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This week, we discuss authenticity - is the quest for authenticity real or just a hoax perpetuated by hipsters and organic farmers? Also, thoughts on Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art - realizing what you are and getting down to business. Could this book be a good candidate for a group discussion? Plus, Lee Friedlander is our PotW.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Community - Google+
  
• YANSS Podcast – Episode Five – The Authenticity Hoax « You Are Not So Smart
  
• "The War of Art" by Steve Pressfield on Amazon
  
• New York hotel offers to live-tweet your wedding – for $3,000 | Digital Trends
  
• Stunning Photo Series Highlights The Beauty Of Black Dogs That Are Often Overlooked In Adoption
  
• Black Dogs Project
  
• The Mystery of the 'Only Camera to Come Back from the Moon' | Motherboard
  
• Alan Bean Art, Alan Bean Astronaut, Alan Bean Moonwalker, Alan Bean Paintings
  
• rinzi ruiz photography
  
• New55 FILM by Bob Crowley — Kickstarter
  
• Lee Friedlander | Fraenkel Gallery
  
• MoMA | The Collection | Lee Friedlander (American, born 1934)
  
• "Lee Friedlander: Self Portrait" on Amazon
  
• "Lee Friedlander: Sticks & Stones" on Amazon
  
• "Lee Friedlander: America by Car" on Amazon
  

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Episode 100! Thank you so much for coming along with us each week. This week, we discuss how a place can (and should) get under your skin to help fuel creativity. Also, is technology killing creativity and prosperity? Would you pay real money to increase your social media reach? Facebook thinks so. Plus, fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures Intro Compilation - MP3
  
• On Taking Pictures Intro Compilation - YouTube
  
• Facebook Is Ending the Free Ride
  
• The beautiful invasion: Sponsorship and Instagram | Ars Technica
  
• Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Cover Vogue April 2014
  
• Scott’s suicide reveals tragic side of city’s glitzy scene | New York Post
  
• Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class - Salon.com
  
• Photographer Swallows 35mm Film, Allows Digestive Fluids To Create Astounding Images - Beautiful/Decay Artist & Design
  
• The only camera to make it to the moon and back sells at auction for $910,000 | The Verge
  
• Erwin Blumenfeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Home | Erwin Blumenfeld
  
• Erwin Blumenfeld on Pinterest
  
• "Erwin Blumenfeld" on Amazon
  
• Phaidon "Erwin Blumenfeld" on Amazon
  

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For this last double-digit episode, we talk about the entitlement of an artistic life. Should society reward creativity? Also, more on the seemingly endless question of whether social media works or is simply a distraction. Plus, we question whether photography has to be good to be important with our Photographer of the Week, Terry Richardson.

Links for this episode:

• Capa In Color [Review] - Faded + Blurred
  
• What Is a Photograph? | International Center of Photography
  
• Capa in Color on Amazon
  
• NPPA gives Humanitarian Award to photojournalist Al Diaz
  
• Miami Photojournalist Al Diaz, Photography, Miami photographer | Al Diaz
  
• Rocker Jack White - Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O'Brien - YouTube
  
• IT MIGHT GET LOUD | Sony Pictures Classics
  
• "It Might Get Loud" on Amazon Streaming
  
• 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently
  
• Calumet Photo in the US Officially Declares Bankruptcy, Gave Employees Zero Notice
  
• Young Model's Shocking Terry Richardson Story Sparks a #NoMoreTerry Boycott
  
• Terry Richardson posts on HuffPo
  
• Terry Richardson on Amazon
  

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Big show this week as we take a look at some of the latest art and photography news and how the stories may affect making a living as a creative. Content may be the new black, but who really wins if all of it is free? With no roadmap to navigate, we raise more questions than answers. How do you find your way? Lewis Hine is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Paris as Muse
  
• Award-Winning Photo Tells Us More About The Syria Crisis Than Any Statistic Can
  
• The world's largest photo service just made its pictures free to use | The Verge
  
• Beyond the Frame
  
• Steven Soderbergh's State Of Cinema Talk - Deadline.com
  
• “Leica Photography” Is Dead. Leica Killed It. | Leicaphilia
  
• 'Upskirt' Photos Legal In Massachusetts, Says Court
  
• 'Upskirt' ban in Massachusetts signed into law - CNN.com
  
• Infographic-1920-1200-01.jpg (1920×1200)
  
• Report Finds Art Ranking Poorly as Investment Compared to Other Collectibles
  
• This Photographer Just Made $15K In One Day On Instagram
  
• arnold_daniel on Instagram
  
• Lewis Hine | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive
  
• ADDIE CARD: Search For An Amemic Little Spinner, Chapter One
  

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This week, we talk about how technology is affecting branding and marketing. With so much noise and so many choices, how do you know what works? Also, can your future self be your present hero? Plus, transformation - how much is enough? Fantastic dance photographer Barbara Morgan is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Twitter / TheEllenShow: If only Bradley's arm was longer. ...
  
• Oscars 2014: Watch Matthew McConaughey's Confounding Acceptance Speech | TIME.com
  
• Matt Damon impersonates Matthew McConaughey - YouTube
  
• David duChemin – World & Humanitarian Photographer, Nomad, Author. » Fill Your Canvas
  
• How a Science Fiction Book Cover Became a $5.7 Million Painting
  
• In pictures: Roger Fenton's historic Crimean War photographs - Telegraph
  
• Erol Morris "Seeing is Believing" on Amazon
  
• Film news: Fujifilm discontinues 4x5 peel-apart film - Japan Camera Hunter
  
• Barbara Morgan (photographer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Barbara Morgan - Dance Photographer
  
• Barbara Morgan "Martha Graham: Sixteen Dances" on Amazon
  

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Is your photography business your own? We discuss one interesting case where the answer was no. We also talk about image, not the one you’re making but the one you’re living, which helps set the stage for next week’s discussion on branding. Plus, surf photographer Mickey Smith on a present worth remembering and UK photographer Thurston Hopkins is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Community - Google+
  
• Tych Panel – The ultimate diptych, triptych & ntych automation tool for Photoshop (by Reimund Trost)
  
• Diptic on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Create your own diptych (pictures collage)
  
• Canon Lets Go Off The Low-Priced Compact Camera Market | CanonWatch CanonWatch
  
• New Mexico Supreme Court: Wedding Photographer May Not Decline Business from Same-Sex Couple’s Commitment Ceremony » Publications » The Federalist Society
  
• On Not Answering the Question: What Makes a Good Photograph?
  
• Mickey Smith - Dark Side of the Lens - YouTube
  
• Sue Bryce Portrait | Australian Portrait Photographer of the Year 2011 & 2012
  
• Seeing Themselves: Photographers' Self-Portraits : The New Yorker
  
• Are More Eccentric Artists Perceived As Better Artists? : NPR
  
• Picture Post photographer Thurston Hopkins at 100 - audio slideshow | Art and design | theguardian.com
  
• Thurston Hopkins Collection | Getty Images Gallery
  
• Thurston Hopkins Exhibition | Getty Images Gallery
  

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This week, when is enough really enough? How do you know when it’s time to make subtle corrections versus charting an entirely new course? We also discuss the potential of collaboration and how narrative is changing the way we view photography. Portrait photographer Brett Walker is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• 8x10 Experiment Results - All 25 — Bill Wadman, photographer
  
• [Editorial] Photography: Is It Still A Man’s World?
  
• The Making of Fictional Photo Stories on Medium — Stories Worth Seeing — Medium
  
• An American Prayer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Doors "An American Prayer" on Amazon
  
• The Invisible Peak on Vimeo
  
• Photographing the Sochi Winter Olympics with Getty - Digital Cameras: SLR & Compact Cameras
  
• The World's Best (Unaltered) Photos
  
• Flickr: [brett walker]'s Photostream
  
• Brett Walker - Redhead Color
  
• Brett Walker - Nude Version 1
  
• Brett Walker - Nude Version 2
  
• Dan Winters "Road to Seeing" on Amazon
  

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This week is a Q&A show where we take a bunch of listener questions and try to answer them without sounding like idiots. But first, do you miss the good ol’ days of analog? We discuss Bill’s recent (and expensive) foray into large-format film on an 8x10 portrait shoot. Photographer, professor and MacArthur Fellow An-My Lê is our Photographer of the week.

Links for this episode:

• One in 8 Million - New York Characters in Sound and Images - The New York Times
  
• 7 Reasons Why You Will Never Do Anything Amazing With Your Life | Raymmar Tirado
  
• Amazing people & portrait photography by Brett Walker | The D-Photo
  
• Mugshots 2008
  
• Bill's Type 55 portrait of H.A. Conrad
  
• François Boucher, painter
  
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard, painter
  
• An-My Lê
  
• An-My Lê — MacArthur Foundation
  
• An-My Le: Small Wars on Amazon
  

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This week, we discuss the little voice - the gnawing (knowing) inside all of us that pushes us forward. How do you choose what to listen to and what to dismiss? Where do you draw the line between what you can do and what you will do? Plus, where has the mystique around photography gone? Ormond Gigli is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Apple - Thirty Years of Mac - “1.24.14” Film
  
• Tim's Vermeer - Movie Trailers - iTunes
  
• Writing Wednesdays: Nobody Knows Nothing
  
• Photography Documentary List
  
• Vintage Camera Ads
  
• The Race to Save a Hauntingly Beautiful Photo Archive - LightBox
  
• ink&paper on Vimeo
  
• The Ox on Vimeo
  
• New Leica T (Type 701) Camera Soon? First Images? | STEVE HUFF PHOTOS
  
• Ormond Gigli
  
• Ormond Gigli's best photograph – women in the windows in Manhattan | Art and design | The Guardian
  
• Gigli portrait of Louie Armstrong
  

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This week, we chime in on a recent NY Times article that questions the new definition of photography. Should using a camera somewhere in the process be a prerequisite to calling something a photograph? Are curators simply throwing stuff at the wall and hoping that Art is the only thing that sticks? We also discuss a listener email that centers around the flood of tutorials and techniques available to photographers, which begs the question “What should I learn?” Plus, National Geographic shooter Bruce Dale is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• With Cameras Optional, New Directions in Photography - NYTimes.com
  
• Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence | Brain Pickings
  
• The 10,000 Hour Rule
  
• Inside Instruments | Colossal
  
• Snowflakes, night city and other things: My technique for snowflakes shooting
  
• The artist with the bad camera | Photography | Agenda | Phaidon
  
• Sundance 2014 Old-Fashioned Portraits - Sundance 2014 Victoria Will Tintypes - Esquire
  
• Today In WTF: Russian Socialite Poses On Chair Made Of A Black Woman
  
• The Reality Behind Instagram Feeds - The Bold Italic - San Francisco
  
• Triangulation 134 | TWiT.TV
  
• Bruce Dale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Bruce Dale | Selected photos
  
• Bullet Hitting Watch
  
• 30 Years of BAD Pictures on Vimeo
  

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