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Today we chat with Reid Callanan, founder and director of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and renowned photo educator Craig Stevens, formerly of Maine Media Workshops and Savannah College of Art & Design, about photography mentors, lifelong learning, and the role photo workshops play in cultivating community. Craig and Reid share plenty of insight, not just on the requisite trust that's required in a successful mentor and student relationship, but other topics such as what it means to be truly passionate about photography, collaboration, as well as how to critique the work of others without being “critical.” Whether you're just getting started as a photographer or you're a seasoned vet, you're sure to walk away from today's podcast with a nugget or two of wisdom. Photo caption: Double portrait of Reid Callanan and Craig Stevens Photo credit: Above Image © Joyce Tenneson Episode Timeline: 4:44: Reid Callanan on first recognizing Craig Stevens as his mentor. 12:20: Craig's early impressions of Reid. 16:25: How the concept of mentorship has changed over time and across generations. 19:56: Craig on the “workshop method” and past history as it applies to photography. 26:23: Online workshops versus intensive in-person learning opportunities. 31:38: Differences between an international photo workshop and a destination photo tour, and questions prospective students should ask. 36:38: Discussing the Santa Fe Photographic Workshop's online mentorship program. 39:20: Making distinctions between mentorship and coaching relationships. 43:03: Episode Break 44:12: On the concept of lifelong learning. 50:52: Discussing the challenges in trying to learn photography as a vocation today. 55:38: The art of critique, what makes a photograph “good,” and dealing with personal tastes and biases when discussing photographs. 1:07:38: How motivation and inspiration factor into working with students. 1:11:01: Questions of cropping, aspect ratios, and Craig's panoramic landscape photographs. 1:16:36: Photographic style and the idea of helping a student to differentiate themselves. 1:22:42: The evolution from traditional photographic printmaking to digital inkjet prints. Guests: Reid Callanan & Craig Stevens Guest Bios: Reid Callanan is the founder and director of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. In addition to all the responsibilities involved in leading the workshops for the past 32 years, Reid is also an accomplished photographer in his own right who jumps on the opportunity to teach workshops whenever he can. Reid's journey in photography started in 1974 during a semester abroad at Richmond College in London. He's been making images ever since using a variety of photographic processes. After spending 14 years at the Maine Photographic Workshops, Reid headed west in 1990, where he founded the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and the non-profit Santa Fe Center for Photography, now known as CENTER. In addition to serving as CENTER's Vice-President of the Board of Directors, he serves on the President's Council of the Texas Photographic Society; he's a Board member for the American Society of Media Photographers Foundation; and The National Center for The Photograph. Craig Stevens is a photographer, printmaker and photographic educator. He has taught, written about, and lectured extensively on art and education since 1975 when he received his MFA from Ohio University. For 12 years he was associate director of the Maine Photographic Workshops, where he was also involved in the creation and development of the Workshops' Resident Program. In 1994, he was workshops director for the 25th anniversary of Les Rencontres Internationale de la Photographie in Arles, France. Additionally, Craig has served on the faculties of the Santa Fe Workshops, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and Les Ateliers de l'Image in France. In 2013, he was the first recipient of the Susan Carr Educator Prize awarded by the American Society of Media Photographers. After 34 years at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he held the rank of Professor Emeritus, Craig left full time teaching in 2023. Stay Connected: Reid Callanan Website: https://www.reidcallanan.com/ Reid Callanan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reidcallanan/ Reid Callanan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reid.callanan Santa Fe Photographic Workshops Website: https://santafeworkshops.com/ Santa Fe Photographic Workshops YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SantaFeWorkshops Center Website: https://centersantafe.org/ Center Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/centersantafe/ Center Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CENTERsantafe Craig Stevens Website: https://www.craigstevens.me/ Craig Stevens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craigstevensstudio/ Maine Media Workshops Website: https://www.mainemedia.edu/ SCAD Website: https://www.scad.edu/ End Credits: Host: Allan Weitz Senior Creative Producer: Jill Waterman Senior Technical Producer: Mike Weinstein Executive Producer: Richard Stevens
In episode 293 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on listening to experts, and learning from those with experience. He also notes the passing of Ross McDonnell, Larry Fink, Elliott Erwitt and Shane McGowan. Plus this week, photographer Arthur Meyerson 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?' Since 1974, native Texan Arthur Meyerson has travelled throughout the world, creating award winning advertising, corporate and editorial photographs, as well as an extensive body of art based imagery. A three-time winner of Adweek's Southwest Photographer of the Year award, Meyerson is on Communication World's list of top 10 corporate photographers and was named one of the 30 best advertising photographers by American Photo. His awards are numerous including gold medals from the New York Art Directors Club, the Art Directors Club of Houston, the Dallas Society of Visual Communications and the Stephen Kelly Award for his work on the Nike advertising campaign. Meyerson was selected by Nikon to their illustrious Legends Behind the Lens list and honoured by the Houston Advertising Federation as the inaugural recipient of the Only In Houston award for individuals. In 2008, the Houston Decorative Center named him as the first photographic recipient of their annual Stars Of Design celebration. Besides his commercial work, Myerson's fascination with light, colour and the moment culminated in his 2012 book, The Color of Light. His second book, The Journey, was published in 2017. Meyerson's photographs are in the public collections of several major institutions and have been exhibited internationally. Today, he teaches workshops, undertakes individual mentoring and participates in speaking engagements throughout the U.S. and abroad. Meyerson is a former member of the Advisory Council for the Santa Fe Center for Photography and the Houston Center for Photography as well as continuing to serve on the Board of Advisors for the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. www.arthurmeyerson.com Dr. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photography, a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, a working photographer, documentary filmmaker, BBC Radio contributor and the author of At Home With the Makers of Style (Thames & Hudson 2006), 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) and What Does Photography Mean to You? (Bluecoat 2020). His film Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay was first screened in 2018 www.donotbendfilm.com and he is the presenter of the A Photographic Life and In Search of Bill Jay podcasts. Scott's next book Inside Vogue House: One building, seven magazines, sixty years of stories, (Orphans Publishing), is on pre-sale now. © Grant Scott 2023
If you want to be a better writer, this episode is for you. My guest Dave Herndon is an accomplished non-fiction editor and writer, with nearly 40 years of experience at quality newspapers and magazines. We asked him for a few writing tips, which turn out to be good advice for delivering information and storytelling regardless of medium or platform. Dave stresses the importance of outlines, so here’s a somewhat shrunken version of his outline. Ask yourself the most important question: Who cares? What’s your story in a nutshell? How are you going to tell your story? DO AN OUTLINE! Identify key elements of story: The lead/intro; the nutshell; the body; scenes, characters, quotes, key info, etc. Herndon refers to a famous example in this outline, Gay Talese’s storyboard for a famous profile of Frank Sinatra. And here’s the final piece, Frank Sinatra Has a Cold. Write like a craftsperson--assemble the pieces as you outlined them--and let the art take care of itself, in the process of rewriting/self-editing. Take it from the likes of Tom Wolfe and Ernest Hemingway: set a reasonable quota for a day, and stop hard when you reach it. Wolfe set himself a quota of 1,000 words a day. That doesn’t mean you have to. The next day, self-edit the stuff you wrote the day before and pick up in the midstream. Herndon referred to two examples of craftsmanship that represent solutions to different interviewing/writing problems. He wrote a piece about Ted Turner, A Turning Point in Turner Country, but only had 20 minutes with TT. See how he deployed a scant inventory of quotes to create the impression that Turner himself is helping to tell this story. Another piece had the opposite issue: Herndon had lots of access to the subject--who died while he was writing it. So the story had to change in mid-process, with the stakes raised considerably. The piece is titled, The Voice of the People, about Andy Palacio. Links Mentioned In This Episode Gay Talese Outlines His Famous 1966 Profile “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” on a Shirt Board Frank Sinatra Has a Cold A Turning Point in Turner Country The Voice of the People Insight Meditation (Vipassana) Kate Reynolds, The Santa Fe Center for Mindfulness Kelle Rae Oien, International Nia Teacher & Trainer Contact Dave Herndon Herndon-at-Large.com herndonatlarge@gmail.com HELP US SPREAD THE WORD We’d love it if you’d please share #WhatHasMyAttention with your twitter followers. Click here to post a tweet! If you want to let other people know about this episode, head on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review and subscribe! WHAT has YOUR attention? Let us know Email Us Visit JohnBiethan.com then Podchaser to see what I’m listening to and my portfolio. My podcast page is here: WhatHasMyAttention.com Music Credits Dope Digging by Martijn de Boer (NiGiD) (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (3.0) license.
Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM interviews Rev. Lin Nowicki from the Santa Fe Center for Spiritual Living. The two discuss religion, philosophy, and more.
Sheila Pree Bright is often described as a "Cultural Anthropologist. Her earliest experience as a photographer began when she spent time in Houston where she began photographing the gangsta rap scene and confronting the dynamic between Hip hop and gun culture. In 2003, she created her MFA thesis photo series, Plastic Bodies, which would later be featured in the film Through the Lens Darkly and go viral on Huffington Post in 2013. Bright earned national acclaim when she won the Center Prize at the Santa Fe Center of Photography in 2006 for her Suburbia series which features images of African American suburban life. In 2008, she premiered her first solo exhibition at the High Museum of Art, featuring her series Young Americans. In 2014 and 2015, Bright visited Ferguson and Baltimore after the murders of Michael Brown and Freddie Gray to photograph and document the protests. The culmination of these photos would become her series 1960Now which was published by Chronicle Books October 16, 2018. 1960Now series is now in the collection of the Smithsonian African American History and Culture Museum, Washington, DC; The High Museum of Art Atlanta; The Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA; City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs and the Pyramid Peak Foundation, Memphis, TN. Photographer Links: Listener Intro: Education Resources: Candid Frame Resources Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download 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 .
Listen in as the inimitable Kate Reynolds, licensed psychotherapist and mindfulness expert, coaches Melanie through one of latest and most powerful mindfulness training tracks -- mPEAK (Mindful Performance Enhancement Awareness & Knowledge). "Mindfulness is not a pet rock. It's the foundation of how to participate in our own health and healing." Santa Fe Center for Mindfulness here Melanie Harth's website and free guided relaxation meditation here
Arthur Meyerson is recognized as one of America’s finest photographers. Since 1974, this native Texan has traveled throughout the world, creating award-winning advertising, corporate and editorial photographs, as well as an extensive body of fine art imagery. A three-time winner of Adweek’s “Southwest Photographer of the Year” award, he is on Communication World’s list of top 10 corporate photographers and was named one of the 30 best advertising photographers by American Photo. His awards are numerous including gold medals from the New York Art Directors Club, the Art Directors Club of Houston, the Dallas Society of Visual Communications and the prestigious Stephen Kelly Award for his work on the Nike advertising campaign. He was selected by Nikon to their illustrious Legends Behind the Lens list and was honored by the Houston Advertising Federation as the inaugural recipient of the Only In Houston award for individuals “whose creativity and passion for his art have brought recognition to the city of Houston”. In 2008, the Houston Decorative Center named him as the first recipient of photography in their annual Stars Of Design celebration. A photographer with a strong commitment to his profession, Arthur teaches photography workshops, does individual mentoring and participates in speaking engagements throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Santa Fe Center for Photography as well as serving on the Board of Advisors for the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and the Houston Center for Photography. 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 .
Episode 6 of Print Fold Staple, a podcast about zine culture with Bruce Otter and Melissa Black brought to you by the Denver Zine Library.Bruce and Melissa talk with Bucket Siler, the founder and organizer of the Santa Fe Zine Fest. The Santa Fe Zine Fest will be held Sat. May, 20 at theFor more information visit: Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/santafezinefest/Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts: http://www.ccasantafe.org/visual-arts/public-programs/1036-santa-fe-zine-festZine related News and Notes:We're thrilled to announce the 2017 Denver Zine Fest!Saturday, June 1710am-5pmCervantes' Masterpiece & The Other Side2635 Welton St, Denverhttps://denverzinelibrary.org/2017-denver-zine-fest/MY FIRST SHOW SHOWThursday, May 18Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pmMercury Cafe2199 California St, DenverNever played in front of a crowd? Already in a band but want to play something new with some rad new friends? Now’s your chance! Sign up quick because we’re taking bands on a first come first serve basis. Get in touch with Melissa Black at melissa.rae.black@gmail.com to grab your spot and then be ready to come out and dance your butts off.The Denver Zine Library is thrilled about an ongoing venture with WaterCourse Foods, which is now selling zines out of their delicious restaurant! Watercourse Foods is located at 837 East 17th Avenue in Denver see: https://www.watercoursefoods.com/ for more information.- https://denverzinelibrary.org/2016/12/23/zines-at-watercourse-foods/Santa Fe Zine Fest Saturday, May 20 // The Living Room Gallery // 11am-5pm // Free https://www.ccasantafe.org/visual-arts/public-programs/1036-santa-fe-zine-festIf you have an upcoming event let us know at printfoldstaple@gmail.com and we'll include it in our future announcements!https://denverzinelibrary.org/Please check out the Narrators at www.narrators.org
Episode 6 of Print Fold Staple, a podcast about zine culture with Bruce Otter and Melissa Black brought to you by the Denver Zine Library.Bruce and Melissa talk with Bucket Siler, the founder and organizer of the Santa Fe Zine Fest. The Santa Fe Zine Fest will be held Sat. May, 20 at theFor more information visit: Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/santafezinefest/Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts: http://www.ccasantafe.org/visual-arts/public-programs/1036-santa-fe-zine-festZine related News and Notes:We're thrilled to announce the 2017 Denver Zine Fest!Saturday, June 1710am-5pmCervantes' Masterpiece & The Other Side2635 Welton St, Denverhttps://denverzinelibrary.org/2017-denver-zine-fest/MY FIRST SHOW SHOWThursday, May 18Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pmMercury Cafe2199 California St, DenverNever played in front of a crowd? Already in a band but want to play something new with some rad new friends? Now’s your chance! Sign up quick because we’re taking bands on a first come first serve basis. Get in touch with Melissa Black at melissa.rae.black@gmail.com to grab your spot and then be ready to come out and dance your butts off.The Denver Zine Library is thrilled about an ongoing venture with WaterCourse Foods, which is now selling zines out of their delicious restaurant! Watercourse Foods is located at 837 East 17th Avenue in Denver see: https://www.watercoursefoods.com/ for more information.- https://denverzinelibrary.org/2016/12/23/zines-at-watercourse-foods/Santa Fe Zine Fest Saturday, May 20 // The Living Room Gallery // 11am-5pm // Free https://www.ccasantafe.org/visual-arts/public-programs/1036-santa-fe-zine-festIf you have an upcoming event let us know at printfoldstaple@gmail.com and we'll include it in our future announcements!https://denverzinelibrary.org/Please check out the Narrators at www.narrators.org
Arthur Meyerson is recognized as one of America's finest photographers. Since 1974, this native Texan has traveled throughout the world, creating award winning advertising, corporate and editorial photographs, as well as an extensive body of fine art imagery. A three-time winner of Adweek's "Southwest Photographer of the Year" award, he is on Communication World's list of top 10 corporate photographers and was named one of the 30 best advertising photographers by American Photo. His awards are numerous including gold medals from the New York Art Directors Club, the Art Directors Club of Houston, the Dallas Society of Visual Communications and the prestigious Stephen Kelly Award for his work on the Nike advertising campaign. He was selected by Nikon to their illustrious Legends Behind the Lens list and was honored by the Houston Advertising Federation as the inaugural recipient of the Only In Houston award for individuals “whose creativity and passion for his art have brought recognition to the city of Houston”. In 2008, the Houston Decorative Center named him as the first recipient of photography in their annual Stars Of Design celebration. Besides his commercial work, Arthur’s fascination with light, color and the moment continues and has culminated into an impressive body of personal work as well and in 2012 culminated in his highly acclaimed book, The Color of Light. His photographs are in the public collections of several major institutions and have been exhibited internationally. He and his work have been profiled in many publications including Communication Arts, Rangefinder, Camera Arts, Graphis, Digital Photo Pro, Zoom (France), Portfolio, Idea (Japan), Novum (Germany), Photo World (China), and Fotodigital (Portugal). A photographer with a strong commitment to his profession, Arthur teaches photography workshops, does individual mentoring and participates in speaking engagements throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Santa Fe Center for Photography as well as serving on the Board of Advisors for the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and the Houston Center for Photography. Resources: Arthur Meyerson Ernst Haas 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.
Dave Anderson is an image-maker whose work as both a photographer and filmmaker have been celebrated in the United States and abroad. Dave's project Rough Beauty was the winner of the 2005 National Project Competition from the Santa Fe Center for Photography and became the focus of his first book, which was published in three languages with an essay by Anne Wilkes Tucker. His latest monograph, One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds, was published in 2010 by Aperture Books and featured in the New York Times and Time Magazine as well as on Good Morning America and CNN.
How many images does it take to say what you want to say? Editing your work to create a group of images that projects a coherent voice is an important part of the photographic process. Honest and unmerciful editors have the most effective stories. Santa Fe Center for Photography – home of the Creative Edge … Continue reading Camera Position 31 : Editing as Creative Process →