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Soo Kim is a South Korean born, Korean-American artist who currently works and teaches in Los Angeles, CA. Her innovative one of a kind art pieces have generated acclaim nationwide.  She attained art degrees from both UC Riverside and Cal Arts in Valencia, CA; and has shown her works at the Getty, Julie Saul in NYC, and numerous other museums and galleries.  In this episode we discuss her background, and labor- intensive process to create one of kind photo artworks and installations. Her full bio and works can be seen at www.sookim.org

Albert Watson is a Scottish commercial and fine art photographer based in New York City, who is widely known as one of the most successful and influential portrait and fashion photographers of the last half century. Watson got started in the late 1960s, and has photographed numerous covers for top magazines such as; Vogue and Rolling Stone. Albert has also worked for most of the top advertising companies in the U.S. and Europe.  Known for his amazing fluency with light, Albert’s best works reside in many museums, and can be seen on his website:  www.albertwatson.com

Sara Bennett is a photographer from New York, who has been generating a lot of excitement with her edgy and humane look at women prisoners with life sentences. Her work and stories have been featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications.  Bennett was a public defender in New York for 18 years, and has an intimate knowledge and connections into the prison system.  Her recent series include Looking Inside: Portraits of Women Serving Life Sentences, Life After Life in Prison: The Bedroom Project, Spirit on the Inside, Portraits at Six Feet, and Yoga After 50.

Second interview with Alejandro Cartagena - the first with live audio.  We get to hear what's new and exciting with one of the worlds top fine art photographers.

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