Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton

"My father was an insurance person, a loss control specialist, and so he knew about Cooper Union because he inspected the building. So he found out that hey there's a thing that my daughter could go to and it's tuition free and why the heck doesn't she apply." Top secret pool-playing forensic photographer Laura Sellers isn't on social media, doesn't have a website, doesn't like texting, but loves sending letters. She is out in the non-virtual world working as a photographer, teaching, and putting together great shows like the recent anniversary Design & Typography show at The Cooper Union. Laura is currently the Archive Coordinator for the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography at The Cooper Union. Some links to things mentioned in the show: Thirty - Anniversary Exhibition for the Lubalin Center https://www.cooper.edu/events-and-exhibitions/exhibitions/thirty Joy of Giving Something Video on Careers in Photography http://www.jgsinc.org/res-test/careers-in-photography/forensic-photographer-laura-mircik-sellers/ Host: Michael Chovan-Dalton & Anibal Pella-Woo Visit www.thephotoshow.org 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

"Humble yourself, and let's talk about just how much you get rejected." Jared Thorne skypes in from his new home and new photo teaching job at Ohio State University at Columbus to talk about his experiences as a photographer and his desire to both understand and challenge preconceived notions of Black identity. His investigation (and a girlfriend) will take him to South Africa where he explores the "myth of harmony" since the end of Apartheid. Check out his work at http://jaredthorne.com Some links to references mentioned in the show: James Nacthwey http://www.jamesnachtwey.com Ernest Cole https://www.nyu.edu/greyart/exhibits/ernest_cole/colehome.html Documentary: Concerning Violence http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263690/ David Goldblatt http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/jul/02/apartheids-twisted-dream/ Dineo Seshee Bopape http://stevenson.info/artists/bopape.html Hosts: Michael Chovan-Dalton and Kai McBride Visit thephotoshow.org 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

"You have a vacuum cleaner that's reversed, a couple of pipe fittings, and now an old barbecue that you cut the bottom out of and you have a forge that you can use...and we started making knives in the backyard..." Dennis has degrees in Neuroscience and Behavior, Environmental Health Science, and Visual Arts. It's no surprise that many of his answers in our conversation are carefully explained from several points of view. Dennis resists making a direct connection from his educational background and interests to his photographic projects, but you can see the influences in the projects that explore behavior, technology, environment, and cultural history. Check out some of Dennis' work and some other references that come up during the show: Website: http://www.santella.org/dennis/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/ds709/ Affirmation Arts: http://www.affirmationarts.com Lost Art Press: http://blog.lostartpress.com Wisdom of the Hands: http://wisdomofhands.blogspot.com Poetry Foundation: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179870 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178191 Hosts: Michael Chovan-Dalton and Kai McBride Visit thephotoshow.org 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

"We used to go out to the woods and capture scorpions, spiders, and stuff like that." After 17 years away from home, Yoav has returned to Israel as a photographer who has been educated in the United States and influenced by an international community. Yoav took a break from teaching after establishing the Savannah College of Art and Design Photography Program in Hong Kong, and now has returned to teaching this year and will be lecturing about photography in Israel for the first time. You can see his work and follow Yoav at these sites: http://yoavhoresh.com https://instagram.com/yoav.horesh https://www.facebook.com/yoav.horesh Hosts: Michael Chovan-Dalton and Kai McBride Visit thephotoshow.org 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

"Throughout my adolescence in high school years I was really only consumed with two things like skateboarding…and music and the music was all punk and hardcore…" Jeff Ladd collects, studies, reviews, and just generally loves photography books. He is a founding member of Errata Editions, an organization dedicated to the page by page printed studies of rare and out-of-print photo books and making these studies accessible to students and fellow enthusiasts. Jeff is also a photographer and photo blogger. His reviews and writings have appeared in publications around the world. You can see Jeff's work at http://jeffreyladd.com and his blog is at http://40by50.com. Errata Editions can be found at http://errataeditions.com. Host: Michael Chovan-Dalton Visit http://thephotoshow.org Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/realphotoshow and on Instagram https://instagram.com/realphotoshow/ Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1

“Memorial Day is a very sad day (in Israel), everyone stands still for one minute. We never go and do barbecue…we don’t have sales…and we don’t think about it as a day off…” Inbal's work involves memory, conflict, and the way we memorialize war. In 2012 she was nominated for the prestigious Prix Pictet award for her "Nothing Left Here but the Hurt" series. Her subject matter is deeply connected to her upbringing and experiences in Israel. When we spoke to Inbal she was just finishing her stint teaching at the Photography Summer Intensive at Columbia University and she was also just weeks away from giving birth to her second son. Check out her website at http://inbalabergil.com Watch a slideshow of her work while listening to the show at http://slideluck.com/inbal-abergil/ Visit http://thephotoshow.org Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/realphotoshow Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1

"I’m not dumb, I like Europe" Patrice got her start in photography as a young camera tester for allegedly broken tourist cameras at her father’s photography store in Alaska. She holds two masters degrees, one in education and the other, an MFA from Columbia School of the Arts. Her plan now is to split her time between Alaska and New York City for as long as she can continue to find work. Hosts: Michael Dalton and Anibal Pella-Woo Check out her work at http://patricehelmar.com and follow her on Instagram https://instagram.com/patchop/ and on twitter https://twitter.com/patchop Visit http://thephotoshow.org Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/realphotoshow Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1

"Grad School, look I already dropped out of undergrad, why would I go to grad school, it's another waste of money. You want to be an artist, be an artist…" Kai had an interesting childhood as he and his mother worked their way across the country from Hawaii to North Carolina. It has a lot to do with why he became a photographer. He also apologizes to all of the Kai McBrides out there for grabbing all of the domains, handles, and usernames. View some of his work while listening to the podcast at kaimcbride.com. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kaimcbride. Hosts: Michael Dalton and Anibal Pella-Woo Visit http://thephotoshow.org Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/realphotoshow Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1

"Everything in Cuba became sinister and funny." Frequent co-host Anibal and I met at his home in New Jersey during a coyote scare. Anibal’s life in photography very much tracks my own. We both attended the School of Visual Arts in NYC together where we met Thomas Roma, a photo professor who has had a profound impact on our photography and ten years later we both attended Columbia University’s MFA program under Thomas Roma. Now we both teach photography at the college level. This episode also serves an introduction to both of us. You can follow Anibal Pella-Woo at http://twitter.com/pellawoo. Visit http://thephotoshow.org Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/realphotoshow Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/realphotoshow Music by @pataphysics-1