Photography has long been used as a tool to explore and analyze history, but in the hands of an artist, that same tool is not asked to be exacting or accurate to the historical record. If anything, artists challenge this idea of photography as fact. And for this reason, it is such a pleasure to welcome artist and photographer Barbara Mensch to the B&H Photography Podcast . Mensch has created a book of history by using photographs she took as an artist. Having lived in the shadow of the Brooklyn ...
Jan 28, 2021•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome Malike Sidibe to the show. With just 23 years under his belt, Sidibe has accomplished a lot in his relatively short time on planet Earth, and not just photographically. But 2020 has been quite a busy year, even for him. His photography has generally been in the realm of editorial, fashion, and personal projects, and he has a lengthy list of clients that include Time Magazine , The Atlantic , Nikon, Nike, and The New Yorker , but t...
Jan 21, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , photographer Matt Price describes skate photography as the perfect blend between studio and sports photography and, from our engaging conversation, this idea will be made clear. Price knows of what he speaksin addition to an acclaimed freelance career, he has been a staff photographer and editor for The Skateboard Mag and is currently Brand Director at CCS Skateshop and creates the magazine, Golden Hours Skateboarding . Price has lost more t...
Jan 14, 2021•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast I dont think Ive ever seen Allan Weitz as happy as he was during our recording of this episode and, if you are into vintage cameras, lenses, and all things film photography, just sit back and enjoy our conversation with Bellamy Hunt, aka the Japan Camera Hunter . The palpable enthusiasm between these two camera lovers cannot be feigned, and they talked like old friends about Nikon SP, Canon rangefinders, Hasselblad , and anything with a red dot. We also learn how an Englishman arrived in Japan, ...
Jan 07, 2021•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast For our final episode of 2020, we look back at the year that wasand what a year it was. We learned new remote recording skills and virtual conversation styles, but the B&H Photography Podcast never missed a beat; we recorded an episode the very first week of quarantine and have continued recording throughout this unprecedented time. Many aspects of this production were made significantly more difficult by being all remote, but it did allow us to speak with photographers around the world and thos...
Dec 31, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast I think most photographers have tried to document their experience during the COVID-19 shutdown, but none have done it quite like Neil Kramer . Kramer is riding out the pandemic in a two-bedroom apartment in Queens, New York, with his 86-year-old mother and his ex-wife. Did I mention that this is the apartment in which he grew up and that he is living with his mother and his ex-wife? Kramer has become the star of his own drama and aptly describes the process of creating this series as part art, ...
Dec 24, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome photographer Matthew Franklin Carter to the program. Like many photographers, Matt Carter wears a lot of hats. In his case, literally and figuratively, but his photography work blends documentary, editorial, and portrait work and reflects the place he calls homeGreenville, South Carolina. He shoots for regional and specialty magazines and does corporate work and portraits for local artists and businesses. He also assists other pho...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we offer an insightful overview of the best cameras released in 2020 and discuss significant trends in the photography industries. Our guest is Kevin Rickert, Senior Sales Trainer for B&H Photo. Rickert is often the first person at B&H to get new cameras in his hands and is responsible for training our staff on the features of a wide variety of gear. He knows his stuff. We start by mentioning the Canon EOS R5 , which many members of our team...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today we welcome back to the B&H Photography Podcast , Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and friend to the show, Salwan Georges . Georges joined us four years ago to talk about his documentary project centered around the Arabic communities in Michigan, but a lot has changed since then, and today he joins us to discuss his work covering the 2020 presidential campaigns for the Washington Post . With Georges, we dig into the nuts and bolts of navigating a presidential election in the middle of...
Dec 03, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a treat to welcome photographer Ami Vitale to the B&H Photography Podcast . Vitale is mustering her high profile as a National Geographic photographer, as well as the talents of eighty-nine other incredible photographers, to raise funds for Conservation International. The Prints for Nature Sale runs until December 10, 2020 and offers gorgeous gallery-quality prints at a very affordable price. Please check this link for more information and to support this worthy initiative. We also speak wi...
Nov 25, 2020•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast On November 22 and 23, B&H will host the 2020 OPTIC All-Stars Conference , with a stellar list of outdoor, travel, and adventure photographers giving online presentations and, on this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we are pleased to welcome one of those photographers: Rachel Jones Ross . Ross is landscape and night sky photographer based near Banff, in the Canadian Rockies, and our conversation with her is rife with practical tips for shooting in the mountains and with suggestion...
Nov 19, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Eight months ago, on the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcomed four photojournalists who were covering the beginning stages of the COVID-19 crisis in New York . We discussed their fears and the stories they hoped to cover; we also discussed safety precautions, limited access to subjects, and altered workflows. It was the beginning of a new reality. On todays episode, we welcome back two of those photographers Desiree Rios and Sarah Blesener for a follow-up conversation on how their work has evol...
Nov 12, 2020•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our guest on this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast is Sam Hurd. While he is primarily a wedding photographer , I have no doubt that he could photograph anything and make it look interesting. Hurd is also a portrait photographer; he dabbles in landscape work; and is a passionate photo educator. A few minutes listening to this episode and it becomes clear that he can articulate his process as well as he can execute it. He offers deconstructions of his images for his Patreon followers a...
Nov 05, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the 1970s, under the aegis of the Great Societys Model Cities Program, photographer Earlie Hudnall, Jr. began to document the predominantly African American neighborhoods of Houstons 3rd, 4th, and 5th wards, and for more than forty years he has continued to create an indelible portrait of life in these neighborhoods. To be sure, Hudnall has photographed all around the world, and worked for years as the photographer for Texas Southern University, but it is his images of the people of Houston t...
Oct 29, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Recognized as a premier headshot and portrait photographer, Peter Hurley has quite the tale to tell. His work is known for the genuine expressions he captures, and he has grown his business into an international organization. He is also an in-demand speaker and photo educator, but Hurley has an interesting origin story when it comes to photography, and we will discuss how he went from being a competitive sailor to a model to a photographer and how sailing remains an integral part of his creative...
Oct 22, 2020•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome collector, curator, author, and educator W.M. Hunt . Part of the incredible photography collection Hunt has acquired over the years is being auctioned by the famed Christies auction house, and Hunt joins us to chat about the genesis of his collection, that hard-to-define attraction to an image that inspires a purchase, and his hopes for the current sale. The collection that Hunt is selling is called The Unseen Eye: Photos from the...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is an encore episode, originally published in 2018, before the death of basketball player, Kobe Bryant. Today we welcome two of professional basketballs best photographers, and thats not just me talking. Nat Butler is Senior Photographer for NBA Entertainment and has worked the last thirty-three NBA Finals. He is also the official photographer for the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets. Andrew Bernstein is the longest-tenured official NBA photographer, the photographer for the L.A. Lakers an...
Oct 09, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast It is important to be reminded of the power of photography to educate and explore, and to be a vehicle of self-expression, even self-realization. Equally crucialthrough process and through memoryphotographys ability to bring people together, to share and to collaborate, is vital. On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome a photographer who has built her lifes work around this idea of education through creative collaboration. For more than forty years, Wendy Ewald has lead...
Oct 01, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast For the headline of this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we lifted a line from our guests own Instagram bio. It would have been too easy to title a show with Walter Iooss, Jr . Sports Photography Legend or some such, but that pigeonholes Iooss too easily, and does not recognize the scope of his engagement with photography and with the creative process. Yes, Walter Iooss, Jr. is sports photography. He has over 300 Sports Illustrated covers to his name, his first professional gig wa...
Sep 24, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast As museums in New York and around the world begin to reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a brand-new museum is facing the challenge of its grand reopening in the competitive New York City art and culture world. We welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast the inaugural Director of Exhibitions of Fotografiska, Amanda Hajjar, to discuss the unique model of this for-profit arts center and their plans to make a mark on the photography scene in New York. After opening in December 2019, Fotograf...
Sep 17, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a wonderful conversation for fans of mirrorless cameras, of classic lens design, of the venerable M-mount, and, really, of photography. The joy that our host Allan Weitz exudes while discussing a few of his current favorite lenses is as contagious as it is educational. And I feel that this episode provides a bolt of creative curiosity that might infuse my own photography. For this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we asked Weitz to draw up a list of 10 favorite lenses from h...
Sep 10, 2020•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome editor, educator, and photographer Joan Liftin and Michelle Dunn Marsh, founder and publisher at Minor Matters . In the first half of the show, we speak with Liftin about her latest book, Water for Tears , and then we focus on Minor Matters and the unique business model this publishing house utilizes. We also discuss the person who brought them together, the late photographer Charles Harbutt. Liftin was married to Harbutt and was ...
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast One of the remarks that stuck with me from this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast was Alison Rossiters casual mention, I know how to rock a tray. Rossiter is noted for her cameraless fine art photo prints, often made on expired photographic paper, some sheets dating back one hundred years or more. Her comment was a simple reference to how she guides developing solution over paper in the darkroom, but understanding the time and dedication she has put into her darkroom techniques, it se...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast We present a fun conversation on this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast ,, perhaps due to the midwestern charm of photographer Julie Blackmon and the matter-of-fact discussion of her wonderful tableau vivants of family life in middle America. We also welcome back to the show gallery owner Robert Mann, who is currently hosting an exhibit of Blackmons photographs titled Talent Show . Mann was a guest on our show in 2018 when we spoke about the work of Australian photographer Murray Fred...
Aug 20, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome Kevin Rickert, who is a camera and lighting sales trainer for B&H. In other words, he teaches and updates the Pro Photo staff on all the features and specs of new cameras and often gets these cameras in his hands well before anyone else. Could there be a better guest for this episode, in which we discuss the many recent camera and lens announcements from the major manufacturers? Much of the chatter in new camera circles has been a...
Aug 13, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast With great thanks to Vikki Tobak and the Contact High Project , we welcome three photographers to our studio who are responsible for some of the most iconic images from the history of hip-hop. Janette Beckman, Eric Johnson, and Danny Hastings join us to tell the stories behind their photos of RUN-DMC, Wu Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, and many others. We also speak about issues important to photographers, from on-set technique, to artistic collaboration and influence, to gear, to networking and, of cou...
Aug 06, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we present a conversation with two photographers. We start with Aaron Turner , who is also a scholar, an archivist, and the host of the podcast Photographers of Color. Turner will stay with us as we later speak with Laylah Amatullah Barrayn about her street portraiture during the COVID-19 outbreak in New York and the recent uprising in Minneapolis. With Turner, we talk about the genesis of The Center for Photographers of Color , which is cur...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Whether photographing your own garden or the sculpted acreage of the Rockefellers, following the light and finding infinite new angles to present the flora is time well spent. That is the clear takeaway from this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast with photographer Larry Lederman . However, we also discuss practical tips on bracketing, histograms, tripods, and zoom lenses for medium format cameras. It really is a nice chat with a photographer who has found pleasure in photographing not...
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast On this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we discuss lighting gear from the best, with the best, Shar Taylor and Cliff Hausner of Profoto . Taylor is a past guest on our show and Hausner is one of the most recognized people in the New York photo industry, having worked for a variety of companies and events, and being an established photographer in his own right. While we do talk specifically about Profotos latest light modifiers and AirX updates for iPhones , we also take a minute t...
Jul 16, 2020•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our conversation on this weeks episode of the B&H Photography Podcast is with the fabulous and innovative Duane Michals . Of the many comments he made about his photography practice, a practice that has been commercially and artistically successful for almost sixty years, one that stood out was his aside that photography has failed [him] as an art form. The comment comes late in our conversation but refers to the idea that his goal of pure expression is not accommodated by photography alone, he ...
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