Econ Talk: Fine art photographer Jessica Todd Harper. Her work will be featured in kinship, which is a show due to Ron at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery from 2022 to 2024. She has published three books of her photographs,. interior exposure, the home stage, and her latest with the title here.
When everyone is carrying a camera in their pocket, what raises the act of taking pictures to the level of fine art photography? Jessica Todd Harper, the award-winning portrait photographer, says that it's equal parts mindset and technique--and lots of setting the stage to seize that perfect light. Listen as Harper speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her desire to capture the complexity of life in a single image, why family relationships and home life are her chosen subjects, and the integral role beauty plays in her images, despite its diminished status in art today.