Emulsions Podcast Emulsions Podcast

Peter Svarzbein talks to us about working at every level of photography, how art and public policy intersect, the El Paso trolley project, always putting time aside for personal projects and more!

Sara Messinger talks to us about storytelling through film photography, working with The New York Times, her long term project with teens in the city, developing and printing in the darkroom, perfectionism and more!

We discuss Bruce Davidson’s documentary work on Brooklyn gangs in the 50s, the Civil Rights era, his famous New York subway project, using flash and gels for art photography, capturing different enclosed communities and much more!

We discuss Nobuyoshi Araki’s prolific work, how he’s both internationally famous yet pigeonholed, censorship, his surprising versatility, obsessions and more!

We discuss the work of Carrie Mae Weems, the art of self portraiture, how her work relates to art history, why gear doesn't always matter, being the first black woman to win the Hasselblad Award, the role of art critics/ gatekeepers and more!

Daniel Arnold talks to us in-depth about his journey from blindness regarding film camera gear, capturing amazing photographs, thinking about light, photography as an addiction, the making of his first monograph book, his history with gallery shows, privately editing and not showing his latest personal work on Instagram, immediately developing rolls everyday, shooting film at the Met Gala, commercial photography as an art project, printing from the darkroom, making a documentary that captured the city during 2020, photography as a possible and temporary love replacement and much more!