Nancy Baron was born in Chicago and is now based in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California. In her fine art documentary photography, she uses portraits, landscapes, and architectural photographs to record the world nearby with a hopeful bias. Her background in filmmaking, including the documentary form, has inspired her to honor the still image while giving it a cinematic tone. Baron’s two monographs, The Good Life > Palm Springs and Palm Springs > The Good Life Goes On are published by ...
Apr 06, 2022•56 min•Ep. 582
J. Kern (b. 1978) is an American artist whose work investigates ideas of home, ancestry, and a sense of place. His portraits focus on intimate, interdependent relationships of people, animals, and landscapes as a means of exploring how ancestry shapes identity and how myth intertwines with personal history. His camera has led him from an inquiry into his lineage in the farming communities of Scandinavia and Ireland to the examination of similar communities near his home in Minnesota. Increasingl...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 581
Since 2011, Natasha Egan has served as the executive director of the MoCP, where she was previously the associate director and curator since 2000. She has organized over sixty exhibitions at the museum and worldwide, focusing on contemporary Asian art and artists concerned with societal issues such as the environment, war, and economics. For over a decade, she taught in the photography and humanities departments at Columbia College Chicago, including a course she co-taught in Shanghai focusing o...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 580
Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning photographer whose prolific career includes assignments in nearly 70 countries. McNally is known worldwide as not only one of the top, technically excellent photographers of his generation, but his charming demeanor, confidence, and humor make him a sought-after choice from CEOs to celebrities to commercial and magazine clients alike. McNally is equally comfortable climbing buildings or lighting a telescope to capture quiet, sensitive su...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 579
David Hume Kennerly has been a photographer on the front lines of history for more than fifty years. At 25 he was one of the youngest winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. Kennerly’s 1972 award for Feature Photography included images of the Vietnam and Cambodia wars, refugees escaping from East Pakistan into India, and the Ali v. Frazier “Fight of the Century” World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden. Two years later Kennerly was appointed President Gerald R. Ford's Persona...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 578
Cig Harvey (b.1973) is a British-born artist and writer, who lives in Maine, USA, working in large-format color photography and poetry, whose practice seeks to find the magic in everyday life. She uses both images and language to explore sensory experiences and elevate the everyday. Rich in an implied narrative, deeply rooted in the natural world, her work is devoted to the topic of what it is to feel. Cig has published four sold-out books: You Look at Me Like an Emergency (Schilt Publishing, 20...
Jan 20, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 577
Meryl Meisler was born 1951 in the South Bronx and raised in North Massapequa, Long Island, NY. Meryl began photographing herself, family, and friends while enrolled in a photography class taught by Cavalliere Ketchum at The University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1975, Meryl returned to New York City and studied with Lisette Model, photographing her hometown and the city around her. After working as a freelance illustrator by day, Meryl frequented and photographed the infamous New York Discos. Mei...
Dec 27, 2021•49 min•Ep. 576
Vanessa Charlot is an award-winning photojournalist/ documentary photographer, filmmaker, lecturer, and curator. Her work focuses on the intersectionality of race, spirituality, economics, and sexual/gender expression. She shoots primarily in black and white to disrupt compositional hierarchy and explore the immutability of the collective human experience. The purpose of her work is to produce visual representations free of an oppressive gaze. Vanessa seeks to humanize Black bodies through her p...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 575
Dr. Nathan Myhrvold is a prominent scientist, technologist, inventor, author, and food photographer. In a 14-year tenure at Microsoft, Myhrvold led advanced technology and business development groups, founded Microsoft Research, managed an R&D budget of $2 billion, and served as the company’s chief strategist and chief technology officer. In 2000, after retiring from Microsoft, Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures (IV), which he leads as CEO and one of its most prolific inventors, with mor...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 574
Sandra Cattaneo Adorno began photographing eight years ago, at the age of 60, and has continuously been thrilled by the possibilities of interacting with the world photography has offered her. Sandra is the recipient of international awards and her work has been exhibited and published worldwide. A selected list of awards, exhibitions, and publications is available below. Her latest book is Águas de Ouro. Websites Sandra Adorno Alex Webb Sponsors Charcoal Book Club Lensrentals.com Curious Societ...
Nov 23, 2021•50 min•Ep. 573
Amelia Davis, the sole beneficiary of legendary photographer Jim Marshall who served as his assistant before his death in 2010. Jim Marshall is recognized as one of the greatest photographers of jazz and rock and rock, having created iconic images of music legends including John Coltraine, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Beatles, and hundreds more. The new film Show the Picture: The Jim Marshall Story tells the story of the photographer’s life and career through his photographs, the stories of h...
Nov 02, 2021•59 min•Ep. 572
Based in Pernambuco, Brazil, João Velozo is a freelance photographer specializing in covering urban violence, human rights, and environmental issues, most specifically those taking place in the Brazilian Northeast. Once a Biology major, he quit the academic area in order to focus on photography, through which he felt he could promote bigger changes and social justice. His work as a photographer reflects his continuous dedication to humanitarian and environmental causes. Websites Sponsors Charcoa...
Oct 20, 2021•59 min•Ep. 571
Michael Sherwin is an artist currently based in the Appalachian mountains of northern West Virginia. From an early age, he found inspiration in the phenomena of the physical world and has spent most of this life exploring and seeking wild places, including nine years in the American West. Using the mediums of photography, video, and installation, his work reflects on the experience of observing nature through the lenses of science and popular culture. He has won numerous grants and awards for hi...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 570
Dr. Glenn Losack is a psychiatrist, physician, photographer, social activist, and musician who has traveled and worked extensively in the developing world for over forty years. Devoted to raising awareness of poverty and stymying the stigma of diseases like leprosy, Dr. Losack has worked with the Medical Benevolent Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, and Catholic Charities, and has given lectures on psychiatric care throughout India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Eastern Europe. His photography has ...
Sep 22, 2021•40 min•Ep. 569
Las Fotos Project was founded in 2010 to elevate the voices of teenage girls from communities of color through photography and mentoring. They are uplifting the power and creativity of youth today through city-wide photography installations, virtual activations, and more. Join us in ushering in the next 10 years of creativity and inspiration. In October, they honor established and emerging women photographers at their annual Foto Awards. One of their honorees, Kimberly Espinosa, and Foto Awards ...
Sep 07, 2021•47 min•Ep. 568
Nicky Posley's journey into makeup began through a strong fascination with the transformative power of beauty, art, and fashion. A fine artist first, Nicky experimented with many visual art forms, eventually finding the medium he felt most at home with. He is both a working artist and a respected educator of his craft. He believes that makeup is an art and that art is empowerment. Whether it be slick and modern or primitive and rudimentary, art can evoke emotions deeply rooted in the human exper...
Aug 26, 2021•56 min•Ep. 567
Janet Macoska is an American photographer. A lifelong Cleveland, Ohio native, she has been capturing images of rock and roll musicians since 1974. Her work has been prominently featured in many publications including Rolling Stone, People, US Weekly, Vogue, and The New York Times. Macoska’s work is also part of the permanent collection of several art institutions, including the National Portrait Gallery in London, England; the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington D.C., and in the...
Aug 10, 2021•53 min•Ep. 566
The Curious Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing and showcasing the best in modern photojournalism and documentary photography. They publish a massive, oversized magazine that contains exceptional work from photographers producing work from the world over. The Curious Society is also committed to compensating photographers with fair market rates for their published work. Kenneth Jarecke and Paul Bellenger are two of the co-founders of the organization, which also provides...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 565
Albert Watson OBE (born 1942) is a Scottish fashion, celebrity, and art photographer. He has shot over 100 covers of Vogue and 40 covers of Rolling Stone magazine since the mid-1970s and has created major advertising campaigns for clients such as Prada, Chanel, and Levis. Watson has also taken some well-known photographs, from the portrait of Steve Jobs that appeared on the cover of his biography, a photo of Alfred Hitchcock holding a plucked goose, and a portrait of a nude Kate Moss taken on he...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 564
Chinatown Pretty was created by photographer Andria Lo and writer Valerie Luu, two friends who love dim sum and chasing after pretty poh pohs (grandmas). They started a blog after their personal project was featured as a story, Chinatown Sartorialist, on The Bold Italic. For the story they pitched, they shot portraits and interviewed seniors in San Francisco Chinatown whose outfits reminded the pair of their grandmothers. The experience brought them so much joy and inspiration that they wanted t...
Jun 30, 2021•55 min•Ep. 563
As curator of 28 exhibitions featuring over 110 international photographers J. Sybylla Smith provides context for an expansive array of image-based work. Her Concept Aware® curriculum provides a unique concept development framework that strengthens creative practice. Amplifying visual narrative, fostering collaborations across disciplines - she believes visual culture creates social change. As an independent curator, she exhibits in traditional and non-traditional settings venues which include; ...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 562
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn is an award-winning documentary and portrait photographer working in the medium for 20 years. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. Her work has also been published in Vogue, National Geographic, The Washington Post, VOX, NPR, BBC, The Nation, Le Monde, The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. Barrayn is co-author of MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora, the first anthology in nearly 30 years that highlights photography produced by w...
Jun 02, 2021•57 min•Ep. 561
Catherine Sue Opie (born 1961) is an American fine-art photographer. Opie studies the connections between mainstream and infrequent society. By specializing in portraiture, studio, and landscape photography, she can create pieces relating to sexual identity. Through photography, Opie documents the relationship between the individual and the space inhabited. She is known for her portraits exploring the Los Angeles leather-dyke community. Her latest book is the self-titled Catherine Opie and is av...
May 18, 2021•52 min•Ep. 560
Will Burrard-Lucas is a wildlife photographer from the UK. Whenever possible, Will prefers to get close to his wild subjects and use a wide-angle lens to capture a more intimate perspective. Initially, he achieved this by crawling up to unthreatening species. However, he also dreamt of doing this with iconic African animals such as lions and elephants. To achieve this he created a remote-control camera buggy in 2009, which he called “BeetleCam”. The buggy soon proved itself and to this day Will ...
May 04, 2021•52 min•Ep. 559
Melissa Breyer & Emily Sujay Sanchez are street photographers showcased in the new book, Women Street Photographers. Founded by Gulnara Samoilova, Women Street Photographers has brought together photographers from all over the world who share a passion for public photography. After curating several exhibitions, Gulnara has gathered a collection of talented photographers who bring their personal stamps to the genre. Breyer’s work consists of ongoing themed projects including True Stories, Wat...
Apr 20, 2021•55 min•Ep. 558
Inspired by her dad’s enthusiasm for the craft, Erin Ng got her first point-and-shoot camera in fifth grade and has been snapping away ever since. She committed to a career in photography and has been shooting commercial and editorial photos since she graduated. Ng’s subject bias skews toward food for several different reasons. Not only is food delicious and fun to shoot, but to Ng, it is a gateway to new encounters, diverse stories, and is an invitation to learning about different cultures, his...
Apr 06, 2021•53 min•Ep. 557
Acclaimed for her contemporary depictions, Mona Kuhn is considered a leading artist in the world of figurative discourse. Throughout a career spanning more than twenty years, the underlying theme of her work is her reflection on humanity’s longing for spiritual connection and solidarity. As she solidified her photographic style, Kuhn created a notable approach to the nude by developing friendships with her subjects, and employing a range of playful visual strategies that use natural light and mi...
Mar 23, 2021•52 min•Ep. 556
Sarah Meister became a Curator at The Museum of Modern Art in 2009, having joined the Department of Photography in 1997. Her research has included exploring narratives around twentieth century photography in Latin America, one result of which was the acquisition of more than fifty Brazilian modernist photographs. Her books have included One and One Is Four: The Bauhaus Photocollages of Josef Albers (2016) and Arbus Friedlander Winogrand: New Documents, 1967 (2017). She was also a co-editor of an...
Mar 16, 2021•56 min•Ep. 555
William Allen Young is an American actor and director who has starred in over 100 television, stage, and film projects, including two Academy Award-nominated films, A Soldier's Story and District 9. He is best known for his roles as Frank Mitchell on UPN's Moesha, Dr. Rollie Guthrie on the CBS medical drama Code Black, and as Judge Joseph Ratner on CBS's CSI Miami. His other television credits include ABC's The Day After, General Hospital, CBS's Madame Secretary, JAG, Atlanta Child Murders, and ...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 554
Alejandro Cartagena, Mexican (b. 1977, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His projects employ landscape and portraiture as a means to examine social, urban and environmental issues. Cartagena’s work has been exhibited internationally in more than 50 group and individual exhibitions in spaces including the the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris and the CCCB in Barcelona, and his work is in the collections of several museums including the San F...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 553
