The Future of Photography

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119 How can photography address the climate crisis? Mar 04, 2020

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How can photography help address the climate crisis? Can we document and raise awareness now? In the future will we travel mostly in virtual reality? Is photography actually adding to the crisis by luring us away to exotic places? We know photogrpahy can drive social change - so how do we use it for good? Picks of the week: Edward Burtynsky TED talk and gallery, 2019 Environmental POTY winners, J Henry Fair and our very own TFOP Instagram.

How do we move photography forward? Feb 26, 2020

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This week we ask the question - how do we move photography forward? Is it harder today because all images look the same? Is it easier because technology makes tools and learning content so easily avaialble? How should we study? How is that different to years ago? All the team have different experiences and expectations from study and practice. Do we know how we will personally improve? Picks of the week: Magnum photographer [Susan Meiselas](https://www.susanmeiselas.com ), Julian Charrière, Lucy Phelan.

117 Future genres (cat selfies?) Feb 19, 2020

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What defines a genre? How does a genre come into favour and then fall out again? We can all name some traditional genres - landscape, reportage, street, portrait... but what about new genres like fishface selfies and cat pics. Do genres breed technology or does technology breed genres? All this and more in TFOP this week! Picks of the week: 3StreetGallery, Future cameras, Portraying pregnancy.

116 What’s your favourite subject? Feb 12, 2020

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In this episode we ask the team what their favourite thing to photograph is... which genre, favourite subject, what do you return to? Has it always been so? Have you gone through different ‘phases’ over the years ? WDTMFTFOP? Well, it's all personal really - and we're all different, which is a great thing! Picks of the week: Terry Jones RIP, Dark Side by Cody Cobb, TFOP Zines (teaser).

115 Quick Bites with Quibi Feb 05, 2020

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Quibi: a new phone-only video streaming service but with quirks. Everything is sliced into 4-10 minute segments. You also get a different angle/camera/scene if you flip your phone between landscape and portrait orientation kept seamless because it is bound to the same soundtrack. Will it succeed? Will it change the face of video production or maybe even still photography? Some clickables... BBC summary of Quibi including interviews with the two founders. Article describing the service. Quibi keynote from CES (loooooooong).

114 Photo Trends for 2020 Jan 29, 2020

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This week Eimear and Adrian riff on photo trends for 2020. What's coming? What does it mean for photography - specifically for us? Conversational sources from Fstoppers, Shutterstock and YouTube. Picks of the week: Magnum Streetwise, ‘Mixtape’ Student work from Limerick School of Art & Design @ South Tipperary Arts Centre, South Tipp Arts Podcast with Aideen Barry & Arts Centre Director Helena Tobin, Sculpture & Combined Media and PhotographyFilmVideo @ LSAD. Web: thefutureofphotography.com – Twitter: @tfopnow

113 Paint vs Photo Jan 22, 2020

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This week we discuss the interplay and cross-influencing of painting and photography throughout the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. There are soooo many references to choose from so here is a big long list... Sally Mann, Wet plate of Greta Thunberg, Akihito Takuma, Stephen Shore, Bill Gekas, Max Rive, Gemmy Woud-Binnendijk, John Baeder Daniel Castonguay, Nadar, John Constable Moma, Martin Parr, Victorian Fairy Painting, Reddit: Accidental Renaissance, Jeff Wall, TFOP on Glitch Art Jason Anderson, Adrian's February photowalk. Picks of the week: Camera and shaver (and more) sounds, The Bisaillon Brothers, Alexey Kondakov - If Classical Paintings Roamed the Streets

112 Photo Fads: Past, Present and Future Jan 15, 2020

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This week we delve into the world of fads in photography past, present, and future. If you’ve got any to add to our list, let us know! From the early Victorian penchant for post mortem photography, the Cottingley Fairies and hidden mother photography to the more current bread cat (yes, it’s true -google it) just what fads are likely as we go forward into the future of photography? More current examples where photography plays a role and which might be more meme than fad: cat beard, horsemanning, glitterbeards or teapotting. PICKS OF THE WEEK: Insta360 ONE R (Chris), Eimear's photo. What photo fads will the future bring? Let us know on Twitter.

111 Mobile Workflow Update Jan 08, 2020

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It’s time for a TFOP workflow update! In Ade's ever-changing work-in-progress photo workflow, what's new? Plenty actually - including a JPEG-based process - also plenty of constructive challenge from the team ;-) Fave tools: Apple SD card dongle, iOS 13 Files app, Apple pencil, Snapseed - non-destructive editing with layers and masks and selective tools, Darkroom - great for HSL adjustments. Picks of the week: Gnarbox, DruePhoto, Nollaig na mBan. [n3ar87oGiv4c9hwiwmj61lwb4qckvevivyefz3i]

110 Happy TFOP New Year! Wild speculations for 2020 Jan 01, 2020

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Welcome to 2020! This week we indulge in some fantastical speculation about the future of photography. Always fun and remember to call it out if we are wrong! Links to all our references and speculations... Jessie Reiser, The Death of Retail, Intrepid Camera, Cameradactyl, The Blind Smartphone Camera Test 2019!, Drone armies, Further out: photographic archaelogy / Insta 360 One X, Super fast Instax wide printer, Pocketable full spectrum LED light (that flies), Global culture shift to (a) focus on QI rather than IQ and (b) use the camera that points away from you. Shout out to Munetake Kayo aka @bigheadtaco for the QI thing. Authentication of photos, Buy a superpower, A real one due in “early 2020”: Sirui 50mm Anamorphic, Loupedeck CT, Kodak Stereo Camaera and Realist Electric Stereo Viewer

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