Episode 163: Photo Criticism

Part of enjoying photography is understanding photography. What makes a “good” photo? How much of that is based on the circumstances around its creation? In this episode, we talk about looking at photography with a critical eye.

Hosts:

• Jeff Carlson: website, Jeff's photos, Jeff on Instagram, Jeff on Glass, Jeff on Mastodon
• Kirk McElhearn: website, Kirk's photos, Kirk on Instagram, Kirk on Glass, Kirk on Mastodon

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Show Notes:

• Rate and Review the PhotoActive Podcast!

• Episode 155: Favorites from The Photo Book

• Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm

• Rinko Kawauchi at Fotografiska

• John Berger:

  • Ways of Seeing
  • Ways of Seeing website
  • Understanding a Photograph

• Geoff Dyer:

  • See/Saw
  • The Ongoing Moment
  • The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand

• Susan Sontag: On Photography

• Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable

• Miles Davis, 1958, by Dennis Stock

• Episode 144: Wrangling Libraries with Matthieu Kopp

• Peakto Search for Lightroom Classic: Using AI to search the contents of your photos, DPReview

Snapshots:

• Jeff’s snapshot: Peakto Search
• Kirk’s snapshot: Jonathan Jones: Earthly Delights: A History of the Renaissance

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