FRAMES Photography Podcast

In this conversation, Chris Niccolls, a trusted gear reviewer and host of the PetaPixel YouTube show, shares his journey into photography, which began with a Nikon FE. He discusses the challenges of engaging a diverse audience on YouTube and the importance of honest gear reviews. Chris emphasizes practical field testing and how he learned to teach effectively. He also shares entertaining mishaps from his fieldwork and highlights the significance of transparency in reviews. This chat offers insights into the world of photography gear and community.

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Hugh Brownstone, a photographer, writer, and YouTuber known for his thoughtful, human-centered approach to street and urban photography.You can visit Hugh's website here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Deborah Ory and Ken Browar, the Brooklyn-based husband-and-wife duo behind the NYC Dance Project, a celebrated collaboration at the intersection of dance, fashion, and portraiture. You can follow the NYC Dance Project on Instagram here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Nat Ward, a photographer whose work spans bold installations, conceptual projects, and experimental collaborations, merging place, materiality, and identity into immersive visual narratives.You can visit Nat's website here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Christopher Wharton, an artist-photographer whose passion for movement, born from skateboarding imagery in the late ’80s, continues to inform his dynamic visual storytelling—most recently recognized as a 2025 Photo Laureate nominee. You can visit Christopher's Instagram account here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Kino Seido, a Japanese documentary photographer whose work explores identity and memory through the intersections of people, places, and time. You can visit Kino's website here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Joyce DiDonato, who, alongside her distinguished career as a Grammy‑winning mezzo‑soprano, curates a richly expressive photo gallery—featuring portraits, backstage scenes, travel snapshots, masterclass moments, and editorial‑style visual storytelling drawn from her artistic journey.You can visit Joyce's website here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Toby Binder, an award-winning documentary photographer with experience in areas of war and crisis.You can visit Toby's website here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Martin Zweierlein, a physics professor at MIT and a pioneer in quantum gas research. In 2025, his team became the first to photograph individual, freely moving atoms, capturing stunning images of quantum behaviors like fermionic anti-bunching and bosonic clustering. This breakthrough offers rare visual proof of long theorized quantum effects.You can visit Martin's page at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text

In today's episode, W. Scott Olsen speaks with Paul Hart, a celebrated British landscape photographer and master printmaker who has dedicated over three decades to exploring the complex relationship between humans and the natural world. You can visit Paul's website here.This podcast is brought to you by FRAMES, a high-quality quarterly printed photography magazine, and its accompanying international photography membership.Find out more and join FRAMES here.Send us a text