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Concept Aware® shares the creative practice of contemporary photographers and explores the bookmaking process. We discuss the power of photography to change individual lives and affect positive social change.
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We welcome you to the American Society of Media Photographers podcast series "ASMP Experts and Masters." The program brings candid conversations about the craft, business and culture of photography between legendary photographers, creatives, and thought leaders under the guidance of our rotating hosts: Tom Kennedy , ASMP's Executive Director / former multimedia editor of The Washington Post / former Director of Photography at National Geographic, Luke Copping former Chair of ASMP's National ...
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With Danielle Ezzo
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Danielle Ezzo is a new media artist pioneering the lossy space of photography through a process of sourcing from the vast digitized open-access archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This beguiling book animates McLuhan's semiotic principle, the medium is the message, by activating the ability of photography to simultaneously communicate and me…
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Artist Talk: Paris Photo In The Rearview Mirror — 2023
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A decade of attending this fair has honed my ability to select from the staggering amount of concurrent offerings - astounding amounts of work, panel discussions, book signings and outside Prsi Photo happenings during a packed week in Paris. In this conversation, Syb discusses, among other things: Vernissage New discoveries Elles x Paris Photo plat…
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J Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With David Campany
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David Campany pays tribute to the multidisciplinarian artist Robert Cumming, known for his rigorous dedication to the aesthetic tonality of the B & W image and his uncanny investigations into the philosophical nature of perception. Lusciously printed images from original 8 x 10 negatives are evidence of Cummings' masterful camera work marrying his …
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With Mary Virginia Swanson and Darius D. Himes
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This recent Radius release offers an expansive framework of the principles of publishing including the layered roles and responsibilities inherent within the creation of a photobook. NOT a how-to guidebook, this beautiful object elegantly packages decades of research and provides contemporary resources to illustrate the endless possibilities of the…
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With Preston Gannaway
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Episode Notes Photojournalist Preston Gannaway won a Pulitzer Prize for her poetic photography documenting a New Hampshire family coping with a young mother's illness and death. Remember Me is her breathtakingly graceful and intimate chronology of EJ over the intervening years since he lost his mother at 3 years of age. Gannaway masterfully transce…
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With Rehab Eldalil
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Photography is innovatively and collectively utilized to create a new narrative challenging the stigma and stereotypes of this indigenous community. This book is a multilingual textural object of beauty and wisdom — a non-linear collective celebration and document of home, belonging, hospitality, reciprocity and the longing to live in communion wit…
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With Barbara Peacock
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American Bedroom: Reflections on the Nature of Life is a messy, energetic, playful and heart-stoppingly poignant romp into the intimate spaces of ordinary Americans. Each portrait is accompanied by text by the subject. The result is an anthropological study of the physical, emotional, spiritual, political and psychological landscape of 21st century…
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Elizabeth Clark Libert
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Elizabeth Clark Libert's bold diaristic conversation with herself is a reckoning with a twenty years old sexual trauma and its impact on raising her school-age sons. Boy Crazy is a masterfully designed melange of self-portraits, environmental portraits, seasonal landscapes and family photos. Interspersed in a searingly honest staccato manner are in…
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Anastasia Samoylova
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Anastasia Samoylova furthers her exploration of place and the ability of photography to shape our perceptions of reality. Central to her investigation is the geography of human relationships to our natural and man-made environments. Utilizing her masterful ability to collage in-camera, her flattened imagery provides us with a kaleidoscope of ideas …
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Morgan Ashcom
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Open enacts metaphor to make visible the layers of oppression experienced by Palestinian apartheid. Exposed documentary images and HTML-coded emails are bookended with Arabic calligraphy and poetry. Delivered in a sealed cardboard film box, this soft-cover book utilizes photography as a tool to activate our imagination, reveal expansive truths and …
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J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Brea Souders
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Another Online Pervert creates a visual and text dialog between photos from Souders’ image archive and snippets of written copy from a two-year engagement with an AI personality chatbot. Utilizing prompts from her childhood journals, an emotional call and response is created between human sense and sensibility and machine capability and capacity. P…
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In this conversation, Todd discusses, among other things: Working in archives Thinking in books Approaches to appropriation Running amok Parameters for sequencing Perceived opposites Light leaks Colliding technologies Data corruption Observation & measurement Falsehoods & mystery Artist Resources/Inspiration Discovering Peary Land by Todd Forsgren …
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Tough Pleasures turns a bright light and witty lens on the conflicting dynamics of femininity and food—revealing appetite and desire. Susan Bright's astute and savory essay provides the perfect table setting for the environmental portraits that follow. Wilkinson masterfully interrupts the repetitive and limiting messaging of unattainable expectatio…
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Episode Notes Cai Quirk deeply explores genderqueer self-portraiture in an original image creation and story formation orchestration. A phantasmagorical world unfurls, as six evolutionary text and image sections weave a mythical interdependency of body, spirit and nature. The result is an invitation to regard all beings and their fluid becoming wit…
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Spin Club Stories is a mixed-media reintegration of history, environment, society and self in an interactive dialog spanning centuries. Reclaiming the artform and impact of women’s handiwork, Astrid assembles collages of images and textiles, perforated with hand embroidery. Sourced from family heirlooms, she figuratively empowers her ancestors—and …
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This book forms a collective reframing of the realities of motherhood beyond the mythologized patriarchal gaze. A global array of photographer mothers document, with bold authenticity, the carrying and caring of a human—the feral and relentless shared space of heart-exploding wonder and joy—all seen and shared through the eyes of those who experien…
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In this conversation, Britland discusses, among other things: Camera as mediator Gender constructs Male vulnerability Strong opinions, loosely held Human-inflicted trauma Sensationalizing violence Working from a set of rules Creative kinship Serendipity Applied abstractions of visual allegory Interiority displayed…
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In this conversation, Peggy discusses, among other things: How a camera transforms what we see Being addicted to film Seeing inside the photographer's head Vastness of observation The intelligence (and swiftness) needed to respond to the presence observed The high jinx of black and white imagery The relationship between the image and time moving Te…
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Artist Talk — 10x10 Photobooks Reading Room at the Boston Athenaeum with Russet Lederman and Lauren Graves
In this conversation, Russett and Lauren discuss, among other things: What constitutes a photobook The evolution of the photobook Gendered discrepancies and the inequity of access and privilege A lack and/or ambiguity of attribution or authorship The personal and political visual voice of women The artist’s concept as a driving force Telling your o…
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In this conversation, Kristen discusses, among other things: The power of observation Speaking through photos Commanding the frame Leaning towards iconography Intentionality A circular gaze Reciprocity in relationship with subjects Import of residencies and support of the Guggenheim Performative girl power The evolution of a series and the birthing…
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In this conversation, Jessica discusses, among other things: Mining family narratives Focusing on what's in front of you Working with light The influence of teachers Wrestling with the materiality of now Transcending the ordinary Photojournalism vs art One ‘good’ photo a month Life fitting into photography Artist Resources/Inspiration Interior Expo…
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Three deeply researched long-term projects; Immortality: Remnants of the Vietnam and American War, One Week’s Dead, and National Parks are compiled in a sumptuous two-volume slipcase. Hauntingly beautiful chlorophyll prints and daguerreotypes, printed with clarity and depth on dense black paper, animate a living history of war, refugee status, immi…
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The Drawer is a visual autobiography of Aletti’s deep canon of inspiration, experience and multi-media obsessions collected over five decades. Created and captured in a single day, each collage is a flurry of free association. This book animates his refined sense of composition, eclectic juxtaposition of image and text and chronicles the tectonic s…
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In this conversation, Jennifer and Odette discuss, among other things: Collaboration Inherent trust Being reckless Being process driven Allowing the material to speak for itself The social journey of a photograph Playing vs working Simplicity Growing understanding Undoneness Referenced in the episode Books by Odette England Jennifer Garza-Cuen’s we…
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In this conversation, Syb discusses, among other things: Gallery/Artist/Resources Gallery: Casemore Gallery/ San Francisco/Chris Grunder Rolf Art/ Buenos Aires, Argentina/Florencia Giordana Braun Julian Sander Gallery/Cologne, Germany/Julian Sander TOBE Gallery/Budapest, Hungary/Tomas Opitz and Bea Puskas Stephen Daiter Gallery/Chicago/ Lukas Deepe…
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In this conversation, Matt discusses, among other things: Taking a fixed object to a fluid space Accessibility Readability Intentionality as a central focus The purpose of publishing is to make public Engaging the mobility of books Taxonomy of the photobook Establishing criticality standards Reader-centric vs. maker-centric books Sustainability Ste…
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Photographer and filmmaker, Rita Leistner, blends fine art with documentary in her intensely lit, unstaged, metaphorically-inspired environmental portraits of the tree planters reforesting the cut blocks devastated by commercial logging. In this conversation, Rita Leistner discusses, among other things: Uncanny use of light An innate sense of compo…
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Matar gracefully investigates womanhood, identity, and empowerment - across time and place. Poetic, soulful, and bold portraits capture the agency of becoming, at the threshold of independence. Matar bridges differences in culture, religion, geography, and nationality, offering the connective experience of our shared humanity. In this conversation,…
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Holly Lynton melds form, content, and meaning in her strikingly beautiful images, capturing the lives of those providing our sustenance, while protecting our land. Lynton’s compositional framing, lush palette, textural tones, and transformative gestures craft a meditative beauty. Accompanying essays provide context for cultural contradictions, asso…
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In this conversation, Toni discusses, among other things: Unpacking seeing The family photo album Pushing expectations of the image Text as a tipping point Enticing touch Engaging viewers physically Being driven by an idea Collective learning Cross-discipline experimentation Stick-to-it-ness Editing being crucial The impact of when birth and death …
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In this conversation, Hettie discusses, among other things: Gender care gap Gender pay gap Family as a trap for women Domesticity and art Need for subsidized, affordable childcare The time-consuming emotional labor of parenting most often falls on mothers Studio space & residency limitations Commercial gallery's inconsistent gender parity Art schoo…
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In this conversation, Colleen discusses, among other things: Awakening to invisible justice Bodily autonomy Animal spectatorship A practice of attention Distilling process Good obsessions Book as archive Puncturing social individuality Sound is time made flesh Sustaining projects is a puzzle Imagining a kind future…
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Yemchuk’s second monograph is a form of visual poetry. Her exceedingly tender portraits exude sensuality, emotion, and kinetic energy. Her controlled compositions form a lyrical arrangement with words by Ilya Kaminsky. Together both artists capture the elusive essence of this magical city, beguiling and beyond time. Sign-Up for Email Newsletter for…
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In this conversation, Nancy and Scott discuss, among other things: Exploring what a photo can do The importance of story The impact of presentation Dancing around ideas Photo as sculpture Gendered objects Creative agency Housing fine art work Allowing projects to unfold RELATIONSHIPS The magic of the art residence Artists’ Resources/Inspiration Org…
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In this conversation, Karen discusses, among other things: Falling in love with photography (and a photographer) Modernism Media hierarchy moving towards collaborative interdisciplinary exhibits Impacting the breadth of community representation Context & curation Sequencing as the creative act of the curator Consistency of vision within an exhibiti…
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In this conversation, Daniel discusses, among other things: Respect for straight photography Conceptual photography as the Wild West The 3 most important things to look for in an image The impact of the personal book Adaptation Authenticity and being true to yourself The power of print Cutting the noise by using the postal service Building your own…
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In this conversation, Jason discusses, among other things: Photography as a tool to explore one’s interpretation of reality Being private investigators of your subject Engaging new book design perspectives Making creative choices that build context Organizational structure’s influence on editing Allowing curiosity to explore one’s feelings Jewish m…
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In this conversation, Jaina discusses, among other things: Photographing what you can’t see Making space to document what you’re feeling Making a mess Doing insane things Creating a creative team The magic carpet ride of creativity Trusting yourself Sharing your process The wonders of a shower notepad Artist Resources/Inspiration Little Weirds by J…
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Using a large format camera with available light, Mandle compiles 40 color images of confessionals within Catholic churches across America. In illuminating spaces containing moments of grace, Reconciliation offers viewers the opportunity to seek, witness, and contemplate experiences of their own. In this conversation, S. Billie Mandle discusses, am…
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Over 60 black and white images, many previously unpublished, constitute this erudite book, Signs, a current exhibition and a recent acquisition to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. With candor and respect, Dow provides a living history of human spirit and ingenuity. Senior Curator April M. Watson’s essay, A Sense of Things in Time, places Dow’s 45-y…
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A palpable synergy permeates David Campany’s animated sequence of over 140 images and paintings in Anastasia Samoylova, Walker Evans Floridas. A playful interaction that recontextualizes Evans' archive, also illuminates photography’s unique ability to capture paradox, metaphor and oxymoron. Both Samoylova and Evans investigate deeper truths and the…
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Kuhn reimagines a love relationship referenced in the extensive Schindler archives to create a dreamscape of portraiture, still life and landscape of an unnamed protagonist dwelling within the home and courtyard of Schindlers iconic Kings Road house. Solarization offered the perfect photographic tool for Kuhn to cross time and space while honoring …
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Jess Dugan utilizes their skilled observation and keen awareness of the dynamics of portraiture to pose questions on love, loss, risk, trust and belonging. Sixty poetic images possessed of affection and agency, are intermixed with poignant and highly personal prose, to create an object of beauty and an accompaniment to the trials and triumphs of a …
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Seeing Being Seen is a synthesis of Dunn’s multi-decade career of leadership roles in design, publishing, arts administration and academia told in part through images by 36 photographers she has known, worked with or collected. A central theme is the ever-evolving journey of learning and understanding how we see. Included is a Primer, an accessible…
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Abandoned Moments is a book, an approach, a tool and a philosophy. Kashi reconsiders his deep and expansive photographic archive shot in 100 countries over the past four decades to set them free of their original context. These fluid and engaging images vibrate with the chaos, wonder and complexity of the human experience. In this conversation, Ed …
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Golden Apple of the Sun animates the quotidian elements of Cole’s kitchen countertop in unposed meditations of color and form captured during a perilous 5-week period. This tapestry of image and text exposes the power of everyday objects to reflect the prismatic spaces we hold during our brief and precious life. In this conversation, Teju Cole disc…
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Using an 8x10 large format camera, an iPad, images sourced from internet searches, social media and text messages, Surface Tension animates our layered relationship with technology. In thirty six high gloss images she reveals, reflects and ponders the complex layers between real life and our virtual one. In this conversation, Tabitha Soren discusse…
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Black Diamonds seamlessly blends typographic, street photography, portraiture, and pictorial landscapes into a lyrical composition honoring the people and places of the misrepresented coal mining communities of Appalachia. Facun celebrates the strength of this diverse community in 63 square color images within a beautifully muted palette. In this c…
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My education and professional experience is layered with multiple roles in seemingly unrelated fields, social work, fashion, design, and photography. The common denominator, which links these fields together is my passion, the exploration to uncover and understand the relationship between meaning self-expression and culture. As a curator consultant…
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