On Taking Pictures

This week, we talk about the temporal nature of the things we make. Should they be preserved for the future or allowed to decay to a natural end, whatever that means? We also discuss transitions and how making the decision to leap can come from a variety of sources and happen for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is fear. Plus, an interesting looking trailer has emerged for a new biopic of Eadweard Muybridge. Lorena Lohr is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #parkinglot
  
• Floating Stone Productions :: TheCardboardBernini
  
• James Grashow - Sculptor, Woodcutter, Mixed-Media Artist
  
• Beauty is Embarrassing
  
• Find The Thing You're Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life - The Onion - America's Finest News Source
  
• Wyatt Neumann Has Passed Away | Complex
  
• Wyatt Neumann Family Fund | Fundly
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This week, prompted by a member of the OTP G+ Community, we begin with a bit of follow up on the discussion from last week about the influence of Robert Frank. Also, there is no best, but there just might be a best for you. Plus, a terrific photographer that neither one of us had ever heard of. Pinup photographer Bunny Yeager is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #watching
  
• I think you guys were pretty harsh about Robert Frank's influence. He clearly…
  
• TRENT PARKE: "Geoff Dyer on Trent Parke" (2008) - ASX | Photography & Culture
  
• Why I Stopped Using the DNG File Format
  
• Germaine Krull: The Modernist Photographer That Time Forgot | AnOther
  
• F21 Thread Screen
  
• Mapping Morocco through portraits - CNN.com
  
• Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank (2005) - YouTube
  
• Floating Stone Productions :: TheCardboardBernini
  
• GALAXY HYPER SPEED Direct Positive Photo Paper by Galaxy — Kickstarter
  
• The Unquiet Sky - The New York Times
  
• 20121212-lens-steinmetz-slide-76DW-superJumbo.jpg (1500×998)
  
• The offical Bunny Yeager Homepage
  
• Bunny Yeager's Darkroom: Pin-up Photography's Golden Era - YouTube
  
• Bettie Page Reveals All - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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This week, we’re discussing a recent New York Times article about Robert Frank, specifically the breadth of his influence on photography and the degree to which he either pursued or avoided fame and celebrity. We also discuss a few news items sent in by listeners, including an interesting piece about a new book by David Bailey which seems to be comprised mostly of mistakes from the darkroom. Rebecca Norris Webb is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #slide
  
• The Man Who Saw America - The New York Times
  
• Rolling Stones Cocksucker Blues Movie Part 1.flv - YouTube
  
• Jello Cake Recipe - Food.com
  
• Jacques Nadeau, Le Devoir photographer, robbed of his life's work
  
• Court Dismisses Photog's Copyright Lawsuit Against Nike Over Jumpman Photo
  
• Photographer David Bailey's unseen chemical experiments - CNN.com
  
• Amazon.com : Think Tank Photo Trifecta 8 Mirrorless Backpack : Camera & Photo
  
• ASX.TV: Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank (1986) | ASX
  
• 552 Portable Production Mixer with Integrated Recorder
  
• Developing Film in One Step - Instant Processing | The Art of Photography
  
• Crit Wall: Some friends, a couple of the big guns in the area met up to play
  
• Crit Wall: Doing more headshots at a university library; i keep looking at my work and…
  
• kissing-sailor-statue.jpg (650×477)
  
• Alex Webb // Rebecca Norris Webb // Photographs
  
• Norris Webb books on Amazon
  

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This week, we geek out a little over the New Horizons images of Pluto. Think about this: it will take four months to receive all of the data from nearly 4 billion miles away. We also discuss Chris Arnade’s photos from Hunt’s Point and whether or not being a good person is unethical. Plus, can you sell out as an artist anymore? Magnum photographer Alex Webb is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #stack
  
• New Horizons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• NASA's Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic Encounter | NASA
  
• Faces of Addiction | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• Chris Arnade Photography | OOOOH, I am not liked… By a museum. An email I...
  
• Philip-Lorca diCorcia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Tulsa (book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Is it even still possible to ‘sell out’? - The Washington Post
  
• Astronomical sleuth reveals the timing of the iconic 1945 'Kiss' - LA Times
  
• The Man Who Saw America - The New York Times
  
• Mac App Store - Affinity Photo
  
• Steve McCurry's Advice for Young Creatives #2 | Photography | Agenda | Phaidon
  
• Alex Webb (photographer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Alex Webb // Rebecca Norris Webb // Photographs
  
• Magnum Photos Photographer Portfolio
  

This week, we talk about change and some of the things that means for photographers in a market that never seems to stop. How do you view your own work and are there ways that viewing it differently could lead in new or exciting directions? Also, an interesting discussion around the NY Times article we teased last week with Cindy Sherman and Laurie Simmons. Larry Sultan is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #generations
  
• SAVE WRIGHT: Properties for sale
  
• ‘Tapers’ at the Grateful Dead Concerts Spread the Audio Sacrament - The New York Times
  
• Shopsin's Menu
  
• I Like Killing Flies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Recalling Sarah Charlesworth’s Photographs - The New York Times
  
• Chris Arnade Photography | OOOOH, I am not liked… By a museum. An email I...
  
• Faces of Addiction | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• The Freedom of Young Photographers - The New Yorker
  
• Imitating Richard Prince, Yale Graduate Zak Arctander Appropriates Feminist Photography - artnet News
  
• Odell Beckham Jr. - Bodies We Want 2015 - ESPN
  
• Love and basketball - BODY ISSUE 2015: BEHIND THE SCENES - ESPN
  
• Blake Shelton - Sangria (Official Music Video) - YouTube
  
• Larry Sultan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Larry Sultan, California Photographer, Dies at 63 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
  
• Larry Sultan
  

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This week, we discuss the TED talk we mentioned last week by Jimmy Nelson and how things aren’t always as they seem or as we want them to be. Also, we’re all making stuff and it’s okay to want it to be liked. Plus, generational changes in the art market: important or just theater? Rondal Partridge is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #change
  
• Chef 2014 Movie, Food Critic scene, Jon Favreau vs Oliver Platt - YouTube
  
• A-Grip Cinema | Crowd Supply
  
• Obscura Camera on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous portraits of the world's vanishing people - YouTube
  
• Jimmy Nelson (photographer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Turning a Blind Eye to Pure Old Vibrations
  
• Info : www.save-polaroid.com
  
• Canonical Names at Auction - The New York Times
  
• Recalling Sarah Charlesworth’s Photographs - The New York Times
  
• Chris Arnade Photography | Response to Bronx Documentary Center
  
• Howard Schatz - Photographer & Ophthalmologist - YouTube
  
• What Happened To The 9-Year-Old Smoking In Mary Ellen Mark's Photo? : NPR
  
• Galaxy photo paper
  
• rondalpartridge.com
  
• Rondal Partridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Photo Liaison, Rondal Partridge
  
• Michael Dawson Gallery / Dawson's Bookshop
  
• Rondal Partridge dies at 97; photographer known for irreverence - LA Times
  
• Rondal Partridge — 21st Editions, The Art of the Book
  

This week, an article sent in by a listener gets us discussing the idea of doing what you love. Is it a fantasy or can you really love doing something and still call it work? If everyone does only what they love, who does the work that nobody loves? Also, we talk a little about gear, including the allure of Petzval and Helios lenses and the new DxO One add-on camera for iPhone. Another suggestion from a listener is this week’s Photographer of the Week, cinematographer Christopher Doyle.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #favoriteMovie
  
• An open response to Taylor Swift’s rant against Apple | Junction10 Photography
  
• Petzval lens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• CD Miller Photography – Faking a Petzval in Photoshop
  
• DSLR Quality Camera in Your Pocket | DxO ONE | www.dxo.com
  
• Corbis will cheerfully charge you up the wazoo for public domain images - Boing Boing
  
• Photo Editing - Reviews and Price Comparisons from PC Magazine: Stock Photos Will Drive Photoshop Use Into the Ground
  
• Artist - Space Editions - 20x200
  
• Do what you love, love what you do: An omnipresent mantra that’s bad for work and workers.
  
• Jimmy Nelson: Gorgeous portraits of the world's vanishing people - YouTube
  
• 2046 (2004) Full Movie With English Subtitles - YouTube
  
• In the Mood for Love (2000) Full Movie With English Subtitles - YouTube
  
• Hero (Ying Xiong) 2002 Extended Trailer [HD] - YouTube
  
• An Interview with Christopher Doyle » The Kickstarter Blog — Kickstarter
  
• Interview: Cinematographer Christopher Doyle Talks 'Life | The Playlist
  

This week, where do the lines of completionism, perfectionism and obsession intersect? Can you be one and not the other? Also, we talk about compromise—what can come out of it and how much is too much. Plus, we chime in on a couple entries from the Crit Wall. Stan Douglas is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #windshield
  
• a subway in nyc dancing the way home. its show time!! Kid the wiz - YouTube
  
• Do what you love, love what you do: An omnipresent mantra that’s bad for work and workers.
  
• Adobe Stock - high quality royalty free stock photos and vectors | Adobe Stock
  
• Sony a7R II camera announced | Photo Rumors
  
• Stan Douglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• ICP's 28th Annual Infinity Awards: Stan Douglas on Vimeo
  
• Stan Douglas’s Midcentury Studio | Photography | Agenda | Phaidon
  
• Stan Douglas Artworks – Stan Douglas on artnet
  
• Strand - Cap-toe Lace-up Oxford Mens Dress Shoes by Allen Edmonds
  
• Stan Douglas books
  

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This week, do the memories imprinted on us in our youth define the experiences of maturity? Are we somehow aesthetically tethered to our past? Also, visiting a museum with the co-curator of the show is a good thing. "The photographer of Paris par excellence," Willy Ronis is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ Assignment: #weather
  
• The Memory of Time
  
• Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo to Jasper Johns
  
• Zingers box
  
• dolly-and-peanuts.jpg (348×500)
  
• California Child Actor's Bill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• NSFW | Q&A: Underwater Large Format Polaroids /w Ian and Erick Regnard — Pryme Magazine
  
• 1981 Dolly Madison Zingers commercial. Featuring the Peanuts gang and "The Zinger Zapper". - YouTube
  
• How to Pose Like a Man - NYTimes.com
  
• Photo shows twin tornadoes from a supercell | GrindTV.com
  
• 'Passing through darkness'?
  
• marchandrock.com
  
• Willy Ronis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Hackel Bury Fine Art - Willy Ronis
  
• Willy Ronis | Photography Artist | Jackson Fine Art
  
• Willy Ronis on Amazon
  

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This week, a brief follow up on the Atlantic article about creative entrepreneurs. Also, how a single photograph (in this case, a magazine cover) can still be a cultural watershed moment. Plus, a clever response to the recent Richard Prince fiasco. Masataka Nakano is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Bronica EC - Camera-wiki.org - The free camera encyclopedia
  
• Caitlyn Jenner on the Cover of Vanity Fair | Vanity Fair
  
• watch kate moss talk 90s new york and stretch limos | watch | i-D
  
• Google Photos - All your photos organized and easy to find
  
• Richard Prince SuicideGirl Prints by Missy | SuicideGirls
  
• Legendary Philadelphia-born photographer Mary Ellen Mark, 75, dies
  
• Steve Albini: The music industry is a parasite... and copyright is dead
  
• Etymotic earplugs
  
• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #CameraMotion
  
• Tokyo Nobody by Japanese Photographer Masataka Nakano — Marquette Turner Luxury Homes
  
• { samadhisound.com } Masataka Nakano
  
• "Tokyo Nobody" on Amazon
  

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