This week, we’re talking about influences, using the terrific Keith Richards Netflix documentary Under the Influence as a starting point. How do we want to be influenced and to what extent should we allow our work (or art) to change because of it? Too little and the influence may be wasted. Too much and the work may cease to be our own — and ultimately less authentic. We also talk about art as a vehicle for moving us towards attentiveness, as explained wonderfully by Milton Glaser. Plus, we’ve got some links that we will be discussing next week about inspiration and what we could or should expect from it. Conceptual photographer Daisuke Yokota is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Community - Assignment - #stairs
  
• Kravitz Design
  
• Details // LEICA M-P CORRESPONDENT // Leica M // Photography - Leica Camera AG
  
• Adobe Unveils New Mobile Apps, Adobe Portfolio and Updates to Desktop Apps at Adobe MAX - Mac Rumors
  
• iMazing | iPhone, iPad & iPod Manager for PC & Mac. Transfer, Copy, Backup Music, Files, Apps & Messages. (was DiskAid)
  
• Pixar Artists Test Drive The Apple Pencil — What Do They Think About It?
  
• The Guggenheim Puts Online 1600 Great Works of Modern Art from 575 Artists | Open Culture
  
• Over 8,400 NASA Apollo moon mission photos just landed online, in high-resolution / Boing Boing
  
• Trombone Shorty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Keith Richards: Under the Influence - Trailer - A Netflix Documentary [HD] - YouTube
  
• 10 Things We Learned From 'Keith Richards: Under the Influence' | Rolling Stone
  
• Learning from Keith Richards' fingers
  
• "What is Art, and What is Not?" - YouTube
  
• Ep. #12: Brene Brown on "Big Strong Magic" by Magic Lessons | Free Listening on SoundCloud
  
• Photographer takes snaps of 'real people' with battered and bruised faces | Daily Mail Online
  
• Amazon.com : Kyocera Yashica T4 Super Weatherproof Camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar T* 35mm F3.5 Lens and Waistlever Super Scope Viewfinder : Point And Shoot Digital Cameras : Camera & Photo
  
• Yashica T4 - Camerapedia
  
• Konica Hexar - Camerapedia
  
• HEART - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN in HD - The Kennedy Center Honors LED ZEPPELIN, 2012. - YouTube
  
• Stairway to Heaven Stanley Jordan - YouTube
  
• daisuke yokota website
  
• Daisuke Yokota | Conscientious Photography Magazine
  
• Shoot, Print, Repeat: An Interview With Daisuke Yokota | American Photo
  

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