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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 149: Plus Photographer Norman McBeath

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 148: Photographer Hugh Hales-Tooke

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Thoughts on Gregory Crewdson…

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 147: Plus Photographer Endia Beal

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 146: Plus Photographer Ana Caroline de Lima

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 145: Plus Photographer Mark Klett

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 143: Photographer Jasper Goodall

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 141: Plus Photographer Buku Sarkar

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 140: ‘New Year Special’

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Find, Listen and Question: Or How to Learn About Photography and Avoid the Noise…

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 136: Plus Photographer Aletheia Casey

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 135: Plus Photographer Paul Lowe

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Don’t Talk To Me About Photography! The Chicken and The Egg

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 134: Plus Photographer Lois Greenfield

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ON SALE: What Does Photography Mean to You?

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 130: Plus Photographer Robin Schwartz

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 128: Plus Photographer Nancy Borowick

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 127: Plus Photographer Clare Strand

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The Transportation Machine

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Learning to speak Photography…

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 126: Plus Photographer Seamus Murphy

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 125: Plus Photographer Greg Marinovich

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 124: Plus Photographer Nicholas Syracuse

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The Photograph That Stays With You

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 123: Plus Photographer Melissa Breyer

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The Family Album

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 122: Plus Photographer Elin Berge

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It’s Not the Weight of the Book, but the Weight of the Work that Counts

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Teamwork: Photography and the Collaborative Partner

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 119: Plus Photographer Michael Jang

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The Themes of Life Are The Themes of Photography

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 118: Plus Photographer Aaron Turner

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 117: Plus Photographer Jan Töve

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Every Photographer is a Journalist but Not Every Journalist is a Photographer!

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 116: Plus Photographer Rhodri Jones

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I’ll Be Your Mirror

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When Everything Looks the Same, That’s a Problem…

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The 21st Century Photographer Needs to Be a Visual Storyteller, Visual Problem Solver and a Visual Linguist

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 115: Plus Photographer Danna Singer

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 114: Plus Photographer Tim Davis

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A Suggestion for Photo Festivals…

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 113: Plus Photographer Nick Wynne

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 112: Plus Photographer Nicholas J.R.White

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 111: Plus Photographer Mandy Barker

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 110.5: ‘On The Streets’ Special Plus Photographer Micaiah Carter

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A Construct? Or a Moment?

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 107: Plus Photographer Colin McPherson

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 104: Plus Photographer Reuben Wu

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 102: Plus Photographer Ragnar Axelsson

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 101: Plus Photographer Andrew Jackson

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 100.5: ‘We Are Family!’ Plus Photographer Deanna Dikeman

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Style is Transitory, Language Permanent

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Reading and Photography, Narrative and Storytelling…

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10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Photo Book…

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 82: Plus Photographer MAKIKO

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Come Pray at the Altar of the ‘Back-Lit’ Image!

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Constructing the Photo Narrative

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 66: ‘Photo Book Special Part 1’, Plus Photographer Sadie Catt

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 57: Plus Photographer Guy Martin

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 56: Plus Photographer Iain McKell

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 55: Plus Photographer Katharine MacDaid

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 52: Plus Art Director/Photographer Geoff Waring

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 51: Plus Photographer Colin Jones

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PODCAST:A Photographic Life, Episode 49: Plus Photographer John Sevigny

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 43: Plus Photographer Marc Wilson

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A Photograph is Proof That It Happened or I Know Because I Was There or Photography and the Social Influencer!

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The why, where, what and how of photobooks and what is ‘The Truth’?

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life, Episode 11: Plus Laura Beltrán Villamizar

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#Photosketching: Towards a New Personal Visual Language

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