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01/03/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 252: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photo Mentor and Mentorship”
28/02/2023
Magazine Photography Was The Foundation of Commissioned Photography So What Will It Be Without Magazines?
27/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life ‘Special’ ‘Catching Spirits In a Box: Photography and The Dead’ Part 1
22/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 251: Plus Photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn
15/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 250: Plus Photographer Luke Stephenson
08/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 249: Plus Photographer Greg Hunt
01/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 248: With Bill Shapiro ‘Websites’
25/01/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 247: Plus Photographer Deborah Parkin
18/01/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 246: Plus Photographer Richard Sharum
15/01/2023
Photographing Bob Dylan. One Subject, Many Photographers…
14/01/2023
Don’t Break, Break It! Facing the Photo Wall
07/01/2023
How to Edit Your Photographs, the Simple 5 Step Way
04/01/2023
Photography is a Business and We Are All Part of That Business!
04/01/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 244: New Year’s Special with Bill Shapiro
29/12/2022
Should, Could or Would? How to Accept Photo Advice
29/12/2022
What is a Photograph?
28/12/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 243: Plus Photographer Gautier Deblonde
09/12/2022
Bill Jay Archive: Confessions of a Gallery Hater
09/12/2022
Bill Jay Archive: Myths and Legends, From Photography’s Shady Past…
07/12/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 239: Plus Photographer Kieran Dodds
02/12/2022
The Six Questions You Need to Ask and Answer Before Starting a Photography Project
30/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 240: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photo Book Part 2’
27/11/2022
Photographers, Is It Time to Move on From the Anthropocene Tag?
25/11/2022
How to Find the Good Stuff: Photography Google Is Not All That…
23/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 238: Plus Photographer Don Tonge
21/11/2022
Books for Street Photographers
17/11/2022
Say Hello to the Non-Photographer Photographer
16/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 237: Plus Photographer Max Miechowski
14/11/2022
Photography As Entertainment, Is That a Bad Thing?
09/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 236: Plus Photographer Henry Iddon
05/11/2022
Saul Leiter Is Not At Home
02/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 235: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photo Book Part 1’
29/10/2022
Jumping the Ship, But Which Life Boat To Choose? The Social Media Conundrum Explored
28/10/2022
The Past Informs the Future of Photography, But It Doesn’t Have to Control It!
27/10/2022
No More Heroes…
26/10/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 234: Plus Photographer Cecilia di Paolo
22/10/2022
Why Do People Buy Photographs? And What Are They Worth?
17/10/2022
In Praise of Difference: Photography and Neurodivergence
16/10/2022
Breathe Before You Press The Button and Don’t Forget to Bend Your Knees…
14/10/2022
The Long Form Edit: Rediscovering the Dismissed Image
09/10/2022
When Will Photographers Finally Accept the Smartphone?
07/10/2022
How To Improve Your Photography? Make Films!
05/10/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 231: With Bill Shapiro ‘Art Speak’
30/09/2022
Mental Wellbeing and Photography: Cause or Cure?
28/09/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 230: Plus Photographer Roland Miller
27/09/2022
Dogmatic Instamatic
22/09/2022
Photo Books and the Economic Crisis
21/09/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 229: Plus Photographer Richard Bram
18/09/2022
Look! I Was There or I Have a Photograph As Proof!
14/09/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life Episode 228: Plus Photographer Lise Johansson
13/09/2022
Snapshot: Noel Coward, New York and Susan Sontag
09/09/2022
Avoid Templates to Get Noticed: The Importance of the Original Thinker
07/09/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 227: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Gate Keeper’
02/09/2022
Why Is Photography So Misunderstood?
02/09/2022
Snapshot: Bruce Davidson and New York City
31/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 226: Plus Photographer Nicola Muirhead
29/08/2022
It’s All In The Eyes
28/08/2022
Is Commissioned Photography Only For The Under 50s?
26/08/2022
Don’t Get Angry, Get Smarter!
24/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 225: Plus Photographer Guy Dickinson
22/08/2022
Snap Shot: Edward Steichen and Louise Brooks
22/08/2022
Snap Shot: Thomas Struth and New York City
21/08/2022
How To Make a Photo Book: A Simple Guide
17/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 224: Plus Photographer Sean Lotman
12/08/2022
#BillJayDay: A Collection of Forgotten Articles and Writing…
10/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 223: Plus Photographer Sodiq Adelakun
07/08/2022
Three Cheers For The Outsiders!
04/08/2022
Is Photography in Trouble?
03/08/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 222: Desert Island Photo Book Special Part 2
29/07/2022
New Spaces, New Eyes…
27/07/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 221: Desert Island Photo Book Special Part 1
20/07/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 220: Plus: Photographer Neil Massey
19/07/2022
PODCAST: In Search of Bill Jay, Episode 7, ‘The Photo Study Centre and The Teaching Begins’
17/07/2022
Subject is All or Photography Made Simple!
14/07/2022
PODCAST: In Search of Bill Jay, Episode 6, ‘Bad Decisions, and Goodbye to Magazines’
13/07/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 219: Plus Photographer Arne Svenson
06/07/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 218: Plus Photographer Andrew Moore
03/07/2022
Is There A Future For ‘Paid-For’ Photography in the 21st Century?
01/07/2022
TALK: ‘Shooting Into The Future and Missing’: What is Contemporary Photography?
29/06/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 217: Plus Photographer Jillian Edelstein
27/06/2022
NEW PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation Announced
15/06/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 215: Plus Photographer Shane Rocheleau
01/06/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 213: Plus Bill Shapiro Mid-Year Review
30/05/2022
Photographing The Moments In-between
24/05/2022
Photographing Musicians, From a Photographer’s Perspective
17/05/2022
Beware The Bully With And Without A Camera
06/05/2022
Forget About Rules and Aim to Fail!
27/04/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 208: Plus Photographer David Butow
26/04/2022
Where Is The Personality?
22/04/2022
Photography and The Selfish Eye
20/04/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 207: Plus Photographer Ian Brown
16/04/2022
The Dusty Drawer or What Does This Do?
15/04/2022
First You Need a Shelf, Then a Bookcase, Then a Room: The Photo Book Dilemma
13/04/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 206: Plus Photographer Tricia Porter
11/04/2022
The Pressure Doesn’t Drop: Photography Doesn’t Get Easier
09/04/2022
Doing It Right Maybe Wrong! But Doing It Wrong Can Be Right!
06/04/2022
Podcast: A Photographic Life, Episode 205: Plus Photographer Donwilson Odhiambo
05/04/2022
The Photograph That Makes You Turn Away
23/03/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 203: ‘Ukraine Focus’: Plus Photographer Tom Pilston
16/03/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 202: Plus Photographer Asiko
13/03/2022
The Truth of Photography: Crimea to the Ukraine, Some Thoughts…
09/03/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 201: Plus Photographer Victoria Gewirz
02/03/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 200 Special: Plus ‘A What Does Photography Mean to You?’ Super Edit
27/02/2022
It’s Okay Not to Understand, But It’s Better to Communicate
23/02/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life Episode 199 Plus: Photographer Mike Abrahams
09/02/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 197: Plus Photographer Bradley G. Munkowitz (GMUNK)
21/01/2022
Look Up, Not Down, Look Sideways…
05/01/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 193: Plus Photographer Art Streiber
29/12/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 192: 2021 Review of the Year Extended Special: Plus Photography Writer, and Editor Bill Shapiro
16/12/2021
Why Ambition and Success Do Not Have To Be Dirty Words In Photography…
05/12/2021
Festivals Don’t Need Themes, They Need Audiences
28/11/2021
The Curse of Show and No Tell
17/11/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 186: Plus Photographer Ashleigh Coleman
03/11/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 184: Plus Photographer David Rothenberg
07/10/2021
I Didn’t Choose Photography, It Chose Me!
07/07/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 167: Plus Photographer Simon Roberts
01/07/2021
I Wish I Had Taken That Picture…
28/06/2021
Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail…
06/06/2021
The Secret to Portrait Photography? Talking!
08/05/2021
Why Don’t I Write About Photographs? Well…
19/04/2021
Branding Is Not For Photographers!
17/04/2021
Opinions Are What Photography is Made Of…
28/03/2021
The Photographers Manifesto
13/03/2021
The Virtual Exhibition: Too Little, Too Soon.
06/02/2021
Icons of Photography: James Nachtwey
03/02/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 145: Plus Photographer Mark Klett
30/12/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 140: ‘New Year Special’
18/12/2020
Is Patreon the New Photography Life Line?
17/12/2020
My Plumber Is a Photographer!
11/12/2020
What Does Emerging Mean?
25/11/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 135: Plus Photographer Paul Lowe
18/11/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 134: Plus Photographer Lois Greenfield
11/11/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, ‘US Election Photography Special’, Episode 133: Plus Photographer Richard Beaven
06/11/2020
ON SALE: What Does Photography Mean to You?
25/09/2020
The Transportation Machine
09/09/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 124: Plus Photographer Nicholas Syracuse
08/09/2020
What is the Difference Between Looking and Seeing?
03/09/2020
The Photograph That Stays With You
02/09/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 123: Plus Photographer Melissa Breyer
29/08/2020
The Family Album
26/08/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 122: Plus Photographer Elin Berge
19/08/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 121: Plus Photographer Daniel Meadows
17/08/2020
Is Photography Listening?
16/08/2020
Zeitgeist Images in a Changing World
15/08/2020
It’s Not the Weight of the Book, but the Weight of the Work that Counts
12/08/2020
Teamwork: Photography and the Collaborative Partner
12/08/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 120: Plus Photographer Ethan Hill
05/08/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 119: Plus Photographer Michael Jang
30/07/2020
Photo Gambling Explained
29/07/2020
The Themes of Life Are The Themes of Photography
22/07/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 117: Plus Photographer Jan Töve
18/07/2020
Every Photographer is a Journalist but Not Every Journalist is a Photographer!
15/07/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 116: Plus Photographer Rhodri Jones
13/07/2020
When Everything Looks the Same, That’s a Problem…
10/07/2020
Is There a Future for the Photography Magazine?
09/07/2020
The 21st Century Photographer Needs to Be a Visual Storyteller, Visual Problem Solver and a Visual Linguist
07/07/2020
Is it Moral to Teach Photography?
01/07/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 114: Plus Photographer Tim Davis
28/06/2020
A Suggestion for Photo Festivals…
26/06/2020
Are You Ready to Take the UNP Photo Quiz?
24/06/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 113: Plus Photographer Nick Wynne
17/06/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 112: Plus Photographer Nicholas J.R.White
10/06/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 111: Plus Photographer Mandy Barker
06/06/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 110.5: ‘On The Streets’ Special Plus Photographer Micaiah Carter
31/05/2020
A Construct? Or a Moment?
29/05/2020
Photo Book Quiz 2
25/05/2020
The Importance of an Archive, or What is an Archive?
23/05/2020
History and Photography
22/05/2020
You Can’t Know Everyone, But You Should Know a Few!
18/05/2020
Photo Book Quiz
13/05/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 107: Plus Photographer Colin McPherson
29/04/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 105: Plus Photographer Jessica Backhaus
26/04/2020
VIDEO: The State of Independents: The UNP in discussion with Ffoton Wales
15/04/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 103: Plus Photographer Hellen van Meene
08/04/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 102: Plus Photographer Ragnar Axelsson
01/04/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 101: Plus Photographer Andrew Jackson
28/03/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 100.5: ‘We Are Family!’ Plus Photographer Deanna Dikeman
25/03/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 100: Plus Photographer Wolfgang ‘Wolf’ Susitzsky
23/03/2020
Style is Transitory, Language Permanent
11/03/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 98: Plus Photographer Pixy Liao
06/03/2020
Reading and Photography, Narrative and Storytelling…
04/03/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 97: Plus Photographer Mark Neville
23/02/2020
What Was The Last Exhibition You Visited?
19/02/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 95: Plus Photographer Anton Kusters
12/02/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 94: Plus Photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten
09/02/2020
What’s the Difference between a Photograph and a Photograph?
05/02/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 93: Plus Photographer Anna Boyiazis
29/01/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 92: Plus Photographer Seth Lower
22/01/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 91: Plus Photographer Roger Stowell
17/01/2020
Photography and ‘The Selfie’ as Evidence and Truth
10/01/2020
Make, Take or Find: How Should We Describe the Act of Photography?
08/01/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 89: Plus Photographer R.J. Kern
01/01/2020
A Photographic Life: Episode 88: 2020 New Year, New Decade Special
25/12/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 87: Richard Avedon ‘Christmas Special’ Plus Gideon Lewin and the UNP Photo Proust Questionaire
18/12/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 86: Plus Photographer Homer Sykes
17/12/2019
Icons of Photography: Roger Fenton
13/12/2019
Icons of Photography: Irving Penn
11/12/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 85: Plus Photographer Alex Buisse
04/12/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 84: Plus Photographer Stephen Dupont
23/11/2019
The Problem With Awards
20/11/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 82: Plus Photographer MAKIKO
16/11/2019
Icons of Photography: Diane Arbus
15/11/2019
Icons of Photography: W. Eugene Smith
15/11/2019
Come Pray at the Altar of the ‘Back-Lit’ Image!
13/11/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 81: Plus Photographer Sebastian Meyer
11/11/2019
Icons of Photography: Robert Capa
10/11/2019
Icons of Photography: Robert Frank
09/11/2019
Icons of Photography: William Eggleston
06/11/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 80: Plus Photographer Julie Hrudova
30/10/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 79: Plus Photographic Critic, Historian, Educator, Curator and Writer A.D.Coleman
12/10/2019
You Need the Past to Inform the Present and the Future. Sander, Chambi, Penn, and Onward…
25/09/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 74: Plus Photographer Elinor Carucci
18/09/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 73: Plus Photographer Paul Weinberg
11/09/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 72: Plus Photographer Robert Trachtenberg
09/09/2019
Icons of Photography: Walker Evans
04/09/2019
Constructing the Photo Narrative
28/08/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 70: Plus Photographer Eduardo Soteras Jalil
18/08/2019
Travelling Through The Picture: Leiter, Dylan and Pennebaker…
12/08/2019
Icons of Photography: Nobuyoshi Araki
05/08/2019
Icons of Photography: Larry Sultan
01/08/2019
A Photographic Life Podcast ‘PLUS’ Launched on Patreon…
31/07/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 66: ‘Photo Book Special Part 1’, Plus Photographer Sadie Catt
24/07/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 65: Plus Photographer Laura El-Tantawy
15/07/2019
Icons of Photography: Sarah Moon
04/06/2019
Icons of Photography: Robert Doisneau
22/05/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 56: Plus Photographer Iain McKell
20/05/2019
Icons of Photography: Stephen Shore
08/05/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 54: Plus Photographer Guia Besana
07/05/2019
Icons of Photography: Philippe Halsman
28/04/2019
BILL JAY ARCHIVE: Private Views on Public Speakers
27/04/2019
BILL JAY ARCHIVE: Life/Work: When Photographs are Too Personal
24/04/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 52: Plus Art Director/Photographer Geoff Waring
23/04/2019
ARCHIVE: The Other Side of Photography: For a discussion on photography/art education
17/04/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 51: Plus Photographer Colin Jones
12/04/2019
Icons of Photography: Annie Leibovitz
03/04/2019
PODCAST:A Photographic Life, Episode 49: Plus Photographer John Sevigny
27/02/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 44: Plus Photographer David Levenson
13/02/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 42: Plus Photographer Brian Griffin
16/01/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 38: Plus Photographer Robert Darch
07/11/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 28: Plus Photographer Kenneth Jarecke
13/10/2018
There is No Credit in a Credit!
08/08/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 15: Plus Marc Vallée
22/05/2018
A Photographic Life Podcast Now on iTunes
17/03/2017
Three Photobooks You Don’t Need to Buy or Own (Or Why Editors Matter…)
22/01/2016
ARCHIVE: Interview with John Bulmer
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