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Will AI kill street photography?
Street Life
06/15/23 • 50 min
In this episode, John and Mark discuss whether AI is a genuine threat to photography and whether AI-generated images should exist in a separate space.
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Nina Papiorek
Street Life
06/01/23 • 56 min
Nina Papiorek is a multi-award-winning black and white photographer from Germany specialising in street, fine art and landscape photography.
Nina’s beautifully toned monochromes show us vistas full of texture, geometry and scale. Many of her images use the element of a lonely anonymous person or figure seemingly overwhelmed by the landscape, architecture and environment that engulfs and surrounds them.
Nina also joined the Soul of Street team pouring her heart, soul and time into producing the highly regarded SoS magazine.
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Jeff Karp
Street Life
10/05/23 • 65 min
Jeffrey Karp is a photographer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jeff’s street photography has a fine art look to it, with a focus on minimalist compositions, straight lines and heavy black shadows.
In 2020, he co-founded the photography collective Stolen Echoes and has previously worked as a curator for the Street Finder Instagram hub. In 2022, he started and released a monthly email newsletter titled A Twenty Percent Creative
Jeff’s photography has been featured by Apple - no less! - as well as Adobe Lightroom, FUJILOVE and having been published in a number of publications such as F8 and Fisheye magazine.
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Morten Andresen (aka Morten Clicks)
Street Life
12/22/22 • 56 min
Morten Andresen (aka Morten Clicks) is a steer photographer based in Oslo, Noway
In this episode Morten discusses, among other things:
- How his need to create led him from cartoons to photography
- Shooting on the streets of Olso
- The therapeutic benefits of street photography
- Why he shoots in portrait mode
- Why he can take two days to edit a photo
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09/28/22 • 33 min
John and Mark speak candidly about how to deal with periods of creative malaise and what do you do if your street photography is starting to feel repetitive and/or unproductive.
John and Mark discuss, among other things:
- How attitude informs your photography on the street
- How to get yourself out of a creative rut
- Trying new styles of photography
- The importance of giving yourself a break
Photographers mentioned in this podcast:
- Renata Filippi – @rendogie
Gear Talk:
- Ricoh GRiii
- Fujifilm XPRO3
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B Jane Levine
Street Life
09/15/22 • 40 min
B J Levine is street photographer from New York City.
Her work focuses on candid portraits of the residents of New York City.
Jane’s work has been featured in the 'Women Street Photographers' photobook and she has been exhibited in international exhibitions.
B Jane discusses, among other things:
- Why she doesn’t consider herself a street photographer
- Her process shooting in Midtown, New York
- Shooting with a flash and getting close to New Yorkers
- Building her body of work of New York City
- How travel informed her street photography
- How she deals with negative reactions on the street
- Why beauty is important in street photography
Photographers mentioned in this podcast:
- Joel Meyerowitz
- Gary Winnogrand
- Helen Levitt
- Richard Misrach
- Bruce Gildon
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Samuel Lintaro Hopf (Samuel Streetlife)
Street Life
05/04/23 • 71 min
Samuel Lintaro Hopf is a photographer, filmmaker and popular YouTuber based in Germany.
Samuel has worked as an ambassador for Ricoh GR cameras and filmed a “GR Project” series of videos where he travelled the world connecting with other GR street shooters.
Samuel also runs workshops and has had his work published in magazine such as Eyeshot, Photographie and Soul Of Street.
In this episode Samuel discusses, among other things:
- How we began shooting street photography in Hamburg
- How he splits his time between photography and making videos
- Whether street photography still excites him
- The challenges of making street photos while living in the country
- How shooting on the street has changed post pandemic
- Germany cracking down on street photography
- Discusses his project with Alex Munoz and their road trip around Japan
- Working with the Void Tokyo collective and Tatsuo Suzuki
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JC Kodaks
Street Life
07/25/24 • 73 min
JC Kodaks is a New York City-based photographer, with roots in the Philippines.
JC is known for capturing the vibrant street life of New York City and his work is heavily influenced by the film noir aesthetic.
JC's work has been featured in the "Behind the Sensor" YouTube series, which highlights talented photographers.
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10/10/24 • 76 min
In a Street Life first, John and Mark host a round table discussion with Sydney-based street photographers Houman Katoozi, Steve Dimitriadis and Ben Greenslade-Stanton. In this episode, the panel discuss whether street photography is becoming soulless. They also chat about whether competitions are still relevant and working on projects rather than single images.
Houman Katoozi
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Steve Dimitriadis, aka Zone Focus
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Ben Greenslade-Stanton, aka BGS Funk
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Melissa O'Shaughnessy
Street Life
07/13/23 • 61 min
Melissa O’Shaughnessy was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she studied journalism and art history. She took up photography after working as a book editor. She now lives and works in New York City.
Melissa’s work is full of colour, texture, movement. Her images capture a sense of calmness from the chaos that surrounds her on the streets.
Her work is included in Bystander: A History of Street Photography, and most recently Reclaim the Street: Street Photography Moment, and has been featured in an extensive number of local and international exhibitions.
In 2020, she published her first monograph, Perfect Strangers: New York City Street Photographs.
She is a member of UP Photographers, a non-profit collective of 26 photographers from around the global
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FAQ
How many episodes does Street Life have?
Street Life currently has 64 episodes available.
What topics does Street Life cover?
The podcast is about Photography, Society & Culture, Visual Arts, Podcasts and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on Street Life?
The episode title 'Will AI kill street photography?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Street Life?
The average episode length on Street Life is 55 minutes.
How often are episodes of Street Life released?
Episodes of Street Life are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Street Life?
The first episode of Street Life was released on Jun 23, 2022.
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