Welcome to a photography podcast where we walk together with a mailbag of stories and pictures.
My guest today, John Dolan, understands and completely embraces the importance of the photographic moment over photographic perfection. The second edition of his best-selling monograph, The Perfect Imperfect, is about to be released, and in it, he invites photographers to look beyond the shot list and find beauty and truth in imperfect moments. He has photographed the most recent Whitehouse Wedding; he is Seinfeld's family documentarian, and he is trusted to record the most intimate and often vulnerable moments for clients including Will Smith and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Also from the mailbag as we walk, making pictures of the beautifully inanimate, the things that we pass by every day and never give a second thought to, a case of mistaken Googling when typing in the letters M A L and I, a letter on dragging yourself out of bed at sunrise, solar eclipses, the winner of last month’s assignment, plus it being the second Friday of the month, street photographer and photography mentor Valerie Jardin joins me for Visual Stories, this month talking about timeless pictures in Paris.
Links to all guests and features will be on the showpage, my sincere thanks to MPB.com who sponsor this show and the Extra Milers without whom we wouldn't be walking each week.
WHY: A Sketchbook of Life is available here.
#257 If a tear escapes, it shows we're human: photographing with compassion
#256 Photowalk: Add sound to your pictures, Terakopian Pt.2 & other stories
#255 Photowalk: Find your photo MOJO & Edmond Terakopian Pt.1
#254 Photowalk: Let's make your book, a NEW show, Sean Tucker & other stories
#253 Shoot from the heart to connect and turn that bl**dy app off!
#252 Photowalk: Get your passion project on & other stories
#251 INSTAGRAM: Love, hate, need, want and and and...
#250 Photowalk: Stones, crop circles, hearing your pictures & other stories
#249 SUCCESS is not a pipe dream: Tim Wallace
#248 Photowalk: Instagram, vulnerability, confidence & other stories
#247 Finding photography again and peace in the landscape
#246 Swapping FIREFIGHTS for FIREFLIES: Jason P. Howe Pt.2
#245 Photowalk: Insect attack! Expeditions and other stories
#244 Colombian civil war; a photographic 'learning ground!'
#243 Photowalk: Photograph strangers you meet, camera bags & other stories
#242 Frostbite before you can load a film! Henrik Saxgren
#241 Photowalk: Build a photo business NOW & other stories
#240 Van Lifing with a camera - BEST JOB EVER!
#239 Photowalk: Urban exploration, potholing & other stories
#238 Images of Courage, Endurance and Defiance
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