A Photographic Life

Dec 10 2024 357 ep. 23 mins 288
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"To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life." Henri Cartier-Bresson. Whatever your level of engagement with photography The Photographic Life Podcast explains the realities of working with and learning about the medium. Each week photographer, writer, lecturer, filmmaker, and BBC Radio contributor Dr. Grant Scott reflects on news, discussions, themes and issues surrounding the photographic community. This is a podcast for those who do not want kit reviews, photoshop techniques, marketing babble or camera talk. It is for those who want informed conversation about photography and life. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of www.unitednationsofphotography.com, a Senior Lecturer in Photography at Oxford Brookes University, UK, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained, The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography and New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography. His documentary film, Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay has been screened across the UK, and in Canada and the US. Podcast music: Written and performed by Laura Ritchie.

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PODCAST: A Photographic Life-344: 'Lee Miller, Say No to Style, and Chasing Light'

Dec 10 2024 19 mins  
In episode 344 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Dr.Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photographer for a number of advertising and editorial clients in 2000. Alongs

A Photographic Life-343: A Conversation with Musician, Photographer and Author Julian Lennon

Dec 03 2024 45 mins  
In this special episode Grant Scott speaks with Julian Lennon. In a broad ranging conversation they discuss photography, truth, the documentation of memories and the importance of friends and travel to creativity. Julian Lennon is a musician, photographer, author, philanthropist and the son of John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia. Lennon started his music career in 1984 with th

A Photographic Life-342: 'Paris Photo, Selling Prints, Poetry and Photography'

Nov 26 2024 19 mins  
In episode 342 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Dr.Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photographer for a number of advertising and editorial clients in 2000. Alongs

A Photographic Life-341: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes 'Abi Morocco, As We Rise, Battaglia & Turbeville'

Nov 19 2024 50 mins  
In this monthly conversation series Grant Scott speaks with art director, lecturer and creative director Fiona Hayes. In an informal conversation each month Grant and Fiona comment on the photographic environment as they see it through the exhibitions, magazines, talks and events that Fiona has seen over the previous weeks. Fiona Hayes Fiona Hayes is an art director, designer, con

A Photographic Life-340: 'Paul Lowe, Photo Books and Ready Mades'

Nov 12 2024 19 mins  
In episode 340 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Dr.Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photographer for a number of advertising and editorial clients in 2000. Alongs

A Photographic Life-339: The Conversation With Bill Shapiro 'Politics and Photography'

Nov 05 2024 49 mins  
In this monthly conversation series Grant Scott speaks with editor, writer and curator of photography Bill Shapiro. In an informal conversation each month Grant and Bill comment on the photographic environment as they see it. This month they reflect on photography, politics and the iconic image. Bill Shapiro Bill Shapiro served as the Editor-in-Chief of LIFE, the legendary photo m

A Photographic Life-338: A Conversation with Curator, Writer, Editor, and Educator David Campany

Oct 29 2024 51 mins  
n this special episode Grant Scott speaks with editor, writer and curator of photography David Campany. This conversation was instigated by an Instagram post Campany made which Grant responded to thanks to one of his podcast listenners. Grant and David's rigorous debate deals with the subject of how a photographer should/could present themselves and issues with gatekeepers. David

A Photographic Life-337: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes 'Tina Barney, Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Alice Mann'

Oct 22 2024 41 mins  
A Photographic Life-337: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes 'Tina Barney, Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Alice Mann' by The United Nations of Photography

A Photographic Life-336: 'Good Ideas, Workshops and Trent Parke'

Oct 15 2024 19 mins  
In episode 336 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Dr.Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photographer for a number of advertising and editorial clients in 2000. Alongs

A Photographic Life-335: 'Penn, Hands, Cigarettes and Money'

Oct 08 2024 20 mins  
In episode 333 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Dr.Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photographer for a number of advertising and editorial clients in 2000. Alongs