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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 392: ‘Dissapearing Photographers, Social Media Confusion and Big Screens’

In episode 392 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography.

Mentioned in this episode:
Huger Foote https://hugerfoote.com
Gille Tapie www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/photographers/gilles-tapie/
Dewey Nicks https://deweynicks.com
Javier Vallonrat www.mfilomeno.com/artist/javier-vallhonrat/gallery/commercial-2/
Michel Momy https://michelmomy.photography/?photo=0

Dr.Grant Scott
After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photographer for a number of advertising and editorial clients in 2000. Alongside his photographic career Scott has art directed numerous advertising campaigns, worked as a creative director at Sotheby’s, art directed foto8 magazine, founded his own photographic gallery, edited Professional Photographer magazine and launched his own title for photographers and filmmakers Hungry Eye. He founded the United Nations of Photography in 2012, and is now a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, and a BBC Radio contributor. Scott is the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019), and What Does Photography Mean To You? (Bluecoat Press 2020). His photography has been published in At Home With The Makers of Style (Thames & Hudson 2006) and Crash Happy: A Night at The Bangers (Cafe Royal Books 2012). His film Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay was premiered in 2018.

Scott’s book Inside Vogue House: One building, seven magazines, sixty years of stories, Orphans Publishing, is now on sale.

© Grant Scott 2025

Image: Untitled © Huger Foote

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4 responses to “PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 392: ‘Dissapearing Photographers, Social Media Confusion and Big Screens’”

  1. Claude Fiddler Avatar
    Claude Fiddler

    Grant,

    I just took a look at the artists (disappearing? overlooked at the moment) you mentioned in the latest podcast. The creativity exhibited in the work is extraordinary. An eye opener into the fashion photo world. For me at least.

    The experimentation and unique quality of the use of the medium and the individual ways of seeing were and are incredible. It struck me that the work of each did not come across as gimmicky, and certainly not trite.

    I also wanted to comment on the comment you made about people being frustrated by your points of view at times, particularly when you, in your words, deal in “facts”. It is my guess that people may have preconceptions of the way things are, or more to the point, the way they would like them to be. It is frustrating to come up against the fact that success happens most of the time with a lot of work, mistakes, and disappointment.

    Disappointment in a creative pursuit can largely be avoided by simply doing the thing: that is being creative.

    Thanks,

    Claude Fiddler

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    1. gscott2012 Avatar
      gscott2012

      I agree and thanks for your feedback. It’s most appreciated

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  2. Robin Fader Avatar
    Robin Fader

    Appreciated this podcast. Two things, could you perhaps consider showcasing the work of new photographers? Maybe step out of the fashion world? Also, here in the U.S. we are boycotting Spotify because they are airing ads promoting ICE – the group violently and illegally executing immigration policy here. Thanks for listening

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    1. gscott2012 Avatar
      gscott2012

      We have always showcased new photographers and still do from all areas of practice. You will see that in the archive of episodes. The Spotify point is an important one. I’ll give it some consideration. Thanks for the feedback.

      Reply

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