In today’s episode I speak with Mecoh Bain, portrait photographer, mother, and woman of colour. We explore her roots as a biracial child, growing up in rural BC and how that’s informed her practice in searching for soul through photography. Her portrait work focuses on representation and personal truths so that she can exemplify the spiritual power of accepting who you are and saying yes to life.
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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Julya Hajnoczky to talk about her practice. She's a visual artist here in Calgary who uses photography as a part of a mixed media approach to express themes of nature, sustainability, and forest undergrowth. Julya shares her experiences learning about the art world - applying for exhibitions; developing a specific focus; grants and other project resources; and the effect of this growing process on her own artistic mindset. We even dabble a bit on representation and Calgary's art scene. 

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I had the pleasure of sitting down with Julya Hajnoczky to talk about her practice. She's a visual artist here in Calgary who uses photography as a part of a mixed media approach to express themes of nature, sustainability, and forest undergrowth. We have a great chat about her upbringing and experience as a teacher and her journey into the world of art and grant writing. Can art impact the world around us? And what's the deal with whales? Julya has an opinion!

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My View Finder is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network - Locally Grown, Community Supported. Through their work of connecting us with local businesses and events, Albertan content can continue to grow and flourish. Check out their work and the depth of the Alberta podcast scene at their website: www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

I'm David Youn. Thanks for listening to my podcast. Here's my year end wrap up for 2020. I've learned a lot this year from these incredible artists. 2021 looks to be just as great as I have a slew of great artists ready to talk to you each week.
Thanks as always to the Alberta Podcast Network for your support. And don't forget to subscribe and rate this podcast!
Happy New Year. Talk to you again January 1, 2020!

John Goldsmith is a photographer and chemist originally from Chicago and now living and working in Vancouver BC. His latest venture in art is his print shop The Printmaker Studio. We mix up some great conceptual concoctions about art’s beauty and purpose both to the artist and the presumed audience. Our hypothesis? That art helps to reflect what an individual or even a community experiences 

and its purpose is to communicate this experience to a larger audience. In photography the camera has a unique relationship with the world. Does it represent reality? Is it 2 dimensional? Is it even art? Let’s start the conversation learning about John and see if we can get his opinion on what photography is and can be to society at large.

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My View Finder is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network - Locally Grown, Community Supported. Through their work of connecting us with local businesses and events, Albertan content can continue to grow and flourish. Check out their work and the depth of the Alberta podcast scene at their website: www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

John Goldsmith is a photographer and chemist originally from Chicago and now living and working in Vancouver BC. His latest venture in art is his print shop The Printmaker Studio. We mix up some great conceptual concoctions about art’s beauty and purpose both to the artist and the presumed audience. Our hypothesis? That art helps to reflect what an individual or even a community experiences 

and its purpose is to communicate this experience to a larger audience. In photography the camera has a unique relationship with the world. Does it represent reality? Is it 2 dimensional? Is it even art? Let’s start the conversation learning about John and see if we can get his opinion on what photography is and can be to society at large.

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My View Finder is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network - Locally Grown, Community Supported. Through their work of connecting us with local businesses and events, Albertan content can continue to grow and flourish. Check out their work and the depth of the Alberta podcast scene at their website: www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

My guest today is Chelsea Yang-Smith. I met Chelsea through the Exposure Studio program and our conversation has given me insight into where she comes from and how she has become a pragmatic commercial photographer and still a champion of the arts! We talk about her experiences in Calgary's professional photography world, her background as a mixed race woman in Calgary, and how all of these experiences helped form her unique perspectives on the art of photography itself.

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My View Finder is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network - Locally Grown, Community Supported. Through their work of connecting us with local businesses and events, Albertan content can continue to grow and flourish. Check out their work and the depth of the Alberta podcast scene at their website: www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

My guest today is Chelsea Yang-Smith. I met Chelsea through the Exposure Studio program and our conversation has given me insight into where she comes from and how she has become a pragmatic commercial photographer and still a champion of the arts! We talk about her experiences in Calgary's professional photography world, her background as a mixed race woman in Calgary, and how all of these experiences helped form her unique perspectives on the art of photography itself.

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My View Finder is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network - Locally Grown, Community Supported. Through their work of connecting us with local businesses and events, Albertan content can continue to grow and flourish. Check out their work and the depth of the Alberta podcast scene at their website: www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Do we put images on pedestals? Does art have intellectual influence and what can we do to press this conversation forward? Wilmer Aburto has been building provocative and challenging statements through photography. He asks why we must rely on a single representation of beauty and strength - and he builds images to demonstrate that once we move outside the norm we can draw on even greater power. He's published books, put on shows, and has had his images displayed as public art. If you're looking to see the diversity and creativity embedded here in Calgary - look no further! Here's the first part of my chat with Wilmer. 

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My View Finder is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network - Locally Grown, Community Supported. Through their work of connecting us with local businesses and events, Albertan content can continue to grow and flourish. Check out their work and the depth of the Alberta podcast scene at their website: www.albertapodcastnetwork.com

Can art help us deal with the stress and even traumas of our day to day existence? My guest believes so. Wilmer Aburto has been building provocative and challenging statements through photography. He asks why we must rely on a single representation of beauty and strength - and he builds images to demonstrate that once we move outside the norm we can draw on even greater power. He's published books, put on shows, and has had his images displayed as public art. If you're looking to see the diversity and creativity embedded here in Calgary - look no further! Here's the first part of my chat with Wilmer. 

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My View Finder is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network - Locally Grown, Community Supported. Through their work of connecting us with local businesses and events, Albertan content can continue to grow and flourish. Check out their work and the depth of the Alberta podcast scene at their website: www.albertapodcastnetwork.com