The November/December 2020 Podcast
Women Photograph: 2020 Year in Pictures HERE
Agency Photographer of the Year 2020 – shortlist HERE
A 70-year-old photographic mystery HERE
Photographer Ian Brown travelled more than 80,000 miles around the US, trying to discover the meaning of the so-called American dream. HERE
The October 2020 Podcast
Jerome Sessini returns to Mexico city where he first became a photographer, and is guided only by instinct and deep emotion HERE
Peter Goffin’s grandfather told many stories of his war years in the UK with the Canadian Air Force, but only ever showed his family one photograph – of his wedding to a Welsh bride, Peter’s grandmother. But after he died, an album was discovered that provided images to accompany the tales the family knew so well. HERE
Forty years ago, French photographer Raymond Depardon was commissioned by The Sunday Times Magazine to travel to Glasgow for a feature on its rich and poor. The photos he took were never published. HERE
The September 2020 Podcast
Check out the photographs mentioned in the podcast at https://www.instagram.com/richardflintphoto/
The August 2020 Podcast
Cumbrian photographer Jordan Mossom captures ‘hidden’ life with a disability HERE
Skater girls: Gender, joy and slow photography. Wet plate Collodion photography by Jenny Sampson HERE
One of the largest camera collections in the world is hidden away in a village hall in a Fife coastal town. At least 3,000 cameras, including some dating back well over a century HERE
BONUS LINKS
Using the Wet Plate Collodion process, photographer Jack Lowe is crafting unique photographs on glass, capturing the view from each station and the waters protected by the RNLI crews. HERE
Not Wet Plate Collodion as I wrongly thought but worth a look for the stunning images – Michael Falco’s superb colour pinhole photography of American Civil War re-enactments. HERE
The July 2020 Podcast
In tribute to the legendary photographer Paul Fusco who has sadly died, here is a selection from his celebrated series on Bobby Kennedy’s funeral train HERE
On the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, Sumeja Tulic reflects on Paolo Pellegrin’s work on the subject. HERE
From his earliest projects photographing South Carolina as a teen, to his seminal Greek work and his momentous move into color – Constantine Manos reflects on the evolution of his practice HERE
BONUS LINKS
Enri Canaj on documenting the European migrant crisis: HERE
Eve Arnold reflects on documenting Malcolm X HERE
The June 2020 Podcast
Shirley Baker’s street scenes of Manchester and Salford HERE
Olympus quits camera business after 84 years HERE
Magnum photographer Stuart Franklin reports on the experiences of medical staff at London’s West Middlesex University Hospital, examining how the UK government “endangered many who might have been safe” HERE
1968: Power, Protest and Politics
Photographs from a tumultuous year of uprisings and unrest HERE
The Making of Icons
Stuart Franklin reflects upon the nature of iconic photographs, and the events in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 HERE
Holding on to History HERE
The Bonus June 2020 Podcast – Lost over Laos – Two books about Larry Burrows
One Ride with Yankee Papa 13 – a classic photo essay by Larry Burrows HERE
One Ride with Yankee Papa 13 seen in April 16th 1965 issue of LIFE magazine via the Google Book archive HERE
Larry Burrows: Vietnam Hardcover (US book price far cheaper than UK) HERE
Lost over Laos by Richard Pyle and Horst Faas. A great book detailing Larry Burrows life as well as looking at the photographers, Henri Huet of Associated Press, Kent Potter of United Press International, and Keisaburo Shimamoto of Newsweek, killed alongside him in 1971. HERE
The April/May 2020 Podcast
Stefan Forster has made more than 80 trips to Greenland, Iceland, Norway and the Faroe Islands, capturing some of the beauty of the Nordic landscapes. HERE
Coronavirus: Intensive care night shift in pictures HERE
Eve Arnold’s Time With Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, in Her Own Words HERE
The March 2020 Podcast
Apollo 13: Enhanced images reveal life on stricken spacecraft HERE
Tales from the far-flung Faroes. The people who live on remote rocks in the North Atlantic HERE
American Graffiti: Dennis Stock photographed George Lucas’ coming-of-age adventure featuring high-school romance, Californian cruise strips and drag-racing HERE
The February 2020 Podcast
Reuters – America’s Longest war – Images covering 18 years of war in Afghanistan HERE
Making the Image: Leonard Freed’s Work on the NYPD HERE
When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Tears HERE
Magnum On Set: Charlie Chaplin’s Limelight. W.Eugene Smith’s classic photo essay from 1951 HERE
Abbas by Abbas. Filmmaker Kamy Pakdel reveals the story behind a new documentary on Magnum photographer Abbas, completed mere days before his death. HERE
BONUS LINKS
The Abbas website. Great gallery with 54 images HERE
Magnum Abbas profile page. Click on the images to view the gallery of Abbas photography with 124 images. HERE
The January 2020 Podcast
Raymond Depardon’s Paris Dakar Rally
As the Dakar Rally enters a new era, we look back on Raymond Depardon’s photographs from the event’s 1990 staging HERE
Chechnya: Images of a Forgotten War
Thomas Dworzak’s coverage of the First Chechen War, 25 Years On HERE
In the Camps
Erich Hartmann’s work documenting the crumbling artefacts and remnants of Europe’s concentration camps HERE
Jim Marshall – The music photographer trusted by the stars. When photographer Jim Marshall died, in 2010, he left behind more than a million pictures that captured the true face of music in the 1960s and 70s. HERE
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