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Danielle Ezzo is a new media artist pioneering the lossy space of photography through a process of sourcing from the vast digitized open-access archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This beguiling book animates McLuhan's semiotic principle, the medium is the message, by activating the ability of photography to simultaneously communicate and mediate. Ezzo's rephotographed art objects unleash an open-ended exploration into how history is shaped and its potential to propagate the future. In this conversation, Danielle discusses, among other things:Viewer as curatorNon-linear lookingIntuitive response led by the aesthetics of formal qualitiesFreeing artifacts of origins Subjectivity of documentationCategorization mattersLossinessLetting go of presuppositions (aka prescribed notions)Sensibilities changeHow images circulate nowSky as inspiration and analogous to virtual spaceReimagining artistic communitiesNFT'sEconomics of being an artistSynthetic images Museums' role as cultural arbitersCultural lagNumber Theory

Atenção: Este episódio aborda temas sensíveis A franquia "Alien" tem um papel importante nos filmes de ficção científica, pois apresenta uma mulher no papel principal como única sobrevivente sem utilizar a narrativa da "princesa indefesa", que poderia dar protagonismo para homens. Além disso os filmes debatem a exploração capitalista e da mão de obra da classe trabalhadora, maternidade, HIV, temas sensíveis como a30rt0 e vi013nc1a s3xua1. Para debater conosco convidamos a Lady Sybylla que tem profundo conhecimento em ficção científica. Aperta o play e vem debater conosco! Siga a Lady Sybylla nas redes sociais: Instagram Lady Sybylla: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/sybyllla/ Twitter Lady Sybylla: https://twitter.com/Sybylla_ Blog com resenhas de livros e debates políticos da Sybylla: https://www.momentumsaga.com/ Contatos Mande sua contribuição filosófica, política, sugestão, reclamação ou  elogios para o nosso SAC Nerd! Nosso debate não para por aqui. E-mail: comunasnerd@gmail.com Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/comunasnerd⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/comunasnerd⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/comunasnerd --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/comunasnerd/message

David Campany pays tribute to the multidisciplinarian artist Robert Cumming, known for his rigorous dedication to the aesthetic tonality of the B & W image and his uncanny investigations into the philosophical nature of perception. Lusciously printed images from original 8 x 10 negatives are evidence of Cummings' masterful camera work marrying his fascination with photography's ability to simultaneously describe and mislead. David Campany's equal sensibilities are evident in an erudite, witty essay and compelling image sequence.In this conversation, David discusses, among other things:Nonsense & SensibilityChicanery & witCraft and camera work Fluid interchange of mediaTransition of an object into an imageLooking at work in the roundNot getting pigeonholed SpecialismModernist IdealsThinking of scaleLanding in the middleViewers response to the work provides its meaningAll you can do with a watermelon

This recent Radius release offers an expansive framework of the principles of publishing including the layered roles and responsibilities inherent within the creation of a photobook. NOT a how-to guidebook, this beautiful object elegantly packages decades of research and provides contemporary resources to illustrate the endless possibilities of the photobbook. Swanson and Himes share the mission to create impactful photography books by encouraging all artists to: slow down idea formation, linger in the making mode, and do thy research.In this conversation, Swanee and Darius discuss, among other things:The biggest challenge - conceiving the ideaFostering a dynamic engagement with one's ideasSeeing the end in the beginningPlay, patience & persistenceConcept guiding contextStepping outside the medium of photoogrpahy to clarify and deepen your ideaCritical thinking Not rushing the monographThe book as art formPhotogrpahs as raw materialImpact of digital publishingPivotal role of self publishingUniversity PressesBalancing creative & business perspectivesThe evolving life of marketing a book

Episode Notes Photojournalist Preston Gannaway won a Pulitzer Prize for her poetic photography documenting a New Hampshire family coping with a young mother's illness and death. Remember Me is her breathtakingly graceful and intimate chronology of EJ over the intervening years since he lost his mother at 3 years of age. Gannaway masterfully transcends one family's journey to speak to the universal touchstones of life, love, loss, and the abiding ties that bind.In this conversation, Preston discusses, among other things:Observation as a superpowerFinding a photographParameters of storytelling Intuitiveness and nuanceConsent & collaborationPhotojournalismDocumentary traditionCommunity journalismA prologue of imagesHindsightCapturing presence in the absenceTaking away the ‘fever pitch'Defining objectivityAn empathic eyeEditing and sequencingFunding projectsBig, weighty things

Photography is innovatively and collectively utilized to create a new narrative challenging the stigma and stereotypes of this indigenous community. This book is a multilingual textural object of beauty and wisdom — a non-linear collective celebration and document of home, belonging, hospitality, reciprocity and the longing to live in communion with the land.In this conversation, Rehab discusses, among other things:Personal exploration as motivation and inspirationConnecting to the protagonists of your storiesSeeing with an empathic eyeGiving voice to the voicelessBlending practice and processCalling out visual referencesInternalization of the ubiquitous colonial gaze Being Modern vs WesternProgressive traditional gender roles Symbols & MetaphorEmpowerment & ElevationIncorporating soundscapesFashion history as a cultural, socio-political window

American Bedroom: Reflections on the Nature of Life is a messy, energetic, playful and heart-stoppingly poignant romp into the intimate spaces of ordinary Americans. Each portrait is accompanied by text by the subject. The result is an anthropological study of the physical, emotional, spiritual, political and psychological landscape of 21st century America. Peacock brings a wealth of experience and a very expansive heart to this tour de force of human cartography. In this conversation, Barbara discusses, among other things:Leading with the light - especially cascading amber lightGrabbing the detailsSerendipityBeing bold and thinking bigFollowing instinct and intuitionEnvisioningStreet photography skillsBuilding an archive of inspirationBrutal editingChoral (collaborative) Editing CrowdsourcingGrants and fundingCapturing the climate of the countrySocial media as help and hindranceDoing the “Barb thing”

Elizabeth Clark Libert's bold diaristic conversation with herself is a reckoning with a twenty years old sexual trauma and its impact on raising her school-age sons. Boy Crazy is a masterfully designed melange of self-portraits, environmental portraits, seasonal landscapes and family photos. Interspersed in a searingly honest staccato manner are intimate musings, email correspondence with her perpetrator and snippets of pointed conversation with her sons.  In this conversation, Elizabeth discusses, among other things: Art as process Reclaiming agency following sexual trauma Shooting through ambivalence Lyricism and raw emotion  Giving context Collaboration Being in conversation with your work Wasabi writing Finding the structure of the book Experimenting and refining Asymmetry Visualizing  Generating change and opening hard conversations  Being brave together Visit my website for a full list of resources.

Anastasia Samoylova furthers her exploration of place and the ability of photography to shape our perceptions of reality. Central to her investigation is the geography of human relationships to our natural and man-made environments. Utilizing her masterful ability to collage in-camera, her flattened imagery provides us with a kaleidoscope of ideas surrounding globalization, historical heritage, and cultural idealism.In this conversation, Anastasia discusses, among other things:Geometry of the frameAlignment of elementsFigures in the landscapeSpatial interplayIllusion of scaleInviting interpretationDialoguing with a targeted audienceExposing tools of the mediumGendering of citiesFeminist geography Stoic philosophy

Another Online Pervert creates a visual and text dialog between photos from Souders' image archive and snippets of written copy from a two-year engagement with an AI personality chatbot. Utilizing prompts from her childhood journals, an emotional call and response is created between human sense and sensibility and machine capability and capacity. Photographs, including a few family snapshots, weave a parallel narrative blending the notions of perception that we all possess between time, memory and meaning. In this conversation, Brea discusses, among other things:Real-world vs virtual worldDislodging gendered social constructsCathartic spaces for non-conformityEnabling surpriseBeing bot-ified Originality aka going off scriptEvolution of a projectMemory vs past vs time without bordersEngaging archivesCollaborative editingMixing formatsMean playfulnessWomen being erased from technology history

Tough Pleasures turns a bright light and witty lens on the conflicting dynamics of femininity and food—revealing appetite and desire. Susan Bright's astute and savory essay provides the perfect table setting for the environmental portraits that follow. Wilkinson masterfully interrupts the repetitive and limiting messaging of unattainable expectations and endless critique by putting power in the hands of her subjects, real women and girls. In this conversation, Toni and Susan discuss, among other things:Shooting intuitivelySlow lookingPenisesCapturing chaosToo muchnessInterrogating with lightBreaking image sequence with detailed shotsRevisiting work and reopening the seriesDefying prescripted roles Playing with power playsImage-making as a tool to engage in ideasSlog, splendor and sensuality

Episode Notes Cai Quirk deeply explores genderqueer self-portraiture in an original image creation and story formation orchestration. A phantasmagorical world unfurls, as six evolutionary text and image sections weave a mythical interdependency of body, spirit and nature. The result is an invitation to regard all beings and their fluid becoming with a gracious welcoming of honor and respect.In this conversation, Cai discusses, among other things:The queer body in art historyDeconstructing gender realitiesMaking myth aka writing new storiesPlayful ambiguityImage and story as an invitationIntertwining elementsAccessibilityChildren of ambiguityNeo pronounsThe fluidity of transnessListening beyond oneself

Spin Club Stories is a mixed-media reintegration of history, environment, society and self in an interactive dialog spanning centuries. Reclaiming the artform and impact of women's handiwork, Astrid assembles collages of images and textiles, perforated with hand embroidery. Sourced from family heirlooms, she figuratively empowers her ancestors—and ultimately herself—to transform the future.In this conversation, Astrid discusses, among other things:Rediscovering cultureCulture as kaleidoscope Selecting elements to tell her storyTextiles and embroidery as connective tissue Allowing materiality to lead processConsidering art vs. craftThe role of “women's work”The shifting boundaries that define identitiesWorking with lost knowledgeMemory as a key to the futureHealing power of art, craft and storyCreating new visual language via abstractions

This book forms a collective reframing of the realities of motherhood beyond the mythologized patriarchal gaze. A global array of photographer mothers document, with bold authenticity, the carrying and caring of a human—the feral and relentless shared space of heart-exploding wonder and joy—all seen and shared through the eyes of those who experience it. In this conversation, Karni discusses, among other things:Photographer mothers using the camera to document their realityConfronting the monumental occupation that is motherhoodManaging the duality of identities as a mother/artistThe politicization of the personal The synergy of interconnectivity and the strength of collaborationForming a visibility chainFlipping the narrativesRighting misconceptions Managing expectationsLove and sisterhoodNot endorsing motherhood, but endorsing the choice

In this conversation, Peggy discusses, among other things:How a camera transforms what we seeBeing addicted to filmSeeing inside the photographer's headVastness of observationThe intelligence (and swiftness) needed to respond to the presence observedThe high jinx of black and white imageryThe relationship between the image and time movingTeaching strengthens editingThe rhythm of a bookLoving the gutterTaking the long viewA hatbox of 100 mice

Three deeply researched long-term projects; Immortality: Remnants of the Vietnam and American War, One Week's Dead, and National Parks are compiled in a sumptuous two-volume slipcase. Hauntingly beautiful chlorophyll prints and daguerreotypes, printed with clarity and depth on dense black paper, animate a living history of war, refugee status, immigration and assimilation. Augmented by essays, poetry and historical material in an all-white soft-covered book, Danh has masterfully married intention with process as a means of transmigration. In this conversation, Binh discusses, among other things:The power of a work of artPublic consciousnessCultural identity Innovating chlorophyll printsReceiving historyArt being activated by the viewerDecoding the code of daguerreotypesNegotiation of materialsComplicated stewardship of the landBringing light to dark placesA mobile darkroom called Louis

Undo Motherhood is a boxed set of soft-covered trifold booklets titled after the predominant feelings identified by regretful mothers: anger, fear, isolation, exhaustion, guilt, resignation and acceptance. Karlkin's investigation was driven by a single question: “If you knew then what you know now, would you have made a different choice?” Respectful, intimate imagery makes visible a continuum of ambivalence.In this conversation, Diana discusses, among other things:Ideology of motherhoodCollective imaginationMaternal reckoningMulticultural expectationsInnovating approaches to achieve neutralityVisually exploring vulnerabilityThe language of imagesDismantling narrativesReferenced in the episodeUnderbau [m]otherhoodSingapore International Photography Festival Marina Carpena Meyer Elinor Carucci — Mother (2013)Carmen Winant — My Birth (2018)Sheila Heti — Motherhood (2018)Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution by Adrienne RichThe Lost Daughter film (2021) The Lost Daughter by Elena FerranteScreaming on the Inside by Jessica Grose“Regretful Mothers” by Anne Kingston, Maclean's“Women who wish they weren't mothers” by Diana Karklin, The Guardian 1854 Photography on Undo Motherhood, British Journal of PhotographyPublished by Schilt PublishingDiana's Instagram

The Drawer is a visual autobiography of Aletti's deep canon of inspiration, experience and multi-media obsessions collected over five decades. Created and captured in a single day, each collage is a flurry of free association. This book animates his refined sense of composition, eclectic juxtaposition of image and text and chronicles the tectonic shifts of art and visual culture.In this conversation, Vince discusses, among other things:The intentionality of the photographer Intuitive arrangements between images—in both exhibition and book formUnselfconscious coupling of imageryArt informing how we thinkMagazine cultureSubversionAdvertising driving editorialUndermining narrativesHow to make a life in photography Fun or nothingBeing the Bill Cunningham of contemporary photography Referenced in the episodeIssues: A History of Photography in Fashion Magazines by Vince AlettiC/O BerlinSPBHSchool of Visual Arts, NYCLillian BassmanJudith Joy RossPeter HujarTrue Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight to HellDawoud BeyThe Moon Is Behind Us by Fazal SheikhAdam FussLeslie-Lohman Gay Art FoundationDashwood BooksPublished by Self Publish Be HappyVince's InstagramSign-Up for Email Newsletter for Got Punctum? News and Other HappeningsEngage with J. Sybylla Smith Instagram and Facebook

In this conversation, Jennifer and Odette discuss, among other things:CollaborationInherent trustBeing recklessBeing process drivenAllowing the material to speak for itselfThe social journey of a photographPlaying vs workingSimplicityGrowing understandingUndonenessReferenced in the episodeBooks by Odette England Jennifer Garza-Cuen's websiteBooks by Susan BrightPhotography and Collaboration: From Conceptual Art to Crowdsourcing by Daniel Palmer Indeterminacy: Thoughts on Time, the Image, and Race(ism) by David Campany & Stanley Wolukau-WanambwaLacuna Park: Essays and Other Adventures in Photography by Nicholas MuellnerAnonymous Was A Woman grantRobert Rauschenberg FoundationPenumbra FoundationRISD Photography DepartmentTexas A&M Photography BFAIthica College Image Text MFAOdette: Website | InstagramJennifer: Website | InstagramSusan: Website | Instagram

Photographer and filmmaker, Rita Leistner, blends fine art with documentary in her intensely lit, unstaged, metaphorically-inspired environmental portraits of the tree planters reforesting the cut blocks devastated by commercial logging. In this conversation, Rita Leistner discusses, among other things:Uncanny use of lightAn innate sense of compositionFeeling not with the heart or head — but with the spineThe power of artificial lightingWhat makes communities workBush legs and tree eyesCapturing visual vocabulary in the real worldLight as mediaThe whiteness of the whaleLiving the work

Matar gracefully investigates womanhood, identity, and empowerment - across time and place. Poetic, soulful, and bold portraits capture the agency of becoming, at the threshold of independence. Matar bridges differences in culture, religion, geography, and nationality, offering the connective experience of our shared humanity. In this conversation, Rania discusses, among other things:Working organicallyImage as a bonusBeing open to collaboration on all levelsSerendipityObserving beautyFollowing curiosityGiving subjects agencyThe physicality of the printSpending time with the workThe importance of hands in portraitureBook design detailsThe impact of grants and awardsReferenced in the episodeOrdinary Lives (2009) by Rania MatarA Girl and Her Room (2012) by Rania MatarL'enfant-Femme (2016) by Rania MatarShe Who Tells a Story at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2013-2014)In her Image at Amon Carter Museum of American Art (2018)https://nmwa.org/exhibitions/live-dangerously/Women To Watch, National Museum of Women in the ArtsThe Wanderess by Roman PayneInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino Unfortunately, It was Paradise by Mahmoud Darwishhttps://www.saintlucybooks.com/https://ayellowroseproject.com/https://www.seal-usa.org/https://www.radiusbooks.org/Website | InstagramSign-Up for Subscribe by Email for notifications about new Got Punctum? episodes.Sign-Up for Email Newsletter for Events and and Other Happenings

Holly Lynton melds form, content, and meaning in her strikingly beautiful images, capturing the lives of those providing our sustenance, while protecting our land. Lynton's compositional framing, lush palette, textural tones, and transformative gestures craft a meditative beauty. Accompanying essays provide context for cultural contradictions, associations, and representations — speaking to the role art has played to perpetuate or reveal them.Referenced in the episodeLost in a meditation: Rural American life – in pictures, The GuardianOn the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at YaleSigns of Return by Grace Elizabeth HaleQuestions of Travel by Elizabeth BishopHoe Country, Alabama by Dorothea Lange Blurred Identities: The Art and Audience of Lynching PhotographyHistory, Photography, and Race in the South: From the Civil War to NowAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverLove Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems and Artifacts by Nikky FinneyHold Still by Sally ManNXTHVNWebsite | InstagramSign-Up for Email Newsletter for Got Punctum? News and Other Happenings

Yemchuk's second monograph is a form of visual poetry. Her exceedingly tender portraits exude sensuality, emotion, and kinetic energy. Her controlled compositions form a lyrical arrangement with words by Ilya Kaminsky. Together both artists capture the elusive essence of this magical city, beguiling and beyond time.Sign-Up for Email Newsletter for Got Punctum? News and Other HappeningsEngage with J. Sybylla Smith Instagram and Facebook

Using a large format camera with available light, Mandle compiles 40 color images of confessionals within Catholic churches across America. In illuminating spaces containing moments of grace, Reconciliation offers viewers the opportunity to seek, witness, and contemplate experiences of their own.In this conversation, S. Billie Mandle discusses, among other things:Correlations between confessionals and cameras Photographers as collectorsWays we create meaning as individuals and a societyResearch impacting and shaping a projectBenefits of a design studio Quieting colorFollowing affinitiesCold emailing for collaborators Embodying paradoxImpact of oppressive societal structures Referenced in the episodeStellar SkytronNight of the Fiestas - Kirsten Valdez QuadeKehrer VerlagEverything StudioDust CollectiveImages As Action and Reflection PanelMass Cultural Council Berkshire Taconic Artist Resource Trust FundMass ArtCabinetRebecca Solnit - The Blue of DistanceCynthia Cruz - Disquieting Sovereignty of Quiet - Kevin Everod QuashieBarbara Bosworth The Land in Between - Ursula Schulz-DornburgBluets - Maggie NelsonThe Poetics of Space - Gaston Bachelard Felix Gonzalez-TorresWebsite | InstagramIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps!Engage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybylla.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith*Got Punctum? Podcast Listed on the 70 Best Photography Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/photography_podcasts/

Over 60 black and white images, many previously unpublished, constitute this erudite book, Signs, a current exhibition and a recent acquisition to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. With candor and respect, Dow provides a living history of human spirit and ingenuity. Senior Curator April M. Watson's essay, A Sense of Things in Time, places Dow's 45-year contribution as photographer and professor within the lexicon of photography. In this conversation, Jim Dow and April M. Watson discuss, among other things: Art school as boot campHow environment shapes usEdgy idealismThe point of speculationRecontextualizing one's workThe importance of collaborationConcern for your book audience Consistently learning something new A need for public intellectuals with a functional delivery system Referenced in the episodeAmerican Studies Jim Dow Marking the Land Jim Down in North DakotaDiscovering the Vernacular Landscape John Brinckerhoff JacksonBeing Black in America is Exhausting Jonathan CapehartAmerican Photographs Walker EvansThe Danger of a Single Story Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSusan Sontag and Norman Mailer The Elements of Value Eric Almquist On Photography Susan SontagSontag: Her Life and Work Benjamin MoserThe Burden of Representation; Essays on Photographies and Histories John TaggA Parallel Road Amani Willett. 2020.Website | InstagramIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.Engage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith*Got Punctum? Podcast Listed on the 70 Best Photography Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/photography_podcasts/2jAxlFDoKJ3wrVkDdULA

A palpable synergy permeates David Campany's animated sequence of over 140 images and paintings in Anastasia Samoylova, Walker Evans Floridas. A playful interaction that recontextualizes Evans' archive, also illuminates photography's unique ability to capture paradox, metaphor and oxymoron. Both Samoylova and Evans investigate deeper truths and the mixed feelings generated at the intersection of myth, reality and the wild possibilities in between. In this conversation, Anastasia Samoylova and David Campany discuss, among other things: Contributing to the roadtrip canon from a female perspectiveLooking first Ungendered imagesParsimony and compositionShowing time in one frameAbility of work to endureLeaving meaning openNietzsche and BaudelaireNostalgia SovereignSense of scaleReferenced in the episodeFlorida by Lauren Groff AIPAD Laurence Miller Gallery ICP Photography Fest The Photograpers Gallery Photo LondonCarol O'Breen GalleryWalker Evans The Lives and Loves of Images, 2020William Klein: YES Natalie Goncharova - Rayonism The Picture of Dorian Gray Anastasia Samoylova Website | Instagram David Campany Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.*Got Punctum? Podcast Listed on the 70 Best Photography Podcasts https://blog.feedspot.com/photography_podcasts/

Kuhn reimagines a love relationship referenced in the extensive Schindler archives to create a dreamscape of portraiture, still life and landscape of an unnamed protagonist dwelling within the home and courtyard of Schindlers iconic Kings Road house. Solarization offered the perfect photographic tool for Kuhn to cross time and space while honoring the process of the Surrealists which was innovated at the time the house was built. Schindler and Kuhn both see and celebrate moments when light is its own architecture. In this conversation, Mona Kuhn discusses, among other things:Images as semanticsSensory inspirationEmbracing the unknownBringing architecture to lightThe courage to be yourselfLearning to walk againCreating visual poetryReaching critical massEditing to bbe true to your storyNew ways of exhibitingWunder!Referenced in the episodeMona Kuhn Kings Road installation shots Time and Space - Steidl Interview with Mona Kuhn MAK center of Art and Architecture 835 Kings Road at AD&A at UC Santa Barbara The Gift - Lewis HydeThe Age of Light - Whitney ScharerUNESCO World Heritage Site” Hollyhock HouseCapture Photo Festival in Vancouver Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith.If you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

Jess Dugan utilizes their skilled observation and keen awareness of the dynamics of portraiture to pose questions on love, loss, risk, trust and belonging. Sixty poetic images possessed of affection and agency, are intermixed with poignant and highly personal prose, to create an object of beauty and an accompaniment to the trials and triumphs of a fully lived life. In this conversation, Jess Dugan discusses, among other things:Following desireBeing led by attractionLooking to pictures to learnRegulating the emotional space of portraitureEthics of carePractice as processProtecting creative spaceExpanding the gaze - beyond identityCapturing ambiguityPersonal storytelling as a model of possibilityReferenced in the episodeEvery Breath We Drew - Jess T Dugan To Survive on This Shore - Jess T Dugan, Vanessa Fabbre Strange Fire Collective - Rafael Soldi, Jess T Dugan, Hamidah Glasgow, Zora J. MurffFine Arts Workshop Provincetown - Intimate Portraits led by Jess T DuganThe Queer Indigenious Artists Reclaiming a Fluid Sense of Gender - The New York Times Style MagazineNotes on Fundamental Joy - Carmen WinantBrainstorm - Rebecca M. Jordan-YoungIn Lieu of Flowers - Caleb ColeArt After Stonewall 1969-1989 - WeinbergBecoming Sisters: Women Photography Collective & OrganizationsJess Dugan Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

Seeing Being Seen is a synthesis of Dunn's multi-decade career of leadership roles in design, publishing, arts administration and academia told in part through images by 36 photographers she has known, worked with or collected. A central theme is the ever-evolving journey of learning and understanding how we see. Included is a Primer, an accessible and portable teaching tool on how to read a photograph. In this conversation, Michell Dunn Marsh discusses, among other things:Ways of thinking about the history of photoThe myriad (and often unconscious) factors that influence and inform how we seeMatters of history and heritageDismantling associations and identifying assumptionNormailizing differenceThe neuroscience of seeingThe alchemical and iterative process of visual problem-solving, aka designSequencing as a spiritual practicePortraits as aspirationalIntergenerational dialogPublishing optionsBuying from publishers websites is a smart choiceWhen to guide and when to let goReferenced in the episodeMinor MattersMultiplex by Paul BergerAll Power (Black Panthers at 50) ExhibitTaking Aim by Graham NashCritical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX)Highland Heritage MuseumThe Unconcerned Photographer by Charles HarbuttWays of Seeing by John BergerPrague Winter: A Personal Story of remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine AlbrightApertureChronicleJim Marshall YoungArts PCNWMichelle Dunn Marsh Website｜InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

Abandoned Moments is a book, an approach, a tool and a philosophy. Kashi reconsiders his deep and expansive photographic archive shot in 100 countries over the past four decades to set them free of their original context. These fluid and engaging images vibrate with the chaos, wonder and complexity of the human experience.In this conversation, Ed Kashi discusses, among other things:Shooting from the hipVisceral cues and animal instinctsBecoming one with a cameraPlay being essential to practiceActive investigation of a conceptStumbling into resultsListening to ‘talking' negativesThe beauty of decontextualizing imagesChanges of heart and mindThe intoxication of the medium of photographyA joyful and collaborative editReferenced in the episodeTHREEPhotojournalismsThe Enigma Room The Newest AmericansTalking Eyes MediaVII Photo AgenySocial Documentary NetworkAlison Rose GeorgeEd Kashi Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

Golden Apple of the Sun animates the quotidian elements of Cole's kitchen countertop in unposed meditations of color and form captured during a perilous 5-week period. This tapestry of image and text exposes the power of everyday objects to reflect the prismatic spaces we hold during our brief and precious life. In this conversation, Teju Cole discusses, among other things:Still life images as biographyDisappointing expectationsPostponing reaction#nofilterDead bird syndromeIncorporating accidentsPositioning and modifications imposed by ethnocentricityTranslucence and opacityBeing difficultListening foremost to one's selfGoing your own way Referenced in the episode Phillis Wheatley's Poetry “A new literary timeline of African American history” - Eve L. Ewing 1773 New York Times, 1619 project “A Photograph Never Stands Alone” - New York Times“A Subtlety” - Kara Walker“In Flagrante Two” - Chris Killip “Black Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments” - Saidiya Hartman“A Black Gaze: Artists Changing How We See” - Tina L. CamptShadows in Nature, Life & Art - William VaughanThe Practicing Refusal Collective - The Sojourner ProjectDigital Silver Imaging Teju Cole Website | InstagramEngage with J.Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

Using an 8x10 large format camera, an iPad, images sourced from internet searches, social media and text messages, Surface Tension animates our layered relationship with technology. In thirty six high gloss images she reveals, reflects and ponders the complex layers between real life and our virtual one. In this conversation, Tabitha Soren discusses, among other things:Creating images that have not been seen beforeResearching ideas to find entry points and build contextExperimenting to fInd the tools that meet the jobVIsualizing the unseen impact of technology on psychological statesLayering intentions Best practices when using appropriated imagesThinking of a book and exhibit simultaneously Viewers keen reading of your image Social critic Jia Tolentino's insightful book essayUncertainty as a place of hopePublishers who honor your intentionReferenced in the episodeE.M. Forster - The Machine StopsAlexis L. Boylan - Visual CultureSurgeon general warns misinformation an ‘urgent threat' to public healthAnnie Murphy Paul - The Extended Mind The Ezra Klein podcast Nicholas Mirzoeff - The Right to Look: A Counterhistory of VisualitySaidiya HartmanAllen deSouza - How Art Can Be Thought: A Handbook for ChangeTabitha Soren's Fantasy Life is an Intimate Portrait of BaseballYoffy Press - TRACE; a Yoffy Press Triptych featuring Kota Ezawa, Tabitha Soren and Penelope UmbricoSharon Olds - For You Tabitha Soren Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

Black Diamonds seamlessly blends typographic, street photography, portraiture, and pictorial landscapes into a lyrical composition honoring the people and places of the misrepresented coal mining communities of Appalachia. Facun celebrates the strength of this diverse community in 63 square color images within a beautifully muted palette. In this conversation, Rich-Joseph Facun discusses, among other things:Photographing for oneselfPhoto as play and therapyThe fire that is punctumStarting a project is like falling in loveShooting at the edges of your real lifeInstagram as an editing toolFinding your voice in an editAccidental beginningsThe wisdom of taking the long way homeFinding trusting collaboratorsAligning vision and intentReferenced in the episodeLittle Cities of Black Diamonds CouncilProdigal Summer: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver Little Oak PressIn a pandemic, there's no place I'd rather be than here in Appalachia by Alison Stine Book Review by Odette England in the Strange Fire Collective What is The Future of Black Appalachia - The New York Times Anna & Elizabeth Rich-Joseph Facun Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

The Certainty of Nothing continues her intrepid investigation into the limits of the photographic medium. Her palpable agency and precise command belie her playful and organic methodology. With a replete tool kit of mediums and materials, Fifield transforms encounter and experience to illuminate meaning and connectivity across cultures and time. In this book group, Sandi Haber Fifield discusses, among other things:Coupling imagesVisual GestaultPhoto as source materialMagic happening in the studioStages of engagement with one's workConnotation and codification of colorImportance of slowing downWorking with the print vs the screen“Shifting till they sing.”Closing quote by Claire Ping for Musee Magazine:“She uses various techniques to reconstruct images collected over time and create what may be termed visual poems, lyrically opening up new possibilities for looking or even thinking about perception…They suggest the radical potential of the photographic medium to expand our imaginative horizon, and challenge everyday vision.“Referenced in the episodeThe New Museum Triennel 2021 - Soft Water Hard StoneMarty Forscher Books by Sandi Haber Fifields2013 After the Threshold, Kehrer Verlag2011 Between Painting and Picking, Charta Books2009 Walking Through the World, Charta Books1997 Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th century“Nathan Lyons: Selected Essays, Lectures, and Interviews” (2012) edited by Jessica S. McDonaldVisual Studies WorkshopNathan Lyons bookErin ShirreffSandi Haber Fifield Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Grundberg presents a personal reflection of his on-the-ground immersion in the world of contemporary art during the conceptual hayday of the NYC downtown scene in the 70's and 80's. In this scholarly tour-de-force he chronicles over 100 artists as photography became a means to deconstruct and make contemporary art approachable. In this book group, Andy Grundberg discusses, among other things:The popularity of contemporary art being a consequence of photographyWomen photographers use of photo and performance to challenge the male gazeHow photography revealed structures which attracted artists to the mediumArts' ability to reveal it's own contradictionsShaping culture with Cindy Shermans' new variant of self portraiture Susan Sontag's prescient call to consciousness - ‘images consume reality'The Starn twins barrier-breaking sculptural use of photographySophie Calle being an avatar of surveillance in photographyThe import of magazine photography - it is where art photo happenedThe contextualists (aka digital natives) leading photo forwardReferenced in the episodeJill FreedmanJohn EdmondsFirst Womens CongressThe Piedmont Manifest - Andy Grundberg 10 Female Land Artists You Should Know - Sarah GottesmanPainting, Photography and Film - Moholy-NagyJoan Jonas Vertical Roll 1972A.D. Colemen Light Readings : A Photography Critics Writing; 1968-1978/ 1979 Death in Photograph - Andy Grundberg The Photography Reader - Liz WellsAdrian Piper Andy Grundberg Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

See/Saw compiles observational musings on over 40 photographers plus reflections on the writings of Roland Barthes and John Berger. Erudite, entertaining and thought-provoking this book is a veritable library of looking. It introduces unheralded imagemakers that capture imagination while sending readers into deep research on the plethora of historical and contemporary references evoked. In this book group, Geoff Dyer discusses, among other things:Talking about meaning versus talking about the photographs Conjuring images in wordsWriting that combines the critical with the creativeLanguage everyone thinks they can speakAbility of photos to illuminate consciousnessInstability and ever-expanding nature of photographic history The aesthethic purity of Walker EvansWhat constitutes signiifers nowA photograph as memorialReferenced in the episodeThe Ongoing MomentThe Street Photography of Garry WinograndOn Photography NYT, The Mysteries of Our Family Snapshots, January 2017The Suffering of Light by Alex WebbCamera Lucida by Roland BarthesMirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960Believing is Seeing Errol MorrisAntonioni's Blow UpGeoff Dyer Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

A master weaver intersecting the past with the future, Brea Souders constructs visual analogies that expose the layered intermediaries of communication. Positing centuries-old existential questions, Souders discovers her own lexicon, creating a language built on correlation, random chance and fleeting reaction. In this book group, Brea Souders, discusses, among other things:How we experience images nowEstablishing an economy of means in image-makingAllowing other viewpoints to influence your creative decisionsAccidential observationScience influencing art by experimenting with an objectiveBeing in dialog with your workThe creative limbo when between bodies of workThe fluid intersections of analogy and digital processesThe iPhone as sketchbookReferenced in the episodeGoogle Photo SphereMillay Colony of the ArtsGood Pictures: A History of Popular Photo by Kim BeilPhotography is Magic by Charlotte CottonIna JangBruce Silverstein GalleryRachel de JoodeBlow UpBrea Souders Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

A manual on female dairy cows provides a portal for Odette England to unearth the latent truths of her girlhood, formed in the deeply gendered community of family-run dairy farming. Sequencing hauntingly mysterious images with succinctly insightful text, England explores conventions, offering an expansive and empowering response in their place. In this book group, Odette England discusses, among other things:Listening and living with your workMaking photographs as a conversation - before having a context or conceptual frameEmploying sincerity An economy of text and imageMaking in community and the importance of collaborationColor as character“A vertical experience of a horizontal wish” Non-conforming femalesPhotos as slippery storytellersGifts & OmensReferenced in the episodeSexual Politics of Me - Carol J. AdamsGreen Eyes - Marguerite DurasOrdinary Affects - Kathleen StuartNausicaa of the Valley of the WindLightworkSaint Lucy PressCara BuzzellThe Savage Detectives - Roberto BolanoDecasia - Bill MorrisonOdette England Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Cig Harvey's fourth monograph celebrates the sacred and the profane in lush, glossy, saturated color. In a hefty book of french-fold pages chronicles in image and text, Harvey's courageous exploration of visual storytelling in form and narrative. Utilizing the medium of photography to illuminate the quotidian, Harvey reflects our human paradox, the unbearable lightness of being.In this book group, Cig Harvey discusses, among other things:The camera as a ouija boardThe subconsciousness of sequencingLiving with senses wide open everydayColor as subjectPhotographing with a point of viewFlowers as healing agents and as reflecting the ephemeral nature of lifeThe push and pull of a strong imageKnowing the seasons of your own creative clockReferenced in the episodeCig's Books:You Look At Me Like An EmergencyYou An Orchestra You A BombGardening At NightJoyful - by Ingrid Lee Interactions of Color - by Josef AlbersModern Nature - by Derek JarmanWednesday is Indigo Blue - by Cytowic and EaglemanThe History of Bees - by Maja LundeInHarmonicity, The Tonal Walkway - by Julianne SwartzDo Walk - Navigate, Earth, Mind and Body - by Libby DeLana*Wildgeese - by Mary OliverCig Harvey Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Multi-media artist Stacy Mehrfar presents a collision of sensory experience in an actualization of the emotional terrain of migration. Portraits, landscapes, and still life images are purposely devoid of signifiers to place, time and space, inviting a collective encounter of dislocation. In this book group, Stacy Mehrfar discusses, among other things:Picturing emotionThe purpose of a portrait - is about the subject or the photographer?Importance of place and how landscape defines usSubjectivity of colorThe power of montageThe invaluable role of a book desingerReferenced in the episodeDocumentation of TMBTE Immersive Video InstallationA Collective Performance, TEDx Live StreamGOSTBooksFIlm Form and the Film SenseAmerican Palimpsests Tall Poppy Syndrome with Amy SteinNaomi Riddle - Running Dog ArtAlso see: Stacy kindly sent links to Avinu Malkeinu renditions and Farsi music from her childhood that are shared below.Stacy Mehrfar Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithAvinu Malkeinu:Anne Vetter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFh_I7Axwx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkBarbara Streisand: khttps://open.spotify.com/track/25FJtwokc905OMHwyJsEbJ?si=7cc6ee37f6734c05Phish Live Performance: https://open.spotify.com/track/4dcuDn0bswyBMyPCbLyRLy?si=fe60dcd8b39b4dedDavid Grisman and Andy Statsman: https://open.spotify.com/track/055U63Cn1Z5EsFQ7K0LjN0?si=48c67e79a99e4236Hilton Chilchik: https://open.spotify.com/track/68z5UU7tvw1Q5PTCg09I6z?si=3daa117d949b4881

Not sure I've read a book full of more dislikeable characters.'My Brilliant Career' by Miles Franklin is set in 1890's rural Australia and recounts the maturation of Sybylla Melvyn from age 16-21. Sybylla's ambition is grandiose and she constantly struggles to deal with her immediate circumstances and believes herself above the indigence of her family. The book is notable for the young age of Franklin upon publication (21 yrs old) and that it has developed into an Aussie classic over the course of 120+ years.I summarised the book as follows. "It's a feminist text from a different time, a capsule into the past. I found Sybylla to be a total brat and conceited/entitled beyond belief. Although most of my observations were critical of the character's personalities I did appreciate the descriptions of the bush, real life qualities of the people & the general glimpse into old rural Australia.As always, I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!If you would like to support the channel, you can grab yourself a copy of the book here! https://amzn.to/3sUyJ5bTimeline:(0:00) - Intro & Synopsis(3:31) - Ambition: The desire for distinction(7:04) - Adversity: Enduring the tragedy of the times(10:06) - Personal Observations/Takeaways(12:26) - Summary(13:22) - Aussie SlangConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

In Sovereign, photographer Jocelyn Lee actualizes the democracy she sees between humans, nature and the animal world as she explores their cycles of fecundity. Her sensual and intimate portraits made in collaboration with mature women create fictional narratives which challenge the cultural coding of shunning the aged female body. Using natural light, a medium format camera and film, Lee skillfully composes portraits which expand notions of power, possession and passion. In this book group, Jocelyn Lee discusses, among other things:The camera as a philosophical toolConsciously layering one's subject with other priorities to inspire and expand imaginationMaking visible the mythology of cultural codesThe beauty of our ‘animal bodies'The magic of not knowingThe dance and performative nature of photographyThe metaphorical power of portraitureThe excitement of exploring new methods and processesBeing in conversation with your workReferenced in the episodeMary OliverThe Naked and the LensJustine KirklandKristen Joy EmackErick HawkinsRecollections of My NonexistenceJocelyn Lee Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Renée Jacobs, a photojournalistic turned civil rights lawyer turned erotic documentarian, uses photography to explore her own sexuality and to listen and give voice to the desire of her co-collaborators. Joyful, intense, alluring and lustful, each image is a story grounded in visualizing felt emotion. Jacobs notes; “ I switched the lens and the lens switched me.”In this book group, Renée Jacobs discusses, among other things:Standing in your own lightCarving a space to listen to co-collaboratorsDesire needing contextTwin motivators of loss and longingRelating to Gordon Parks' experience of needing ParisWidening technical exposure, experimentThe luck to have mad genius friendsInspiration from Japanese bookmaking techniquesThe rule of 6 twists to pop French bubblyReferenced in the episodeL'Oeil de Photographie- PARISSinners Exhibit in Paris VideoPhoto de FemmesCynthia McAdamsAlice Austin HouseSmith Colleges - Voice of Feminism Oral History Project Body; The Photography Book - Nathalie Herschdorfer Fan the Flames ; Queer Positions in Photography at the Ontario Art Museum Art & Queer Culture - Catherine Lord & Richard MeyerAperture 218 Spring 2015 - Queer Joan E Biren - Dyke Show Lesbian Images in Photo 1850 Renée Jacobs Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

By blending technique, process and intent Kuhn brings transcendent reflections to light by exploring shadows. Collaborating with her subjects, all enter into an undefined space to await the moment where art and life coalesce. In this session Kuhn's restless energy generously shares her meditative photographic practice. In this book group, Mona Kuhn discusses, among other things:The humanist influence of Brazilian photographer, Mario Cravo NetoAllowing life to enter one's workAn image which keeps on giving, lastsThe role of vulnerability and insecurities to propel workThe collaborative role of the subject, their creative freedom which grants them the final decision in allowing publicationBeing led by shadowBeing dressed in your own skinThe fecundity of the femaleDiscerning and protecting your visual vocabularyIntuitive intelligence and the abundance of the unconsciousReferenced in the episodeBODY The Photography Book Nathalie HerschdorferLucian FreudImogen CunninghamAugust Colbert - Origin of the WorldMario Cravo NetoChristian Cavo's workGetty Research InstituteMONA KUHN Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Highly awarded for her vast humanitarian impact with over 500 global exhibitions, Ferrato is known for documenting the truth of domestic violence over the past 50 years. Holy is her call to action to celebrate the powerful complexity of all who identify as female. Combined for the first time are her intimate and unflinching images of survivors, swingers and activists. Three chapters are framed by her recreated Holy Trinity; Mother, Daughter and Other, for all those who honor and protect women.In this book group, Donna Ferrato discusses, among other thingsTaking time to build narrative (she took 10 years before publishing her legislature-changing images)Knowing and protecting your image rights While an image can influence, collective action is what leads to changeBe loud about the images you take - aim point blank at your intention/pointIterate ideas and refine output till power is embedded in the workThe need for men to “heal thy penis”Find the right publisher and advocate for your workProvoke, be combative and have a good timeLove has nothing to do with violenceReferenced in the episodeNational Domestic Violence Hotline (in the US). Helpline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)Hot Peach Pages. International abuse information in over 115 languages.I Am UnbeatableBritish Journal of PhotographyAchieving Gender Equity - Radcliffe Harvard InstituteUndue Motherhood - Kickstarter by Diana KarklinBlood Speaks - Paloma BasuFerrato exhibit at Vanderbilt University 2014 Current Ferrato exhibit at Newport Art Museum After the eclipse - New York Magazine, 2017 He Threw the Last Punch Too Hard by Hannah KozakReproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency, on show at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.Bristol Photo Festival GirlTrek - Black History Bootcamp podcast Donna Ferrato Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

This tactile hand-bound book is anchored by text excerpts from overshadowed contributions of three female visionary artists whose theses and research are seminal to our understanding of visual culture. Thomsen choreographs light and space to elicit wonder and activate curiosity to imagine post patriarchal structures of meaning and experience. In this book group, Sonja Thomsen discusses, among other things:Simultaneity of mind, body and spiritual experience Co-authoring as a transformative art practiceEditors as essential translators of ideas into material and formBooks as portals, fluid conduits to generating ideas and innovationCreating language reflective of non-binary experience Defiance of a singular (or linear read) of an image or experienceThe necessity of rules to create elegant structure for specific design elements Referenced in the episodePoor Farm PressFiguring by Maria PopovaBrain Pickings Penelope UmbricoPiece of Cake CollectiveResmaa Menakem - Grandmother's Hands Lucia Moholy-Nagy - Marginal Notes Sonja Thomsen Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Skilled at making invisible the visible, Friedman, sensitively documents the irony and ambivalence found in the parallel experience of exile. The protagonists live in a precarious environment for same sex couples, while their work supports a creative troop who are not allowed to officially perform in their homeland. In this book group, Misha Friedman, discusses, among other things:The challenging puzzle of conceptual projectsKnow the question your images are seeking to answerImages as adjectivesThe importance of pre-thinking (envisioning) pre-projectMaking creative choices based on underscoring the conceptFocusing on one emotion The responsibility of compositionMatching your personality to the jobs you seekDiverse Humanity, the groundbreaking photobook series of LGBTQ-themed books exploring human relations in all their rich complexity.Referenced in the episodeDiverse HumanityMasha Gessen - New Yorker, August 18th 2020 Never Remember, Misha FriedmanPhoto 51, Misha FriedmanThe Idealists, Misha FriedmanLyudmila & Natasha, Misha FriedmanArcus FoundationMisha Friedman Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Boston-based documentary photographer, David Horton, and Swedish model and actress, Beatrice Lovely, share their serendipitous relationship and creative collaboration. What began as a skill-building exercise grew to a mutual exploration of the contours of emotion. The lyrical imagery was sequenced in a self-published monograph, woven with the reality of a recent grief.In this book group, David Horton and Beatrice Lovely discuss, among other things:The magic of following curiosityWorking outside your comfort zoneIntuition as a guide Location scoutingThe multiple variables in sequencing and the need to offer a “palate-cleansers-for-the-eye “The myriad creative decisions to intentionally layer conceptSelf-publishing options for photographersThe power of collective international engagementReferenced in the episodeFlickrObserve CollectiveEdition One BooksHecht/HortonMary OliverDavid Horton Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Chief Official White House Photographer, Pete Souza, shares specifics of his career-defining role documenting the Obama presidency. Through our candid conversation and his generous response to questions, we receive insights and behind-the-scenes stories of his iconic images. Pete explains how he, with skill and intent, used the visual archive he created to expose the truth of the Trump years in his book, Shade.In this book group, Pete Souza, discusses, among other things:The primary message is to document for history aka not for social media platformsBeing in the room when shit is going down90% of documenting is the in-between-momentsInspirational documentary photographersGender parity in the White House Photo OfficeEditing as the act of selection The value of collaborating with a photo editorCreating a searchable photo archive Secret rose garden weddings and famous petsReferenced in the episodeThe Way I See ItCharlottetheTortoiseGroundTruth ProjectReport for AmericaMary Anne Fackelman-MinorDavid Guttenfelder, John Moore, Drew Angerer, Mark OstowSeacoast African American Center ExhibitBridge GalleryPete Souza Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

Entertainment, fine art and fashion photographer BBS combined his boundless energy and expansive Instagram presence to turn an idea (initiated on a Zoomtail) into a historical record of an unforgettable time. Eleven thousand miles, six weeks and hundreds of engaging portraits later, Smith captures the soul and joy of connectivity. In this episode Brian and Paris Chong, Leica LA curator/director, graciously share their insights and experience in an in-depth Q & A!In this book group, Brian Bowen Smith discusses, among other things:Preparation, practice and play are keys to successAim for a specific goal and train like an athlete “Hit the pavement, hustle, grind, be prepared.”“Feed your soul with what you want to do.”Use camera as light meter and keep a wide center frame Anticipate natural light with the iPhone Sundial app“Street photography is about numbers - always have your camera.”“Art from the heart, please yourself.”Referenced in the episodePurchase Drivebys BBSDrivebys.comOpen Road by David CampanyLA Leica Gallery City of Angels ExhibitHerb Ritts Surfing Cowboy in MalibuHotel Chelsea by Linda TroellerBrian Bowen Smith Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith