This week, Jeffery is back from Paris and is wrestling with whether seeing so much art is inspiring or depressing. Is there a point where experiencing the creativity of others is actually counterproductive? Also, we’ve said it many times...back up your photos. Southern California is on fire and photos still top the list of what people take first. Plus, a few gift picks for both the photographers and the non-photographers on your lists. Billy & Hells are our Photographers of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #Racing
  
• Dramatic videos show stunned drivers passing fire raging alongside 405 Freeway - LA Times
  
• Musée des Arts et Métiers - Wikipedia
  
• SÉBASTIEN PRESCHOUX - David Bloch Gallery
  
• Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
  
• Jeffery Saddoris (@jefferysaddoris) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• How Oreo Won the Marketing Super Bowl With a Timely Blackout Ad on Twitter | WIRED
  
• Affinity Photo - Professional image editing software
  
• Madonna: Truth or Dare - Wikipedia
  
• Humans of New York tweet we discussed
  
• G-raphy camera insert
  
• The North Face Surge Backpack
  
• Anker SoundBuds Slim+ Wireless Headphones
  
• The Art of Mondo
  
• Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005-2016
  
• Photography By The Letter
  
• Bill's Dreamscape Prints
  
• Westcott Doublefold umbrella
  
• Billy and Hells
  
• things
  
• TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers | Time.com
  

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