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- Process Driven 10: Jon WilkeningWhen I was a junior in high school I took my first photography class and one of the things we had to do before we got to shoot with the "real" cameras — in our case, they were Pentax K1000s loaded with Tri-X — was to build a pinhole camera from one of the round Quaker Oats boxes. And I remember thinking how incredible it was to see the simplicity of what photography is: light and time. Not even a lens — just a strip of gaffer tape covering a tiny hole in some tinfoil. But there we all were, toting our oatmeal boxes around making pictures. Then we would go into the darkroom and print little positive contact prints from the paper negatives and I've gotta tell you, it was alchemy. For us, the pinhole camera was just a stepping stone to get to use an SLR. In this episode, I'm talking to Jon Wilkening a photographer in Philadelphia who uses pinhole as his preferred platform for communicating his creativity. For Jon, pinhole is his tool of choice for expressing his point of view. Jon calls his work "the blurry middle between photography and painting." His pictures are terrific and it all started sort of by accident.Subscribe: iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSSSHOW NOTESHolga Pinhole CameraDavid duCheminErnst HaasCONNECTURL: jonwilkening.comTwitter: @jonwilkeningInstagram: @jonwilkeningMusic in this episode: Please Listen Carefully (Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.056 min
- Process Driven 09: Tom DeslongchampIn the last episode, I had a conversation with Glenn D'Cruze from North Atlantic Explorers, who I was introduced to by a listener of On Taking Pictures. In this episode, my guest was recommended to me by one of my favorite photographers, John Keatley. A month or so ago I reached out to John and asked if he knew anyone who he thought would be interesting for me to talk to. He responded with two names, one of whom is my guest on this episode. Whether you know Tom Deslongchamp as an illustrator, an animator or even a ninja, he's every bit an artist, both in the work that he makes and in how and why he makes it. In this episode, Tom and I talk about the importance of play, wrestling with labels and self-identification and his need to be in love with what he makes.Subscribe: iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSSSHOW NOTESJukabox - You Cried MeDavid ShrigleyNo Talking PlzCrayola MarkersThe Gift: Creativity and the Artist...CONNECTURL: tomdeslongchamp.comTwitter: @tomthinksInstagram: @tomthinksVine: @tomthinksMusic in this episode: Please Listen Carefully (Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.01 hr 4 min
- Process Driven 09: Tom DeslongchampIn the last episode, I had a conversation with Glenn D'Cruze from North Atlantic Explorers, who I was introduced to by a listener of On Taking Pictures. In this episode, my guest was recommended to me by one of my favorite photographers, John Keatley. A month or so ago I reached out to John and asked if he knew anyone who he thought would be interesting for me to talk to. He responded with two names, one of whom is my guest on this episode. Whether you know Tom Deslongchamp as an illustrator, an animator or even a ninja, he's every bit an artist, both in the work that he makes and in how and why he makes it. In this episode, Tom and I talk about the importance of play, wrestling with labels and self-identification and his need to be in love with what he makes.Subscribe: iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSSSHOW NOTESJukabox - You Cried MeDavid ShrigleyNo Talking PlzCrayola MarkersThe Gift: Creativity and the Artist...CONNECTURL: tomdeslongchamp.comTwitter: @tomthinksInstagram: @tomthinksVine: @tomthinksMusic in this episode: Please Listen Carefully (Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.01 hr 4 min
- Process Driven 09: Tom Deslongchamp
In the last episode, I had a conversation with Glenn D’Cruze from North Atlantic Explorers, who I was introduced to by a listener of On Taking Pictures. In this episode, my guest was recommended to me by one of my favorite photographers, John Keatley. A month or so ago I reached out to John and asked if he knew anyone who he thought would be interesting for me to talk to. He responded with two names, one of whom is my guest on this episode. Whether you know Tom Deslongchamp as an illustrator, an animator or even a ninja, he’s every bit an artist, both in the work that he makes and in how and why he makes it. In this episode, Tom and I talk about the importance of play, wrestling with labels and self-identification and his need to be in love with what he makes.
LINKS
Jukabox – You Cried Me
David Shrigley
No Talking Plz
Crayola Markers
The Gift: Creativity and the Artist…CONNECT WITH TOM
Website: tomdeslongchamp.com
Twitter: @tomthinks
Instagram: @tomthinksMUSIC
Please Listen Carefully
(Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.01 hr 4 min - Process Driven 08: Glenn D’CruzeIn this episode, I'm doing something a little different. One of the goals I've had for Process Driven from the beginning has been to expand the scope of the conversations I have beyond visual arts as an exploration into how and where creativity overlaps, regardless of the discipline. In this episode I'm sitting down with Glenn D'Cruze, a Canadian musician who records under the name North Atlantic Explorers. I was introduced to Glenn's music by a listener of my other podcast, On Taking Pictures who emailed and asked if he could send me one of Glenn's CDs. I'm so thankful that he did. My Father was a Sailor is a gorgeous atmospheric homage to Glenn's late father, who was an engineer on merchant ships in the North Atlantic during the 1950s. After his father died, Glenn embarked on a journey of his own that ultimately took him from his home in Vancouver to the seas sailed by his father nearly six decades earlier — and it all began with a pair of drum sticks and a stack of cardboard boxes.Subscribe: iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSSSHOW NOTESBBC Shipping ForecastsSailing ByFreedy Johnston - We Will ShineBelle & Sebastian - A Space Boy DreamDream Academy - Life in a Northern TownFEATURED SONGSInto the Blue SeaGlasgow, Circa 1952Hebrides, Bailey, Fair IsleYarboroughThe Sailor & The StenographerCONNECTURL: North Atlantic ExplorersTwitter: @northatlanticxpMusic in this episode: Please Listen Carefully (Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.01 hr 6 min
- Process Driven 08: Glenn D’Cruze
In this episode, I’m doing something a little different. One of the goals I’ve had for
Process Driven from the beginning has been to expand the scope of the conversations I have beyond visual arts as an exploration into how and where creativity overlaps, regardless of the discipline. In this episode I’m sitting down with Glenn D’Cruze, a Canadian musician who records under the name North Atlantic Explorers. I was introduced to Glenn’s music by a listener of my other podcast, On Taking Pictures who emailed and asked if he could send me one of Glenn’s CDs. I’m so grateful that he did.
My Father was a Sailor
is a gorgeous atmospheric homage to Glenn’s late father, who was an engineer on merchant ships in the North Atlantic during the 1950s. After his father died, Glenn embarked on a journey of his own that ultimately took him from his home in Vancouver to the seas sailed by his father nearly six decades earlier — and it all began with a pair of drum sticks and a stack of cardboard boxes.LINKS
BBC Shipping Forecasts
Sailing By
Freedy Johnston –
We Will Shine
Belle & Sebastian –
A Space Boy Dream
Dream Academy –
Life in a Northern TownFEATURED SONGS
Into the Blue Sea
Glasgow, Circa 1952
Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle
Yarborough
The Sailor & The StenographerCONNECT WITH GLENN
Website: North Atlantic Explorers
Twitter: @northatlanticxpMUSIC
Please Listen Carefully
(Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.01 hr 6 min - Process Driven 07: Dan WintersA few months ago, I attended a talk that Dan Winters gave at the Smithsonian and one of the things that struck me straight away was the language he used to describe his relationship to his work. I've been a fan for years and own a few of his books, but I never had the opportunity to hear him speak before. There's such emotion and romance in how he relates to his work, especially in the making or the doing as he calls it. Words like "reverence" and "gratitude" are used often and as you'll hear in this conversation, these aren't simply buzzwords. They apply equally whether he's shooting a campaign for a client or walking by himself through the streets of New York with a 50mm lens and a few rolls of Tri-X. There's an incredible authenticity to Dan that seems to pervade his entire life, from the work that he does to the people and things he surrounds himself with. I began by asking Dan where his love of making began and how he stays connected to it 30 years in.Subscribe: iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSSSHOW NOTESKazimer MalevichChris CallisHarry CallahanW. Eugene SmithAlfred SteiglitzPaul StrandRobert FrankMark KelleyAl ReinertThe Grey Ghost (Pre-order)Portrait of an American Hero... (Smithsonian)CONNECTVisit his website: http://danwintersphoto.comFollow him on Instagram: @danwintersphotoMusic in this episode: Please Listen Carefully (Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.01 hr
- Process Driven 07: Dan Winters
A few months ago, I attended a talk that Dan Winters gave at the Smithsonian and one of the things that struck me straight away was the language he used to describe his relationship to his work. I’ve been a fan for years and own a few of his books, but I never had the opportunity to hear him speak before. There’s such emotion and romance in how he relates to his work, especially in the making or the doing as he calls it. Words like “reverence” and “gratitude” are used often and as you’ll hear in this conversation, these aren’t simply buzzwords. They apply equally whether he’s shooting a campaign for a client or walking by himself through the streets of New York with a 50mm lens and a few rolls of Tri-X. There’s an incredible authenticity to Dan that seems to pervade his entire life, from the work that he does to the people and things he surrounds himself with. I began by asking Dan where his love of making began and how he stays connected to it 30 years in.
LINKS
Kazimer Malevich
Chris Callis
Harry Callahan
W. Eugene Smith
Alfred Steiglitz
Paul Strand
Robert Frank
Mark Kelley
Al Reinert
The Grey Ghost
Portrait of an American Hero… (Smithsonian)CONNECT WITH DAN
Website: http://danwintersphoto.com
Instagram: @danwintersphotoMUSIC
Please Listen Carefully
(Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.01 hr - Process Driven 06: Ben Thomas
In 1976, William Eggleston opened his first color show at MoMA, the reviews were fairly polarized. To some of the art establishment, color photography was for snapshots and not to be taken seriously and black and white was the only true photographic art form. But while one critic called the show “perfectly banal”, another called it a milestone and said that after it black and white would seem slightly quaint and precious. In the 40 years since, it’s almost impossible, at least for me, to imagine a photographic world without color. Don’t get me wrong, I love black and white and spent years shooting only black and white but there’s something to be said for the work of photographers like Fred Herzog, Steve McCurry and Saul Leiter. We see in color and when it’s done right, photography can help us see our world differently through color, which is one of the things I love about the work of Ben Thomas. In Ben’s series
Chroma
, color becomes almost a character, a necessary element to help communicate the narrative behind the work. When I first saw it, I knew I wanted to talk to him. What I found is that each series that he’s done over the past several years is an exploration of composition, texture and color—and it all began with a project called
Cityshrinker
.LINKS
Olivo Barbieri
Anreas Gursky
Vincent Laforet
Villa Lena
Henry the WorstCONNECT WITH BEN
Website: http://benthomas.co
Twitter: @___benthomas
Instagram: @___benthomasMUSIC
Please Listen Carefully
(Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.056 min - Process Driven 06: Ben ThomasIn 1976, William Eggleston opened his first color show at MoMA, the reviews were fairly polarized. To some of the art establishment, color photography was for snapshots and not to be taken seriously and black and white was the only true photographic art form. But while one critic called the show "perfectly banal", another called it a milestone and said that after it black and white would seem slightly quaint and precious. In the 40 years since, it's almost impossible, at least for me, to imagine a photographic world without color. Don't get me wrong, I love black and white and spent years shooting only black and white but there's something to be said for the work of photographers like Fred Herzog, Steve McCurry and Saul Leiter. We see in color and when it's done right, photography can help us see our world differently through color, which is one of the things I love about the work of Ben Thomas. In Ben's series Chroma, color becomes almost a character, a necessary element to help communicate the narrative behind the work. When I first saw it, I knew I wanted to talk to him. What I found is that each series that he's done over the past several years is an exploration of composition, texture and color—and it all began with a project called Cityshrinker.Subscribe: iTunes | Overcast | Pocket Casts | RSSSHOW NOTESOlivo BarbieriAnreas GurskyVincent LaforetVilla LenaHenry the WorstCONNECTVisit his website: http://benthomas.coFollow him on Twitter: @___benthomasFollow him on Instagram: @___benthomasMusic in this episode: Please Listen Carefully (Jahzzar) / CC BY-SA 4.056 min
About Iterations
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Iterations is the audio version of my occasional journal/newsletter where I share stories, personal experiences, and ongoing questions around creativity, process, and making things that matter. Some…
episodes are more reflective, some are more practical, and some are just me thinking out loud and trying to make sense of things.