This week, does “most expensive” always equate to best? SPOILER: No. Also, does finding an emotional connection to photographs (or any creative endeavor) mean finding an anchor you can relate to from your own life experience or can art have meaning in a vacuum? Plus, a terrific video series from the George Eastman House. Jane Bown is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Jeff Frost | Press Releases
  
• This is the Most Expensive Photograph in the World | The Creators Project
  
• The $6.5m canyon: it's the most expensive photograph ever – but it's like a hackneyed poster in a posh hotel | Art and design | The Guardian
  
• Photography is art and always will be | Art and design | The Guardian
  
• Before Photography - Photographic Processes Series - Chapter 1 of 12 - YouTube
  
• Excerpt of Black Drop - Simon Starling on Vimeo
  
• Four Poets Discuss Their Favorite Photographs
  
• "Capturing the Light" on Amazon
  
• "Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color" on Amazon
  
• Graham Hughes: British man is first person to visit all 201 countries WITHOUT using a plane | Daily Mail Online
  
• National Portrait Gallery - Person - Jane Bown
  
• Video: Jane Bown on photographing Beckett, Björk and the Beatles | Art and design | The Guardian
  
• BBC - Radio 4 Woman's Hour -Photographer Jane Bown
  

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