Another episode where I fly solo, this time taking a fresh look at Walker Evans’ seminal photo book American Photographs. First published in 1938, the book is widely regarded as a classic—not only for the photographs themselves, but for the enormous influence it has had on the medium of photography and the photobook. I revisit the images, the book, and its creator, all through a 21st-century lens.

Links:

Walker Evans page at MoMA website

a video page turn through the book via YouTube (not my channel)

Buy the book (via MoMA)

This episode features a great conversation with photographer, archivist and researcher Lukas Birk. We discuss his work with the Afghan Box Camera Project and Myanmar Photo Archive, the strange appeal of found photographs, and what happens when photography, history and obsession collide.

Links:

Instant Box Camera

Myanmar Photo Archive

Fraglich Publishing

Box Camera NOW

Afghan Box Camera

The Photo Vault

Season 6 of the podcast kicks off with a great conversation with legendary NY writer Lucy Sante. We discuss life in the Big Apple in the 70s and 80s, her interest in vernacular and anonymous photography, and the value (or lack thereof) of a formal college degree.

Links:

Lucy Sante website

Lucy Sante Instagram

Folk Photography: real photo postcard book

Lucy Sante: Evidence essay