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• 11.28.2021

  Chris Facey | Dad Duty

  Chris Facey is a documentary and portrait photographer. We talk about his three current projects, #DadDutyProject, which focuses on debunking the myth of absentee fathers in the Black and Brown community, Being Careful: Carrying More Than A Burden, where...

  
• 11.15.2021

  Nat Ward | Big Throat and A New Nothing

  Photographer and poet, Nat Ward returns to the show to talk about three of his latest projects. Nat created his first monograph in 2020 titled Big Throat, published by Kris Graves Projects. His web collaboration with Ben Alper, A New...

  
• 10.28.2021

  Elodie Mailliet Storm | CatchLight

  Elodie Mailliet Storm is the CEO of CatchLight. Catchlight is a nonprofit media organization that discovers and develops visual storytellers through the practices of art, journalism, and social justice. Elodie and I talk about CatchLight's new California Visual News Desk...

  
• 10.15.2021

  Joseph Lawton | Looking out the Window

  Joe and I talk about his life in photography and his long tenure teaching photography at Fordham University. His current show Being and There is now up at Aurelia Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You can view the show at:...

  
• 09.25.2021

  In Memory of Martin Bough

  From June 2020, My conversation with Martin Bough on his life and work. Martin Bough 1927-2021

  
• 09.10.2021

  Flooding + Back to School = No episode this week.

  Had some trouble getting it all together for this week.

  
• 08.28.2021

  Anita Allyn | Teaching & Ecosystem

  Artist and educator, Anita Allyn and I talk about the origins of her photography and installation work and we talk about our shared experiences of teaching in Mercer County, New Jersey. Anita is the Coordinator and Professor of Photography and...

  
• 08.13.2021

  Away with the Family

  No show today. Traveling with the family.

  
• 07.30.2021

  Tom Leininger | Teaching & Sale Day

  Lecturer and Photographer, Tom Leininger and I talk about his shift from the world of photojournalism to the world of art education which has been a mix of full time and part time work, including being one of many voices...

  
• 07.16.2021

  Julianna Foster | Teaching & Geographical Lore

  Julianna Foster is an artist and assistant professor and interim Program Director of Photography at the University of the Arts. We have a fantastic conversation about teaching and her latest work, Geographical Lore which looks at the changing environment through...

  
• 07.02.2021

  Brendan Bannon | Teaching & Most Important Picture

  Brendan Bannon is a photographer and teacher based between New York and Nairobi, Kenya. We talk about the work his students are showing at the JKC Gallery as part of The Mark and the Memory show curated by Ryann Casey....

  
• 06.18.2021

  Efrem Zelony-Mindell | Teaching & Primal Sight

  Artist, critic, writer, curator, author, and workshop teacher, Efrem Zelony-Mindell and I talk about their book Primal Sight, pub by Gnomic Book, and how this book about a modern examination of black and white photography lead to Efrem's latest book,...

  
• 06.04.2021

  Elinor Carucci | Teaching & Midlife

  Elinor Carucci and I talk about her book Midlife, an autobiographical exploration of life, ageing, mortality, and the challenges women face as they get older to not become invisible. We talk about the hard work and stresses involved with making...

  
• 05.22.2021

  Cary Benbow | Teaching, Writing, & Textbooks

  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....

  
• 05.08.2021

  Heather Palecek | Teaching & Historical Practice

  Heather Palecek is an artist who uses historical photographic processes in experimental ways to explore our relationship with nature. She is also a high school photo teacher. We talk about her last show at the JKC Gallery and I ask...

  
• 04.24.2021

  Endia Beal | Teaching & Performance Review

  This episode is the first in a series dedicated to talking about teaching art while still having some personal success as an artist. Everyone in this series will be asked Who were your teachers or mentors How do you balance teaching and...

  
• 03.21.2021

  Gulnara Samoilova | Women Street Photographers

  Today's guest is Gulnara Samoilova and we talk about her book, Women Street Photographers published by Prestel Publishing. An amazing collection of work that showcases 100 contemporary women street photographers working around the world. We also talk about how the...

  
• 03.07.2021

  Irina Rozovsky | In Plain Air

  "I wish I had more time for my child, I wish I had more time for my work, I wish I had more time for the Humid…" Irina Rozovsky and I talk about her work being included in MOMA's New Photography...

  
• 02.13.2021

  Hannah Kozak | He Threw the Last Punch Too Hard

  "Forget about stunts, owning my story was the bravest thing I ever did." Hannah Kozak is a photographer and a Hollywood stuntwoman. When Hannah was 9 her mother left the family for a man who turned out to be abusive towards...

  
• 01.19.2021

  Stephen Frailey | Looking at Photography

  "In a way the book is almost a valentine to a group of pictures and also a group of people…a community of people who have been engaged in redefining photography." Stephen Frailey and I talk about his new book, Looking at...

  
• 12.26.2020

  Amani Willett | A Parallel Road -Ep.127

  "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...

  
• 12.16.2020

  David Alpert | What is your Reality -Ep.126

  "I'll go and hold their hand with my hand by following their cursor with my cursor."   David Alpert is an artist and curator living and working in Kansas City. His curatorial work involves interaction, connection, and collaboration with others. His work is...

  
• 12.04.2020

  Jesse Lenz | The Locusts -Ep.125

  "Like shooting in black and white it really is just trying to find a way to see all these tones of gray and to not see things so stark as good and bad or life and death…"   Jesse Lenz and I...

  
• 11.18.2020

  Finbarr O'Reilly - Bernadette Vivuya | Congo in Conversation Ep.124

  Episode Notes "What this project looks to do is go well beyond that with more nuance and more authentic voices from the community that is being reported on." -Finbarr O'Reilly   I have two amazing guests for today's show Finbarr O'Reilly and Bernadette...

  
• 10.21.2020

  Bronx Documentary Center | The End of Truth -Ep.123

  Michael Kamber and Cynthia Rivera of the Bronx Documentary Center call in to talk about several events coming up at the BDC for this short series pre-election episode. Here are the events you should support or attend if you...

  
• 10.11.2020

  Eric Kunsman | Fake News -Ep.122

  Eric Kunsman and I talk about his work, Fake News Archive Project: A Historical Archive of the Donald J. Trump Presidency. Eric is looking for people interested in the next election, and any archive enthusiasts, to search through his screen...

  
• 09.25.2020

  Sasha Rudensky | Insider / Outsider - Ep.121

  "Really my favorite thing about photography is walking around with my camera…If I could do only one kind of work for the rest of my life, I think that would unquestionably be what I would want to do."   Sasha Rudensky is...

  
• 08.28.2020

  Duquann Sweeney | Counter Narrative -Ep.120

  "I was thinking about that lately…as far as black photographers in general, will it always be a counter-narrative…" Duquann Sweeney is a photographer and a community organizer in Jersey City, NJ. He is a founder of The Royal Men Foundation which...

  
• 08.13.2020

  Deborah Jack | Drawn by Memory - Ep.119

  "When the green comes in, the grass comes back first, and then the smaller shrubs. It's always this sort of hopeful space…I always feel that nature reminds us that after trauma there's regeneration." Deborah Jack is a multimedia artist. Her current...

  
• 07.25.2020

  Habiyb Ali Shu'Aib | Beloved Home - Ep.118

  "There's a small neighborhood that's called Wilbur Section…It's known for crime, gang activity, drug usage, murders, unsolved homicide, and this is where I am from and this is what formed and shaped me…I want to give something back to my...

  
• 07.17.2020

  PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf - Teaser

  Here's an introduction and a short clip from PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf, a new show that I am producing for Sasha about some of the more existential questions that artists think about but don't always talk about. Subscribe to it...

  
• 06.28.2020

  Martin Bough | Curiosity & Music - Ep.117

  "You really have to understand the times we live in and…the things that you push against are the things that make you who you are." Martin Bough is a photographer, a teacher, and a Jazz musician. He has been photographing...

  
• 06.07.2020

  Tamara Torres | Who Does Art Belong To - Ep.116

  "I can't take that (art) with me when I am gone, but I can certainly pass the message and leave behind how important art is as a tool to get better from trauma in life and just move forward." Tamara...

  
• 05.22.2020

  Ross Kasovitz | K&M Camera Past, Present, & Future - Ep.115

  "I can tell you stories upon stories about endless amounts of people who have come through from Roy DeCarava, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Frank, Larry Clark…all the icons of the fine art photo community…everybody…Helen Levitt and Mary Ellen Mark. Just amazing...

  
• 05.09.2020

  Emily Hanako Momohara | Fruits of Labor - Ep.114

  "My grandmother's family were all incarcerated at Minidoka, one of the WWII Japanese-American camps, and I just felt like there were few communities that stood up for them at that time and with the privilege that I have now, with...

  
• 04.18.2020

  Roula Seikaly I Photos without People - Ep.113

  "There is suddenly, in some ways, a whole new branch, a whole new subject for photography…How will notions of isolation, loneliness, communication…be addressed photographically and are those photographic subjects? " Roula Seikaly and I recorded at the SPE Conference in...

  
• 04.02.2020

  John D Freyer | Building Recovery Capital - Ep.112

  "I say that as a person who shifted from being an artist/activist to someone who has really taken the activism part of my practice and my life and put it front and center." John Freyer is an artist, activist, and...

  
• 03.16.2020

  Matthew Leifheit | Ocean Meets the Bay - Ep.111

  Matthew Leifheit | Ocean Meets the Bay "I think people are increasingly asked to choose many paths at once, so my professional practice class has been retitled, How to Become a Self-Cleaning Oven. " Matt Leifheit is a photographer, magazine...

  
• 02.29.2020

  Paolo Morales | Blind Leading the Blind - Ep.110

  "When I would come up from Virginia I would go there and I would take pictures and I would be like, okay if I take a picture then he'll live until next time." Paolo Morales and I met to record...

  
• 02.07.2020

  John Sanderson | Carbon County - Ep.109

  "I saw the sun coming over the east, over the landscape and the farmlands and I saw this hot air balloon that was coming up, this bright red…extremely saturated red hot air balloon…and behind it was sun lighting it up...

  
• 01.24.2020

  Andrew Cenci | Louisville - Ep.108

  "Photography has been a really healing practice for me and a spiritual practice in terms of just going out and making work." Andrew Cenci is a photographer based in Louisville Kentucky. He was visiting New York last year to see...

  
• 01.04.2020

  Amr Alfiky | Muslim in America Ep.107

  "I think we are going to need these pictures in 10 years because everybody's talking about what happened in Egypt, but no one is talking to us about what happened to us after we were kicked out of our own...

  
• 12.17.2019

  Mark Steinmetz | Carnival - Ep.106

  "That's the pleasure of photography, it's really just kind of daydreaming with these borders around the world and what's in and what's out." Mark Steinmetz was in town to talk about his new book Carnival, published by Stanley/Barker. In-between a...

  
• 11.30.2019

  Sasha Wolf | PhotoWork - Ep.105

  "I do think it's really important to help people out with as much information sharing as possible, especially when you get to a certain point in your career and you have information to share." Sasha Wolf is a curator, editor,...

  
• 11.16.2019

  Madeline Djerejian | Double Portrait - Ep.104

  "I looked at these images and I thought, what's this about? I had very faint memories about it and so in order to sort of fill in the gaps, I wrote to people and asked them what they remembered about...

  
• 10.28.2019

  Matthew Abbott | Land Where the Crow Flies Backwards - Ep.103

  "I had to mature to a place where I was interested in the stories…It's not just about pretty photographs…I think you need to come to a point where you have a genuine interest in what you are photographing and the...

  
• 10.12.2019

  Ajuan Song - Kuzma Vostrikov | Absolutely Augmented Reality - Ep.102

  "I think it's wonderland, It's a positive little bit melancholy land located nowhere. It's not political or psychological, it's more about some far, far away world in which you don't have the keys to open it easily." Ajuan Song and...

  
• 09.27.2019

  Liz Zito | Mueller Report Fan Fiction - Ep.101

  Liz Zito | Mueller Report Fan Fiction "I felt the way to share it with adding the redactions in, it gives you at least a beat to laugh and to kind of take a break and also think about the...

  
• 09.13.2019

  Kai McBride | Different City - Half Frame - Ep.100

  Friend and former co-host Kai McBride calls in from New Mexico to talk about the big changes in his life and to help celebrate the 100th episode of the show. Kai was the manager of the photo facilities and taught...

  
• 08.27.2019

  Ann Lepore | Amulet for Introverts - Ep.99

  "My work is very much about physical places and landscapes but it's' maybe more about communities and social markers that you can see in landscapes. So I was like, what's something social or community related that you could put in...