On Taking Pictures

This week, we discuss a recent article talking about “capitalist realism,” an idea that suggests that the work of Annie Leibovitz and Gregory Crewdson are two sides of the same coin in terms of the worlds they represent. Also, we weigh in on a photographer who decided to make an editorial decision on a photograph that didn’t go well. Plus, Fuji is being sued by Polaroid over Instax. Robert ParkeHarrison is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Annie Leibovitz’s Capitalist Realism | Conscientious Photography Magazine
  
• The tension between creativity and productivity
  
• AN LE STUDIO
  
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• The History of Photography is a History of Shattered Glass - The New York Times
  
• Leonardo da Vinci Painting Sells for $450.3 Million, Shattering Auction Highs - NYTimes.com
  
• Stephen Shore on Why Young Photographers Need to Start with Film
  
• Polaroid Demands Millions From Fujifilm For Copying Its Trademarked White Film - DesignTAXI.com
  
• Robert ParkeHarrison - Wikipedia
  
• Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison
  
• Lupita Nyong’o Criticizes Magazine’s Altered Image of Her Hair
  

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This week, with the actual hardware making so many drastic changes and computational photography gaining more interest and capability, we discuss the potential future of photography, beginning with the question “what is a photograph?” Does that definition change depending on your entry point into the medium? Also, a reprint of a collaboration between Richard Avedon and James Baldwin inspires a discussion around how and why we critique art. Plus, is augmented reality the future or simply tomorrow’s 3d? Be sure to check the show notes for an article we will be discussing next week. Pierpaolo Ferrari is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• OTP G+ Group - Assignment: #huge
  
• Printer Review: Epson SureColor P5000 Large-Format Desktop Printer | PDN Online
  
• Q&A@F&B - Jeffery Saddoris
  
• More info on the new Sony 100MP and 150MP medium format back-illuminated sensors with 4K and 8K video capabilities | Photo Rumors
  
• Weta Workshop - Blade Runner 2049 Miniatures - YouTube
  
• The Shoot With Matt Day: JASON LEE: Actor, Pro Skateboarder, Photographer
  
• Watch a 10-Year-Old Beat Apple's Face ID on His Mom's iPhone X | WIRED
  
• HYPER-REALITY - YouTube
  
• Annie Leibovitz’s Capitalist Realism | Conscientious Photography Magazine
  
• Jesse's Visual Interviews: Phuong Nguyen - Japan Camera Hunter
  
• Why Richard Avedon’s Work Has Never Been More Relevant - The New York Times
  
• Richard Avedon & James Baldwin: Nothing Personal: James Baldwin, Richard Avedon: 9783836569538: Amazon.com: Books
  
• Amazon.com : Neewer Dimmable Bi-color LED with U Bracket Professional Video Light for Studio, YouTube Outdoor Video Photography Lighting Kit, Durable Metal Frame, 480 LED Beads, 3200-5600K, CRI 96+ : Camera & Photo
  
• Amazon.com: SUPON LED-L122T RA CRI95 Super Slim LED Light Panel,3300K-5600K LED Video Light Panel , LCD display screen, ,Color temperature and Brightness can be adjusted with NP-F550 Lithium battery: Electronics
  
• Lupita Nyong’o Criticizes Magazine’s Altered Image of Her Hair - The New York Times
  
• Pierpaolo Ferrari
  
• Miles Aldridge - New Works
  

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This week, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If you could recreate any single photograph, which one would it be and why? Does everything in a museum really “deserve” to be there or was Sturgeon right and 90% of everything is just crap? Plus, with modern cameras so dependent on software, should camera makers turn to the open source community? Virginia Thoren is our Photographer of the Week. Connect with us! Leave a message at: (347) 687-9411 or email us at: [email protected]

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #tiny
  
• Karl Taylor’s Recreation of ‘Dali Atomicus’ on the BBC | Karl Taylor Education
  
• New Affinity 1.6 released - 43 Rumors
  
• Macphun Unveils Luminar 2018 to Take on Adobe Lightroom
  
• Apple iPhone X: Top performer for stills - DxOMark
  
• Magic Lantern | Home
  
• Sturgeon's law - Wikipedia
  
• Biggest Difference Between Bad Art and Great Art by UCLA Professor Richard Walter - YouTube
  
• Tutankhamun - Wikipedia
  
• Hit Parade
  
• Jerry Lake – The GW Hatchet
  
• instax WIDE | FUJIFILM
  
• Fuji Instax Wide on Amazon
  
• Virginia Thoren, Artful Fashion Photographer, Dies at 97 - The New York Times
  
• June Bateman Fine Art::Artists::Virginia Thoren
  
• Virginia Thoren - Photographer | Flickr
  

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This week, happy Halloween! What constitutes a cultural experience for you? A museum? A gallery? Going bowling? Also, what motivates you to look at art? Plus, we talk about managing expectations of creative endeavors when they are just outside of your comfort zone. Four-time Pulitzer Prize winner Carol Guzy is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• OTP G+ Group - Assignment: #Scary
  
• The Duke and Duchess of Windsor: We Are Not Amused | Lisa's History Room
  
• Sneakernet - Wikipedia
  
• RGB vs CMYK colorspace: Why it's important to use CMYK for Printing
  
• 37% of Art Museum Visitors Don’t View Them as Culture—and Other Takeaways from the 2017 Culture Track Report
  
• Amadeus - Too Many Notes - YouTube
  
• Pedro Reyes (artist) - Wikipedia
  
• Richard Serra Prints that Jeffery finds decisive
  
• (1) YOU GET NOTHING! HD - YouTube
  
• Ellsworth Kelly's Studio by Annie Leibovitz
  
• Official portraits of Trump, Pence released by White House - CNNPolitics
  
• Scary portrait of Trump
  
• 13: Let it Beep | Welcome to Macintosh
  
• Who is Terry Richardson? Infamous Celeb Photographer Has Faced Sex Misconduct Allegations
  
• Space Camera Co.
  
• The Night Watch - Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn — Google Arts & Culture
  
• Carol Guzy - Wikipedia
  
• Carol Guzy of The Washington Post - The Pulitzer Prizes
  
• Behind the Lens: Carol Guzy's Pulitzer-Prize Winning Photography (Full-Screen Slideshow) | Washingtonian
  
• Bill Wadman - ATHENA NIKE REDUX WITH PARISA KHOBDEH
  

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This week, when do great cameras (or any other tools for that matter) cease to be great? Many of us chase the latest and greatest, but even the older version was great once. Also, some thoughts on photos as objects, courtesy of Wim Wenders and his collection of thousands of Polaroids. Plus, managing expectations about what we put out into the world. Taryn Simon is our Photographer of the Week. As a teaser for next week, what defines a “cultural experience” for you?

Links for this episode:

• Whitehead Bros - Your Love Is A 187 - YouTube
  
• All Pixels Are Not Created Equal : On Taking Pictures
  
• Wim Wenders on his Polaroids – and why photography is now over | Art and design | The Guardian
  
• Are You Ready to Publish a Photobook? - In conversation with Chris Pichler, Nazraeli Press | LensCulture
  
• 37% of Art Museum Visitors Don’t View Them as Culture—and Other Takeaways from the 2017 Culture Track Report
  
• The new MacBook keyboard is ruining my life | The Outline
  
• uta barth | the official website
  
• Unicomp, Inc.: Ultra Classic White Buckling Spring USB
  
• Heart Like a Wheel (film) - Wikipedia
  
• Taryn Simon - Wikipedia
  
• Taryn Simon
  
• Taryn Simon: Paperwork and the Will of Capital at Gagosian West 24th Street, NYC - YouTube
  
• Taryn Simon — Charlie Rose
  
• Taryn Simon: Paperwork and the Will of Capital - Example #1
  
• Taryn Simon: Paperwork and the Will of Capital - Example #2
  
• Taryn Simon: 'Paperwork and the Will of Capital' Book
  

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This week, the amount of new post-production tools (including the newly announced Lightroom CC) inspires a discussion around workflow and the potential need for evolution in how we catalog and process our photographs. While some photographers (ourselves included) tend to prefer the “old” ways of doing things, tools seem to be making a shift, both in capability and in target audience. Also, we begin a look at whether or not you even need a website anymore. There doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer either way and, in the end, it really depends on what you want to get out of your work. Eugene Richards is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Adobe doesn't care what you think and quits the standalone version while launching the new Lightroom CC - 43 Rumors
  
• Adobe’s new version of Lightroom lets you resume editing anywhere - The Verge
  
• Adobe CC Photography Plan | Professional Photo Editing Software
  
• Photographer Dawoud Bey wins MacArthur genius grant
  
• Climber Hayden Kennedy and Partner Inge Perkins Dead After Avalanche - adventure journal
  
• Worlds most dangerous hikes - Angels landing, Zion (full hike) - YouTube
  
• William Eggleston, at 78, in a New Key - NYTimes.com
  
• Blade Runner 2049: Inside the Dark Future of a Sequel 35 Years in the Making | WIRED
  
• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #OutOfTheOrdinary
  
• Eugene Richards - Wikipedia
  
• EUGENE RICHARDS
  
• Faith in Winter — EUGENE RICHARDS
  
• The unflinching eye of Eugene Richards – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
  
• FUJIFILM X70 | Fujifilm Global
  

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This week, how do you approach a new project or body of work? Is the making more important than the potential juice? Or is potential monetization always a component? Also, a discussion around creating work vs. seeing work, using photojournalism as an example. Plus, a spoiler-free discussion of the making of Blade Runner 2049 from the perspective of practical vs CG environments. Lynn Gilbert is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #HighNoon
  
• The Eddie Adams WorkshopThe Eddie Adams Workshop The Eddie Adams Workshop
  
• Hugh Kretschmer Photography | OVERVIEW | 1
  
• Capitol Hill | Al Drago
  
• Google's unlimited full-res photo storage for Pixel 2 owners ends in 2020: Digital Photography Review
  
• Yashica launches Y35 digiFilm camera that uses digital 'film' cartriges: Digital Photography Review
  
• Amazon.com : Word Notebooks Black : Office Products
  
• Lynn Gilbert Photography
  
• Young Dan Winters
  

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This week, have improvements to the gear side of photography affected the overall craft of making pictures? Or are we now able to simply pick and choose the pieces of the craft that matter most to us? Also, a listener asks about what motivates us to make, the love of doing it, money, or something else? Larry Burrows is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #EarlyMorning
  
• Home - FDR Presidential Library & Museum
  
• Neil Leifer: The Boxing Photos | Longform - SI.com
  
• Fujifilm GFX Extreme (and Amazing!) Shadow Recovery :: Nikon D850 Vs. Fujifilm GFX Samples :: GF 14x TC and GF250 Images (GFX zone) - Fuji Rumors
  
• Fujifilm X100T Digital Camera, Black {16.3 M/P} | KEH Camera
  
• Home - Photography by the Letter
  
• Larry Burrows - Wikipedia
  
• Larry Burrows | International Center of Photography
  
• Vietnam War: Looking Again at Larry Burrows' Photo, 'Reaching Out' | Time.com
  
• Tim Hetherington Trust
  
• Home — RESTREPO — A Film by Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington
  
• Fog Of War Eleven Lessons From The Life Of Robert S. Mcnamara on Vimeo
  

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This week, we’re addressing some of your feedback from email and the Google+ group, including the impact that mobile photography has had on how we take and share pictures. Also, we talk about the iterative nature of creativity and how sometimes starting over on a project can be a good thing. Maris Svarbova is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #Saturated
  
• Pixels 4 Puerto Rico
  
• Home - Photography by the Letter
  
• Canon Fine Art Paper and Canvas for use with inkjet printers
  
• We Came From Fire: Fine Art Photography Book – Joey L. Photography Shop
  
• 16 cameras in one: Light promises smartphone size and DSLR image quality
  
• Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
  
• All the New Features in Apple's Photos App in macOS High Sierra - Mac Rumors
  
• Apple File System - Wikipedia
  
• The Best Drone Photos of the Year
  
• Meet the Engineer Preserving The Last Analog Motion Graphics Machine - YouTube
  
• Scanimate - Wikipedia
  
• In No Great Hurry
  
• Pina (film) - Wikipedia
  
• Amazon.com: Pina: Wim Wenders: Amazon Digital Services LLC
  
• Maria Svarbova
  
• Mária Švarbová (@maria.svarbova) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Swimming Pool - New Heroes & Pioneers
  

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This week, does having tools at the ready make you more likely to actually create? Or is preparing to create a necessary part of your process? Sometimes creativity shows up messy, if it comes at all. Also, is the perception/representation around women in photography changing, both in front of and behind the camera? Depends on where you look. According to Getty, yes. But, based on something that recently happened with Nikon, maybe not so much. Ronan McKenzie is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #MakeYourOwnStillLife
  
• Do Androids Dream of Being Featured in Portrait Competitions? - The New York Times
  
• Harrison Ford on ‘Star Wars’, ‘Blade Runner’, and Punching Ryan Gosling in the Face | GQ
  
• When You Need Creativity to Strike, Make Way and Gear Up - NYTimes.com
  
• Nikon Picked 32 Photographers to Promote a Camera. All 32 Were Men. - The New York Times
  
• Women Photograph
  
• Banksy Strikes Again, With Nod to Basquiat - The New York Times
  
• Apple's new iPhones use AI 'Portrait Lighting' to improve shots
  
• Overbeers by Freddy Clark on Apple Podcasts
  
• RONAN MCKENZIE - WORK
  
• photographer ronan mckenzie explores today’s perceptions of the black body - i-D
  
• i-D Meets: Next Gen Photographers - YouTube
  
• It's Nice That | Photographer Ronan McKenzie tells us about ongoing personal project Girls
  

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