Emulsions Podcast
Film photography podcast from Stephen K. Schuster and Hollis Monk Thayer.
Email: emulsionspodcast@gmail.com
Music: Oui Lele
Episodes
48 episodes
Tim Barber
Tim Barber talks with us about growing up with film photography in his family life, being the Photo Editor for Vice Magazine, his diaristic personal work, curating photos submitted to him online, cyanotypes, making his subjects feel comfortable...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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1:09:41
Negatives
We discuss all things pertaining to film negatives, storing and labeling them, scanning, pro labs and development, the burden of the physical space they take up, the anxiety that comes with keeping them safe, organizing them for major projects,...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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56:20
Terry Richardson
We discuss the controversial work of Terry Richardson, how he changed commercial photography, the allegations against him, point and shoot cameras for important work, a photographer’s responsibility for setting the right environment for their s...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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1:15:56
Stephen K. Schuster's City Kids Pt II
Stephen recaps his show that was 20 years in the making, talks about the fine art world and his DIY show, the legacy of City Kids on its young subjects, the excitement around the show, printing to sell to art buyers, different cross sections of...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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1:09:39
Ed Templeton
Ed Templeton talks to us about his artistic journey, how his paintings and photographs are connected, advice to young photographer’s making their first book, having his own darkroom, considering himself more of an archive builder than photograp...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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2:37:25
We discuss how Instagram has changed for the worse since Mark Zuckerberg and co took over, how it's an app the constrains photographers, other options for sharing serious photography online and more!
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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52:30
Stephen K. Schuster's City Kids
Stephen talks about his film photography project that's been 18 years in the making, why scanning and printing choices make a big difference, finishing a project about teenagers before social media and smart phones, the moment he knew this woul...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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2:22:37
Medium Format
We talk about the beauty of medium format photography, how the variety of cameras gives you more options for great images, graduating from 35mm to medium format, different film backs being a game changer, evolving as a photographer and more!
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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58:03
Cinematography
We discuss cinematography, how much of the visuals the director of photography is really responsible for, our favorite color and black and white cinematography from classic movies, why shooting a movie on film today has become a big deal and mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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58:49
The Tumblr Era
We cover how tumblr and analog photography are connected, major photographers who had a profile, how the peak tumblr era had people seeing photography on laptops and not phones, the taste level of the 2009-2013 tumblr community, being "tumblr f...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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51:07
Roy DeCarava
We discuss Roy DeCarava and his book with Langston Hughes, shooting in low light and embracing the shadows, why his mastery was overlooked, being ahead of his time and more!
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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58:21
Oscar Diaz
Oscar Diaz joins us to talk about going out and shooting everyday in New York, searching for all things vintage, why technical expertise isn't everything, his future plans for his work and more!
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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1:15:38
Helmut Newton
We discuss the career of Helmut Newton, his famous portraits, his personal work, editorial photography, how influential he became and more!
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:20:34
Annie Leibovitz
We discuss the career of Annie Leibovitz and how she was responsible for the look of Rolling Stone in the early days, started to grow as an artist, moved on to bigger and more commercial productions with Vanity Fair and Vogue, did personal work...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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1:05:28
Richard Avedon
We cover the career of Richard Avedon and his photojournalism background, his innovations in fashion photography, creating his best work later in life, personal work vs commercial and more!
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:22:05
Diane Arbus
We discuss how Diane Arbus helped make photography an art form to be taken seriously, how her upbringing led to her photographing certain types of people, why unflattering portraits can be great works of art, her work becoming more important af...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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54:42
Ren Hang
We talk about Ren Hang and his striking images, using a point and shoot to create great art, his unique way of arranging groups of people within the frame, nudity and censorship, creating a signature style, his dislike of digital photography an...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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56:28
Patrick Sansone
Patrick Sansone talks to us about his way of looking out at the world, starting off with Polaroid, his love of shooting slide film, meeting William Eggleston, how movies and paintings influence his photography and more!
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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1:21:30
Peter Svarzbein
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!
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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1:02:14
Sara Messinger
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!
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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1:10:21
Bruce Davidson
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!
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:04:05
Araki
We discuss Nobuyoshi Araki’s prolific work, how he’s both internationally famous yet pigeonholed, censorship, his surprising versatility, obsessions and more!
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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1:14:19
Carrie Mae Weems
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!
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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51:04