The Photowalk

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#27 Friday Photowalk - forts and curses! Jun 26, 2020

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With a mailbag that you have kindly created thanks to your feedback and questions following this week's shows, I take you on a photowalk into the past, one thousand years BC, ascending a hill fort and finding a tomb belonging to an Egyptologist believed to have fallen victim to the curse of Tutankhamun. Forts, curses and a close call with attack helicopters in today's Photography Daily. Pictures from the walk will be available on today's show page at www.photographydaily.show

#26 CELEBRATE the ordinary! Photograph it! Jun 24, 2020

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I worked yesterday. First day since lockdown. I celebrated being ordinary with three extraordinary people; my youngest son, an exceptional gentleman of street photography and a talented musician. Being ordinary is extraordinary. And I want to share my day with you.

Write to the show: studio@photographydaily.show

#25 Instagram and Facebook: am I wasting my time? Jun 24, 2020

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Today photographer Jack Lowe questions what he's doing feeding the Instagram and Facebook machines. Jack has been travelling the UK and Ireland on an eight year self funded project to photograph every lifeboat station. Social media helps bring patrons on board to support what has become his job. But two weeks ago and still with two to three years to go on the project, he stopped feeding to Instagram and Facebook. Today I ask; "Why?"

#24 Shooting covers for LIFE magazine Jun 23, 2020

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Today Donna Svennevik in New York, conversationally meanders a little over a coffee with me and looks back briefly at a career spanning three decades as one of quote America's most versatile photojournalists and portrait makers. Also some thoughts about the big three social platforms and another of your photography tips.

Send your tips to: studio@photographydaily.show

#23 You're creative, know your value! Jun 22, 2020

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Today from New Mexico, Dan Milnor on knowing your value as a creative and the joy of using film stock. Dan also returns next week for a Focus Edition where we spend over an hour in his company really getting to the heart of what makes a news photographer, educator, storyteller, writer, printer and author.

Also your photo tips. One today about relaxing portrait sitters. Send yours in to: studio@photographydaily.show

#22 Friday Photowalk - the first one! Jun 19, 2020

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Fridays are a chance for you and I to step out, take our cameras, and take a walk through the countryside. I'm taking also your emails from the week, your feedback about the shows and the guests and answer any questions. Join me along the Kennet Canal in the rain in leafy Berkshire England, for the first Friday Photowalk. You'll be able to see the pictures referenced in today's show too on the showpage:

https://www.photographydaily.show/episodes/22-friday-photowalk-the-first

#21 Would you risk your life for photography? Jun 18, 2020

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Today meet the photographers for whom risk assessment means more than a trip hazard, photographers making judgement calls that affect their lives and their families too. Also more on photographing protest and how the actions of the police and other authorities affect photojournalists.

https://www.photographydaily.show/episodes/risks-photographers-take

#20 Stories on your doorstep Jun 17, 2020

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Jim Grover, from London keeps a keen ear to the ground when it comes to making photo stories about his community from which he then shows within self-initiated exhibitions, which he also has some advice about in today's episode. Also today an invite to send in your best photographic 'hacks,' the tricks of the trade you've found to make your photographic life easier.

Today's show notes: https://www.photographydaily.show/episodes/jim-grover-leica-stories

#19 Street photography saved my life Jun 16, 2020

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Today on the show we hear from Ian MacDonald, a Vancouver based photographer who believes street photography saved his life from spiralling out of PTSD control as a paramedic. Also part two of our two parter featuring Nick Turpin on the relaunch of iN-PUBLiC, a home for some of the most exciting street photographers across the globe.

Links to today's show: https://www.photographydaily.show/episodes/street-photography-macdonald-turpin

#18 Protest photography and the burning monk Jun 15, 2020

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With protest as a theme understandably topping news agendas today, meet Adrian Arbib, who has made a career from photographing protests. It's 57 years almost to the day that a monk was photographed by an AP photographer immolating himself on a Saigon street surrounded by monks watching on in quiet meditative prayer. The photo is a universal symbol of rebellion and fight against injustice. We talk about the work of photographers making stories about protest.

More at www.photographydaily.show

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