O'Connell's photo recently won the Off the Clock 2021 Best in Show from American Photographic Artists (APA).  Read interview here.

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Contents

• 2:06 – How do you describe or think about your work?
• 4:37 – Visual anthropology
• 6:25 – German Cowboys Series
• 8:50 – Native Americans & Heavy Metal series
• 12:28 – Reactions to the German Cowboys
• 16:44 – Pandemic (parents) series
• 25:12 – How has commercial work changed?
• 30:06 – Conversations with students about rights to their work.
• 32:46 – Richard Prince Instagram Show
• 34:59 – What is a derivative work of a photograph?
• 38:07 – How much do you follow rights issues?
• 41:25 – Lars was right.
• 42:53 – Do your students intent to become professionals?
• 45:49 – The work that goes into photographs
• 53:02 – Authorship in photography