"There's this expression, 'The Decisive Moment,' I'm sure it functioned for a while, but the question in a photograph isn't when, it's why...I want people to look at my photographs and the 'why' is there, it's how I teach photography, it's all one thing for me." Thomas Roma has been a teacher and mentor to many photographers, including me. His list of accomplishments, which includes fourteen and counting monographs, is far too long to even try to include here, but you can check them out on his website linked below. This episode went long so it will be in two parts. Some links to sites mentioned during the show: See Tom's extensive bio, media links, and published books at http://thomasroma.com Follow Tom on Twitter @ThomasRomaPhoto Check out Tom's upcoming exhibit at http://www.stevenkasher.com Here is a link to Giancarlo Roma's site that sells special editions of Lee Friedlander photo books: http://www.haywirepress.com Hosts: Michael Chovan-Dalton & Kai McBride Visit www.thephotoshow.org Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud