine and 1000 Words and recommended by Todd Hido, Elisabeth Biondi (former Visuals Editor of The New Yorker), Vince Aletti and Joerg Colberg (Conscientious), among others. Amani's photographs are also featured in the books Bystander: A History of Street Photography (2017 edition, Laurence King Publishing), Street Photography Now (Thames and Hudson), New York: In Color (Abrams), and have been published widely in places including American Photography, Newsweek, Harper's, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine and The New York Review of Books. His work resides in the collections of the Tate Modern, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Sir Elton John Photography Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Oxford University, and Harvard University, among others. Amani completed an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts, NY in 2012 and a BA from Wesleyan University in 1997. In addition to his artistic practice, Amani is an Assistant Professor of Photography at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. https://www.amaniwillett.com/ This episode is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club, a monthly subscription service for photobook enthusiasts. Working with the most respected names in contemporary photography, Charcoal selects and delivers essential photobooks to a worldwide community of collectors. Each month, members receive a signed, first-edition monograph and an exclusive print to add to their collections. www.charcoalbookclub.com

Simon Lehner. Frei schaffender Künstler in Wien. »Das narrative algorithmische Bild. How far is a lightyear?« Vor acht Jahren begann er mit fotografischen Bildern zu arbeiten und sein erstes Fotobuch erschien in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Fotohof Salzburg. Im Podcast erzählt er wie sein Leben mit fotografischen Bildern weiter ging. «Simon Lehner gehört für mich zu einer jungen Generation von Künstlern, die mit fotografischen Bildern arbeiten, die wunderbar ins Narrative gleiten und uns zudenken geben, was wir in Bildern eigentlich zu lesen vermögen. Der tänzelnde schmale Grad zwischen Behauptung und Tatsache in Lichtgeschwindigkeit. Wie ein Balance-Akt einer auf der Nase stehenden Spielkarte oder wie Insekten, die sich auf dem Rücken eines Heranwachsenden tummeln. »How far is a lightyear?«, das ist hier die Frage.« Andy Scholz, Juli 2020 Simon Lehner, Jahrgang 1996 lebt und arbeitet in Wien. Er schloss sein Studium der Fotografie und der Bewegtbilder an der Wiener Kunstakademie, die Angewandte ab. Sein erstes Fotobuch machte er mit 16 in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Fotohof Salzburg. Mit seiner Serie »How far is a lightyear?« gewann er 2018 den »Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award + the Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize«. 2019 wurde er ausgewählt als »Red Hook Labs New Artist – a Lensculture emerging Talent« und für den »Rencontres d'Arles Voies Off Award«. Er war 2019 nominiert für den »FOAM-Paul-Huf-Award«, für den »Leica Oscar Barnack Award«, für den »C/O Berlin New Talent Award« und bekam eine besondere Erwähnung bei »Plat(t)form Winterthur 19« vom Fotomuseum Winterthur. Sein Buchprojekt »Men don't play« mit einem Text von Brad Feuerhelm war auf der Shortlist für den »Unseen Dummy Award 2017« und ausgewählt für das Photo Vogue Festival »A Glitch in the system«. Seine Arbeiten sind in zahlreichen Publikationen in den USA, in Österreich, Großbritannien, Frankreich, Italien, Niederlanden, Marokko, Russland erschienen. Darunter FOAM Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, US-Vogue, i-D, Paper Journal Magazine, It's nice that, Document Journal, L'UOMO Vogue, Vogue Italia, die Zeit, Ain't Bad, Ignant, der Greif, Tique Art Magazine, Phases Magazine, Musée Magazine, C41 Magazine. Einen Auszug aus seiner Arbeit wird er in der großen Festival-Hauptausstellung HÖHER. SCHNELLER. WEITER. im Kunst- und Gewerbeverein Regensburg vom 22. Oktober bis 15. November 2020 zeigen. https://festival-fotografischer-bilder.de/portfolio/simon-lehner/ http://simonlehner.com/ https://www.westlicht.com/westlicht/en/program/exhibitions/simonlehner http://fotohof.net/ Aktuelle Ausstellung: SIMON LEHNER: MEN DON'T PLAY / MEN DO PLAY 11. September bis 25.Oktober 2020 WestLicht Schauplatz für Fotografie Westbahnstraße 40 1070 Wien, Österreich +43 (0)1 522 66 36 60 info@westlicht.com https://www.westlicht.com/westlicht/de/home Episoden-Cover-Gestaltung und Texte: Andy Scholz Episoden-Cover-Foto: Privat http://fotografieneudenken.de/ Save the Date: 22. Oktober bis 15. November 2020 FESTIVAL FOTOGRAFISCHER BILDER Regensburg Der Podcast ist eine Produktion von STUDIO ANDY SCHOLZ 2020. Das FESTIVAL FOTOGRAFISCHER BILDER ist eine Kooperation mit dem Kulturamt der Stadt Regensburg. Der Initiator des Podcasts ist Andy Scholz, Jahrgang 1971, geboren in Varel am Jadebusen. Er studierte Philosophie und Medienwissenschaften in Düsseldorf, Kunst und Fotografie in Essen an der Folkwang Universität der Künste (ehemals Gesamthochschule Duisburg-Essen) u.a. bei Jörg Sasse und Bernhard Prinz. Andy Scholz ist freier Künstler, Autor sowie künstlerischer Leiter und Kurator vom FESTIVAL FOTOGRAFISCHER BILDER, das er gemeinsam mit Martin Rosner 2016 in Regensburg gründete. Seit 2012 hatte er verschiedene Lehraufträge u.a. Universität Regensburg, Fachhochschule Würzburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Ruhr Universität Bochum. Er lebt und arbeitet in Essen. http://fotografieneudenken.de/ http://andyscholz.com/

Sama Alshaibi’s practice examines the mechanisms displacement and fragmentation in the aftermath of war and exile. Her photographs, videos and immersive installations features the body, often her own, as either a gendered site or a geographic device, resisting oppressive political and social conditions. Alshaibi’s monograph, Sama Alshaibi: Sand Rushes In (New York: Aperture, 2015) presents her Silsila series, which probes the human dimensions of migration, borders, and environmental demise.Alshaibi has been featured in several prominent biennials including the Maldives Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale (Italy), the 13th Cairo International Biennale (Egypt, 2019), the 2017 Honolulu Biennial (Hawaii), the 2016 Qalandia International Biennial (Haifa), and FotoFest Biennial, Houston (2014). Alshaibi's recently held solo exhibitions at Ayyam Gallery (Dubai, 2019) and at Artpace, where she was participated as the National Artist in Residence (San Antonio, 2019). Alshaibi received the 2019 Project Development Award from the Center (Santa Fe), 2018 Artist Grant from the Arizona Commission on The Arts, and the 2017 Visual Arts Grant from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (Beirut). Alshaibi was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholar Fellowship in 2014-2015 as part of a year long residency at the Palestine Museum in Ramallah, where she developed an education program while conducting independent research.Alshaibi has exhibited her work in over 20 national and international solo exhibitions including Artpace, Texas (2019), Ayyam Gallery (2019), NYU Abu Dhabi (2019), the Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, NY (2017), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona (2016); Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (2015); Ayyam Gallery, London (2015); Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai (2011) and Selma Feriani Gallery, London (2010). Her over 150 group exhibitions include Pen + Brush Gallery (NYC, 2019), American University Museum (Washington D.C., 2018), 2018 Breda Photo Festival (Netherlands), Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona (2017); Marta Herford Museum of Art, Germany (2017), CCS Bard Hessel Museum and Galleries, New York (2017); Museum De Wieger, The Netherlands (2017); Palais De La Culture Constantine, Algeria (2015); Pirineos Sur Festival, Spain (2015); Arab American National Museum, Michigan (2015); Abu Dhabi Festival (2015); Photo Shanghai (2014); Venice Art Gallery, Los Angeles (2013); University of Southampton (2013); Edge of Arabia, London (2012); HilgerBROTKunsthalle, Vienna (2012); Institut Du Monde Arabe, Paris (2012); Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah (2012); and Headlands Center for the Arts, California (2011). She has also exhibited at the Bronx Museum in NYC, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, CO. Her over 40 time-based works (video art and films) have screened in numerous film festivals internationally, including Mapping Subjectivity, MoMA (NYC), 24th Instants Video Festival (Mexico and France), Madrid Palestine Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Greece) and DOKUFEST (Kosovo). Her art residencies include Artpace International Artist Residency (San Antonio), Darat al Funun (Amman), A.M. Qattan Foundation (Ramallah) and Lightwork (NY).Alshaibi's works have been collected by public institutions internationally, including the Center for Creative Photography (Tuscon), the Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell (NY), The Houston Museum of Art (Texas), Nadour (Germany), the Barjeel Collection (Sharjah), En Foco (NYC), and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Tunis (Tunisia). She has been featured in Photo District News, L’Oile de la Photographie, The Washington Post, Lensculture, NY Times, Ibraaz, Bluin Artinfo, Contact Sheet, Contemporary Practices, Harpar’s Bazaar, The Guardian, CNN, Huffington Post and Hysteria.Born in Basra to an Iraqi father and Palestinian mother, Sama Alshaibi is based in the United States where she is Professor of Photography, Video and Imaging at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Alshaibi holds a BA in Photography from Columbia College and an MFA in Photography, Video, and Media Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Alshaibi is represented by Ayyam Gallery. http://www.samaalshaibi.com/http://www.ayyamgallery.com/artists/sama-alshaibihttps://crystalbridges.org/exhibitions/state-of-the-art-2/https://www.artsy.net/artwork/sama-alshaibi-the-cessationhttps://www.artpace.org/works/iair/iair_spring_2019/until-total-liberationhttps://www.photographersofcolor.org/https://twitter.com/photogsofcolorhttps://www.instagram.com/photogsofcolor/https://fulbright.uark.edu/departments/art/

Amy Sacka is a documentary photographer based in Detroit, Michigan, who is passionate about celebrating the beauty of people and culture, particularly in Detroit and the Midwest. Her work has been featured in National Geographic, TOPIC, LensCulture, the Guardian and many more. She’s a National Geographic Explorer and a Top 50 Critical Mass photographer. Amy's photography has been exhibited internationally, including at Photoville in Brooklyn, Cortona on the Move in Italy, Brighton Biennial UK, and Arles France just to name a few. If you’ve ever dreamed of being published by National Geographic, this episode is for you. Amy talks about how a quest to know her father eventually led to two grants. She describes why she drove 10,000 miles around Michigan to meet and photograph ice anglers. We talk about her move back to Detroit to discover what place, home and belonging mean to her, and the surprising reaction to her ‘Roommates After 40’ project. I’m enamored with her month-long 250-mile NYC slow walk, where she photographed along every block from 1st Street to 110th Street on Manhattan’s east side. This is We Are Photographers with Amy Sacka and this is her story.

Rafael Soldi in his exhibit 'Imagined Futures' Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian­-born, Seattle-based artist and curator. He holds a BFA in Photography & Curatorial Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has exhibited internationally at the Frye Art Museum, American University Museum, Griffin Museum of Photography, ClampArt, The Print Center, G. Gibson Gallery, Connersmith, Filter Space, and Burrard Arts Foundation, among others. Rafael is a 2012 Magenta Foundation Award Winner, and recipient of the 2014 Puffin Foundation grant, 2015 Portable Works Cultural Perspectives Purchase Grant, 2016 smART Ventures grant, 2016 Jini Dellaccio GAP grant, 2017 CityArtist Projects Grant, and a 2017 4Culture Arts Projects Grant. He has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, PICTURE BERLIN, Oxbow Space, and The Bogliasco Foundation. His work is in the permanent collections of the Tacoma Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, and the King County Public Art Collection. He has been published in PDN, Dwell, Hello Mr, Metropolis, GRAY, LUXE, Lagom, among others. His work has been reviewed on ARTFORUM, The Seattle Times, The Boston Globe, ArtNexus, Photograph Magazine, Lensculture, and PDN. Rafael is the co-founder of FOUND, a space for contemporary art in Seattle, and the Strange Fire Collective, a project dedicated to highlighting work made by women, people of color, and queer and trans artists. 'Imagined Futures,' Fifty Gelatin silver photo booth portraits, 2 x 1.5 inches each. Each unique. Installation view at Oxbow Seattle 'Imagined Futures (detail),' Fifty Gelatin silver photo booth portraits, 2 x 1.5 inches each. Each unique. Installation view at Oxbow Seattle.

Manon Wertenbroek (1991, Lausanne) est d’origine suisse-hollandaise ; Elle a obtenu son bachelor en photographie en 2014 à l’École cantonale d’art de Lausanne. Dès l’obtention de son diplôme, Wertenbroek a exposé ses œuvres dans des galeries aux Pays-Bas, en Belgique, en Italie, en France, ainsi qu’à Art Basel, au Musée Foam à Amsterdam et à l’Institut Suisse à Rome. Ses créations ont été publiées dans Guardian, Mousse, British Journal of Photography, Foam Magazine, i-D, LensCulture et beaucoup d’autres publications. En janvier 2017, elle a tenu sa première exposition personnelle au Coalmine, Winterthour. La même année, elle a reçu un Swiss Art Award de la part de l’Office fédéral de la culture.

We start this week’s episode on a congenial and practical note with Frank Meo, aka “The PhotoCloser,” talking about what can be a very difficult aspect of photography for some—negotiating with clients and establishing a rate for your services. Meo, who has been a “rep” for many photographers, now concentrates on being a “collaborator.” His services include estimating and negotiating fees. Meo also speaks on the subject at many conferences and workshops, and he offers brainstorming sessions designed to empower, motivate, and inspire. On our show, he discusses business practices that will garner “clients for life,” and offers a few ideas on what you should consider when charging for your services. After a break, we take a dramatic turn and present the first segment of our serial, “Dispatch.” We begin this series with photojournalist Adriane Ohanesian, who introduces us to her work, discusses her life as a freelancer based in Nairobi, Kenya, and prepares us for her upcoming assignment in Somalia. Once a month, Ohanesian will offer us insight into the working life of a photographer in conflict zones. Since 2010, Adriane Ohanesian has covered crises in South Sudan, Darfur, and Somalia, and has been recognized as one of Magnum Photo’s top “30 under 30.” She has also received LensCulture’s Emerging Talent award. In 2016, she won a World Press Photo award for her work in Darfur, and the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award. This year Ohanesian was selected as one of PDN’s 30 new and emerging photographers. Guests: Frank Meo and Adriane Ohanesian Photograph: Adriane Ohanesian Caption:His caretaker holds the phone as Mohamed, age 4, speaks to his mother Amina from Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, January 31, 2017. www.thephotocloser.com www.adrianeohanesian.com  

Bryan Shih is a photojournalist and former contributor to the Financial Times and National Public Radio in Japan. He has a masters degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan. His work on the Black Panthers led to his selection for the New York Times inaugural portfolio review in 2013 and garnered one of the highest rankings among entries in the LensCulture 2015 Portrait Awards competition. His book, (co-authored with Dr. Yohuru Williams) was published this year by Nation Books, and work from the series will be shown at the Oakland Museum of California, the Queens Museum, and the New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party. Most recently, he has been working in larger format black and white, usually taking just a few exposures of each subject. His work, especially on the Black Panthers, centers on documentary portraiture that probes the boundary between journalism and fine art with subjects who share acute experiences and states of mind. He built trust with these “hidden” subjects, and through their experiences, explores the relationship between images and words in telling lean yet complex and rich stories that address universal subjects and themes.   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 .