This week, we’re starting out with a discussion around craft, inspired in part by the terrific Netflix series, Abstract. Also, we talk about two extremes of making work - at one end, we cite John Free and his 10 year photo essay project talking to people in the train yards in Los Angeles. On the other end, is the recent pop-up display of images and contact sheets from Robert Frank’s The Americans which, at the request of the photographer, were taken down and destroyed. Is one of these things a more valid expression of art than the other, or are they each a potentially necessary part of the creative process? Plus, with our five year anniversary coming up, we’re asking if you have any ideas on how you’d like to see us mark the occasion. If so, email us at [email protected]. Aaron Siskind is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #mealtime
  
• Mobile HD Video Camera for iPhone, iPad | App of the Year
  
• Ben Thomas
  
• jeffery saddoris — Process Driven: Ben Thomas
  
• Hirshhorn Museum visitor breaks pumpkin taking selfie | Daily Mail Online
  
• Netflix
  
• Advanced de-faking: using public sources to trace the true age of a suspected propaganda video / Boing Boing
  
• How This Wildlife Photographer Got His Shot On a Postage Stamp | Digital Trends
  
• 10 Year Photo Essay by John Free - YouTube
  
• My Photography Lesson With John Free | The Art of Photography
  
• Engineering Prints | Color Engineering Prints | Staples®
  Engineering Prints

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