In this episode we talk with Joe Troppea, curator of films and photographs and digital projects coordinator at the Maryland Historical Society. We discuss photo archiving, and the work of Joe Cole, who was a photojournalist in Baltimore throughout the 80's and 90s.

What does it mean to create an iconic image? Robert Cohen’s photography career spans about 30 years, notably working at The Commercial Appeal in Memphis and now as a staff photographer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His series on suburban homelessness was named a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography, but he … Continue reading "EP14: Robert Cohen"

Discussing photographing live music, from local punk shows to big time stars with Josh Sisk. Josh Sisk is a Baltimore based photographer who is most well known for his work shooting live music. He is a contributing Photographer for the Washington Post, Baltimore City Paper, Decibel, Noisey, and has been featured in many other publications … Continue reading "EP13: Josh Sisk"

Speaking to justice and uplifting voices of community through photography with Tanya Garcia. Tanya Garcia is an artist, curator, educator, and organizer based in Baltimore whose media include photography, video, installation. Garcia works artistically with communities to create spaces for dialogue around identity and social difference. In 2012, Garcia received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology … Continue reading "EP12: Tanya Garcia"

Amy Davis has been a staff photographer at the Baltimore Sun newspaper since 1987, photographing a wide range of subjects and stories of life in Baltimore city. Her book ,Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore’s Forgotten Movie Theaters, is a chronicle of Baltimore's historic and ever- changing movie theaters over the past century.

What does it mean to work as a team- and to give your subject a direct hand in making their image? Gabriella and Mark discuss working with incarcerated women, and the collaborative relationships that they have formed. Gabriela Bulisova and Mark Isaac are documentary photographers based in Washington, DC. For the past seven years, Bulisova … Continue reading "EP10: Gabriela Bulisova and Mark Isaac"

Webster Phillips,III, comes from a family of photographers whose collective work spans close to 70 years. Philips Grandfather, Henry Phillips, Sr. , and father, Irving H. Phillips, Jr., were prolific photographers in their own right, and now Phillips continues the three generation tradition of documenting life in Baltimore through photography.

Clary Estes was born and raised in Kentucky and is currently living internationally and working on a variety of photography projects in Japan, China, and DC. She graduated with a Masters Degree in New Media Photojournalism from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in 2013, and is now living and working in rural Moldova with the Peace Corps. Estes’ interest is in long-term documentary projects, and writing biting essays like "Fuck Photojournalism," featured on Medium.

Tony Bell is the Guardian Observer New Review's picture editor in London. Bell discusses what it's like to be a photo editor and what he looks for in photographers in a fast changing business.

Matt Roth is a freelance photographer who shoots for The New York Times, AARP, The Pivot Group, Wall Street Journal, Factory Athletics, Education Week, Chronicle of Higher Education, Printer’s Row Journal, Earthjustice, Buzzfeed, and NPR among others. His current personal project is a visual ethnography of American Micronationalists which we discuss on the show this week.