Episode description

For this episode of the Foto Podcast, I am sharing a conversation I had with Rashod Taylor in early 2021 during a photography conference I was hosting.

In Rashod’s work, you’ll find themes of race, culture, family, and Legacy.  He often photographs his son, family, and friends during everyday life. Rashod frequently uses large format cameras and also teaches others how to do wet plate photography.

Rashod has exhibited and published his work across the United States and internationally. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has acquired his work, and he is the 2021 recipient of the Arnold Newman Prize For New Directions in Photographic Portraiture. He’s a 2020 Critical Mass Top 50 Finalist, winner of Lens Culture’s Critics Choice award, and a 2021 Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards winner. Rashod’s clients include National Geographic, Essence Magazine, ProPublica, and Buzzfeed News. His work has been featured in CNN, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Feature Shoot, and Lenscratch, among others. He is currently working on a series called Little Black Boy, where he documents his son’s life while examining the Black American experience and fatherhood. Make sure to see more of his work at rashodtaylor.com and on Instagram at rashodtaylorphoto.

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