This week, we celebrate looking at work through the eyes of an amateur. Also towards the end of the show, we hit upon a somewhat profound revelation about art and bicycling. Plus, Art Streiber is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Unconsciously Graceful: Lillian Bassman » Faded + Blurred
  
• The Platinum Print
  
• Bostick & Sullivan - Supplies For Platinum, Palladium and Alternative Photographic Processes
  
• Make.Do. Documentary by Brian Frank — Kickstarter
  
• Pelican 1510 Camera Case : On Taking Pictures
  
• Amazon: Pelican 1510 Rolling Case
  
• MagicLantern.fm - Home
  
• Being smart is highly overrated, according to Kenneth Goldsmith, the Museum of Modern Art’s first poet laureate.
  
• ART STREIBER: Celebrity, Portrait and Advertising Photographer.
  
• Art Streiber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Profoto Blog Art Streiber: Star Wars is Back!
  

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This week, how do you gauge whether or not the work you do is authentic? What do you do when good isn’t good enough or how much to you chalk up to timing? Also, should you be held accountable for the consistency of the art you create? Plus, brilliant fashion and fine art photographer, Lillian Bassman is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection | Mental Floss
  
• WADMAN EDITIONS
  
• Writing Wednesdays: Suing Neil Young
  
• BBC - Culture - The quiet revolutionary design classic
  
• Amazon.com: Fine Art: Collectibles & Fine Art
  
• Lillian Bassman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Lillian Bassman, Fashion and Fine-Art Photographer, Dies at 94 - NYTimes.com
  
• Room 237 Movie | Many Ways In, No Way Out
  
• Amazon: Lillian Bassman: Women
  
• Amazon: Lillian Bassman: Lingerie
  
• Amazon: Lillian Bassman & Paul Himmel
  

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This week, we talk about image; both the images you take as photographers as well as the image you present of yourself as the photographer. Do better shoes make you a better photographer and, if so, when did being cool trump being good? We also tackle some listener Q&A and profile Horst P. Horst as our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• What Remains: Robert Polidori » Faded + Blurred
  
• Platinum Palladium Printing with Leica M Monochrom on Vimeo
  
• Amazon - Pelican 1510 Hard Case
  
• Horst P. Horst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Horst P Horst | Classic Photography
  
• Horst P. Horst - Voguepedia
  
• Masters of Photography | Beauty ~ A Way of Life | Horst P. Horst - YouTube
  
• Amazon: Horst Portraits: 60 Years of Style
  
• Amazon: Horst: His Work and His World
  

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This week, we talk reinvention. Sometimes you choose, while other times, the choice is made for you. Do you go willingly, or kicking and screaming? Also, how do you take your work (or yourself) to the next level? Plus, you may not know the name, but you definitely know the photos; Philippe Halsman is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Impostor syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• MoMA | Walker Evans American Photographs
  
• Why you shouldn’t care that a Picasso was destroyed - Quartz
  
• Light Blaster
  
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Long-Awaited Cosmos Sequel Tells 'Greatest Story Ever Told' | Underwire | Wired.com
  
• Philippe Halsman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Philippe Halsman | Photographer
  
• Amazon: Philippe Halsman "Portraits"
  
• Amazon: Philippe Halsman "A Retrospective"
  
• Amazon: Philippe Halsman's Jump Book
  

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We lighten things up this week and talk about gear, specifically cameras and why what’s right for you may not be right for someone else...and that’s okay. Also, sometimes your photos really don’t matter... just enjoy the moment. Plus, Ellen von Unwerth brings the sexy as our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Dan Winters- Photographs of the U.S. Space Program - LightBox
  
• The Joy of Old Age. (No Kidding.) - NYTimes.com
  
• John Nack on Adobe : No words
  
• The Trip
  
• BBC - Blogs - TV blog - Alive: Rankin Faces Death
  
• Ellen von Unwerth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Ellen von Unwerth - Tumblr
  
• Ellen von Unwerth’s Videos on Vimeo
  
• Faded and Blurred Spotlight - Ellen Von Unwerth
  
• ellen von unwerth - Google Search
  
• Revenge by Ellen von Unwerth
  
• Amazon: Dan Winter "Last Launch: Discovery, Endeavor, Atlantis"
  
• Amazon - Ellen Von Unwerth "Couples"
  
• Amazon: Ellen Von Unwerth "Fraulein"
  

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Last week, we talked about valuing your work. This week, we take on the idea of defining artistic goals and how a journey without a destination can have a dramatic impact on the work you create. Also, how do you decide just how much creative capital to invest? Plus, brilliant Chinese street photographer, Ho Fan is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• John Nack on Adobe : No words
  
• Disruptions: Social Media Images Form a New Language Online - NYTimes.com
  
• Hasselblad Digital Back - Sample File Images
  
• Tugg - In No Great Hurry in Minneapolis, MN on Monday, July 29, 7:30pm
  
• Helmut Newton At The Annenberg » Faded + Blurred
  
• Ho Fan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• FAN HO, Hong Kong Master Street Photographer #1 | Leica Liker
  
• HO Fan | Works : Blue Lotus Gallery
  
• Amazon: Ho Fan, "Hong Kong Yesterday"
  

This week, we do a bit of follow up on last week’s episode, which really seems to have touched a nerve with listeners. At what point does worrying about putting a value on your work keep you from doing your work? Also, Bill contemplates going big for a new project. “Original Mad Man” Bert Stern is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Only The Lonely « The New Adventures of Stephen Fry
  
• 5by5 | In Beta #55: Everybody Else Has All The Candy
  
• World's 27 Most Expensive Photographs Ever Sold {NSFW}
  
• How Leica Camera Is Reinventing The Medium-Format Market On Its Own Terms
  
• S-RAW / Home Page - LEICA Camera AG
  
• THE MEXICAN SUITCASE / A film by Trisha Ziff
  
• Media Hint
  
• BBC iPlayer - imagine...: Summer 2013: Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? (High Definition)
  
• Bert Stern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Bert Stern: Original Madman - Official U.S. site
  
• Bert Stern, Elite Photographer Known for Images of Marilyn Monroe, Dies at 83
  
• Amazon - Bert Stern "Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting"
  

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This week, we wrestle with “good enough”; what does it really mean, and who gets to decide? Where do we draw the line between homage and just plain thievery? Plus, documentary photographer Martin Parr is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Patton Oswalt | A CLOSED LETTER TO MYSELF ABOUT THIEVERY, HECKLING AND RAPE JOKES
  
• Dumped! - meg wachter photography
  
• Would You Believe That This Image Is Actually A Single Photo? - DesignTAXI.com
  
• Henri Cartier-Bresson: Living and Looking - NYTimes.com
  
• Throwing shade: how Pixar changed the way light works for 'Monsters University'
  
• sakeriver.com - Art, the Art World, and On Taking Pictures
  
• Shut Up And Shoot T-Shirt » Faded + Blurred
  
• Created In Brooklyn: A Conversation With Randy Duchaine » Faded + Blurred
  
• Martin Parr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Martin Parr
  
• Martin Parr - Google Search
  
• Amazon - Martin Parr "Life's a Beach"
  
• Amazon - Martin Parr "The Last Resort"
  
• Amazon - Martin Parr "Martin Parr"
  

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Big discussions this week as we talk about different facets of collaboration and look to dispel The Myth of the Lone Artist. A short film by Eric Becker prompts us to wonder whether or not the world is for want of inspirational material. Plus, classic sports photographer Hy Peskin is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Miscommunication on Vimeo
  
• A Life Well Lived | Jim Whittaker & 50 Years of Everest on Vimeo
  
• Live From Daryl's House with Daryl Hall :: Homepage
  
• The 30 Harshest Filmmaker-on-Filmmaker Insults in History – Flavorwire
  
• Hy Peskin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• The Story Behind the Photo of Ben Hogan's 1-Iron Shot in the 1950 U.S. Open
  
• hy peskin photographs - Google Search
  

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This week we talk about getting through a shoot when you feel like a truck ran over you. Also, do retouchers deserve credit? If so, when and how much? Plus, abstract photographer and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Uta Barth is our Photographer of the week.

Links for this episode:

• Joe McNally Climbed the Burj Khalifa - NYTimes.com
  
• How the New National Geographic Cover was Captured with James Cameron
  
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5
  
• Review: Adobe Lightroom 5 (Mac version) - The Phoblographer
  
• Apple - Mac Pro
  
• Uta Barth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Uta Barth — MacArthur Foundation
  
• tanya bonakdar gallery :: artists
  
• Should retouchers get equal credit? | Jeremy Cowart
  
• Uta Barth: 2012 MacArthur Fellow | MacArthur Foundation - YouTube
  
• Amazon: Uta Barth (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon))
  
• Amazon: Uta Barth: To Draw with Light: Blind Spot Series 03
  
• Amazon: Uta Barth: The Long Now
  

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