On Taking Pictures

Are you following a straight line or tacking an irregular course? Is one more effective than the other, providing you can see True North? What is the real value in a life spent making art? Plus, Russian photographer and graphic designer, Alexander Rodchenko is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Kayla Harrison - Judo Compilation - YouTube
  
• Scanning Film with a Camera – My Test : On Taking Pictures
  
• Acer announces 6-inch Liquid S2, 'first 4K-recording smartphone'
  
• Alexander Rodchenko » Photo Forager
  
• Alexander Rodchenko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Alexander Rodchenko photography - Google Search
  
• Creeping example of Soviet Montage
  
• Amazon: Alexander Rodchenko: Painting, Drawing, Collage, Design, Photography
  
• Amazon: Rodchenko
  
• Amazon: Aleksandr Rodchenko: Experiments for the Future, Diaries, Essays, Letters, and Other Writings
  

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This week, we’re talking film; both the technical side and the aesthetics. Is film as close as we’ll get to alchemy, or is it merely a placebo to look back on happier times? Also, cameras are better than they’ve ever been, so why isn’t there more great work? If you’re a fan of Art Deco and Fritz Lang, you’re going to love the work of our Photographer of the Week, Czech shooter, Frantisek Drtikol.

Links for this episode:

• First Look: Replichrome by Totally Rad » Faded + Blurred
  
• In Memoriam – Kodachrome (1935 – 2010) | X-Equals - Click. Download. Smile.
  
• Pentax67+Velvia vs Sony Alpha 900
  
• Big Camera Comparison - On Landscape
  
• Shootout
  
• Has the bubble burst? Is that why camera sales in N. America are down by 43%? | The Visual Science Lab / Kirk Tuck
  
• Lost and Found : Discover the black-and-white era in full color : The Picture Show : NPR
  
• thecandidframe.com
  
• The Candid Frame #116 - William George Wadman | The Candid Frame: A Photography Podcast
  
• Jerry Lewis Interview with Bill Boggs - YouTube
  
• John Zorn - interview (2007) - YouTube
  
• TIME’s Best Portraits of 2012 - LightBox
  
• Controversy Erupts After Stolen Picture Wins Samsung Photo Contest
  
• František Drtikol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Frantisek Drtikol - ALAFOTO GALLERY
  
• Amazon: Frantisek Drtikol: Photographs 1901-1914
  
• Amazon: Frantisek Drtikol: Portraits
  
• Amazon: Magnum Contact Sheets
  

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The week, who are you presenting to the world, you, or a manufactured version of you? Also, all roads lead to film when Bill borrows a Leica M7. Plus, what’s the difference between collecting and curating? Artist-slash-photographer, Vic Muniz sparks some interesting discussion on the nature of art as our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• J. Paul Getty Museum opens up its collections of images
  
• Shared Vision: The Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection of Photography | Princeton University Art Museum
  
• A Photographer’s Perspective on Pinterest | Troy Grover Photographers Blog
  
• Pelican 1510 Camera Case : On Taking Pictures
  
• Bostick-Sullivan :: Alternative Process Kits :: Cyanotype Kits :: Cyanotype Printing Kit - 250 ml
  
• VikMuniz
  
• WASTE LAND : Vik Muniz
  
• Vik Muniz: Art with wire, sugar, chocolate and string | Video on TED.com
  
• Pictures of Magazine 2 by Vik Muniz
  
• Amazon: Vik Muniz: Le Musée Imaginaire
  
• Amazon: Vik Muniz: Reflex
  
• Amazon: Vik Muniz: Verso
  

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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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