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Podcast #805

Truth and Fiction

In spite of the evidence that is, upon reflection, self-evident, the idea that photography is objective and truthful pervades common thinking. This completely overlooks the process of selection that is inherent in every photograph that has ever been made. Photographs are a selected truth — and as such is more a reflection of us than it is about so-called objective reality.

LW0805 - Truth and Fiction

Audio MP3 run time 5:09

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Podcast #804

Enjoying the Drudgery

Brooks' "campground" near San Juan Bautista.

Not everything in an adventure is the limitless joy of the creative process — there is also some unabashed drudgery. The trick is to cultivate an appreciation for the role the drudgery plays in supporting the creative process.

LW0804 - Enjoying the Drudgery

Audio MP3 run time 6:08

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Podcast #803

Thoughts from the Monterey Peninsula

I'm here at the center of the so-called "West Coast School" of photography on the Monterey Peninsula on the central California coast — surrounded by the ghosts of Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Brett Weston. Should I go photograph at Point Lobos? Or, is there a different lesson, a different inspiration I can learn from those great masters?

LW0803 - Thoughts from the Monterey Peninsula

Audio MP3 run time 4:02

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Podcast #802

Managing Your Career, Part 3

The younger generation has a completely different challenge when it comes to their career. They would be well-served to recognize that youth is a disadvantage because artmaking is about life — of which they have had scant experience.

LW0802 - Managing Your Career Part 3

Audio MP3 run time 6:45

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Podcast #801

Managing Your Career, Part 2

My generation of photographers (those who started in the 1960s, 70s, or even the early 80s) have always known precisely the nature of the career path we would travel: years of preparation followed by book publishing and then gallery exhibition. This worked for so many of the photographers who preceded us, we never questioned the validity of the path. The problem with this path is that both the book business and the gallery business have changed so much in the last couple of decades that the once-predictable path for success has evaporated.

LW0801 - Managing Your Career Part 2

Audio MP3 run time 11:05

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