Outerfocus

“Photography can light up darkness and expose ignorance” - Lewis Hine

This week we are joined by New York based photographer, Jonathan Higbee. We hear how Jonathan started his photography journey as a travel photographer and writer at a print magazine, and how he became a street photographer after moving to New York. We also discuss his work, and touch on how he made a career from shooting street, despite some pessimistic views from others. Jonathan also gives us an insight into photographers who have inspired him, as well as his favourite photography book and more.

As part of our history of photography section we take a closer look at Lewis Hine. Born in 1940 (I'm pretty sure it's 1874 Louise...hahahaha. Louise Martin does our show notes and obviously is having an off day. Pointed out by Joao, thanks mate!) Hine was an American sociologist and photographer known for his part in changing child labor laws in the US. We discuss his work, and his career which involved photographing immigrants arriving in America.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hine

MOMA

International Photography Hall of Fame

Guest Links: 

https://www.jonathanhigbee.com

https://www.instagram.com/aliveisthecity/

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Books:

“A good photograph is like a good hound dog, dumb, but eloquent” Eugene Atget

Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!

As we hit our 20th episode! we are joined this week by American photographer Charles Peterson. We talk with Charles about his career right from his college days shooting gigs, and touch on his time at the Seattle based independent record label Sub Pop. Charles is well known for his music photography, especially shooting the likes of Kurt Cobain and Pearl Jam, so we find out more about that as well as projects such as Grunge and Cypher. We also discuss his current direction in photography and hear about his future plans such as a new book and more.

History of photography this week focuses on Eugene Atget, a French documentary photographer born in 1857. We discuss how he went from actor to being well known for his work surrounding Paris street scenes prior to modernisation, and how his work became truly recognised after his death thanks to efforts by the likes of Berenice Abbot.

Atget Links:

Wiki 

MOMA

Guest Links:

https://www.charlespeterson.net

https://www.instagram.com/charles.peterson.photographer/

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/f8kym/

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/outerfocuspodcast)

‘When I photograph I make love’ Alfred Stieglitz 

This week we welcome street photographer, Julia Coddington. Currently living in Sydney, Julia is a self taught photographer who takes a lot of her inspiration from the environment and the place she lives. We talk to Julia about her style, how she got started in photography and how she started to build confidence to shoot street photography. We also discuss with Julia, camera clubs; shooting with iPhones; her projects; her street photography workshops and how she likes to shoot.

We take a look at Alfred Stieglitz for our history of photography this week. Stieglitz, an American photographer born in 1864 was also well known as a modern art promoter and curator, and was married to the artist Georgia O’Keefe. We discuss how went from shooting with his first camera, a Folmer and Schwing (#SCHWING); co-editing The American Photographer to the creation of the Photo Secession, Camera Work and the 291 Gallery

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz

Guest Links:

https://www.juliacoddington.com

https://www.instagram.com/juliacoddington/

https://www.unexposedcollective.com/about

Host Links:

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Books:

’When I first became interested in photography I thought it was the whole cheese, my idea was to have it recognised as one of the fine arts. Today I don’t give a hoot in hell about it, the mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself, and that is no mean function.’’ Edward Steichen 

Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!

This week we are joined by street photographer, Melissa Breyer from New York. We chat to Melissa about her career journey delving into how and why she went from painting student to photographer. We also hear about Melissas writing and managing editor role at Treehugger as well as details about her upcoming book.

With a packed show last week, we decided to look more a bit more at Edward Steichen. Born in Luxembourg in 1879, and later emigrating to America Steichen was known not only for being one of the first modern fashion photographers, but was also known for opening the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, later to be known as 291 with Alfred Stieglitz. We take a look at his early life, his work and more. 

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Steichen

F1 Photographer using 4x5 View camera

Guest Links:

http://www.melissabreyer.com

https://www.instagram.com/melbreyer/

https://www.treehugger.com/author/melissa-breyer/

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/f8kym/

New York - Saul Leiter  (Louis Vuitton)

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Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can’t get inside and know the subject.” – Edward Steichen

Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!

And we’re back with a bang!

This week we are joined by David Carol. A photographer, lecturer, writer, curator and publisher.  We talk with David about how he got started in photography, right from owning his first camera at the age of 18 and his first job at The Image Bank, to more recently being retired and publishing photography books with his publishing company, Peanut Press. 

History of photography this week (very) briefly touches on Edward Steichen. To be fair, we’ll probably go into more detail about Steichen next week as trying to stay on one subject was a bit like trying to herd wild cats. A plethora of things were discussed this week, including: processing film, cameras, Rolex watches and David’s top five influential photographers, among many other things.

We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed having this conversation. 

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Steichen

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Guest Links: 

https://www.davidcarol.com

https://peanutpressbooks.com

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Books:

Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/outerfocuspodcast)

"There is still a misunderstanding on the subject of the straight print, as opposed to the modified print. Some champions of pure photography, as it is called, will even deny that a modified print is a photograph at all. For my part, I believe that if the X deposit forming an image is built up by the action of light, under the shadow of another image, transparent, and also due to light action, the result must be a photograph, whatever modifications the photographer has thought proper to introduce amongst the relative proportions of the deposit" - Robert Demachy

Welcome to the Outerfocus podcast!

This week we are joined by Argentinian photographer, Facundo Santana.  Although Facu shoots weddings he is also a great street photographer, and we discuss why shooting the street can better inform wedding photography.  English isn't Facu's first language and he has been learning by watching movies, reading books, and listening to the Outerfocus podcast (haha he's learning English from me! Some weird Geordie/Argentinian hybrid going on there)

That said, he did a great job as it's difficult enough to learn a new language, let alone express ideas and concepts. Facu has agreed to write a guest post for the Outerfocus website to try and explain a little better his ideas around the benefit or practicing street photography. 

History this week is, Robert Demachy, and we talk about his processes, approach to the medium and his involvement with Stieglitz's Photo Secession. We also discuss his frustration with the conservative views of other photographers of the day and how that same issue is alive and well even to this day. 

Correction: I mention Julia Margaret Cameron as a photographer who went the ideals of Stieglitz and the Photo Secession. My apologies. It was, of course, Gertrude Käsebier.

Facundo Santana Links

http://www.facundosantana.com/

https://www.instagram.com/facusantana/?hl=en

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/f8kym/

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Books:

“A work of art is a work of order, and if the artist is to put the stamp of his own mind on his own work he must arrange, modify and dispose of his materials so that they may appear in a more agreeable and beautiful manner than they would have assumed without his interference” Henry Peach Robinson 

Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!

Joining us this week, broken foot and all, we have Jordi Cervera. We hear how Jordi was influenced by his Grandfather who was a painter, and discuss his journey and path to becoming a fashion, portrait and editorial photographer. We also touch on a variety of topics such as his views on Instagram; books which inspire him; as well as his work in Ibiza. 

Born in Shropshire, England in 1830 Henry Peach Robinson is this weeks choice for our history of photography segment. Henry was best known for being a combination printing pioneer, in which he joined multiple fronts or negatives to form a single image. We take a look into his journey from being a bookmaker and painter to a pictorialist photographer, and discuss some of his well known images such as ‘Fading Away’.

Links:

http://jordicervera.format.com

https://www.instagram.com/jordicerveraph/

https://www.instagram.com/jordicerverabw/

https://www.facebook.com/JordiCerveraPhoto

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/f8kym/

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Books:

‘’Only photography has been able to divide human life into a series of moments, each of them has the value of a complete existence’’ Eadweard Muybridge

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Joining us today is Texas based photographer Kym Skiles. After re-entering education attending community college and The Texas Women’s University in her 30’s Kym found her passion for photography. After gaining a deep understanding and foundation in the technical side of photography, her mentor urged her to explore her creative side deeper. We hear more about Kym’s journey, including why she prefers being a second shooter at weddings, as well as the podcast she co-hosts named Vinyl Junkies. We also go a little off track with some interesting discussion on music! 

Taking a look back at history we focus on Eadweard Muybridge this week. We discuss how this English photographer known particular for his motion photography of humans and animals, who was once a book seller, endured a handful of life changing events including serious injury and a murder charge. We look deeper into these events and explore their relevance to the work and processes he is still renowned for today. 

Links:

http://www.f8studio.com

http://vinyljunkies.co

https://www.instagram.com/f8kym/

http://susankaegrant.com/flash.html

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

https://www.instagram.com/f8kym/

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Books:

“I had to go, a spirit in my feet said go and I went” Mathew B. Brady

Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!

This week we grace you with a full episode of Ian Weldon and Bradley Hanson. With no guest this week we delve into a conversation about photography. We hear what ‘originally’ motivated us in terms of starting out photography careers and what that motivation eventually led us to today and why. We also discuss a little about how we, and others shoot and why, including autofocus, manual shooting and more, and who could forget Bradleys book section!

History of photography shines a light on Mathew B. Brady, known to be one of the earliest photographers in American History, and was best known for his Civil War coverage. We discuss Bradys career and entrepreneurial approach, including how he hired approximately 22 photographers; and the ‘celebrities’ he photographed including Abraham Lincoln.  

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Brady

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_de_visite

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Books:

“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept” Ansel Adams

Welcome to the Outerfocus Podcast!

Joining us this week we have British photographer Paul Rogers. During his time studying physics at university, Paul started his photography journey working for a student newspaper, we find out how this led to studying Documentary Photography in Cardiff, and working for several high profile newspapers in the UK. We also hear about his transition into shooting weddings and why, as well as his take on the industry today.

Carleton Watkins is the focus of our History of Photography section. Born in 1829 in New York Watkins later moved to California where he later became involved in photography. We discuss his work on Yosemite Valley, a little about the photographic process he used and the sad demise of his career and personal life.

Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_Watkins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy

Paul Rogers

Website

Instagram

Education

Host Links:

https://www.outerfocuspodcast.com

[email protected]

Bradley Hanson

https://www.bradleyhanson.com

https://www.facebook.com/bradleyhansonphotography

https://www.instagram.com/bradleyhansonphotography/

https://twitter.com/bradleyhanson

Ian Weldon

http://ianweldon.com

https://www.instagram.com/not_wedding_photography/

https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Weldon-Photography-124854627581367/

Books: