There is so much soul in Mark McKnight's dark, complex, psychological photographs, whether he's photographing the bodies of men he’s attracted to, still lives or landscapes, all which have a distinct relationship to one another. Just last week, Mark was awarded the very prestigious Aperture Portfolio Prize . I encourage you to go and read Brendan Embser’s write-up on Aperture’s site because he really hits the nail on the head with Marks work and introduces it so beautifully. Embser says: “ Mark ...
Apr 30, 2019•43 min•Ep. 29
I first heard of Marcelo Yanez through a mutual friend, Bryson Rand, when he took out this tabloid format publication called Newspaper to show me. In Bryson’s usual humility, he didn’t even mention the photo of his that graced the cover, but Instead, wanted to show me other work inside that he was excited about, and especially about who put this all together. At 19 years old, Marcelo Yanez took on a project. He had discovered a publication from the early 70’s called Newspaper that featured the w...
Mar 27, 2019•28 min•Ep. 28
I got to Susan Meiselas’ Mott street studio a few minutes early and one of her assistants let me in to set up my gear. As I was waiting for her to arrive, I was leafing through a worn out first edition of Carnival Strippers, thinking to myself nervously, in that bout of anxiety before an interview - what are we going to even talk about that she’s gonna find interesting? The door clicked open she flew into the basement studio apologizing for a Magnum Foundation meeting running a few minutes late....
Feb 28, 2019•42 min•Ep. 27
In the past two years, Mary Frey put out two new books - Reading Raymond Carver and Real Life Dramas . The first is made up of black and white work and the other, all color. Both bodies of work are in and around 35 years old and these were Frey’s first major publications of them. It wasn’t exactly as if she was unknown until now though. In fact, almost the inverse. She’s been a cult hero in photography circles for years and a beloved teacher at Hartford’s graduate program, where she taught until...
Jan 25, 2019•45 min•Ep. 26
Not gunna lie, i had a pretty big art crush on Rory Mulligan long before i met him to talk about his work for this show. I remember first discovering his work on the J&L Books website in the special edition section. They had published a small book of his work in an edition of 10 called Freddie. You couldn’t find it anywhere, but there were enough pictures on the site to get a feel for what he was up to. But I remember thinking to myself - what exactly was he up to? There was a strange, dark,...
Dec 22, 2018•41 min•Ep. 25
I think I first came across Jack Woody’s name after buying a Duane Michals called Album years ago. I remember thinking that it was so elegant, so beautifully printed and layed out, that I was curious who was behind it. I remember mentioning that book the first time I met Duane, and he told me that there was this hotel in San Francisco who bought the book and cut out and framed the prints they were so gorgeous. That gravure process that Jack Woody tracked down and began to use became one of the s...
Nov 13, 2018•49 min•Ep. 24
Last month, I went to visit Farah Al Qasimi at her home and studio in Williamsburg. After talking with her, I thought about her space and how both her studio and her living area represented different parts of her in a way. Both very smart, both refined, but in different ways - the living space had an elegance and a lightness to it, while the studio had a sense of humour and playfulness. I took it a step further and then thought about how those rooms also reflect the different ways she photograph...
Oct 09, 2018•42 min•Ep. 23
In 1972, more than a decade after I had taken up photography in earnest, I returned to Hyde Park to visit with Hugh Edwards. By then Edwards had retired from his position as Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago and was teaching a night course in the history of photography at the School of the Art Institute. Because Hugh Edwards did not like to be photographed, there aren't many photograps of him. He also didn't want to be filmed or tape-recorded—claiming, in h...
Aug 08, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 22
Danny Lyon is a living legend in photography. Born in 1942 to a Russian-Jewish mother and German-Jewish father, he grew up in Kew Gardens, Queens and went on to study history and philosophy at the University of Chicago. Beginning in the early 1960’s while in his early twenties, he was drawn to the civil rights movement in the south which he immersed himself in and documented. He became lifelong friends with Julian Bond and congressman John Lewis, whom he lived with in an apartment in Atlanta. He...
Jun 20, 2018•54 min•Ep. 21
A friend recently told me that John Edmonds pictures of african American men in Do-Rags were the first photo's that had the power to completely change his perception. It reminded me of something which Dorothea Lange said, which was, “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” One can speak of Edmonds depictions of queer black masculinity in terms of their content and politics, but none of that would be transmittable if the photos themselves were’t so sensual, s...
May 15, 2018•42 min•Ep. 20
It was a true honour to meet with Rosalind Fox Solomon, just a few days shy of her 88th birthday. It’s often noted how she came to photography later than most when she was close to 40, but i couldn’t help think more about how long she’s kept it up for. How long she’s stuck with it. In her 80’s, she has has continued to make photographs, and strong ones at that. When we met, she served black coffee and showed me her old darkroom. The way in which she printed was always of great importance, she to...
Apr 19, 2018•43 min•Ep. 19
For the past little while, Atlanta based artist Erin Jane Nelson has been travelling to barrier islands, monuments and sites relating to climate change to make photographs. Her pictures, though, serve as her starting points to what become elements in her mixed media work. Its most recent incarnation is in both ceramic and tapestry, which is being shown at the Whitney this month in a group show called Between the Waters . Aside from her own artistic practice, Nelson is a curatorial assistant at t...
Mar 12, 2018•37 min•Ep. 18
In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with Gus Powell at his studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Powell is the author of two monographs, The Company of Strangers (J&L Books) and The Lonely Ones (J&L Books), and is currently at work on his third, Family Car Trouble . His work has been exhibited internationally at The Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of the City of New York, The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and FOAM in Amsterdam. His photographs have been published in Aperture, Ha...
Feb 05, 2018•53 min•Ep. 17
Jordan Weitzman goes behind the scenes with Siobhán Bohnacker, senior photo editor at the New Yorker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 08, 2018•53 min•Ep. 16
"How do you make a good portrait of someone?" Jordan Weitzman asks Elle Perez. "You love them." Listen to their conversation to hear about their work as a photographer and educator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 23, 2017•49 min•Ep. 15
Ian Lewandowski gets together with Jordan Weitzman in Montreal to talk about his work steeped portraiture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 21, 2017•37 min•Ep. 14
Celebrated author, critic and photographer talks to Jordan Weitzman about his work as a critic, writing On Photogrpahy for the New York Times, and his new book of photos and Text, Blind Spot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 07, 2017•39 min•Ep. 13
Jordan Weitzman visits Mark Steinmetz at his home in Athens, Georgia to talk about his work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 04, 2017•41 min•Ep. 12
Jordan Weitzman sits down with photographer Bryson Rand at his home in Bushwick in to talk about his work Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 07, 2017•45 min•Ep. 11
Justine Kurland talks about her new book with Aperture, Highway Kind, comprised of pictures that she took while making cross country road trip with her young son, Casper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 08, 2017•37 min•Ep. 10
Jordan Weitzman sits down with Susan Lipper to talk about her books Grapevine, Trip, and her forthcoming, Domesticated Lands, with Mack Books Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 08, 2017•39 min•Ep. 9
Photographer Alec Soth recently had a revelation that has been changing how he's thinking about both his work and life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 28, 2016•44 min•Ep. 8
Jordan Weitzman meets Tim Davis at his studio in Tivoli, NY to discuss his practice as a photographer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 07, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 7
Gregory Halpern talks with Jordan Weitzman about his development as a photographer and the thinking behind his work and his new book, ZZYZX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 27, 2016•42 min•Ep. 6
In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with photographer John Gossage at his home in Washington DC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 28, 2016•48 min•Ep. 5
In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey at his beachside home in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 19, 2016•46 min•Ep. 4
In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with photographer, author and publisher Jason Fulford at his home and studio in Scranton, PA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 27, 2016•43 min
In this episode, Pittsburgh based photographers Melissa Catanese & Ed Panar sit down with Jordan Weitzman at Spaces Corners, their bookstore and gallery storefront dedicated to the photo book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 06, 2016•44 min•Ep. 2
In this episode, photographer Duane Michals talks to Jordan about his early days as he grew into photography and the distinct style he developed over the course of his career. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 15, 2016•42 min•Ep. 1
Conversations on photography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 08, 2016•1 min
