On Taking Pictures #55 – “When Life Gives You Lemmings”

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Bill battles severe back pain to discuss whether or not people know good from bad and how Steven Soderbergh’s observations on the state of cinema may also reflect the state of art. We also wonder how we should go about judging our own growth. Plus, voracious street shooter, Garry Winogrand, is our Photographer of the Week.

 

Show Notes

Steven Soderbergh’s State Of Cinema Talk – Deadline.com

Video of Soderbergh’s Speech

A Final Embrace: The Most Haunting Photograph from Bangladesh – LightBox

Petition | Adobe Systems Incorporated: Eliminate the mandatory “creative cloud” subscription model.

Bleak Beauty

Ralph Gibson

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Photographer of the Week

Garry Winogrand – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi

Garry Winogrand, Who Retreated from Editing – NYTimes.com

Garry Winogrand: A look back at one of America’s most prolific photographers

Leica M4 Garry Winogrand

Garry Winogrand / Biography & Images – Atget Photography.com / Books

Larissa Archer: ‘We Have Not Loved Life’: Garry Winogrand at SFMOMA

Books

Garry Winogrand (SFMOMA)

Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light

Lee Friedlander The Nudes: A Second Look

On Taking Pictures #54 – “Where’s Joseph Campbell When You Need Him?”

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Bill and Jeffery discuss why content is no longer king and how you should focus on making (read: doing) something that’s important to you. Adobe kills individual software licenses. Are they doing the right thing with the new Creative Cloud? Plus, “Tulsa” photographer Larry Clark is our Photographer of the Week.

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Aeron Chair Cylinder Replacement
A legal victory for ‘appropriation art’ – The Verge
“One For Love, One For Money”
Ron Mart NEC PA271w monitor review
Adobe Creative Cloud
On Taking Pictures – The Good and the Bad of Adobe Creative Cloud

Photographer of the Week
Larry Clark – Wikipedia
LarryClark.com
Tulsa Book Video Walkthrough

Books
Tulsa
Nan Goldin
You and I
David Armstrong: 615 Jefferson Avenue

On Taking Pictures #53 – Dig Down To Make More Room

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Heroes aren’t just for children, especially when you meet them in person. Art for art’s sake, rather than investment. Plus, listener emails and Vancouver street shooter, Fred Herzog as Photographer of the Week.

Show Notes

Paris Photo

How The Print Medium Matters – Dye Transfer

Google Map of Kodak Factories

Dan Carrillo: Daclotype on Vimeo

Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Lens

This Week’s Sponsors

Shutterstock – Use code PICTURES4 for 30% off.

Photographer of the Week

Equinox Gallery Vancouver – Works by Fred Herzog

Fred Herzog’s Early Color Street Photographs

Books

Fred Herzog: Photographs (Douglas Coupland, Sarah Milroy)

Fred Herzog: Photographs (Claudia Gochmann)

Saul Leiter

Episode 45 – “True North On Your Creative Compass”

Light looking like lights, the long-term view of your portfolio, science vs alchemy of film, and more. Stéphane Lavoué is Photographer of the Week.

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Episode 44 – “Sensor Verite”

How much change is too much change for the sake of commerce? Why portraits are different than other types of photography, and who is copyright really protecting? Classic sports magazine shooter Ozzie Sweet is Photographer of the Week.

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