Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton

"I decided it was time to do something that I really love and that had to combine cameras and making things." Justin Waldinger founded Tap & Dye because he wanted to be able to use his design skills to do something he really cared about, so he quit his job and started his own company. Tap & Dye is now known internationally as the place to get high end custom leather straps and accessories for your gear. Justin has also tapped into the #keepfilmalive movement with his patches and pins. Check out his website and Instagram and maybe treat yourself to a little hand-made leather something for your camera. Links: Website: http://www.tapanddye.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tapanddye/ Justin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwaldinger/ Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud

"That very same day that I started I was shot by an Israeli soldier. I was shot with an…M6 or M16 rifle…and I almost certainly should have died..." Yola Monakhov Stockton has so many great stories to tell. Born in the former Soviet Union, grew up in NYC, became a conflict photographer, got shot, transitioned to the art world, published a book, and now teaches in Buffalo. Kai and Michael had a fantastic, and a touch long, conversation with Yola just after she finished up her panel discussion at Photoville on photography and education. Photo of Yola by Nick Butler Links: Website: http://yolamonakhov.com/ Gallery: http://www.rickwesterfineart.com/yola-monakhov-stockton/ Book: https://www.schiltpublishing.com/publishing/authors/yola-monakhov-stockton/ Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud

"Books make us feel less alone…That's why I make books." -Thomas Roma A special release from thePhotoShow without your co-hosts. Thomas Roma and Susan Kismaric held a conversation about publishing photo books and Roma's launch of SPQR Editions. The talk took place at Affirmation Arts in NYC where SPQR's first five books on were on display and for sale with the photographers on hand to sign all of the books. The books are by Yoav Horesh, Jeffrey Henson Scales, Stephen Hilger, Dennis Santella, and thePhotoShow's very own Kai McBride. Michael Allen, the director of Affirmation Arts will introduce the guests. Just a heads up, the audio is a little rougher than normal. Links: Website: http://www.spqreditions.com Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/s?marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&me=A2EX0V4V16T0XO&merchant=A2EX0V4V16T0XO&redirect=true Website: http://www.affirmationarts.com Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow

"One of the big conversations that Ben and I have always had and always kind of bristled against together is this idea…that all potential is exhausted in photography, and so there is this sense that there is nothing left for photography, which we couldn't possibly believe." -Nat Nat Ward and Ben Alper were busy organizing all kinds of great events surrounding their successful online image-based conversation site, a new nothing when we sat down to record this episode at Nat's Bushwick Brooklyn apartment. A New Nothing promotes visual dialogue between two artists by having them post an image in reaction to the other's post. The site has received a lot of attention which has translated into an exhibition in Moscow, A Great Sum in Parts, and a book, "A New Nothing," that debuted at the Independent Art Book Fair. Links: Website: http://anewnothing.com/ Website: http://www.nat-ward.com/ Website: http://benalper.com/ Moscow Show: http://osnovagallery.com/exhibitions Book: http://theretherenow.bigcartel.com/product/a-new-nothing-ben-alper-nat-ward Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud

Michael and Kai met up with Richard Bram while he was getting ready to move from New York to London. Richard's book, Richard Bram New York, had just been published and symbolically it had become Richard's summation of his time as a street photographer in New York City. We discussed his early induction into In Public, a street photographer collective, where he met Matt Stuart, his start as a PR photographer, and how he taught himself photography at a public library. Photo of Richard Bram by John Maloof Links: Website: http://www.richardbramphoto.com Peanut Press Books: http://peanutpressbooks.com/products/new-york In Public Photo Collective: http://in-public.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/photobram Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/photobram52/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richard.bram.39 Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud

"….the fact is most of how we understand life…we do in essentially narrative terms and the moment that you make a photograph you step outside of that. There's no before, there's no after, there's no story, there's only a set of…quite trivial facts that you can look at that imply all sorts of things." Leo Rubinfien believes in working carefully and methodically. He thinks of his photographs as being part of and describing a large global community. Photographs will change in meaning over time and they will change in meaning as more photographs are made and put next to each other. This idea that the resulting body of work is greater than any one moment or person gives him a sense of freedom to travel and photograph at his own pace. Leo was once conflicted about being thought of as a writer as well as a photographer but now he has embraced both aspects of his life, which is great for the rest of us because he has written some of the great essays on photography and photographers and has put together some amazing retrospectives as well. Links: Bio from National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/press/exh/3632/rubinfien.html Photos and Bio from Steven Kasher Gallery: http://www.stevenkasher.com/artists/leo-rubinfien Slideshow of different works mentioned during the show: http://thephotoshow.org/slideshow-leo-rubinfien/ Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud

Joe Aguirre and Kramer O'Neill join Kai and Michael for the first multi-guest show. Joe and Kramer both belong to different photo collectives. These modern day international photo clubs/societies have grown simultaneously with the rise of sharing photos through zines, blogs, and social media. Joe and Kramer also share their ideas about what being called a street photographer means, if it means anything at all. Links: Joe Aguirre Website: http://www.joeaguirrephotography.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joe_aguirre_/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joe.aguirre Twitter: https://twitter.com/thoughtlesshero Tumblr: http://joe-aguirre.tumblr.com Kramer O'Neill Website: http://krameroneill.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krameroneill/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/krameroneill Tumblr: http://picturesofpeopleandthings.com Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud

Preston Rescigno has straddled the worlds of photojournalism and fine art photography for all of his photographic life. When I spoke to Preston he was getting ready to drive his son to college and he was recently unemployed. Preston was the New York Desk photo editor for a very large photo agency for many years. We talk about his background in the news business, his time working for Lee Friedlander, his early adoption of digital photography, going to the School of Visual Arts and Columbia University, and getting back to photography now that he had some time. Links: Website: http://www.preston-rescigno.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pkfr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/preston.rescigno.9 Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud

"Even for my students that naturally have a lot of enthusiasm and interest in the natural landscape, we talk about the natural landscape in political terms because there's no part of the world, no matter where you go, that hasn't been impacted by both the presence of humans but also the political decisions and impact that human beings make." Wendel White is the Distinguished Professor of Art at Stockton University in his life-long state of New Jersey. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and multiple New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships. He had just finished his takeover of @SmithsonianMagazine IG account for his series called #redsummer, former sites of race riots in the U.S. Kai and Michael spoke to Wendel about his current show at the Fordham University Lipani Gallery entitled Schools for the Colored and his other projects that deal with African American and African lives and experience. We also spent some time speaking about art education and the diversity of our classrooms. Links: Website: http://wendelwhite.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendel.white/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cameraimages Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wendelwhite Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud

"Right now I know that for me the gallery model isn't working and so I go into this new chapter with much more confidence in what I am going to be doing day to day than I actually do right now." Sasha Wolf is well known in the photography world for her gallery and her passion for photography. Kai and Michael sat down with Sasha just a couple of weeks before the final closing of her gallery in the Lower East Side of New York. The gallery closed on a high note with great reviews for the Sasha Rudensky show, but the model of having a permanent gallery just wasn't working anymore for how Sasha wanted to represent and collaborate with the photographers she so admires and considers to be family. We talk considerably about the kind of photographer Sasha looks for and how she plans to continue to represent photographers. Links: Website: http://sashawolf.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sashawolfgallery/ Visit www.thephotoshow.org We are realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB Follow us on Twitter twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1 on Soundcloud