On Taking Pictures

This week, we discuss an article from the Atlantic on the changing role of the artist and the rise of “creative entrepreneurs.” Have you ever thought about taking a year off? We talk about Stefan Sagmeister’s creative sabbaticals. Also, get ready for Mad Max Fury Road in black and white. Jacques Henri Lartigue is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #atrest
  
• Eight Awesome Bits of Mad Max Fury Road Trivia - /Film
  
• A one-of-a-kind marketplace from Steven Soderbergh. - Extension 765
  
• The Death of the Artist—and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur - The Atlantic
  
• Do Touch The Artwork At Prado's Exhibit For The Blind : Parallels : NPR
  
• Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off - YouTube
  
• Ad of the Day: Adult Retailer Makes Probably the Craziest X-Rated Ad Yet (NSFW) | Adweek
  
• Robert De Niro Tells Graduating Art Students: 'You're F***ed'
  
• Jacques Henri Lartigue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• COULEURS
  
• Wes Anderson and Jacques Henri Lartigue
  
• Donation Jacques Henri Lartigue
  
• lartigue - Google Search
  
• MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Saul Melman: Central Governor
  
• Richard Prince - September 19 - October 24, 2014 - Gagosian Gallery
  

This week, we do some follow up on last week’s show, including a bit about chasing perfection, happiness, normality, etc. We also discuss the Radiolab episode we mentioned last week involving the photojournalist and the fallen soldier and who should have the say over viewing the resulting photographs. Music photographer Gregory Nolan is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - G+ - Assignment: #horizon
  
• Sight Unseen - Radiolab
  
• lynsey addario, photographer
  
• EXCLUSIVE: Sam Roddick Speaks Out After Being Banned From Instagram | Art & Culture, News | HUNGER TV
  
• Incredibly Realistic Images Of Floating Feathers Made With Countless Nude Bodies - DesignTAXI.com
  
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• The Death of the Artist—and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur - The Atlantic
  
• Freerunner jumps between pillars on 43rd floor of Dubai hotel - video | World news | The Guardian
  
• Rankin - Vogue.it
  
• Tim Ronca
  
• GREGORY NOLAN
  

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This week’s discussion goes a little off the reservation. Should the idea of making a living from your creative endeavors factor into whether or not you pursue them? How do you decide between should and must? Also, it’s hard to live in the present when you can’t stop worrying about the future. Instagram photographer Last Suspect is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #dailyroutine
  
• Words of Wisdom: Casey Neistat - YouTube
  
• The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion
  
• The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
  
• The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do
  
• Do the KIND Thing: Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately
  
• The Wireless Generation | A documentary about a new generation of people who are taking their careers online in order to travel the world.
  
• Sight Unseen - Radiolab
  
• iTunes - Podcasts - Home of the Brave by Scott Carrier
  
• Hubble Deep Field - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• When Hubble Stared at Nothing for 100 Hours – Phenomena: No Place Like Home
  
• The Hubble Wars
  
• Jason Bourne ?????? (@lastsuspect) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• L A S T S U S P E C T
  

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This week, standout work from last weekend’s Paris Photo LA and some observations on the growing trend of really big prints and really banal subject matter. Also, abstraction and alternative processes in mainstream photography. Plus, a revision on the “through the window” debacle from a few weeks ago. Scottish photographer Bill Anderson is our PotW.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ : Assignment: #abstraction
  
• Welcome to Paris Photo Los Angeles - international fine art photography fair - Paramount Pictures Studios
  
• Alex Timmermans | Alchemist
  
• Joni Sternbach Photography
  
• Michal Macku - Paris Photo Los Angeles
  
• Carbon Transfer Printing - Developing the Print - YouTube
  
• Nadav Kander - Paris Photo Los Angeles
  
• This Leica M-P 'Correspondent' Edition Was Designed by Lenny Kravitz
  
• Triggertrap Ada: Modular Camera Trigger by Triggertrap — Kickstarter
  
• Glamour Photos Replace Selfies for Personal Branding - NYTimes.com
  
• Glamour selfies: People are shelling out for professional social media portraits.
  
• 'Out My Window' Offers A Voyeuristic Peek Into Strangers' Lives
  
• Andre Kertesz, Watching From Above - NYTimes.com
  
• Bill Anderson — Wilding Cran Gallery
  
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This week, we’re testing Mixlr for doing live episodes of OTP. We begin the first episode of Year Four (can you believe it?) with an email from a listener talking about the relative value of “formal” groups and associations with regard to photography and the visual arts. Does belonging to an “official” group, such as ASMP help your career? If so, how? Also, we discuss an interesting article talking about the differences between fact and fiction in photojournalism and how the new storytelling is driving what direction the genre is taking. Landscape and architectural photographer Franco Fontana is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• American Society of Media Photographers
  
• PPA | Professional Photographers of America
  
• Fact and Fiction in Modern Photography - NYTimes.com
  
• Osteria Francescana - L'osteria di Massimo Bottura.
  
• Fact and Fiction in Modern Photography - NYTimes.com
  
• Review: How Netflix's 'Chef's Table' Reinvents the Cookin | Indiewire
  
• Franco Fontana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Franco Fontana || Full Color - YouTube
  
• Photo & Contemporary - Franco Fontana
  
• Franco Fontana photographer (English subtitles) - YouTube
  

This week marks the end of three years of bringing you OTP every week. We start out the episode discussing your poll responses to last week’s court ruling around photography and privacy. We also talk about the DUFFY documentary and wonder about impact and legacy. Who are your most iconic photographers? Plus, a discussion around the recent Sally Mann essay in the New York Times magazine. Christopher Marley is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Community - Google+ - Assignment: #fashion
  
• Adorama: From Concept to Composite - Post Production with Bill Wadman
  
• Jean-Claude Pondevie - Paris Photo Agenda
  
• Brian Duffy (photographer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Duffy - Photographer | Duffy Photographer - 1933 - 2010
  
• Sally Mann’s Exposure - NYTimes.com
  
• Learn Photography & Discover the Best Photography Gear
  
• Pheromone Wholesale | Christopher Marley
  
• Slide Show: The Right Stuff - The New Yorker
  
• Pheromone: The Insect Artwork of Christopher Marley on Amazon
  
• Biophilia by Christopher Marley on Amazon
  

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This week, we discuss a recent ruling around privacy and art—what that could mean to you not only as a photographer, but also as a citizen. Also, we attempt to weigh in on some ideas around content vs. curation, using a recent MoMA show as an example. Plus, a link to a fantastic documentary that we’ll be discussing in next week’s show. Pentti Sammallahti is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures Community - Google+ - Assignment: #market
  
• Heart - Stairway to Heaven (Live at Kennedy Center Honors) [FULL VERSION] - YouTube
  
• Family loses legal battle against photog who took their pics
  
• Into The Abyss: Teal and Orange - Hollywood, Please Stop the Madness
  
• MOMA’s Embarrassing Björk Crush - The New Yorker
  
• Qimage Ultimate - The Ultimate in Batch Photo Printing
  
• Who’s Really to Blame for MoMA’s Björkgate?
  
• PrinTao 8 for Mac
  
• Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography | The Getty Museum
  
• THE MAN WHO SHOT THE SIXTIES on Vimeo
  
• Pentti Sammallahti | Nailya Alexander Gallery
  
• Here Far Away: The Visual Fables of Pentti Sammallahti - LightBox
  
• Pentti Sammallahti - Artists - Peter Fetterman
  
• "Here Far Away Hardcover" by Pentti Sammallahti
  
• Beyond the Reach Official Trailer #1 (2015) - Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine Movie HD - YouTube
  

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This week, we’re talking footprints...social footprints and how, for some types of photography, being a good (or even great) photographer is no longer enough. It’s also about how many eyes you bring along with you. Bill shares his recent experience judging selections for a camera club in NYC. Joni Sternbach is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #bloom
  
• 5by5 | The Dan Benjamin Hour #23: The White Trailer
  
• Instagram professional turns hobby into career
  
• Hiroaki Fukuda (@hirozzzz) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• Survival Guide Interview with Artist Rep Maren Levinson - YouTube
  
• Joni Sternbach Photography
  
• Joni Sternbach - Photographer on Vimeo
  
• Through a 19th century lens
  
• Joni Sternbach: Surf Site Tin Type on Amazon
  

This week, we talk a bit about the democratization of photography vs demonetization, not from the point of view of making money but from simply making pictures. Also, how can social media impact photography as an individual pursuit? When did photography become a social activity? Francesca Woodman is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• OTP G+ Group - Assignment #shoes
  
• Why I would happily spend 3€ on every shot I take - THE ZEN PHOTOGRAPHERTHE ZEN PHOTOGRAPHER
  
• Big Fence: a Photographic Portrait of Pitcairn Island - Fundraising film on Vimeo
  
• Tidelands - Coil - Official Video - YouTube
  
• Francesca Woodman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Francesca Woodman on artnet
  
• Haunted Genius: The Tragic Life and Death of Francesca Woodman
  
• The Woodmans (2010) - IMDb
  
• B&W 2.0 Film for 600 Black Frame | Impossible. Analog Instant Film and Cameras.
  

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This week, a question sent in for last week’s Q&A show around deciding how to know when something just isn’t working sparks a terrific discussion on purpose, intent, cutting through the noise and even throwing in the towel. We also talk about how to give your own work value, when value is so subjective. Harold "Doc" Edgerton and Gjon Mili are our first dual Photographers of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Sebastião Salgado’s Journey From Brazil to the World - NYTimes.com
  
• Wim Wenders | Welcome to the official Site of WIM WENDERS
  
• Welcome to DrewStruzan.com
  
• Drew: The Man Behind The Poster
  
• Flashtube - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Paul Buff Obituary - JACKSON, AL | Mobile Register and Baldwin County
  
• Speed of flash for high speed photography
  
• FIELD NOTES COLORS:“TWO RIVERS” EDITION
  
• Harold Eugene Edgerton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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