Celebrating 60 episodes!!! We dive into the profound beauty of moments that slip away before they can be photographed. These "photographs not taken" reveal how everyday life is filled with fleeting, meaningful instances that deserve our attention and reflection. Keep sending in your favorite Photographs Not Taken to get them read on the show!

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

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Alexxiss Jackson, a renowned Black woman DP and cinematography professor, shares her journey into the industry, the importance of representation, and practical advice for aspiring filmmakers. We explore the impact of historical exclusion, the significance of union membership, and the power of storytelling from diverse perspectives. 

Check out: South Haven on Roku July 15th!

Sorry for the technical difficulties but totally still worth the listen!

Gear Don’t Matter But: 

🖤PLC Playlist🖤: 

• Alexxis - Where’s the love - Roberta Flack & Donnie Hathaway 

• Qurissy - Shoulder Lean Young Dro 

Shoot Yo Shot: 

• Music video for FKA Twigs – How many times we gotta call on you girl?? Let’s make these videos!!

You can find, hire, or reach Alexxis at: instagram, website

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

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Life Check: 

We get to the root with Kennedy Arnette, Perennial  Memory Lab’s founding gardner. Ok enough with the puns lol This episode is even deeper than archive work. We get into what it takes & costs to be a steward without positioning yourself as an authority. Kennedy’s a perfect guide into memory work. So excited for you all to hear this episode!

Gear Don’t Matter But: Canon Handicam!!!

🖤PLC Playlist🖤: 

• Kennedy: Bobby Boyd - To be in love with yourself 

• Qurissy: Project Pat - Cheese & Dope

Shoot Yo Shot:  Universal sprinkle on the residencies funding & creating space for their practice, providing housing & paid to live there. You know who you are!!! Hit the email!

You can find, hire, or reach Kennedy at: instagram, website

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

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Life Check: 

Kendra Harris walks us through her documentary on Justin Lamar Carter, her internet episodic - Photography Roulette, & The Art of Slowing Down. All of her projects relate to each other in the way that she creates with great intention!

Gear Don’t Matter But: 

• Canon R6

🖤PLC Playlist🖤: 

Qurissy: Sounds of Blackness - Optimistic - did I say this one already? Lol

Kendra: Gabriel Jacoby - Forever

• Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter

Shoot Yo Shot:  Warby Parker - help! None of us have 20/20 vision!, Nike, Canon, Fuji! All the girls!! Tap in.

You can find, hire, or reach Kendra at: instagram, website

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

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Life Check: 

Frenchy Williams from Photography Without Borders shares insights on the power of photography, cultural identity, and community impact. On the heels of New York’s 69th and Chicago’s 49th annual Puerto RIcan Day Parades, PWB, for the first time, is taking their predominantly Puerto Rican students to Puerto Rico TODAY (the day thai airs)!!! Iconic if I do say so myself.

Gear Don’t Matter But: 

• Portable reader for sd to phone

🖤PLC Playlist🖤: 

• Soulja Boy - First Day of School

• Mariah Carey - Fantasy

Shoot Yo Shot: 

Canon, Nikon, Fuji & all your other cousins, LETS GET THESE KIDS SOME CAMERAS!!

Also if you’re an artists and want to collaborate with them definitely hit the link!

You can find, hire, or reach Frenchy & Photography Without Borders at: instagram, websit, fenchy

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

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I'm back, been around the world!! Didn't expect to be gone so long but easing back into it with a little minisode from your submissions.

If you'd like to submit your favorite Photograph Not Taken please tell us about your memories, bring us into the stories!

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

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Life Check: 

We step back into the archive this time with Samia Minnicks who is a photographer, storyteller, & photo restoration artist. While all of Samia’s work is great I knew it was important to have conversations about photo restoration and learn more about the resource that is this practice! We get a lil sentimental but don’t we always? Wait to hear what sign she is lollol Anyway, if you need your photos restored, Samia is an awesome resource!

Gear Don’t Matter But: 

• Profit Lighting System!!! Love you Profoto, but don’t we all <33

🖤PLC Playlist🖤: 

• Jill scott - To be Honest

• River - Modha 

Shoot Yo Shot: 

Baby we were struggling to find the name all episode lmao BUT National Museum of African American History and Culture is where Samia’s creativity and work will soon live. So! Curators, directors, social teams, whoever is watching, and we know you are, come back this magic happen ✨

You can find, hire, or reach Samia at: instagram, website, tiktok

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Life Check: 

We get into Loren Toney’s ongoing photo series, Vignettes, focused on Black men growing old. We discover her thought process and journey through creating this project.

Gear Don’t Matter But: 

• The one she got on her (PERIOD)

• EOS Canon 1v

🖤PLC Playlist🖤: 

Loren - Raye - Joy

Qurissy - Mulan - Honor To Us All 

Shoot Yo Shot: 

BEYONCEEEEEE!! We calling on you again girl. We said it in the episode, you could really build a couple of your production teams with all the girlies here so let’s get it started. Somebody get Blue on the line! And Canon, you heard the call to action! We love you over here. Let’s make this happen!

You can find, hire, or reach Loren at: instagram, website, & in Chicagoo

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

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Life Check: Our first Photographs Not Taken Minisode! A dream come true! So grateful to everyone who submitted!! We can’t wait to read more of your memories! 

No new additions to the PLC Playlist this week but you can still run it up here —-> 🖤PLC Playlist🖤

Shoot Yo Shot: Qurissy wants all of you to send us your favorite photograph not taken!! Linked below!

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

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Life Check: Giving our inner child room to breathe on this episode while we take a little detour right at he top of the show with Mickey in music! But as an incredible music photographer it was only right! We get into being a photographer & content creator and Mickey gives us tips on how to sustain both.

Gear Don’t Matter But: 

Photography Kit:

• Sony A7R5 & R4

• 70-200mm

Content Creating Kit:

• Sony FX3 & Sony ZVE1 with Polar Pro ¼ mist filter or Prism Lens FX filter

• 16-25mm, fisheye, & 20mm

  
  

🖤PLC Playlist🖤: 

• Ella Mai - Might Just 

• Chief Keef - Shake Dat

  
  

Shoot Yo Shot: 

• Teyana Taylor!!!

• Nike!!

Maybe both of yall at the same time? Either way, Yall need Mickey behind the lens, i know you see this talent!!

You can find, hire, or reach Mickey at: instagram, website

📩 Submit your Photographs Not Taken

Watch/Listen to Photographer Life Check ⁠⁠⁠on Youtube , Apple, Spotify Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠, & TikTok

Photographer Life Check is a BWP Network Original