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13/12/2025
The Ballad of the Misinformed Photographer
03/09/2025
Photo Terms/Ways of Working: A Reminder!
22/01/2025
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 350: Conversation ‘Harry Borden on Photographers on YouTube’
25/12/2023
What Are The Most Important Technical Aspects of Photography?
25/11/2023
The Key Themes of Photography
26/07/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 273: Plus Photographer Andrew Macpherson
31/05/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 265: Plus Photographer Tom Bowden
28/02/2023
Magazine Photography Was The Foundation of Commissioned Photography So What Will It Be Without Magazines?
25/02/2023
Knocking On Doors When No One is Home
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
01/02/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 248: With Bill Shapiro ‘Websites’
18/01/2023
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 246: Plus Photographer Richard Sharum
06/01/2023
Networks Are Built, Not Only Inherited…
28/12/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 243: Plus Photographer Gautier Deblonde
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
09/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 236: Plus Photographer Henry Iddon
02/11/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Conversation, Episode 235: With Bill Shapiro ‘The Photo Book Part 1’
01/11/2022
#Pro Photo Wisdom
29/10/2022
Jumping the Ship, But Which Life Boat To Choose? The Social Media Conundrum Explored
14/10/2022
The Long Form Edit: Rediscovering the Dismissed Image
12/10/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 232: Plus Photographer Jane Hilton
02/10/2022
The New Work Balance for Photographers
28/09/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 230: Plus Photographer Roland Miller
27/09/2022
Dogmatic Instamatic
28/08/2022
Is Commissioned Photography Only For The Under 50s?
21/08/2022
How To Make a Photo Book: A Simple Guide
27/07/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 221: Desert Island Photo Book Special Part 1
14/07/2022
There Is Nothing New in Photography!
09/07/2022
Photography Should Be Fun!
03/07/2022
Is There A Future For ‘Paid-For’ Photography in the 21st Century?
15/06/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 215: Plus Photographer Shane Rocheleau
04/06/2022
You Are A Photographer, Not A Teacher, Yet…
29/05/2022
It Is Not Easy Being A Photographer in 2022
25/05/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 212: Plus Photographer William Saunders
24/05/2022
Photographing Musicians, From a Photographer’s Perspective
20/05/2022
Photographing Actors, From A Photographer’s Perspective
17/05/2022
Beware The Bully With And Without A Camera
15/05/2022
Is Photography An Act of Repetition?
12/05/2022
Women Don’t Look Like That!
08/05/2022
The Future is Now: Photographers and Extinction!
28/04/2022
Art Directors Can Make Great Photographers!
27/04/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 208: Plus Photographer David Butow
22/04/2022
Photography and The Selfish Eye
12/04/2022
Is There a Future for Commissioned Photography?
23/03/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 203: ‘Ukraine Focus’: Plus Photographer Tom Pilston
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
19/01/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 195: Plus Photographer Ruth Lauer Manenti
12/01/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 194: Plus Photographer Frederic Aranda
05/01/2022
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 193: Plus Photographer Art Streiber
01/01/2022
Art Needs Photography, More Than Photography Needs Art…
29/12/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 192: 2021 Review of the Year Extended Special: Plus Photography Writer, and Editor Bill Shapiro
28/11/2021
The Curse of Show and No Tell
29/09/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 179: Plus Photographer Dan Burn-Forti
26/09/2021
The Photographic Mid-Life Crisis
12/09/2021
Why Is Marketing Such a Dirty Word in Photography?
01/09/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 175: Plus Photographer Kristina Varaksina
28/08/2021
Photographers and Self-Doubt: Let’s Talk…
27/08/2021
You May Be Surprised What You Can Learn From a Photographer…
25/08/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 174: Plus Photographer Claire Thomas
11/08/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 172: Plus Photographer Yukari Chikura
28/07/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 170: Plus Photographer Michelle Watt
10/07/2021
The Good, the Bad and the Cappuccino: Getting Commissioned Explained
02/07/2021
Speak Up and Speak Out, If You Want to be Heard!
23/06/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 165: Plus Photographer Harry Borden
20/06/2021
Photography DIY
17/06/2021
The Black and White Debate
09/06/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 163: Plus Photographer David Corio
31/05/2021
The Slow Death of the Photo Editor
30/05/2021
10 Lies of Professional Photography
26/05/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 161: Plus Photographer Jeremy Nicholl
28/04/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 157: ‘Birthday Special’ Plus Photographer David Eustace
26/04/2021
It’s Not What You Have to Do, It’s What You Choose to Do That’s Important: Personal Projects…
21/04/2021
If A Studio is a Room, and A Room is a Studio, Do You Need Four Walls to Make A Studio?
21/04/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 156: Plus Photographer Benedict Redgrove
19/04/2021
Branding Is Not For Photographers!
17/04/2021
Opinions Are What Photography is Made Of…
07/04/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 154: Photographer Rachael Wright
31/03/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 153: The Photographers ‘Guzman’
24/03/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 152: Photographer Mona Kuhn
10/03/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 150: Photographer Gary Calton
01/03/2021
DO NOT DISTURB: Photography, censorship and the Iraq war
24/02/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 148: Photographer Hugh Hales-Tooke
20/02/2021
David Hurn: A personal appraisal by Bill Jay
18/02/2021
Who You Meet Makes Who You Are!
11/02/2021
Icons of Photography: Albert Watson
06/02/2021
Icons of Photography: Herb Ritts
05/02/2021
Icons of Photography: Bruce Weber
16/01/2021
The Two Worlds of Photography
06/01/2021
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 141: Plus Photographer Buku Sarkar
30/12/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 140: ‘New Year Special’
27/12/2020
Find, Listen and Question: Or How to Learn About Photography and Avoid the Noise…
23/12/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 139: ‘Christmas Special’ Plus Editor and Photography Writer Bill Shapiro
16/12/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 138: Plus Photographer Jeremy Liebman
13/12/2020
The Life Escalator
04/12/2020
Be Careful Who You Speak To! Your Words May Become Someone Else’s…
18/11/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 134: Plus Photographer Lois Greenfield
17/11/2020
How to Be a Photographer? Be Nice!
11/11/2020
Like My Work, Like Me! Photography and the Black Dog
06/11/2020
ON SALE: What Does Photography Mean to You?
04/11/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 132: Plus Photographer Eduard Korniyenko
31/10/2020
Editorial, Advertising and Art! It’s All Photography!
28/10/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 131: Plus Photographer Olivia Rose
04/09/2020
What Does it Take to Be a Professional Photographer?
18/07/2020
Every Photographer is a Journalist but Not Every Journalist is a Photographer!
09/07/2020
The 21st Century Photographer Needs to Be a Visual Storyteller, Visual Problem Solver and a Visual Linguist
20/05/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 108: Plus Photographer Jason Bell
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
23/03/2020
Style is Transitory, Language Permanent
11/03/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 98: Plus Photographer Pixy Liao
12/02/2020
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 94: Plus Photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten
01/01/2020
A Photographic Life: Episode 88: 2020 New Year, New Decade Special
27/12/2019
10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Photo Book…
13/12/2019
Icons of Photography: Irving Penn
27/11/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 83: Plus Photographer Erwin Olaf
16/11/2019
Icons of Photography: Diane Arbus
10/11/2019
Silence Should Not Be The New No!
25/10/2019
Icons of Photography: Jeanloup Sieff
20/10/2019
Do Photographers Need a Brief? Was Alexey Brodovitch Right?
09/10/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 76: Plus Photographer Trevor Brady
25/09/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 74: Plus Photographer Elinor Carucci
21/09/2019
Why Do You Use Analogue Technology?
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
04/09/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 71: Plus Photographer Venetia Dearden
31/08/2019
Has the Emperor Been Shopping?
31/07/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 66: ‘Photo Book Special Part 1’, Plus Photographer Sadie Catt
17/07/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 64: Plus Photographer Ian Weldon
08/07/2019
Photography and the ‘Gig’ Economy
08/07/2019
What Does Photography Mean to You?
04/07/2019
Success Does Not Always Have To Be Judged by Others
28/06/2019
BILL JAY ARCHIVE: So Much for Individuality
24/06/2019
NEWS: New Photography Course Created for the 21st Century…
24/06/2019
PODCAST: UNP Founder/Curator Grant Scott Interviewed by J.M Giordano and Elena Volkova from 10 Frames Per Second
19/06/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 60: Plus Photographer Chris Floyd
10/06/2019
Icons of Photography: Norman Parkinson
05/06/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 58: Plus Photographer Dafydd Jones
29/05/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 57: Plus Photographer Guy Martin
22/05/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 56: Plus Photographer Iain McKell
21/05/2019
Slowing Down the Process…
08/05/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 54: Plus Photographer Guia Besana
07/05/2019
Icons of Photography: Philippe Halsman
01/05/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, ‘Birthday Special’ Episode 53: Plus Photographer Elliott Landy
28/04/2019
BILL JAY ARCHIVE: Private Views on Public Speakers
17/04/2019
It’s Good to Meet, Talk and Drink Cold Coffee or Stale Wine From a Plastic Cup…
03/04/2019
PODCAST:A Photographic Life, Episode 49: Plus Photographer John Sevigny
20/03/2019
Making ‘IT’
20/03/2019
PODCAST:A Photographic Life, Episode 47: Plus Photographer Paolo Roversi
06/03/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 45: Plus Photographer Derek Ridgers
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
03/02/2019
Where Next for Photography and the Photographer?
31/01/2019
Free UNP 12 Month Photography Mentorship Programme
30/01/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 40: Plus Photographer Margaret Mitchell
08/01/2019
Should You Pay an Assistant?
02/01/2019
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 36: Happy New Year! 2018 Review
19/12/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 34: Plus Photographer Philip North Coombes
16/12/2018
A Photograph is Proof That It Happened or I Know Because I Was There or Photography and the Social Influencer!
12/12/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 33: Plus Photographer Dan Wood
05/12/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 32: Plus Photographer Michael Thompson
21/11/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 30: Plus Photographer Danny North
14/11/2018
If You Get Paid It’s Commercial, If You Get Commissioned You Get Paid! Photography as a Profession.
13/10/2018
There is No Credit in a Credit!
10/10/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 24: Plus Photographer Brian Duffy
12/09/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 20: Plus Photographer Emma Blau
05/09/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 19: Plus Photographer Rob Hudson
15/08/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 16: Plus Photographer Brian David Stevens
07/08/2018
Is photography stuck in a constantly repeating loop?
05/07/2018
It’s good to talk: Photography and the Twitter community
05/07/2018
Creating Photographic Archives for the Future
20/06/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 8: Plus Nick Turpin
29/05/2018
Grant Scott Interviewed by Richard Chambury for PixelRights Interview Series
23/05/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 4
16/05/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 3
10/05/2018
PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 2
11/01/2018
Some Thoughts on Photography for 2018…
24/07/2017
It Is, Isn’t It, Or is It? Or Why Can’t Themes for Photo Festivals, Conferences and Seminars Make Sense!
16/07/2017
Photography, Specialisation and Do You Need To?
23/01/2017
The New Publishing Landscape: In Conversation with Iain Sarjeant of Another Place Press
15/01/2017
Photography Critics, Theorists and Academic Writing: Does Photography Need Them?
02/01/2017
What Camera Do You Use?
29/12/2016
Oi! Don’t You Understand Copyright?
17/12/2016
The Geometry of Photography or How I Began to Understand Portrait Composition!
10/11/2016
NEWS: We Are Now Contributing to Witness by the World Press Photo Foundation
31/10/2016
Technique Versus Feel: Explaining That Photography Is Not A Science!
29/10/2016
Capturing the Essence Not Just the Seen (A Photographer’s True Story)
22/09/2016
Over 100 Photographers Between 30 and 70 You Need To Know About!
10/09/2016
Why Do Publishers Want ‘All Rights’?
03/09/2016
Who Said Photography Was Easy?
03/09/2016
What Makes A Professional Photographer? 10 Observations
21/03/2016
FILM/TALK: Photography A Visual Language: The Music Document Part 3
08/02/2016
In Conversation: Gilles Bensimon
24/01/2016
Icons of Photography: Art Kane
09/12/2015
#Photosketching: Towards a New Personal Visual Language
15/10/2015
The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography
13/08/2015
Like Me, Love Me, Vote for Me, Commission Me…
26/07/2015
Commercial Photography: The Myth Exploded!
18/06/2015
A Photographer’s Journal: May 2015
01/06/2015
Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained
28/05/2015
Talk: Photo-Forum: Cinzia D’Ambrosi and Grant Scott
03/11/2014
‘Professional Photography’ A Call For Honesty And Respect
17/09/2014
THE SHOOT: Jeanloup Sieff/Elle Macpherson
14/09/2014
THE SHOOT: Corinne Day/Patsy Kensit
12/05/2014
Part 3: The Art of Being Commissioned: Understand The Commissioner’s Position
09/01/2014
Part 1: The Art of Being Commissioned: Little Boxes…
22/08/2013
The Diary Of A Sometime Working Pro…
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