This week, trying to reconcile the highs and lows of the past year and how for some of us, when an artist dies, a little piece of our history or even the personal identity that we have associated with the person (or their body of work) dies as well. It’s as if our potential, whether realized or not is inexorably tied to their energy. Also, a little about what’s next for each of us in 2017. Rodney Smith is our Photographer of the Week. Happy New Year everyone.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #2016
  
• On the Music Dying, and Making it Matter - Chris Osmond
  
• Billy Squier - Christmas Is The Time To Say "I Love You" - YouTube
  
• Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra - YouTube
  
• Edward Burtynsky’s Epic Landscapes - The New Yorker
  
• R3 Monobath Developer Lets You Process Your Film with One Chemical Bath
  
• Mamiya 7
  
• Pentax 6×7 - Wikipedia
  
• Photographer recounts moment Russian envoy was assassinated - CNN.com
  
• Freedom of Press Foundation Asks Canon, Nikon, and Other Camera Manufacturers to Sell Encrypted Cameras | WIRED
  
• Wired Magazine for $5 on Amazon Prime
  
• Rodney Smith
  
• Rodney Smith (photographer) - Wikipedia
  
• Rodney Smith, Whimsical Photographer, Dies at 68 - The New York Times
  
• Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York with Rodney Smith