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Photography Insights - important industry interviews by PhloggerJul 25, 2018
Episode 174 - the end
Welcome to episode 174 of photography insights, the show that goes behind the scenes with people in the photography industry.
Today you have just myself to listen to! So in this one find out:
- Street candy update
- Kirklees photographic
- a few messages from guests
- why I'm stopping
I wanted to say for anyone reading the notes, it's been a great 3 years of my life doing this. I've thoroughly enjoyed speaking with people around the globe and meeting so many friends. Each one has meant so much and I've learned from so many and hope you are proud of who I'm becoming.
I could never have envisaged this change happening, but after the changes discussed in the podcast you can understand why.
Keep watching my social feed for any updates.
Thanks for all the fish.
A catch up with Ethan Moses
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 173 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Today we get to catch up with Ethan Moses from Cameradactyl. I hadn't spoken to Ethan since November 2019 but always followed his work. When he was running a recent project I couldn't help but be interested. Ethan has been playing with "afghan" cameras as they call them, huge 20x24 bits of technology. Not only that but he's been using the ra4 process to make his own version of instant positive prints!
Ethan's personality always shines through, a man who can't stop playing and inventing. So in this one listen out for:
- instax + polaroid film
- Elsa Dorfman
- Zorki/Fed/Kiev + Pentacons
- Mongoose + Meerkat
- Making cameras
- Repairing & playing
- Selling to the industry
Links
Website - https://www.cameradactyl.com/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/CAMERADACTYLCameras
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his range here https://kosmofoto.com/2022/02/chroma-cameras-unveils-new-medium-format-models-and-new-camera-shutter-plans/
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Matilde Simas - Human rights, cybersex + trafficking
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 172 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Today we get to talk about documentary photography and about subject that is worth you knowing about. When I first approached Matilde Simas about her work I was interested in her approach and how she worked given the difficult subject. So to better explain Matilde is a documentary photographer from Boston in the USA. Matilde is a graduate of psychology, a humanitarian (founded Capture Humuanity which we discuss) , parent and photographer. The work is all about human rights and has had her work across galleries around the world.
Matilde herself is a lovely person and the work is about careful thought of representing this subject matter, It's been achieved with some class, dignity and respect of the survivors of trafficking. Trafficking is one of the subjects we have heard about but don't always know much about. There maybe some sad parts to the interview as it's pretty emotional stuff hearing about this, but I urge you to carry on.
You can see more of her work and the countries she has been to on her website and this will provide a better focus of the problems in that area. It's not something that is happening in third world countries either, it happens everywhere as you will hear!
We also approach the topic of the Massai warriors and female genital modification too, which again is another human right issue in many countries. Having choice is not always clear or straight forward, despite the health concerns.
So in this one:
- support, shelters & psychological help
- NGO's
- vulnerability
- forced labour, marriage and servants
- cybersex
- re-trafficking
- FGM
- Massai customs
- portraiture
Links
Website - https://www.matildesimas.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mattie_simas/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his range here https://kosmofoto.com/2022/02/chroma-cameras-unveils-new-medium-format-models-and-new-camera-shutter-plans/
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shin Yatagai - Blur, paintings and visions
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 171 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
For this episode we jump across the ocean to Japan and talk with Shin Yatagai. He's another young photographer with some beautiful work behind him. Initially a recommend by the one and only Johan Brooks from episode 158. Shin's work is about attention to detail rather lens sharpness or quality. He finds a concept, plans and executes this work with an artistic flair. I have to thank Shin for speaking in English too, considering he only lived in the UK for a year and doesn't speak very often.
I really enjoyed talking to Shin, he's down to earth and shy but very creative. He even speaks freely about living with ADHD and how he copes with his photography. We had some laughs and discussed:
- inspirations from paintings
- classic photography
- capture one
- making a vision
- capturing movement
- directing models
- culture + non-traditional clothing
- textures + structures
- self portraiture
LINKS
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/shin__l/
Website - https://shin-photography.studio.site/
Steve Dunwell - Drones, Harvard & Initiative
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 170 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Today I'm bringing you a longer interview, it's mainly because Steve articulates so well I didn't want to remove much from our chat. Steve Dunwell was recommended by the lovely Lou Jones so naturally I had to look at his work. He comes from the Boston region of America too, but shoots aerial and architecture work. It's a very different field to most and due to the nature of the work very different!
It's really intriguing talking to someone who just hops on a plane or helicopter with someone after thinking about an idea. Sometimes it's not about working for clients, but a project or picture he has in mind. Steve has many decades experience in the industry so seen a lot of changes and adopted these in his work. In the last 5 years he has used the DJI range of drones to further increase the style of work he can create.
So in this one we discuss:
- point of view
- specialising
- working with clients
- initiative
- timing + seasons
- competing
- patterns
- Harvard university
There will be some example images from Steve on the website too, so look out for those.
Links
Website - https://stevedunwell.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/steve_dunwell_boston/
andrew sanderson – art, fun and prints
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 169 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Today it's a slightly shorter show than usual and one of the catch up's I discussed about last year. There will be more of these over the coming months but will spread them out. This one features Andrew Sanderson from the UK, who was last on the show back in episode 66! So I thought it would be nice to near what Andrew's worked on over the last couple of years.
Andrew is the infamous Ilford darkroom master who has helped many people. He is caring and knowledgeable person and often found helping us newbie's out on Facebook groups. He recently started a new business and has launched a new Instagram at the same time. He's offering a creative approach to printing. So instead of offering a straight lab print, if you allow him, he will provide his own artistic interpretation. I think it's a great idea and already he's seeing some interest in this idea.
In this one we discuss:
- keeping people interested
- kit&pro lenses
- weird lens guy
- fun
- art galleries
Please do check out Andrew's new feed and he's also sent over an example image of a print he's made, so check that out on my website.
Links
Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/andrew.sanderson.96155
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/masterprint.yournegatives/
Zachary Stephens - Breastfeeding, Children and Polaroids
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 168 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Welcome to the latest show everyone, this one features an artist from the New Hampshire region in the USA. Paula from the Griffin put a post about Zachary Stephens work, so naturally I had to check it out. After looking through his and his website we arranged to get him to talk to us.
Zach is a really lovely guy, a husband, father, educator and artist. It's really nice to see Zach working with his children on his "are we there yet" project. This one really drew my attention being a father myself and couldn't help but laugh at some of his scenes. As any dad will tell you, if you have girls at some point they will be cutting your hair and applying make up to you! I hope you find time to check the links and laugh too at the photography.
We also find time to talk about his "watching the ice melt" series too, which has been exhibited, another interesting take on the world and light. Zach has also covered another unusual project too, involving breastfeeding. It's a very authentic, tastefully shot series of portraits with mothers for Vermont local health authority.
So watch out for these areas today:
- higher education
- changes from the pandemic
- photo journalism
- composite art
- cyanotypes
- why make work
- expired polaroids
- long term projects
Links
Website - https://zacharypstephens.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zacharypstephens/
Nicole Morrison - Carl, Freelancing & GIF's
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 167 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
I'm pleased to introduce you all to a photographer from San Francisco called Nicole Morrison. Nicole specialises in food and drink,as well as lifestyle photography. When you come across her work you are drawn in by the colours and happy vibe. It's not a simple thing to create and has taken practise. We talk about how she has adopted to freelancing in to the world after leaving university. Nicole is a happy and smiling type of person and loves writing too.
I came across her work through Lenscratch as she had done some interesting work with GIF's. The project about makers was really interesting and drew me in, it's so nice to see people using their hands in this age of technology and especially considering her local area (Silicon Valley).
So in this one we discussed:
- editing photos vs writing
- bright colours
- GIF formats
- importance of test shoots
- culture shocks
- mentors
- Etsy
- surviving freelance
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nicolemorrisonphoto/
Website - https://www.nicolemorrisonphotography.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Kathrin Federer - Anxiety, NFT's & Spies
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 166 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Welcome to 2022 everybody, happy new year. It will be interesting to see what this year brings. Sorry the slack service recently I decided to take time off and relax (literally no photography at all). Podcast schedule should return to normal soon, so just bear with me if there are any gaps.
I'm pleased to present this weeks guest is Kathrin Federer from Switzerland. I had been following her for some time on Instagram and her work was so stunning, so got in touch. Kathrin is actually a digital artist, so it was interesting to see and hear her talk about her approach to creating images. It's not a full time engagement for her as she works in media, but never the less, a fabulous talent. She works with companies and people like Adobe so keep a look out for her work.
In this one we discuss:
- dealing with communication
- storing ideas
- anxiety & distractions
- NFT's, blockchain + minting
- graphic cards
- creating youtube content
- spy vs spy
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kathrinfederer.ch/
Website - https://en.kathrinfederer.ch/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Christmas 2021 with Eoghan Hennessy and Christopher Osborne
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 165 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Over the last few years I have always wanted to do a christmas special which would have to be different. After rummaging around my mind I finally came up with a plan and invited a couple of analogue shooting friends on to the show. So this will break off for the normal interview style and will focus on the world of analogue and christmas obviously.
I'm pleased to invite Eoghan Hennessey (prounounced Owen) and of course I messed that up several times. Also from the world of silvergrain and film we have the esteemed Christopher Osborne. Both guests are great film shooters, active in our UK film group but also fun to talk to, hence why they are here.
If you are ready for the show, it's themed around the 3 ghosts, past; present and the future, meaning we all cover an element each. So we will be talking about what we miss, what we want and expect in the future!
Not only that but Eoghan and Christopher have agreed to take part in my barmy christmas quiz too - it's a bit of my usual type questions with some sensible ones too. It's a lot of fun so do listen for that.
So in this one we cover:
- Film subscriptons
- Grant Brittain
- Pin hole
- Kodak/Ilford/Orwo/cinestill,Fuji +Lomography
- Film scanning
- Intrepid
- Kosmo Foto
- Chrome Camera
- Slides
- Cibachrome
- Meyer optic
- Film developers
- and more
Links
Quite a few so here goes in alphabetical order:
35mmc - https://www.35mmc.com/27/10/2021/photography-through-the-pandemic-book-kickstarter-is-live/
Analogue Wonderland film sub box - https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/products/the-analogue-wonderbox
Chroma Camera - https://chroma.camera/product/cube-24x24mm-frame-135-pinhole/
Cool Film sub box - https://coolfilm.co.uk/
Grant Brittain- http://gingkopress.com/shop/push/
Intrepid - https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/products/intrepid-enlarger-kit-full
Kosmo Foto - https://kosmofoto.com/product/kosmo-foto-agent-shadow-film/
Meyer Optic - https://silvergrainclassics.com/en/2021/12/meyer-optic-gorlitz-experience/ Piinhole - https://realitysosubtle.fr/custom-cameras/realitysosubtle-6x17/Pyro developer - https://www.zoneimaginglab.co.uk/ordering-2/25j28ro7qvmdar7fpskjyyhw0q1wyc
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Emilio Cresciani - cuts, rubbish & spills
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 164 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
One day I was sending hello messages to people that had recently followed me on Instagram. I usually check out their images and websites, so I can decide if I'm going to follow their work. As you imagine I follow a lot of people and try to keep a small number of close people to engage with. After Emilio Cresciani followed me I was intrigued and after seeing his projects I messaged him through Instagram and here we are!
Emilio is an artist from Australia who sees beauty in elements all around us. It was fun talking to Emilio for his laid back personality as you will soon find out. He's a caring person too who teaches people with disabilities and worked in care previously as well. What's even more interesting is his project based work - like "remains of the day". A great project looking at waste and how humans are affecting this world.
When talking about his oil slicks, we are looking at what comes out the ground is driping back in to the ground. Don't get me started on his car screen's too, buying over 30 of these and making art out of these. Honestly he's able to see patterns and something interesting and use different photography processes to make art. As we finish the conversation we talk about awards and competitions, then finally memories of his grandad.
So in this one look out for:
- recycle + waste
- negative consequences
- metallic paper
- shooting roadside
- rain
- safety glass
- iphone vs photograms
- making a lightbox
- working with ice
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/emilio_08/
Website - http://emiliocresciani.com/about-emilio
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Review
You may have seen on social media recently, I posted the latest iTunes review. It certainly made me laugh its a pretty bad one but everyone is entitled to an opinion so here goes.
"Don’t bother"
Worst interviewer in history. Mumbles. Interrupts. Wouldn’t know an intelligent question if it fell on him.All I can say is, whatever you are doing now, just stop. Go leave a review and help me cancel this out. I can handle criticism, but we all know the statements are incorrect. I'm not the worst interviewer, just one of them, oh well you have to laugh.
Lou Jones - skills, slides & survival
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 163 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
This interview is one I had been really looking forward to as well, so let me tell you why. First of Lou Jones was recommended by Paula Tognarelli and as the ex-head at Griffin museum, she knows a talent when she sees one. So after reaching out we had a brief chat weeks before the discussion you will hear. Lou is such an interesting guy and time just flew by, so I apologise for the length of this one. I was going to split in to 2 episodes but seemed stupid so take your time with this one. It was actually too hard to cut, the beginning of our chat lay the foundations for who Lou is and we escalate through his career and experiences (through still film and the digital world).
The thing is Lou has worked for many big names like Time/Life, National Geographic and other Fortune 500 companies, he's wrote many books, travelled and taught. It's practically impossible to cover so much variety and its ever changing. Even though we didn't get chance to talk about it, his next project is so important - thats the PanAfricaProject, so do check out his work.
So we get to talk about life, cinematography like Bladerunner and Dune, and how they effect our photography. We move in to the life and times of being a black photographer, from getting noticed to maintaining a career. It's a long career shooting with text book publishers, advertisers, models, the Olympics (winter and summer) to musicians. Not only that but we discuss how important his Death Row series was to him as a person and his career. You need to listen to this as it's a rare thing to gain access to death row inmates.
Lou is a fabulous, fun and well spoken guy, so lets hope we see him again in the future. For now here a list of a few points we come across:
- dyslexia
- influences
- cinematography
- motion
- working for clients
- being different
- a million slides
- getting appointments
- the olympics
- Charles Mingus
- contact visits
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/loujonesstudio/
Website - https://www.fotojones.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Peter Kayafas - Discipline, New York + Totems
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 162 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Once again we head to the big apple for our next guest, someone from the world of film, the darkroom, education and travels. It's a great pleasure to talk with someone whose work has been exhibited around San Francisco, New York and New Orleans. Peter Kayafas teaches at the Pratt Institute in New York but is also the director of Eakins Press and involved in other photography related boards. I wanted to talk with Peter as he travels around the US and manages to make prints and monographs of his work usually in the form of books. I mean you can't beat a good photography book so do check out the links.
Peter has vast experience with teaching but also with shooting and darkroom too, so much he was in the darkroom with his dad around 2-3 years of age! It was interesting to talk about his projects which are "the way west", "totems" which is about links to the past; "people in new york". The people of New York stands out in the sense he even made 36" square prints on aluminium for this exhibition - imagine that! The last one we discuss is "coney island waterdance" which he shot during the 1990's about the polar bear club.
So in this one listen out for:
- broadening skills
- default audiences
- 80 days in a darkroom
- printed medium
- discipline
- using instagram
Links
Instagram - Instagram link
Website - Website link<
Way west book - Book link<
Coney Island book (US) - Book link<
Coney Island book (UK) - Coney book link UK<
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Richard Chivers - Gas, glass and social housing
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 161 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
As many of you know I love shooting architecture, there is something that draws me in. After following a few photographers I have tried encouraging them to come on the show. but it's tough in this field. I see a lot of international artist so appreciate speaking about your work is not easy. Well that changed and pleased to introduce Richard Chivers to you all. Richard is from the UK and not only loves architecture, but shoots this genre professionally too. What's also interesting is although he's a digital shooter, Richard loves 5x4 too, so a lot of his personal work was shot with his large format.
A talented man who works all over shooting some stunning buildings for architects. This work has led him to personal projects too as part of some collectives too. The projects like degeneration and off grid are all about the history of architecture in the UK and how its a changing landscape. From the 1950's social housing to Victorian engineering and modern sky scrapers, we cover it all! Some of this work has been shot in cities like Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Southampton,Sheffield, Liverpool and Birmingham.
So in this one look out for:
- controversy of glass
- New York
- vantage points
- shooting 5x4
- social housing
- architects
- tilt shift
- gas holders
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/richchiversphoto/
Website - https://www.rchivers.co.uk/
Personal Website - https://www.rchiversphoto.co.uk/
Map 6 Collective - https://www.map6.co.uk/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Andrew Bartram - The fens, skateboards and workshops
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 160 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Today I talk with a fellow countryman and even has the same name, so 2 Andrew's for the price of one - bargain! Some of you film fans will know Andrew Bartram from his podcasting - on both the "lensless podcast" or the "large format photography podcast". He is one of those genuine souls you find the in community who doesn't mind helping anyone. After working in the same industry for 40 years Andrew felt like a change and now he's spending some time teaching others through the "Fenland Darkroom". Personally I think its a fab thing to do and he's hitting a group of people that often miss out - so listen out why.
He has experience with various types of film, cameras up to large format, different processes like tin types and decades in the darkroom. Andrew is frequently found on social media helping out and blogging too.
So in this one we talk about:
- workshops
- pricing
- washi film
- memory killers
- ortho film
- x-ray film
- contact prints
- collecting
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper/
Website - https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com/
Lensless Podcast - https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
Large format photography podcast - https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
News
Recently i've had some annual leave from the day job so been in the darkroom. It's been great to be back and playing around with ideas. I would never know how to classify my work or what I do. I have a liberal approach to my art, sure this is science but most of it is experimenting. Recently I have played with perspectives, tried montage/mirroring, used blue some dye and old paper. This weeks guest has got me thinking too, so let's see.
I'm pleased to say my film washi project has now completed too - this is the one that involved the smallest film company in the world and a 72 exposure camera. It was a lot of fun sending this off to random people around the UK and France. Of course we were delayed by covid so it's taken a little time. Anyway watch out for an article soon on this.
Kristin Bedford - Equality, god & lowriders
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 159 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
This weeks show I'm proud to showcase an artist from the US whose work I came across through lenscratch. The images are really nice and it's about a subject i love - well sort of. So we talk with Kristin Bedford from Los Angeles who has worked on something called "cruise night". Cruise night was something that stood out for me. It’s been mentioned in so many outlets around the world! The project is about the mexican/californian lowrider community (cars that have been lowered) so although it's about cars in theory its not really. 2 years in the making but Kristin's book is now available so watch out for the link in the show notes, your welcome to treat me to a copy too!
Another project of Kristin's is called "perfect picture" where she spent 5 weeks at the house of the father divine, A man considered god by his followers and we are talking about a black person during the 1930’s! I think its very respectful the way Kristin works and shoots, so please do check out her images.
We also talk about a project about what I would call pop up shop front churches. Its all about slavery and religion, so very important documentary work. Finally we finish on "Alvarado street" about the people in the area and Kristin’s roots in street photography.
In this one we talk about:
- equality
- natural light
- considerate portraits
- prime lenses
- famous lowriders
- churches + poverty
- black rights
- street photography
- camera technology
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kristin_bedford/
Website - https://www.kristinbedford.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more about his new cute & small pin hole camera at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
News
I was privileged to meet a couple of my friends who I met through my podcast. Yes I able to meet the cool Louis Rodiger from episode 80! Louis flew in from Tijuana in the states and was staying over in London for a few days. So I hoped on a train and walked around the banks of the thames with his lovely other half Ana too!
You can find out more about LU on our podcast- https://phlogger.co.uk/interview-with-music-fashion-photographer-louis-rodiger/
Later in the afternoon I was able to meet with Kev Percival who you might remember from the Science Museum in London (which a lot of you have seen in the press). Kev appeared on his trusty bike and we met for a coffee in the park, just down from Buckingham Palace. Just don't ask me where, London is new to me so I'm a total stranger.
You can find out more about Kev on our podcast - https://phlogger.co.uk/kevin-percival-museums-space-capsules-scotland/
Anyway it was an amazing day, hopefully I can write a little about it soon. But for those that follow me on social media you can tell I've been busy in the darkroom again playing. Anyway more on that next week.
Johan Brooks - Fax machines, robots + sumo
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 158 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
I'm really excited to introduce this week's guest too. It's not often we head across the other side of the world towards Asia. This week I was very privileged to talk with Johan Brooks. Johan is a street and documentary photography from Japan. He's lived in the UK and America so provides a different viewpoint to life in Japan. He has some fun street images but also some interesting documentary project work.
We talk about a couple of these which include the "fire corps" and "young mountains" as he calls them. Please do check out the images, especially of the sumo as you will see how they compliment the story. Johan is a very respectful guy and talks about shooting protests on the streets of Japan, as it sounds very different to other countries. You certainly get a flavour of the country and my outcome is the word "respect".
So in this one we chat about:
- olympic games
- protests
- black lives mattter
- fax machines
- robots
- humour
- morals
- colour vs monochrome
- humanity
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johanbrooks/
Website - https://www.johanbrooks.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
News
For those of you in the film community you will start to hear more and more about Pyro 510 developer soon. James Lane at Zone Imaging lab is moving forward with distributing this in the UK. He's updated his safety data sheet and added lots more films to his list for development instructions.
In personal news our family has adopted a puppy so its interesting and fun times here. It's also why I decided to get organised and sell a load of darkroom gear recently (few items left on Facebook if you are interested).
Jason Houston - crying, gold and change.
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 157 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
Last week we were entertained by one of the ZEKE award winners from last year and today we have the other joint award winner! So we are talking with the documentary photographer Jason Houston. His work is completely different to others as it has a focus on climate and change. I believe the strong messages he presents in the images are needed to help wake us all up. We do have a meaningful conversation about people and the effects we cause on this planet. Jason is very experienced, has travelled the world and spent most of time away. We talk about rising water in Miami, to logging in the Amazon basin and gold in Peru and oh boy there are some important stories. I also love Jason's attitude to try and honour the communities he visits.
Jason asks some good questions on how we make change. Remember, we are all part of the problem - from us recording the interview to even you listening to this podcast!
So in this one:
- sharing awards,
- long covid
- stakeholders & complexities
- understand audiences
- ngo work
- gold
- environment
- deforestation
- crying
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jasonbhouston/
Website - jasonhouston.com
SDN - https://www.socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/Jason_Houston/4945
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
So thanks for bearing with me, i had arranged 3 interviews in 7 days so busy getting back up to date. We've also had a new member of family to through in the mix - a puppy. So along with these new duties I have been clearing out my darkroom so watch out for equipment on social media. Some of this I'm giving away to others to help them and everything else I've sold in Facebook groups at cheaper than normal prices.
Kristen Joy Emack - Barbie, cousins and denial
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 156 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
In this weeks episode I talk to an award winner. Kristen Joy Emack recently won the ZEKE award by the Social Documentary Network. I'm so thankful to come their work and start sharing some of the wonderful photographers with you. Kristen's work stood out as it showed something important to me - family. Not all work needs to about a model, a worn torn country or something miles away - it can be that thing right in front of your nose. I know for me I struggle with this and talk about this. But Kristen presents her cousins project with an array of her photographs over the years as an interesting story. She opens up about the story of the cousins and her project based around her daughter too.
We also talk about something that effects everyone in their lives at some point. Kristen had never spoken about this body of work so it felt really special to talk about something so dear to her heart. She lost her best friend and talks about her approach of coping with this and her photography project.
It was a pleasure to talk with Kristen about life, we all share these connections, it should not matter about our locations, circumstances or skin colours. I felt so privileged learning about her friend Gina and hope you do too - maybe you can relate.
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kristenjoyemack/
Website - https://www.kristenjoyemack.com/
SDN - https://www.zekemagazine.com/2020-zeke-award-winners
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
I'm sure you all remember our recent guest - the wonderful Lindsay Adler. Well she has an offer for on her 1 light setup course - only $29 until Friday 15th October!!! So check out her website, let me know if you struggle to find it. You can also donate some kofi funds to me, as i would love to purchase it! In the meantime I hope you enjoyed my article on Washi film and the smallest film company in the world!
Episode 155 - the week that wasn't
There is no show this week due to my cold/flu. Been struggling for a week and losing my voice, so had to cancel 3 interviews and may mean no podcast for 1 or 2weeks.
Sorry all but back soon.
In the meantime I have wrote a short article on Washi film - https://phlogger.co.uk/shooting-washi-film-architecture-filters-and-portraits/ It's a great company so do check them out - links in the article.
A catch up with Paul from Analogue Wonderland
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 154 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
I have been shooting film for about 5 years now (or so I believe) and buying it initially online was always daunting. The world is very different now with so many places to buy from but that offer more than just a place to buy. Luckily I came across Paul at Analogue Wonderland just over 3 years ago. It was clear he had a fresh approach to the industry and quickly established his business. From his initial interview back in August 2018 I wanted to reach out again to try and summarise whats happened to Analogue Wonderland in the last 3 years.
Paul always seemed like one of us and felt like you were dealing with a friend and investing in something good. From the reviews side to the loyalty rewards, it just felt he had really nailed the film sector. I'm always keen on following people that do good things and Paul is definitely one (as you will soon find out).
Because its late September 2021, the photography show has just finished too so we had time to talk about Hamish Gill and Paul's involvement in the Analogue spotlight segment. I'm not hear to tell you where to buy your stuff from, thats not me. I only tell you about businesses I like and the ones I use. On a personal level I'm thank full to Paul for the introductions too, which has brought some fantastic guests like Lomig at Washi!
We've kept this episode short as it's a catch up. So in this small episode we discuss:
- films stocks & covid
- colour 120 film
- cloning humans
- Pinsta camera
- analogue spotlight
- the film lab
- building a darkroom
- teams
- wonderbox
Links
The shop - https://analoguewonderland.co.uk/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXe1cKqp2QHa_jdImrdCRQ
Discussed:
Lomig from Washi film - http://filmwashi.com/en/
Steve at Chroma - https://chroma.camera
Kosmo - https://kosmofoto.com/
James Lane - https://www.zoneimaginglab.co.uk/
Hamish Gill - http://www.hamishgill.com/about-me/
Pinsta - https://www.pinstacamera.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma - Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Lindsay Adler - colour, lighting and technology
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 153 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
My friend Stephen Rendall had talked about a famous fashion photographer during a previous podcast (link here). After going through some of this persons work I was actually enthralled by it and just had to get in contact with them. Now this was not easy to pull off, she is a very busy lady and it's took some months but I'm pleased to say we have Lindsay Adler. Lindsay is amazing photographer, who is at the top of her game in the fashion industry (she has over 388k followers just on Instagram!). Her work is on magazine covers, editorials and adverts across places like Marie Claire, Elle Magazine etc. Lindsay teaches through her links with Adorama, Canon and places like Creative Live too. She also has 5 books out there too and also started her own learning platform. I truly believe you will become hooked on her work once you check it out.
What I really liked about Lindsay is not just the hard work and countless hours she puts in, but she cares about her team around her. She talks to us about this especially during times like this pandemic. Lindsay is very honest and doesn't mind sharing tips with us all, so in this one we discuss:
- mood boards + stories
- researching artists/stylists,make up
- wedding photography
- purpose + colour
- holding attention
- wet plate
- technology changes
- best modifiers
- importance of lighting
- lasers
Listen out for her answers to my random questions too.
Links
Website - https://www.lindsayadlerphotography.com/index
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lindsayadler_photo/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6k064s_XoFd-8MmpjFDYA
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shoutout
Thanks to Paul Ottley for kind words recently on social media. A great guy who started his photography journey in the last few years and I helped teach a little about lighting.
As you heard last week about my latest article on that old WW2 hospital. I've had some lovely feedback from the lady who run the tours and have something to offer a few of you. Mary can actually arrange some small group tours for photographers that include a 7 hour visit - so plenty of time to shoot! It's in a small group of 4 and if anyone is interested please get in touch.
Lena Storjohann - EBS, pinhole and roundabouts
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 152 of photography insights. This is the show that interviews people from the photography world.
It's funny how my previous guests can influence my decisions over future shows. Kat Reichert was someone I became friends with, so when she recommend Lena Storjohann I reached out straight away. Lena's work falls under the Lomography field, it's full of colour and alternative thinking. We began talking as she attended the Experimental photography festival in Barcelona. Well it turns out she took part and had a workshop on multiple exposure. You can see how this type of work suits Lena, as she thinks differently about using film - wait till you hear about exposing both sides of the film (EBS). Her fun continues by using 35mm film canisters for pinhole work!
So in this one we discuss:
- macro & contrast
- still life
- double exposure
- ebs
- solargraphy
- pin hole
-roundabouts
- peanut cans
- washi film
- film soups
Links
Lomography - https://www.lomography.de/homes/lalouve
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lalouvephotography/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shoutout
Please don't forget to checkout the latest work by the f8 documentary team. Get your zine for only £9 at https://fistfulofbooks.com/product/f-8-documentary-volume-five/
I have writing again too, so put a small article and report together about my experience. This one is about my guided tour around RAF Nocton and shooting some film. Lots of history, fun and some nice images! Check it out here - https://phlogger.co.uk/shooting-abandoned-buildings-using-medium-format-without-a-meter/
Paula Tognarelli - curating, diversity and teamwork
I'm Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 151 of photography insights. The show that interviews people from the photography world.
In this weeks show I have a person who has been talked about so much. Many of fine art guests have talked about the Griffin museum and a lady called Paula Tognarelli. So we managed to arrange a suitable time and here we are!
First off I should say thanks to all my friends for recommending her. Paula is simply a lovely character who cares deeply about the museum and the artists. From the long days in the office, to searching Instagram in the early hours of the morning. She does not stop hunting for great people to work with. It's clear from our conversation she really enjoys the world of photography and also missed taking part herself. After 20 years at the Griffin museum you can understand her quest to retire and get back to her ideas. Coming from a family of inventors hopefully she will find time to execute some of her thoughts!
In this one we discuss:
- curators
- mindsets
- diversity
- portfolio reviews
- advice for artists
- passions
- teamwork
Paula also goes through my random questions so find out which film she recommends you don't watch!
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/griffinmuseum/
Website - https://griffinmuseum.org/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
I wanted to share with you some feedback from a guest who is now my friend. This one is from Kat Reichert
I had the pleasure of speaking with Andy recently and found him to be not only an approachable and kind guy, but one of those who immediately feels like one of your favorite family members. You know the type- the ones who are easy going, non-judgmental, helpful AND fun to bounce ideas around with. He is humble, curious and just lovely, overall. Our interview honestly flew by and had there been time I felt like we easily could have talked for hours.Of his podcast in general- there is something for everyone. He has interviewed such a wide variety of talent on topics ranging from science to alt pro to the human experience and just about everything in between. Check it out, there is guaranteed to be someone on there you will connect with. I've been exposed to so many photographers I hadn't heard of prior and have had a huge takeaway from all of them."
Joni Sternbach - surfing, tin type and wet plates
I'm Andrew Walmsley and welcome to a landmark episode of photography insights. Yes we are now on show 150, so much has happened in the 3 years I've been doing this. We have all been through dark times but it's great to see life in the UK working its way back to normal. It really has been an emotional time recently and I can feel it with my guests and myself too. I admire the courage it's taken everyone to keep going, especially in a fragile industry like art, so well done all and keep fighting away.
Today I would like to introduce Joni Sternbach, an artist, photographer and filmmaker from the USA. We had speaking a long time ago about coming on and Joni reached out recently so was pleased to have a lady on for this episode. Joni has a keen interest in surfing and shoots this using large format cameras using the tin type process. It's an amazing thing to be doing with such large cameras, requiring everything darkroom related to be with you and taken back too.
She talks to us about her experience over a few decades, around the theme of surfing, the people and surf boards. Joni's experience come from shooting other genres too light street which are really work checking out (though we didn't have time to discuss). Luckily we also fit some time to discuss the world of abandonment and why we love it.
So in this one:
- abstract
- female perspective
- surfing
- change
- learning with your husband
- 16 x 20 cameras
- Quinn Jacobson
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jstersurf/
Website - https://jonisternbach.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
I wanted to share with you some feedback from a couple of recent guests. Here is a one from itunes from Michael Snyder
"Talented Interviewer, Great Content
Andrew Walmsley (aka, the Phlogger) is a talented interviewer who is deeply passionate about photography in all of its forms and approaches. His long-form approach to podcast production is refreshing and he has interviewed some of the interesting photographers of today. I thoroughly enjoyed working with him and listening to his content."Sarah Manriquez - boudoir, homeless & safety
I'm Andrew Walmsley and welcome to episode 149 of photography insights. This is the show that goes behind the scenes and interviews people from the world of photography.
Today I'm pleased to talk with Sarah Manriquez, a friend of Jason Lazrus and Kat Reichert from the Fairbanks university in Alaska. It's a tale of boudoir, homeless and safety. Boudoir in the sense of her fabulous fine art project photographing a classic era of the past. Safety in the sense of working as a model and working with others. Jason recommended Sarah because of her work around the homeless. It's an amazing project based on helping others have a platform to show what its like. Through her "genesis" and "through our eyes" we talk about a lady called Felicia, her new life and where she has come from. It's thought provoking work, deeply personal to Sarah and something that needs the eye of the masses.
Anyway, I don't want to give too much away, so lets just highlight a few topics we discussed:
- xylene process
- film noir
- risks
- bloom project
- visiting professors
- homelessness
- point and shoot cameras
- effects of covid
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmanriquezphotography/
Website - https://www.sarahmanriquez.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
I wanted to share with you some feedback from a couple of recent guests. Here is a recent Facebook one from Kathleen Dreier
"Andrew Ian Walmsley is a gem of a human being. He takes great care to research the work of his guests, asking engaging questions that allow the person being interviewed to look at themselves and their work even more deeply. Andrew is sensitive, genuinely interested, and easy to speak with. Even though I was across the world from him, I instantly felt like I was sharing a living room space a good friend. I think Andrew should be wildly supported for his efforts to showcase the work of photographers from around the world. He is lovely."
I will share another next weeks too.
Sarah Hadley - Beds, evidence & Venice
Welcome to episode 148 of photography insights and I'm your host for today - Andrew Walmsley. In this weeks show we talk with an artist who fell for the famous city of Venice.
Sarah Hadley was a photographer and artist I came across through Instagram recently. Her work seemed very interesting and after talking about Venice you can tell why - it's a story of internships, art, loss and being alone. Another talented and gifted person who talks to us about her evidence project which was shot in China and "Unconscious terrain" project. Sarah has ties with musuems and has been featured in various exhibitions and her book is very doing well - so buy it while you can! Not only that but Sarah's images also feature on some book covers by some famous writers! We don't get time to talk about this but they are on her site, so do check those too!
So in this one we discuss:
- Griffin musuem
- Lenscratch
- Festivals & portfolio reviews
- Collages
- Cyanotypes
- Sleepers
- Losing data
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarah_hadley_art/
Website - https://sarahhadley.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
I wanted to share with you some feedback from a couple of recent guests. Here is a recent Facebook one from Robert Dash
"Andrew is a thoughtful, friendly person with a great passion for all things photographic. He has the rare trait of wanting to seek out a wide range of artists, approaches, and techniques to help him broaden his understanding of the field, and to share that understanding with others. Andrew does his homework when he prepares for his podcasts. I enjoyed the container he set during our conversation, which allowed for stories and new ideas to emerge. Keep on blogging, Andrew--you're creating quite a valuable collection!"
I will share others in following weeks to, as it makes me feel very proud and humbled (and a few tears too).
Kofi
Please don't forget the donation page on the website for those that are interested. I would like to thank this weeks kind donation but this unamed person, you know who you are and it's so appreciated.
Robert Dash - blueberries, micrographs & montages
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 147 of photography insights. This is the photography podcast that interviews people from the photography world.
We change our thought process and stance on photography fields today. After speaking with Michael Snyder a few weeks ago I wanted to start exploring another subject that really interests me - science. Robert Dash is in his 6th decade as he calls it; he’s an educator, naturalist and photographer from the USA. He has had many exhibitions, been published in National Geographic and even spoke at Ted-x!
Robert piqued my interest after looking at the Blue Earth Alliance, a great not-for- profit organisation. They serve as a pass-through organisation for tax-exempt contributions in support of environment-related photography projects. Robert is a very experienced person and talks about his love of the environment, climate and nature. He provides information on his process when working with food and talks about his childhood memories of turning over rocks and spotting mother nature herself.
In this one we discuss:
- climate change
- presenting food
- finding publishers
- macro, micrograph & montage
- food conservation
- travelling exhibitions
- focus stacking
Of course stay to the end for our random questions, so find out why we need St Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band!
Robert also advises everyone to watch "kiss the ground" on Netflix and Albatross by Chris Jordan
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/robertdashphotography/
Website - https://www.robertdashphotography.com/
Blue Earth Alliance - https://www.blueearth.org/
Albatross film - https://www.albatrossthefilm.com/watch-albatross
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
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Diana Nygren - climate, relatives & urban living
My name is Andrew Walmsley and your listening to episode 146 of photography insights. This is the photography podcast that interviews people from the photography world.
In this week's show we feature Diana Nygren, artist from Boston, USA. I was lucky enough to come across Diana through Debe Arlook who was exhibiting at the Griffin Musuem too! In the words of Diana "her work explores the way people relate to their physical environment, be it urban, rural, or natural." This it totally evident through her different projects that show these themes. For instance we have a discussion on the urban scheme for her "when the trees are gone". Honestly please check it out, its a great take on the future of our world.
We also go through her covid project "just another alice" all about very small photography. Moving through her work we look at "the persistence of family" and "beyond this place there be dragons". We have a lovely time going through life, family and travel together with our thoughts on the environment too.
So in this one we discuss:
- Griffin musuem
- presenting your work
- realities of art
- portfolio reviews
- composite images
- covid projects
- relatives
- glaciers
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dianacherennygrenphotography/
Website - https://www.dianacherennygren.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
Have you noticed the polaroid now book out recently? I've so pleased to say 2 of my guests are featured in here - Michael Behlen (from episode 26) and Steven Meyer Rassow. I mean what an honour to be alongside Andy Warhol eh! So check it out at your local book store - https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/polaroid-now
Mark Tamer - glitching, manifesto's and migraines
My name is Andrew Walmsley and welcome to photography insights. This is the photography podcast that interviews people from the photography world.
Today we feature someone from my home country - UK. Mark Tamer is a multi media artist from London, or I suppose you could also say experimental photographer too. Whether it's digital cameras, scanners, chemicals, toy cameras Mark has tried it. Looking over Mark's range of projects was fun, because there is a total variety. The Multi portraits was something I noticed online and couldn't believe this idea. Sure many of us have seen multi exposure, but not to this extent! He came up with the idea with a friend after realising he didn't have many portraits.
We talk about his other projects like memory that fades that is all about editing hex code! Moving across mediums he talks to us about his issues with migraines. This led him to the idea of shooting every day for his migraine diary and used the chemigram process! Mark is another lover of the analogue world so we even discuss one of his film soup projects called breaking pictures.
He is a great guy and hope you enjoy this, here are the talking points for you:
- layering images
- moving to analog
- gllitching
- chemigrams & migraines
- film soup
- manifesto's
- prescription drugs
We even manage to fit in my random questions so find out Mark's fashion tastes and why he would give a present to Mark Twain.
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/unreelcity/
Website - https://www.marktamer.co.uk/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Blog
Finally got round to writing a review of Point 51 magazine. The period of isolation allowed me time to read and write about this resource, so hope you check that out and order one (no i'm not affiliated).
Updates
Don't forget to check out my own projects on my dedicated website - "awalmsley.art" or follow me on @awalmsley.art on Instagram. I put together another new image on my fear and loathing series too.
Ella Morton - the dubious, road tips and soup
Welcome to photography insights I’m your host Andrew Walmsley. This is the show that interviews people from around the photography world.
Today I'm glad to invite you to listen to Ella Morton, an artist from Toronto. Ella's work uses lens based technology but also a variety of experimental and alternative processes. Her work is about telling deep stories with a mixture of alchemy.
We discuss a number of her projects including "dubious cosmology" which is all about using pictures from the internet with the wet plate process. The ones that don't look real and could easily be described as photoshop fakes! We discuss Ella's version of film soup and her series "The Dissolving Landscape". There is also talks of exhibiting your work by using animation tricks from the 1800's. We also have a look at this idea of colour images made from b&w film. Ella has spent time in the Svalbard region of the Artic too and made her film on super 8 film using interesting techniques!
So in this one:
- truths of imagery
- road trips
- Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
- safety with chemicals
- artist residencies
- Super 8mm
- film soup
- colour filters
- mordancage
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ellasharpmorton/
Website - https://www.ellamorton.com/
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
Some of you will know I was isolating as my daughter was ill with covid, thankfully all good now. During this time the people at Point 51 released their latest edition (number 4) so excellent timing since I was house bound. Anyway again lovely work, its a long article news type magazine with lovely photography for those who have never seen it. I must get round to writing a review soon! So check that out at https://point51magazine.com/
Updates
Don't forget to check out my own projects on my dedicated website - "awalmsley.art" or follow me on @awalmsley.art on Instagram. I put together another new image on my fear and loathing series too - in true Andy fashion I ended up cutting myself.
Kathryn Reichert - hypnagogia, solarplates & toys
Welcome to photography insights I’m your host Andrew Walmsley. This is the show that interviews people from around the photography world.
Kathryn Reichert is today's guest, all the way from New Yersey, New York. Kathryn's work is all about a combination of alternative processes, painting and intaglio printing. We came across her work through the wondeful Jason Lazarus from episode 139. I really liked Kat's projects - from the how my son sees it, to genetically modified and hynagogia. There are fun and meaningful works for you all to look at.
In this one we discuss:
- buying toys
- working with flash & long exposure
- being a student
- creating work
- solar plates
- sleep states
- self portraiture
- undiagnosed health
- Hasselblad
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ksreichert/
Website - kathrynreichert.com
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page. All donations mean a lot to me. In actual fact the first lot of donations I have put towards my cyanotype chemicals and paper, so watch out on social media for the results.
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Updates
After speaking with Kat I came up with a new project which involves Kat first. You cannot sign up for this one, it choses you - so keep watching Instagram for news of this.
In other news i'm really proud to say after listening to all these artists I have come up with a personal project. So what I have done is put another website together dedicated just to my photography. it's a clean and simple site, no blogging or podcasting - just my art and experiments. Only a few friends have seen this work - it's deeply personal and most images will have a story or meaning to them. Anyway hope you find to check that out, link is in the show notes but its just "awalmsley.art"
Michael Snyder - climate, prius & end of the world
Welcome to photography insights I’m your host Andrew Walmsley. This is the show that interviews people from around the photography world.
Today I’m shaking things up and will be a sign of the near future for the show. I watched a few documentaries recently and this got me thinking about a different type of photography.
So today I’m interviewing someone who is not only a talented photographer but a film maker too. Michael snyder has worked for many years in the doucmentary and science field of photography.
An educated man with master and batchelor degrees in science. His work can be found in National Geographic, guardian washington post etc. He has lived in the UK, Japan, Hawaii, New Zealand, Washington and now resides in Virgina, USA.
We talk about some of his fun projects like the visitor, breathing life, demolition men, the roof runner and the family at the end of the world. But we find time to talk about climate science and his documentary “into the dark” too.
Michael’s a father, adventurer, has a great character and we have a laugh with my questions.
So in this one we discuss:
- transiberian trains
- how to make a story
- local media
- trying ideas
- short/long term projects
- double exposure
- being a spaceman
- cultures
- jumping Prius cars
- climate change
- surfing in the olympics
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michaelosnyder/
National Geographic article - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/climate-change-arctic-light-pollution-marine-life
Website - https://www.michaelosnyder.com/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page. All donations mean a lot to me, i'm trying to blog and experiment with so many more things like cyanotype and lith printing. I can only do this with funds, so please do help, every £1 means so much.
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma creates modular cameras in medium and large format variety. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Cat Gwynn - authenticity, cats and iPhones
Welcome to the cat show (aka episode 141 of photography insights), the show that interviews people from the photography world. I'm your host Andrew Walmsley and today we have a guest from Los Angeles. Cat Gwynn has Welsh ancestry (as you will find out) who is a photographer, writer, teacher, talker and mindfulness practitioner.
Cat has such a fun personality, that we decided to name this one the cat show - well she has the flashing neon light, so why not. We covered so much from laughs to the reality of life in this one so bare with us!
When I first started talking with Cat about her projects I just couldn't wait to talk, the projects she has worked on are lovely. From the fun of "the cat is me" and "smoking dudes" to the serious tones of "Cry". Cat's life has had ups and downs, like surviving through cancer. She talks about her life through this disease and how she made her infamous "10 mile radius" project. So in this one we will discuss:
- lockdowns & gata blanca
- Michael Kirchoff
- creating a book
- cats & mannerisms
- meeting in person
- shooting on an iPhone
- meeting on facebook
- buddhism
- irony
- questions from the Phlogger's daughter!
Also find out the name of Cat's future pet cat too. Of course we go through my random questions too!
Links
Instagram - http://instagram.com/catgwynn
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cat-gwynn-1119ab3
Website - https://www.catgwynn.com/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page. All donations mean a lot to me, i'm trying to blog and experiment with so many more things like cyanotype and lith printing. I can only do this with funds, so please do help, every £1 means so much.
Friends of the show
Steve at Chroma has got some pictures together of his 6x12 back for his own 679 module camera system. Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout out
Look out for photos of my recent darkroom experiments on my website and Instagram feed.
Also David Wright and f8 documentary lastest zine is out from fistful of dollars for just £9 - link.
Carol Golemboski - magic, raspberries and teaching
Welcome to episode 140 of photography insights and I'm your host Andrew Walmsley. This is the show that interviews people, artists, models and photographers from around the world. Today we pop across to the west of America and talk with Carol Golemboski.
Carol teachers alternative processes at the University of Colorado in Denver. Not only that but she is an artist in her own right with some interesting projects. One of the projects is based on anthotypes and its another old process that uses the sun. You will hear about her passion for the analogue world including the darkroom to produce her work. Another piece of Carol's work we talk about is based around magic using processes like photograms. We finish talking about an app she created to showcase her "psychometry" project on magic related anitques.
In this one we discuss:
- energy & rewards teaching
- teacher questions
- boiling emulsions
- remote teaching
- lumen prints
- re-using products
- emulsions from organic materials
- exposing fruit
- photograms
- photographing antiques
- magic
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cgolemboski/
Website - https://carolgolemboski.com/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page. All donations mean a lot to me, i'm trying to blog and experiment with so many more things like cyanotype and lith printing. I can only do this with funds, so please do help, every £1 means so much.
Friends of the show
Thanks to Steve at Chroma for lending me more kit for testing! I've been using a pixlator with an adaptor Steve's built to hold his LCD light. This allows an all in one device to illuminate your negatives by using the pixlator (whether DSLR scanning or Filmlab on your phone). Find out more at https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Blog
My latest article is now live on my website and is called a darkroom session with Jay and Paul. It's about teaching my friends this older way of printing your work using creative techniques. We had a lot of fun and it was great to see both of them working away and create work they are proud of.
J Jason Lazarus - Electrons, Gameboys and inspiring others
Welcome to episode 139 of photography insights and I'm your host Andrew Walmsley. This is the show that interviews people from the photography field from across the globe.
Today I'm really excited to share with you another great force in education and photography. J Jason Lazarus is an educator at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Not only that but Jason loves interesting alternative or historic processes and having fun. You can tell from our conversation he is really in to his ability to educate others and keep pushing forward. He teaches the history of photography and talks about the importance of updating his students with his own work. It's all about motivating others but keeping up to date and pushing yourself.
Jason is also part of an "untapped group" where the idea is to meet up in person and provide encouragement and critique for people's images. There are so many different projects Jason has worked on, from Mordançage, to chemigrams, cyanotype or shooting on a Gameboy! Hope you enjoy looking through his array of images.
Anyway, he's a very approachable guy and we had so much fun, so enjoy this one. I really struggled to edit this one down as he's got such a great body of work. It was even interesting to talk about how different life is because of the lack of sunlight and seasons in Alaska, but alas I had to cut so much. Maybe I will send running a patreon service and those of you that are crazy can listen to us for hours!
Here are a few things we discussed:
- playing with processes
- printing van dyke brown
- electron scanning microscope
- macro photography
- cyanotypes
- anna atkins
- mordancage (remember accent on the c)
- gameboy shooting
- dot matrix printers
- chemigram
- inspiring others + pushing you
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/obscuraworksak/
Website - https://obscura-works.com/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page. All donations mean a lot to me, i'm trying to blog and experiment with so many more things like cyanotype and lith printing. I can only do this with funds, so please do help, every £1 means so much.
Friends of the show
Large format + medium format cameras - https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Shout Out - Kosmo
Don't forget we mentioned Kosmo's new film coming your way. Details on kickstarter here:
Shout Out - Eric Kunsman
Eric and his colleagues are running this opportunity for 100 students who graduated in 2010 or 2011, more details here:
Jaime Aelavanthara- constraints, cyanotypes & students
Welcome to the episode 138 of photography insights, the show that interviews people from the photography world. I'm your host Andrew Walmsley and today we are hop over the ocean to Florida in the United States. When we talk about cyanotypes, I think of our friend Jonah who actually introduced Jaime to myself. But traditionally with cyanotypes we think about small 4x6 style prints and flowers or leaves. Well Jaime has a really different view on this and it's why I found her work so interesting. Jaime Aelevanthara is an assistant professor at the University of Tampa. As Jaime would put it "her work explores themes of the human condition and an interconnectedness with nature".
So looking at her images and projects you will see foilage, trees, water, leaves combined with her love of alternative processes like cyanotypes and gum bichromate. In fact we discuss her project "palace of leaves" which was shot during COVID. Also we discuss the problems around "modern beauty" - being surrounded by the perfection and expectations of others.
You will tell from our conversation she cares deeply about learning and applying this to her students. It's not about instructing, more a case of empowering a person to learn through trying. We discuss how this has aided my learning and go through some examples too.
We finish talking about one of her students work - the accordion. I implore you to check the website for the images and see such wonderful creations considering the circumstances. You should also check out her writing skills too - Jaime has wrote for Analog Forever! It's in the style of a book review of cyanotypes so check that out here.
In this one we discuss:
- Handling questions from students
- sharing knowledge
- cyanotype business cards
- projects during pandemic
- teaching darkroom
- cyanotype pre-treated
- digital negatives
- exposure times
- darkroom sessions
- students
- analog forever
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/darkroomdove/
Website - https://www.jaelavanthara.com/
Analog Forever - https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page, for anyone wanting to help me fund improvements to the show. All donations mean a lot to me, i'm trying to blog and experiment with so many more things like cyanotype and lith printing. I can only do this with funds, so please do help, every £1 means so much.
Friends of the show
Large format + medium format cameras - https://chroma.camera
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Zine
There are just a few of zines with prints left now, so grab it now while you can. I'm going to putting a few more individual prints up soon, hopefully on my new website, but more details in the future.
Featured
I was honoured to be interviewed and have a 4 page feature in a magazine recently. It's run by Jay Good and all part of something he does for his Facebook group.
Teresa Meier - beer, cats + time travel
Welcome to the latest episode of photography insights, the show that interviews people from the photography world. I'm your host Andrew Walmsley and today we are going to look at some creative composites. For episode 137 we managed to talk with Terese Meier from Oregon in the USA, who produces beautiful photo illustrations and dreamy composites. Teresa is a skilled lady who can be seen hand making elements in her design including clothing. She seems a jack of all trades and can take to wood and illustration by hand too - very gifted i know! I really do have to thank Jonah for the introduction too.
Teresa has a variety of work, from her impressions of dream like montages to portraiture and self portraiture too. You should always be on the look out for her cats too, quite often featured in the periphery. It was such a blast talking to Teresa as she has a great and funny attitude to life. There was lots of laughter and we even solved world problems - so don't forget to hand on till the end for my random questions.
I became interested in Teresa's work because the projects like collective intentions where you can see a central idea but carried out in such a beautiful and bizarre way. We briefly talk about "there's no place like home" too, as I wondered how her partner copes with her sets and getting involved. We time travel back to her first photoshop image too of her infamous cat in a great setting, so please do check that out.
In this one we discuss:
- composites with photoshop
- expressing herself
- self portraiture
- lockdown anxiety
- working with your partner
- stitching images
- 48x72 inch prints!
- Cats + pets
- crafting beer
Links
If you want to find out more about Teresa, she's running a mobile photography course and very soon teaching through skillshare too.
Website - https://www.teresameier.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/teresameiercreative/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page, for anyone wanting to help me fund improvements to the show. All donations mean a lot to me, i'm trying to blog and experiment with so many more things like cyanotype and lith printing. I can only do this with funds, so please do help, every £1 means so much.
Friends of the show
This week I want to talk about Steve at Chroma Camera as he's built and building some really exciting technology. He's building a 6x12 roll film holder, which is amazing for any large format users - imagine that perspective!! Also he's working with another gentleman called Dave Walker to build an electronic shutter. So please do checkout his website and feed for sneeky previews.
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Zine
There are just a few of zines with prints left now, so grab it now while you can. The next hand made prints will not be at this price point.
Kathleen Dreier - Parenting, portraits and race
Welcome to the latest episode of photography insights, the show that interviews people from the world of photography. Today I take you to America again, with our featured artist Kathleen Dreier. Kathleen was introduced by Jonah is another lovely soul from Tucson, Arizona who is known for her corporate work until recently. Covid well and truly had a large impact on her life and she's embraced the world of projects. You will hear us talk about her work involving front line workers during COVID. But also we tackle and talk about racial issues in the country (voices of race). Like Kathleen says sometimes its about looking in and not just out. It's a thoughtful and engaging body of work she has undertaken, which may end up being long term!
Kathleen has been featured in press and media all over now (link here) and she's using this to educate others it's time for change. Please do look at her Facebook page, which is now the core place for everything related to her work. She is doing her best to help others in a respectful way.
So in this one we discuss:
- parenting
- workshops
- portraiture
- covid
- being present
- self portraiture
- white history
- need for art
A few words stood out during our time together including this:
"learning as a white person we are part of the puzzle, the problem and the solution"
Links
Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/kathleendreierphotographyvoicesofrace
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kathleendreierphoto/
Website - https://kathleendreier.com/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page, for anyone wanting to help me fund improvements to the show.
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Zine
The last few zines are on my website with handmade prints!! They are priced at £10 with UK delivery. It's a one time arrangement and I won't be selling prints at this price again.
Article
I've been writing again, this time it was about my first time shooting slide film. So hope you check that out on my website too.
Vania Zask - Oceans, parking and Volvo's
Welcome to photography insights, the show that interviews people from the photography world. i'm your host Andrew Walmsley and today we feature a fun lovely surfing martian! Yes it's Vania Zask a film photographer from Los Angeles and the other half of "all through a lens podcast".
As a regular listener of allthroughalens, it was great to feature Eric in episode 130 and he really recommended Vania. So I did my usual research and listened to even more episodes and just couldn't wait to get her on here. I think you will understand from her vibe and constant giggles, she really is a fun and interesting lady.
Vania's work is all about water, she's never far from it with her camera too. She is known for her surfing shots and yes I mean shooting film on, in and under the water. What is also fascinating is because of her love for old technology she approaches everything with a can do attitude. Whether's its medium format, large format, cyanotypes or developing - she is a yes person. In my opinion it's why there show is so interesting and fun, the on air friendship between Eric and Vania is fantastic.
Vania was the type of person you can relate to and just chat with. So yes we spent hours chatting, but narrowed this down to 60 minutes for you all. So in this one we are going to discuss:
- female photographers
- racial issues
- Volvo's
- Surfing (obviously)
- Hanimex & Nikonos
- Saving people
- Dogs vs cats
- Opening up online
- Legendary fashion
- Parking cars
- compilation tapes
Random questions
It was pretty easy choosing questions for Vania, since you get to know a person through listening to them so much. So find out Vania's superpowers and her impulses.
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/surfmartian/
Podcast - https://allthroughalens.com/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page, for anyone wanting to help me fund improvements to the show. I'm wanting to start off with a new microphone as I was correct, its already falling apart and my headphones too.
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Zine
Advanced notice for all my podcast listeners, the last few zines are going up on my website with handmade prints. Keep watching the site as they are due up 18/19th May 2021 and very limited quantity available.
Blog
Recently I got back out there in the world of portraiture with my mate Jay Good. We shot a local model in her town and I've wrote about my experience of coming out covid. We had fun, we had some pictures, Jay made sure I didn't fall in the water and I survived jumping down the bridge - anything for a shot!
So check that out here - https://phlogger.co.uk/returning-to-portraiture-coping-with-covid/
Dima Gavrysh - Afghanistan, decisions & questions
Welcome to photography insights, the show that interviews people from the photography world. I’m your host Andrew Walmsley and today we have an intellectual and thought provoking photographer for you. Dima Gavrysh started life in Ukraine and is now living and working in the USA (near Silicon Valley).
A man who has master degrees in cinematography from Kyiv and photography from Rhode Island (RiSD)! He’s a well travelled man who has worked as a freelance photojournalist for the Associated Press. I first came across Dima’s work through lenscratch because of his work in Afghanistan.
He tells us about important moments in his career like during 9/11 he was scanning in a news room and seeing what happened made him move to New York. Dima ended up with an internship at the Washington Post as a prize for a Eddie Adams workshop. After time he realised this had no meaning and saw the never ending war of Afghanistan in the news. That was the catalyst and volunteered to go over. Dima talks about getting to know soldiers and the experience of them not coming back again. The realities of war are boredom, anticipation and fear. His take from his time was he found out lots of things about himself and had more questions that answers!
From his work in Afghanistan he's created a book from his project called "Inshallah" - which means "god willing".
In this one we are going to discuss:
- technology is not important
- destined to be doctor
- what education did for him
- introductions were key
- restrictions of shooting
- short form vs long form news
- Prince Charles & President Obama
- meeting Afghan elders
- press and the military
- being macho
- the tech industry
- iPhone shooting
- reading
Links
Website - https://dimagavrysh.com/
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page, for anyone wanting to help me fund improvements to the show. I'm wanting to start off with a new microphone as I was correct, its already falling apart and my headphones too.
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Zine
During the introduction I mentinoed the f/8 documentary zine - specifically the work of David Gilbert Wright. Do check it out https://www.instagram.com/f8documentary/
Debe Arlook - Meditation, perception and fun
Welcome to photography insights, the show that interviews people from the photography world. I’m your host Andrew Walmsley and today we have an interesting artist from Santa Monica, USA for you. Debe Arlook is today's lovely guest who is not also an fine art photographer, but writer, mentor and curator for Pasadena Photography arts too.
Debe talks to us about her projects including "emptiness defined", "forseeable cache", "edge of an american dream", "semblance, "mirage" and "scene heard". It was a big undertaking to get so much content so we've done our best to get this down to 60 minutes for you. She is all about how life has handed her new turns and twists, from divorce to spirituality and being mindful. Towards the end we even discuss why its important just to observe and how 1 hour looking at something can help you.
So in this one we discuss:
- Instagram Live
- existential questions
- Spiritually minded
- abstractness
- presentation
- editing
- colour choice
- intention
- transitions
- covid
- artist statements
- creating narrative
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/debearlook/
Website - https://www.debearlookphotography.com/
Pasadena arts - http://pasadenaphotographyarts.org/
News
It was very strange but I've done my first model shoot - my god it was tough getting used to this. Even managed to use some colorplus on a family seaside day. During the bank holiday I also managed to walk around Sheffield on a rainy day with a friend too - it's not always about photography.
Zine
As you all heard last week the zine was launched and its out of stock - so really chuffed. Thank you all to my mates who bought copies - you know who you are :)
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page, for anyone wanting to help me fund improvements to the show. I'm wanting to start off with a new microphone as I was correct, its already falling apart and my headphones too.
Thanks go to last weeks guest too- he provided our first official donation. Honestly its really appreciated, so cheers Steven.
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Steven Meyer Rassow - book covers, collages & Polaroids
Welcome to photography insights, the show that interviews people from the photography world. I’m your host Andrew Walmsley and today we have an excellent film and polaroid photographer for you. Steven Meyer Rassow is what is known as a digital artist, as his day job involves him designing book covers and artwork for people.
During his free time he is an advocate of film and loves the square format, but not just film. Steven shoots and loves Polaroid too, and has a variety of work to showcase and discuss.
He is a lovely and open person, who freely discusses his work and passion. We actually met through one of my Kodak competitions over a year ago now and one of his photographs had a lasting effect on me.
In this one we discuss:
- Judge Dredd
- Book covers
- Digital manipulation
- Polaroid frustrations
- Abstractness
- Simplicity
- Collages
- Film
Steven is also put through our random questions so find out why he wants to punch Steven Seagal!
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/smrphotoart/
Website - http://smrphotoart.com/#prettyPhoto
Instagram (work) - https://www.instagram.com/designbysmr/
Website - https://www.designbysmr.com/
Zine
Finally i'm proud to tell you all my first body of work is available to buy! I'm very humbled by static age wanting to print this work and constant encouragement. You all know i'm an advocate of the printed medium so to have something printed myself is incredible.
Not everyone realises simply how much this achievement means to me on a personal level. My background is very humble, i'm from a poor family i have to be honest, i was an average student and brought up around a mixture of great people and not so great due to the location. I plodded along in life for many years and always felt like something was missing. Photography has allowed me to talk to you all, share my love, passion and zest for life. Hopefully it's the start of a new chapter.
The zine is only UK £4 delivered too so very affordable, even if you can't afford to buy it just share the link - i will be eternally grateful.
Donations
Please don't forget i've launched the KO-FI donation page, for anyone wanting to help me fund improvements to the show.
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Ovidiu Selaru - searching, shadows and streets
Welcome to photography insights, the show that interviews people from the photography world. I’m your host Andrew Walmsley and today we have an excellent street photographer for you.
Ovidiu Selaru's work for those that don’t already know is simply stunning. He has captured in mono and colour for different reasons. Using architecture, perspectives and shadows so well. It’s no surprise he has been shortlisted for this years British photo awards. You will see he has offered workshops in the past and still sells prints of his work too.
Ovidiu talks to us about his preparation and approach. We cover some of his gear and minimalist approach.
So in this one we discuss:
- importance of rest
- searching for light
- styles
- inspirations
- iso 10,000
- playing with colours
- moods
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ovidiuselaru_/
Website - https://www.selaruovidiu.com/
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Articles
Anyone following my feed will notice I wrote an article about the importance of friendships. The whole idea of this was about supporting the work of others, doing something for someone else. I'm a big believer in random acts of kindness, it makes you feel good. If you want to check it out go here - link
Donations
So after discussing this last week I have finally implemented a way for anyone to donate. This will help with ongoing improvements and hosting costs for the website. I don't allow adverts on my website unlike most other people - i believe it detracts and distracts from the content. I want to stay as ethical as I can and the only option is donations.
Every single pound/dollar is really appreciated and you will be mentioned (if you are happy with that).
You can do this through the link on my site or here - link
Aline Smithson - Lenscratch, mothers & velour tracksuits
As you know I've come across a lot of artists through the website Lenscratch.com and do urge you all to check it out. Recently Karen Constine recommended I talk with the founder of the resource - Aline Smithson, so that's what I did. After reaching Aline, was only to happy to chat.
Another lovely person who is all about giving, sharing information and providing a free resource for everyone. It's a hell of an effort to write regular and find time for your work too (i know this). But after 14 years, Aline is still going strong and now has a team of writers alongside her. What is unusual about this site is everything here is free and it was done this way on purpose and all the staff are volunteers too. Very commendable they provide this for others.
Aline is a not only a talented photographer but her roots are in painting, so you will see some of this in her photography. What I really liked was the different projects she has worked on and some of these are just so much fun. It's not something I have seen a lot of so nice for a change. Though we will only get to talk about a few of these like "arrangement", "the lonesome doll" and "in case of rain" you really should delve in to her website to look at her portfolio. Arrangement is about her mother and has been exhibited in Russia, Korea, China, France, Italy and the USA.
There are a few statements Aline made during the podcast and tells you about her thought process to photography. The idea of lenscratch was to give back to community, but also she is a big believer in being patient. In fact I took this quote:
"your work may not get celebrated now, but when your turn comes everyone will celebrate you”
Personally I really love this and we go on to explain why she talks about this. We also discuss:
- only shooting film
- board games
- hard drive failure
- Velour tracksuits
- peer reviewing
- how to get noticed
- hand painting
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alinesmithson/
Website - http://alinesmithson.com/
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Facebook group
Don't forget this resource is there for anyone, need to let some steam off or chat about life? Then come be around other creatives and help each other - https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy
Eric Meow - pacman, podcasts & camping
For episode 130 I'm talking to a guy I have followed for a while in the film community and long admired. Originally noticed his analogue work and then started hearing him help out the team at Sunny 16 podcast. One of the core reasons I became to admire the work was the openness about sharing details and any techniques but also his fun attitude. Eric is full of laughter and smiles, throughout his interviews, whether a guest or host - its just his friendly personality.
It's been great talking to someone with passion for film and most formats too (so even 4x5). We talk about his adventures travelling around and expired film and his many camera choices. Eric talks about his start with podcasting too and he's put a great show together with Vania, thats very different. It has segments of news, reviews, education on photographers, listener messages and even dev parties! Honestly the relationship they have is great and I'm thoroughly enjoying listening.
So in this one:
- podcasting
- camping & cooking
- keeping film cool
- infra red
- mountain bikes
- very slow film
- shooting f64
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/conspiracy.of.cartographers/
Zines - https://www.etsy.com/shop/consofcart?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=25217794
Podcast website - https://allthroughalens.com/about/
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Facebook group
Don't forget this resource is there for anyone, need to let some steam off or chat about life? Then come be around other creatives and help each other - https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy
Rita Maas - ink, rubber bands and collaborating
Welcome to episode 129 of photography insights, i'm your host Andrew Walmsley and today we have another artist for you. I came across Rita Maas through the lovely Elizabeth Stone. She's another lovely lady living and working in New York. What caught my eye with Rita's work is that its completely different to any other photographer I have seen. Her latest body of work fuses the world of digital and print technology with photography. This one is about re-using printer inks, stamps and making patterns and objects from these using a digital workflow. We will talk about this ink project, her tidal one, 20th century plastics and rub-o-grams! There will be a few examples of the work we discuss on my blog, so do check them out for further information.
Rita has many years experience in the field (shot food for agencies) and has worked across film, Polaroid, large format and many other types of processes too. Looking through Rita's website you can see such a wide range of projects that she has worked on. From rubber bands to food, tides and ink you must check them out.
In this one we are going to discuss:
- social media
- finding work
- natural light
- collaborative projects
- festivals
- accoustics
- regrets
- shooting food
- studios
- inspiration
Quote
From the episode I took these few words:
"photograph - its a reproduction of something,something that stands in for something else”
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ritamaas/
Website - https://www.ritamaas.com/
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Facebook group
Don't forget this resource is there for anyone, need to let some steam off or chat about life? Then come be around other creatives and help each other - https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy
Jonah Calinawan - academia, cyanotypes and dreams
For episode 128 of photography insights we bring you another amazing artist, someone who has become a friend.
Jonah Calinawan made me feel very special like I am actually creating something useful for people. He was an accountant for 25 years,decided to go to art school, become a cyanotype artist and now moving towards the world of acamedia through his PHD. Jonah uses his teachings to influence and learn about life and has a fondness for the thoughts of Jung.
Jonah’s work has multiple layers from the design to the implementation and presentation. It’s a really interesting approach and the images are very thought provoking. It’s like he’s always been meant to move in photography and learn about himself through his studies.
So in this one we are going to discuss:
- focus on verbs
- enjoy creating
- repetition is the answer
- writing artist statements
- subtext of images
- reactions to life
- blogging
- dream analysis
- meaning of shapes
Quote
During the course of the show there were 2 quotes that stood out, but believe this one tells you about Jonah:
“symbiotic relationship thats happening between my writing and my imaging making.”
Links
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JonahCyanotype/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jonahcalinawan/
Website - https://jonahcalinawan.com/
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Facebook group
Don't forget this resource is there for anyone, need to let some steam off or chat about life? Then come be around other creatives and help each other - https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy
Karen Constine - infrared and Japanese fashion
Welcome to episode 127 of photograph insights. This week we have a guest from Los Angeles, who received her B.A. from the University of California. Karen Constine is a friendly photography who describes herself as someone who practise examines aspects of cultural traditions and spaces that are in transition.
We found Karen through the website lenscratch.com which is a wonderful resource for those looking for inspiration (thanks to Linda Alterwitz)! After looking through Karen's work with infrared I just had to get in touch with her. She has created this view of Los Angeles that makes it look like another world. It's Karen's response to COVID and about documenting the change. What was important as Karen says was seeing nature take itself back and infrared is a great way of showing this.
Karen loves to work with people and has documented a community of people that love Harajuku Japanese fashion. Listen as Karen describes this colourful style of dressing that is around the globe. She has been fortunate to visit many countries around the world including India, Colombia, Namibia, Iceland and Myanmar. I urge you to check out her website and look at some of the images we discuss in the podcast, which should give you some context too.
In this one we discuss:
- world through colours
- Jimi Hendrix & Frank Zappa covers
- when to shoot infrared
- Harajuku
- Cultural photography
- Shooting in Iceland/Myanmar
- wearing masks
Links
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/karenconstine/
Website - https://www.karenconstinephotography.com/
Friends
For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/
Large format cameras, medium format & accessories - https://chroma.camera/
Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/
Facebook group
Don't forget this resource is there for anyone, need to let some steam off or chat about life? Then come be around other creatives and help each other - https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy
Shout out
Please check out @f8documentary on instagram, Gisela from the team has brought out her own book called “that golden mile” and is printed by fistul of books. Looks interesting and after pay day I will be ordering myself one. Link is here - https://fistfulofbooks.com/product/that-golden-mile/
Kodak Alaris competition winners 2021
Welcome to the results show! Finally we've got through all 76 entries and sat down with the judges to discuss the photographs. It was really nice to see lots of entries using Kodak TMax too - there were 26 of them so easily the most widely used. So without further ado let's get on with the podcast and announce the competition winners.
1st prize - Marilena Vlachopoulou (aka @Darkroom.Memoir)
The image was shot on Kodak Tri-x and developed at home.
The subject was all about black lives matter and there has been no truer time to discuss this then during COVID. The movement because centre spread across the global media.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBL2KmLlmQ-/
As a reminder Marilena wins the following:
10 x rolls of Kodak TMax P3200 B&W 35mm film
3 x films developed & scanned (high res) by Zone Imaging Lab
1 x “All in a days work” by David Collyer (hand signed)
3 x zines, 2 x post card size prints + sticker from Static Age
5 x post card prints by Michael Behlen (aka Analog Forever magazine)
2nd prize - Maria from Crete (aka @maria.kll)
Maria entered with a couple of lovely photos, but we all felt this idea of a full face mask against the background worked really well. It was a good take on the mask which has become a symbol of the pandemic.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLzSCcelUUl/
As a reminder Maria wins:
1 x “All in a days work” by David Collyer
3 x zines, 1 x post card size prints + sticker from Static Age
3 x post card prints by Michael Behlen (aka Analog Forever magazine)
3rd prize - Ben Hughes (aka @benhughesphoto)
Ben's photo was a link to all childrens past but also the future. It was all about what a child is looking forward to when the lockdown and virus has moved away from us. It's simple, clean and entertaining.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CK4od8KH6Pc/
Ben wins:
2 x zines, 1 x post card size prints + stick by Static Age
2 x post card prints by Michael Behlen (aka Analog Forever magazine)
Honourable mentions
It's not easy judging a competition, everyone has their own impressions of what constitutes a great image and its relevance to the theme (covid). So we went backwards and forwards with a few suggestions and was really surprised by the quality of some of the colorplus results - so when done all. In the end we decided to nominate a few that were very close to winning.
Even better for you all - Pete at Static Age has offered to send some zines anyway so watch out for those in the mail soon!
They are:
Hector (aka @hectorrezno)
David Gilbert Wright (aka @f8documentary)
Carlos (aka @shutterbot_)
Thanks
It was my honour to have David Collyer and Pete from Static Age judge the competition. Both men offer experience in photography from different fields - but in the film world. We also have to thank James Lane at Zone Imaging Lab for his prize too, James is a great force in the world of development and helps in the community through his own Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/filmphotographyuk
Of course I thank Kodak Alaris for their continued support of my work and providing the TMax B+W P3200 for the winner.