On Taking Pictures

This week, we’re in a few different directions and we begin with a discussion around the Smithsonian’s newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture. Specifically, do you feel an obligation to visit places like these - places that are as much a historical record as they are a cultural cautionary tale? Also, a followup to the gear discussion that we started last week. Plus, a terrific email from a listener inspires this week’s G+ group assignment. Claude Cahun is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #SomeoneElse
  
• LEICA M typ 240 Review
  
• Cey Adams | Visual Artist
  
• Sneak Peak: Smithsonian Curators Preview New African American Museum | Culture Type
  
• Home - Jeffery Saddoris
  
• Cameraperson - Movie Trailers - iTunes
  
• Searching for Bobby Fischer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Mall walking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Sony RX1R II: 42.4MP Full Frame and the World's First Optical Variable Low-Pass Filter
  
• Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A JAWS Companion
  
• Claude Cahun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Claude Cahun, the Lesbian Surrealist Who Defied the Nazis - The Daily Beast
  
• Claude Cahun | Feminist Art Archive
  
• CLAUDE CAHUN (2011) on Vimeo
  

This week, we begin with a discussion around how we actually discuss art, including some of the collective meaning of the terms we use. Also, can concepts like “commentary” and “criticism” be as effective if they are non-verbal? For example, is a jazz improvisation an appropriate response to a particular work of art? Also, we spend some time talking about gear, from Hackintoshes, to the slew of new cameras announced (or “pre-announced”) at this year’s Photokina. Alexey Titarenko is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #mirrorimage
  
• Cameraperson - Movie Trailers - iTunes
  
• Crucial MX300 SSD on amazon
  
• FlakPhoto.com | Photography Online
  
• What Do You See in Art? Nearly 50 People Told Us - The New York Times
  
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Jimmy Forsyth (photographer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Street life: Newcastle photographer Jimmy Forsyth | Art and design | The Guardian
  
• Alexey Titarenko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• ALEXEY TITARENKO | PHOTOGRAPHY
  
• THAT TIME I MET ALEXEY TITARENKO - YouTube
  
• Amazon.com: Alexey Titarenko: The City Is a Novel (9788862084147): Alexey Titarenko, Gabriel Bauret, Brett Abbott, Sean Corcoran: Books
  

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This week, we’re talking about getting work out the door, and some of the difficulties that can arise around trying to figure out how and why to make the changes necessary to do it. Sometimes the best thing you can do is to take a step back from the thinking and the strategizing and just make. Also, we discuss the Documerica project and how differently a similar project might look today. Jacob Riis is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #remembrance
  
• Etymotic Earplugs on Amazon
  
• Featured Coffee Shops — AMERICANO MONDAYS
  
• Famous BTS Magazine™ (@famousbtsmagazine) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• INHERIT THE DUST : Behind The Scenes, by NICK BRANDT on Vimeo
  
• 9/19 Bill's Talk at the Park West Camera Club
  
• Mark Rothko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• DOCUMERICA: Images of America in Crisis in the 1970s - The Atlantic
  
• Pentax 645z DNG File from Bill
  
• Why the iPhone 7’s camera is ‘the best smartphone camera ever’ | BGR
  
• Getty Images Asks Judge to Throw Out $1 Billion Copyright Lawsuit
  
• Sally Mann - September 22 - October 29, 2016 - Gagosian Gallery
  
• Jacob Riis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• How the Other Half Lives: Photographs of NYC's Underbelly in the 1890s
  
• Jacob A. Riis’s New York - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
  
• Jacob Riis: Shedding Light On NYC's 'Other Half' : NPR
  
• Lewis Hine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Matte Stephens on Etsy
  

This week, we’re doing another Q&A show and, as usual, you all sent in some terrific questions that we had a great time going through. Topics include: how often to update your website, whether or not to shoot DNG, how to get more engaging street shots, whether or not to print in-house and a bunch more. Marc Riboud is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #dailylife
  
• The Biggest Lies You've Been Told About Photography — CJ Chilvers
  
• Nucis Leather - from photographers to photographers
  
• Straps | OP/TECH USA
  
• Kristine Foley Photography | Best Wedding Photographer NJ & NY| South Orange Bar Mitzvah Photographer
  
• Aperture Magazine Anthology - Aperture Foundation
  
• [NEW] Panasonic LUMIX GX7 Shooting Impression by Ian Berry (MAGNUM PHOTOS) - YouTube
  
• Amazon.com: Epson SureColor P800 Standard Edition UltraChrome HD Inkjet Photographic Printer, 2880x1440 dpi, Wi-Fi: Electronics
  
• Classic Tootsie Roll Commercial - "How Many Licks" - YouTube
  
• Ian Ruhter | Silver & Light
  
• Joni Sternbach
  
• The Terence and Philip Show
  
• MARC RIBOUD Photographe
  
• Marc Riboud, Photojournalist Who Found Grace in the Turbulent, Dies at 93 - The New York Times
  
• Acclaimed Photographer Marc Riboud - A Film by Phil Putnam Spencer - YouTube
  
• Marc Riboud - Photographer Technique & Process - YouTube
  

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This week, a discussion around photojournalism inspired by the Netflix series Conflict that raises a few questions for us to chew on. Would you ever put yourself in harm’s way for a photograph? If you already do, why? Is it for the photograph or the thrill of the shoot? Or some combination of both? Is a photograph more valuable than the life that is potentially lost capturing it? Also, does taking photos at important or milestone events enhance or take away from your ability to enjoy/remember said event? Plus, a teaser for next week in the show notes: what do you see when you look at art? Richard Tuschman is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #cliche
  
• Confict - redfitz Films
  
• The Fallen of World War II on Vimeo
  
• Wow! signal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Turtles all the way down - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Matt Damon impersonates Matthew McConaughey - YouTube
  
• Things Organized Neatly
  
• A Former Janitor Collects and Photographs the Items Seized from Immigrants and Thrown Away By U.S. Customs and Border Patrol - Feature Shoot
  
• Hey Dude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Take a Picture, You'll Enjoy It More
  
• Michael DeFilippo
  
• Cross Bronx Expressway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• DOCUMERICA: Images of America in Crisis in the 1970s - The Atlantic
  
• Freedom Train - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Richard Tuschman Images
  
• An Interview with Richard Tuschman, the Photographer Behind 'Hopper Meditations'
  
• Hopper Meditations - Photographs and text by Richard Tuschman | LensCulture
  
• Once Upon A Time In Kazimierz Promo on Vimeo
  
• Richard Tuschman (@richardtuschman) • Instagram photos and videos
  

This week, we discuss the magic of things and the legacy of genius. Is Winogrand’s camera, Clapton’s Stratocaster, Picasso’s brush or Hemingway’s typewriter somehow imbued with greatness? In choosing the same tools as our heroes, do we secretly (or not so secretly) hope that a bit of their magic will rub off on us? Photojournalist Nicole Tung is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #FoundArt
  
• Store - Jeffery Saddoris
  
• G.E. Smith Jams on the Guitar That Killed Folk! - YouTube
  
• Episode 07 :: Revisionist History Podcast
  
• David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue - The New York Times
  
• Bruce Springsteen - Wings For Wheels - The Making of Born To Run -2005 - YouTube
  
• Busker by Gonzalo Silva on Apple Music
  
• Episode 10 :: Revisionist History Podcast
  
• Conflict on Netflix
  
• usain-bolt-sourire-photo-rio-2016.jpg (1200×800)
  
• Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, and Katie Ledecky put their medals on display | Sports Illustrated - YouTube
  
• NICOLE TUNG|PHOTOGRAPHER
  
• Nicole Tung (@nicoletung6) | Twitter
  
• Fellow Photojournalist Nicole Tung Remembers James Foley : NPR
  
• Nicole Tung: Covering Conflict | Annenberg Space for Photography
  

This week, a discussion around printing (spoiler: be sure to use the correct profiles) leads to the start of a larger discussion around the perceived value of signatures. Do you sign your prints? If so, why? If you don’t, why not? Also, looking for the one camera that does everything—even the things you don’t currently need it to do—is a fool’s errand. Better to look for the right tool for the job at hand and let the future sort itself out. Brad Goldpaint is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #profile
  
• Red River Paper – San Gabriel Semigloss Fiber Review : On Taking Pictures
  
• The Genius of Photography - YouTube
  
• Alec-Soth.jpg (400×505)
  
• Robert Rauschenberg. Rebus. 1955 | MoMA
  
• Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
  
• Glossolalia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Nan Goldin Wants You to Know She Didn’t Invent Instagram - The New York Times
  
• Paint and Switch? Did Alec Baldwin Pay $190,000 for the Wrong Picture?
  
• Making a splash in Rio: Robots snap underwater shots at Olympics
  
• Making a splash in Rio: Robots snap underwater shots at Olympics - CNET - Page 6
  
• Bill Cunningham's Photo Rights Valued at $1 Million, 25% of His Net Worth
  
• Brooks Institute Closes After 70 Years of Photo Education
  
• Hawk - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Wiki - Wikia
  
• The Night Sky - Goldpaint Photography
  
• TimeScapes: Timelapse Movie & Time-Lapse Forum
  
• LRTimelapse - Home
  

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This week, a discussion around the work and process of iconic Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama — specifically around the value of revisiting a place in order to refine your vision of it and how details often emerge through repetition. Also, how much time should you devote to your website? What are some “must have” features? Plus, do six-year-olds need to know about Daguerre? Eve Arnold is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #park
  
• MORIYAMA DAIDO - NEAR EQUAL on YouTube
  
• KGI: Apple to drop aluminum iPhone casing in 2017 in favor of new ‘all glass’ enclosure with AMOLED screen | 9to5Mac
  
• Robbed Olympics Photographer Spots Thief Posing as Him in Venue
  
• Bad Words (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Historic Photos Mark 150th Birthday of Pioneering Black Explorer
  
• Horrific Satellite Images of Texas Feedlots - Feature Shoot
  
• Kyle Lambert - Stranger Things - Netflix Poster Artwork
  
• Eve Arnold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Eve Arnold’s Life Re-Examined Through Her Photographs | TIME
  
• Magnum Photos Photographer Portfolio
  
• Eve Arnold - Telegraph
  
• eve-arnold-joan-crawford-lose-angeles-1959.jpg (500×700)
  
• Eve Arnold - "All About Eve"
  

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This week, how do you know if you’re close to the target if the target hasn’t been clearly defined? We discuss the difficulty in embarking on a journey (creative or otherwise) without at least a direction. How to you calibrate your creative compass when there is no true North? Also, next week we’re talking about the work and process of Daido Moriyama, using a video in this week’s show notes as a reference. Plus, who was the nineteenth century’s most photographed individual? The answer may surprise you. Klaus Enrique is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #rooftops
  
• Benny Mardones (Into The Night) - YouTube
  
• Moment - World’s Best Lenses, Case, and App for Mobile Photography
  
• Shorpy Historic Picture Archive | Old Photos & Fine Art Prints
  
• Photographer Sues Getty for $1B for Copyright Infringement | Digital Trends
  
• Official 2016 DNC Photo Was Shot with a 100-Year-Old Camera
  
• Panoramic Visions
  
• Frederick Douglass the most-photographed American of the 19th century | Daily Mail Online
  
• "Picturing Frederick Douglass" on Amazon
  
• Daido Moriyama: In Pictures - YouTube
  
• MORIYAMA DAIDO ?NEAR EQUAL?????????????? - YouTube
  
• Lux Noctis on Vimeo
  
• Klaus Enrique
  
• Klaus Enrique Recreates Arcimboldo's 400 Year Old Organic Portraits - Beautiful/Decay
  
• See Faces in Food with Klaus Enrique's New Portraits [Exclusive] | The Creators Project
  

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This week, a couple books about Saul Leiter show that great photography is not always about per pixel sharpness and bright, saturate color. The problem is, when do you know when it is and when it isn’t? Can a photographic style be plotted like a course on a map, or does it only happen in the rear view mirror? Also, video seems to be the “it” factor for much of the photography industry, but is it worth it, when you consider the gear, the time and the ability required to really do it well? Arthur Tress is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #panoramic
  
• In No Great Hurry
  
• Saul Leiter: Early Black & White
  
• Diane Arbus: In the Beginning | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  
• The Met Breuer’s Diane Arbus Exhibition Is a Tour de Force | Village Voice
  
• The Met Breuer - Major Diane Arbus Exhibition photos by Miguel Villalobos - part 2 | A Shaded View On fashion by Diane Pernet
  
• The Fog of War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• John Hurt by Alfred Dunhill - YouTube
  
• Curtis Judd - YouTube
  
• MOST AMAZING DANCE MOVE - "THE LEAN" - with ROBERT HOFFMAN - YouTube
  
• Stephen Shore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Stephen Shore (@stephen.shore) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Paul C. Buff - AlienBees DigiBee DB400
  
• Arthur Tress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Arthur Tress
  
• Tresspassing: American Photographer Arthur Tress on Vimeo
  

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