Episode 042 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Alberta Canada-based landscape photographers Darwin Wiggett and Samantha Chrysanthou! I have been really getting into the message that both Darwin and Samantha have been spreading through their photography and efforts with The League magazine relating to ethics in the field. The topic has come up frequently on the podcast and I really wanted to get them on the show to dive deeper into the topic and feel out their perspective.
Samantha and Darwin are the founders and creators of oopoomoo have collectively been involved in photography education for over thirty years. In 2012 the two decided to join forces and meet a glaring need in the photo industry – to create a photography site that teaches original creative expression within a larger framework of what it means to be creative in today’s world. They called this website oopoomoo. According to Sam and Darwin, “we live in a time of unbridled consumption with far-reaching impacts on the planet, our fellow species and our children’s lives. Living the oopoomoo life means pursuing our unique, creative gifts with an awareness of the fact that we all live within a precious and fragile larger community”. As an offshoot of the oopoomoo philosophy Sam and Darwin have created a print outlet for artistic and ethically captured landscape photography called League Magazine which promotes excellence in photography and a love of nature as an ethical value. On both oopoomoo and in League, Sam and Darwin feature the stories and images of photographers who undergo the daily heroics necessary to live their best creative and ethical life. Sam and Darwin have received rave reviews for their fun and informative photo seminars, eBooks and eCourses on living the creative life in photography.
We covered some great topics this week, including:
Special announcements: Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! Let’s keep the conversations going! I recently set a goal of $1,000 in monthly contributions which I will use to seed a $1,000 landscape conversation award. This will only be possible if people contribute on Patreon!
Additionally, we have collaborated with The League Magazine.
$50 supporters of the podcast on Patreon will get you a free subscription to The League if you sign up on Patreon between now and the end of February, 2018. The League subscription would normally cost you $50, so basically you are getting it for free while supporting the podcast!
Supporters already at the $50 level will get the subscription too!
League is an annual collectors’ compendium of unique, thoughtful photographic art comprised primarily of work from the League of Landscape Photographers. Two key principles underpin the publication: contributors espouse a mindful, ethical code of behavior in creating photographic work; and contributors wrestle with or promote dialogue about contemporary issues facing humans and the landscape.
Lastly, I am happy to announce that I'm now a Formatt-Hitech filter ambassador. Listeners to the podcast get 10% off their order if they use the code "PAYNE10" - thanks for supporting the podcast!
To learn more about Samantha and Darwin:
Website
Here is the artist that they would like to hear on the podcast:
Freeman Patterson
Some examples of their photography can be seen below.
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328: Xuan-Hui Ng - Healing Grief Through Nature Photography and the Power of Mentorship
327: Adrien Mauduit - A Guide to Chasing the Aurora Borealis
326: Michael Ciccone - Infrared Landscape Photography
325: David Kingham & Cody Schultz - Building Community Through Nature Vision Magazine
324: Ricardo Da Cunha - Developing Guiding Principles
323: Jeff Zias - Innovation and Design Thinking in Landscape Photography
322: Michael Blanchette - Including the Hand of Man in Our Landscape Photographs
321: Kevin Pepper - The Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia
320: Astrid Preisz - Shedding Your Emotional Armor Through Nature Photography
319: Nic Stover - Aligning Your Core Values for Better Photography
318: Jason Pettit - A Unique Style for Distillation and Expression
317: Les Walkling - The Professor of Fine Art Printing
316: Richard Martin - Tools for More Creative Photography
315: Lizzie Shepherd - Re-finding Your Mojo in Landscape Photography
314: Angela Ledyard - Creating a Community for Black Female Landscape Photographers
313: TJ Thorne - Ebb & Flow
312: Alfredo Mora - Unlocking Creativity Through Experimentation
311: Matt Oliver - Landscape Photography from the UK Peak District
310: Julien Parrot - How Moving to a New Country Changed My Photography
309: Viktoria Haack - Why Generalists Triumph in Photography
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