For episode 19, we continue our conversation about collage and photography with the Alterations exhibition at the Photographic Center Northwest this past Spring. The podcast was recorded last April (2024).

For Episode 18, we discuss collage and photomontage as it relates to photography and thoughts on the Portland show, The Rose, curated by curated by Justine Kurland.

In episode 17, we discuss a local Seattle show of landscape images covering a span of the first 100 years of photography including work from Timothy O’Sullivan, Carleton Watkins, Edward Weston and up to some of the New Topographic photographers.

For episode 16, the team takes a trip to San Francisco to see the retrospective for Bernd & Hilla Becher at SFMOMA. We’ll discuss the history of the photographers, their impact to contemporary photography and our own thoughts on their work.

For episode 15, we have a quick take on artist Trevor Paglen’s recent thoughts on truthfulness of NASA images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

For episode 14, we’re joined by photographer Tara Champion who helps us discuss artist Imogen Cunningham and a recent retrospective of her work we visited at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM).

• Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM)
• Grand daughter Meg Partridge on Imogen Cunningham (YouTube)
• Ruth Asawa
• Martha Graham
• An In-Depth History of Group f.64
• Sample images from Group f.64
• Tara Champion : Photographer and Educator

For episode 13 we’ll be discussing an essay by art critic Carter Ratcliff. Looking through the lens of the seminal documentary photography show “Evidence” by Larry Sulton and Mike Mandel, Ratcliff deep dives on how things like titles and captions influence the way we see art.

• Larry Sultan “Evidence” Portfolio Sample
• Mike Mandel on Evidence (YouTube)

We’ve been off for the summer and we’ll have new episodes coming soon. Until then, here’s a short conversation about photographers curating their own work that was left on the cutting room floor due to time constraints in the last recording.

In episode 11, we talk about Helen’s experience curating a group photo show for the Push/Pull artist collective.

• Inside Out exhibition page on Photographic Center Northwest
• Inside Out artist statement
• About the Push/Pull artist collective
• Inside Out Catalog

In episode 10 we’ll be discussing analog versus digital trends for making work in today’s contemporary photography art scene.

• Dan Milnor on analog versus digital (YouTube)
• Why I Shoot Film as a Wedding Photographer
• John Chiara’s alt process workflow, Getty Museum (YouTube)
• Juergen Teller, Enjoy Your Life (Vimeo)
• Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography show @ Getty Museum
• The Digital Negative with Bill Schwab (YouTube)
• James Welling, Transform show @ David Zwirner
• Wolfgang Tillmans installation views
• Unbecoming @ David Zwirner, 2018 Yale MFA show