Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton

Michael Chovan-Dalton
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Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton is a podcast about photographers and the related arts.

  1. 3d ago

    Photographer and professor Yolanda del Amo joins Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton to celebrate her new book, Archiplelago (Kehrer Verlag).

    Archipelago is a book about connection and isolation as described in the essays by Vicki Goldberg and Jean Dykstra. Chovan-Dalton and Del Amo discuss Del Amo's influence from the worlds of theater and dance, they also talk about teaching and the changes to their practices through the fall and rise of film photography. Photo of Yolanda del Amo credit: Ignacio Evangelista https://www.yolandadelamo.com https://www.instagram.com/yolanda.delamo/ Yolanda del Amo is a Spanish-born, New York-based artist who works in photography. She questions how social constructs such as class, gender and family influence community, interpersonal psychology, and identity. Her work looks at individuals through a sociological and psychological lens, exploring how we live and connect with ourselves and others, and how we shape the world around us. Solo exhibitions have been held at the Centro Cultural de la Torriente Brau in Havana, Hudson Franklin Gallery in New York City, and Light Work in Syracuse, New York, among others. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at venues such as Julie Saul Gallery in New York City, the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover and the National Portrait Gallery in London. She has been the recipient of multiple awards, such as a commendation at the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition organized by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC and the second prize at the Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales in Buenos Aires. Institutions and Foundations that have supported her work through production grants include the Jerome Foundation, the John Anson Kittredge Fund and the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Del Amo has been a resident artist at the Terra Foundation for American Art in Giverny, France, the Spanish Academy in Rome, Light Work in Syracuse, New York, the Lower Manhattan Culture Council in New York City (LMCC) and the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. She is currently Professor of Photography and Digital Media at Ramapo College of New Jersey. This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club - Begin Building your dream photobook library today at: https://charcoalbookclub.com

    Photographer and professor Yolanda del Amo joins Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton to celebrate her new book, Archiplelago (Kehrer Verlag).

  2. Aug 11

    Filmmaker and photographer Ryan Hartley joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss project, Oaksplitter, a southern gothic exploration of the people and land from his upbringing

    Filmmaker and photographer Ryan Hartley joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss project, Oaksplitter, a southern gothic exploration of the people and land from his upbringing. https://ryhart.com https://www.instagram.com/ry.hart/ Crawling out of northwest Tennessee, Ryan Hartley is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and photographer. In his youth, he roamed the outskirts of his small rural town, skateboarding, making home movies, and photographing both his friends and locals. He has traveled around the world, working in reality TV, photographing bands, and capturing the communities and unseen people who remind him of his childhood. Now based in Nashville, he works with artists, major record labels, and brands to help shape and capture their identity. His latest project, Oaksplitter, is a southern gothic exploration of the people and land from his upbringing, and the in-between spaces where those worlds collide. Publications: Rolling Ston, Oxford American, The Bitter Southerner Publishing, Garden & Guns, Paste Magazine, Sunnyside Projects, Black Flower Publishing , Flood Magazine, Uncut Magazine This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club - Begin Building your dream photobook library today at: https://charcoalbookclub.com

    Filmmaker and photographer Ryan Hartley joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss project, Oaksplitter, a southern gothic exploration of the people and land from his upbringing

  3. Aug 6

    Photographer Yue Sun joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss his work from Inner Mongolia and the transition of his hometown from coal mining to tourism.

    Photographer Yue Sun joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss His work from Inner Mongolia and the transition of his hometown from coal mining to tourism. https://www.yuesunphoto.com https://www.instagram.com/__4le_/ b. 1998, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China Based in Shanghai, China ‍ Yue Sun is a self-taught Chinese photographer, currently working as a freelance-architect in Shanghai. BA Architecture(ARB/RIBA Part I), Architecture Association School of Architecture Group Exhibitions 2026 - Gui Qu Lai Xi, FujiFilm X-Space, Hangzhou, China 2025 - 6th Lanzhou International Image Biennale This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club - Begin Building your dream photobook library today at: https://charcoalbookclub.com

    Photographer Yue Sun joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss his work from Inner Mongolia and the transition of his hometown from coal mining to tourism.

  4. Jul 27

    Photographer Klaus Ruckgaber joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss Sehnsucht, the German word for a kind of longing, and how he uses that in his work.

    Photographer Klaus Ruckgaber joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss Sehnsucht, the German word for a kind of longing, and how he uses that in his work. https://fleischkleidung.com https://www.instagram.com/fleischkleidung/ I was born March 7th 2002 in Mexico City. I am attracted by the manifestation of feeling, the existential and the ungraspable. I am an individual who believes that there are no absolutes, there is no absolute beauty or an absolute truth or meaning. My work is focused on that idea. Our flaws, we are our own unreliable narrator in our existence and we shouldn't hide this but instead to carry it with tenderness and acceptance. The way we see the world is unique, splendor can be found in the unconventional, the “dregs” of life can also be beautiful. In decay flowers bloom, in the lesions there are lessons and without loss, love has no consequence. This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club - Begin Building your dream photobook library today at: https://charcoalbookclub.com

    Photographer Klaus Ruckgaber joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss Sehnsucht, the German word for a kind of longing, and how he uses that in his work.

  5. Jul 20

    Sipke Visser is a photographer and speaks about how he collaborates through photography at the 2026 Chico Review

    Sipke Visser is a photographer and speaks about how he collaborates through photography at the 2026 Chico Review https://www.sipkevisser.nl https://www.instagram.com/sipkevisser/ https://www.chicoreview.com After being born I spent the first 19 years of my life in Leeuwarden, a small town in the North of the Netherlands. In 2005 I moved to London for love and to pursue a life in photography. While making a living as a retoucher I have consistently been working on making art with photography as the main medium. While by very proficient with photoshop I never alter any of my own work, apart from grading. My projects usually involve people. I love involving them with a project asking them to participate somehow, usually by adding text or drawings to a portrait or image. In 2005, for Return to Sender, I sent 500 hand written letters with an image to random people all across the UK, asking for a response. For the HAIR project I asked people to have all their hair cut off and to then reflect on that. In the pandemic I photographed the neighbours in black and white to then revisit them 2 years later inside their houses, shooting them in colour now. For Take a Look at Yourself I photographed 150 people with a large plate camera over a period of 8 years. I then asked them to have a really long good look at the image, and reflect. This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club - Begin Building your dream photobook library today at: https://charcoalbookclub.com

    Sipke Visser is a photographer and speaks about how he collaborates through photography at the 2026 Chico Review

  6. Jul 1

    The Halide Project's, CJ Harker and Jacob McGuinness, join Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton and Julia Colonna

    Photographers CJ Harker and Jacob McGuinness join Michael Chovan-Dalton and Julia Colonna to discuss the founding of The Halide Project in Philadelphia, Harker's Tintype photography and work with Skate Jawn Magazine, and McGuinness' award winning pinhole photography. https://www.thehalideproject.org https://www.jacobmcguinness.com https://cjharker.com Jacob McGuinness is a photographer based in Philadelphia, PA. He received his BFA in Photography from the Tyler School of Art in 2017. He often works by building his own cameras, using them alongside alternative photographic processes to explore possibilities of analog photography. The work emerges from the balance of craft, invention, and image, where the tools themselves are reflected in the final vision. Jacob is a member of the New Jersey Pinhole Club (NJPC) and works with Philadelphia’s film community as a lab monitor and teaching assistant for The Halide Project. CJ Harker is a photographer currently located in Philadelphia. Born and raised in Trenton, NJ, he was initially drawn to making both still and moving images through skateboarding. Skateboarding not only reenforced an anything-goes, DIY mentality but also nurtured his ingenuity and creative output. CJ enjoys focusing on the craft of photography as well as keeping current with the latest technologies. In addition to a systematic digital workflow CJ’s skill set is comprised of historic and alternative photographic methods including traditional film processing, scanning and darkroom practices. This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club - Begin Building your dream photobook library today at: https://charcoalbookclub.com

    The Halide Project's, CJ Harker and Jacob McGuinness, join Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton and Julia Colonna

  7. Jun 23

    Hannah Edelman is a photographer from South Florida and the 2026 Charcoal Publishing Prize recipient.

    2026 Chico Attendees Series Hannah Edelman is a photographer from South Florida and the 2026 Charcoal Publishing Prize recipient. We talk about using photography as part of processing traumatic experiences. Hannah Edelman (b. 1996) is a South Florida–born visual artist whose work in analog photography and printmaking bridges the technical and the poetic. Formally trained as a gelatin silver printer, she uses the camera to create works that explore cultural memory, myth, and the psychological weight of place. Rooted in process and materiality, Edelman’s practice reflects on how landscape and identity shape one another. https://hannah-edelman.format.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hannah__edelman/ This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin Building your dream photobook library today at https://charcoalbookclub.com The Chico Review is the country’s premier Photobook Retreat. Organized by Charcoal Book Club, The Chico Review takes place over six nights at Chico Hot Springs Resort, near Livingston Montana. Applicants will spend the week with over twenty of the most influential and creative photographers, book makers, gallerists, museum curators, and photobook publishers in the industry. https://chicoreview.com https://www.charcoalworkshops.com

    Hannah Edelman is a photographer from South Florida and the 2026 Charcoal Publishing Prize recipient.

  8. Jun 13

    Henry Comes-Pritchett, philosopher and photographer, speaks about photography as a tool to describe both memory as well as his vision of the future.

    2026 Chico Attendees Series Henry Comes-Pritchett, philosopher and photographer, speaks about photography as a tool to describe both memory as well as his vision of the future. https://twodimensional.space https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-comes-pritchett/ This podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin Building your dream photobook library today at https://charcoalbookclub.com The Chico Review is the country’s premier Photobook Retreat. Organized by Charcoal Book Club, The Chico Review takes place over six nights at Chico Hot Springs Resort, near Livingston Montana. Applicants will spend the week with over twenty of the most influential and creative photographers, book makers, gallerists, museum curators, and photobook publishers in the industry. https://chicoreview.com https://www.charcoalworkshops.com

    Henry Comes-Pritchett, philosopher and photographer, speaks about photography as a tool to describe both memory as well as his vision of the future.
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