The United Nations of Photography
A Photographic Life
"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 conversa...
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7 de oct. de 2026
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Episodios
A Photographic Life-390: 'Making Money, Specializing and William Klein' 29.10.2025 19:57
In episode 390 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. Alongside his photogra...
A Photographic Life-389: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes 'Lee Miller, Joy Gregory and Mark Steinmetz' 22.10.2025 50:09
Mentioned in this episode: Lee Miller www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/lee-miller Joy Goodman www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/joy-gregory-fierce-and-fearless/ Mark Steinmetz https://davidhillgallery.net/artists/mark-steinmetz-taken-from-light Fiona Hayes Fiona Hayes is an art director, designer, consultant and lecturer with over 30 years’ experience in publishing, fashion and the art w...
A Photographic Life-388: 'Lady GaGa, The Most Ridiculous Shoot and Fun Photography' 15.10.2025 20:40
In episode 388 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. https://www.artsy.net/article/addicted-art-gallery-markus-klinko-lady-gaga-hello-kitty Dr. Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photogr...
A Photographic Life-387: 'Cheap Cameras, Autobiographies and APL Live 2025' 08.10.2025 20:29
In episode 387 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-photographic-live-live-2025-tickets-1693780716719?aff=oddtdtcreator Dr. Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to w...
A Photographic Life-386: The Conversation with Bill Shapiro 'Can You Teach Photography?' 01.10.2025 1:02:39
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 teaching photography and the role of the teacher. Bill Shapiro Bill Shapiro served as the Editor-in-Chief of LIFE, the legendary photo magazine; LI...
A Photographic Life-385: 'Documentaries, Photographing Artists and Man Ray' 24.09.2025 20:30
In episode 385 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. Mentioned in this episode: www.motherverafilm.co.uk https://releasing.dogwoof.com/i-am-martin-parr Dr. Grant Scott After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work...
A Photographic Life-384: 'Special Episode, A Conversation with Photographer Jim Mortram' 17.09.2025 1:00:27
In this special episode UNP Founder and Curator Grant Scott speaks with documentary photographer Jim Mortram about long form projects, empathy, collaboration, community and social media. Jim Mortram Jim Mortram is a British social documentary photographer and writer, based in Dereham, Norfolk in the East of England. His ongoing project, Small Town Inertia, records the lives of a number of disadvan...
A Photographic Life-383: 'Nick Knight, Garry Winogrand and Listeners Letters' 10.09.2025 20:34
In episode 383 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big 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. Alongside his photog...
A Photographic Life-382: Special Conversation 'Photography Take's Control with Photographers Simon Roberts and Nina Emett' 03.09.2025 53:53
In this episode UNP Founder and Curator Grant Scott speaks with photographers Simon Roberts and Nina Emett about their project to establish an artist led collaborative space for photography on the South coast of England. Simon Roberts Robert's is based in Brighton, UK, and recognised for his large-format, tableaux photographs exploring the socio-political fabric of Britain. His practice also encom...
A Photographic Life-381: 'Summer Special: IT Girls, Alcohol, Photography and the 1990s' 27.08.2025 28:22
In this fourth and final episode of a special four part Summer series Grant Scott reads extracts from his book Inside Vogue House: One Building. Seven Magazines. Sixty Years of Stories. 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. Alongside...
A Photographic Life-380: 'Summer Special: 'New Wave, New Romantics, Photography and the 1980s' 20.08.2025 27:12
In this third episode of a special four part Summer series Grant Scott reads extracts from his book Inside Vogue House: One Building. Seven Magazines. Sixty Years of Stories. 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. Alongside his photogr...
A Photographic Life-379: Summer Special: 'Glam, Punk, Photography and the 1970s' 13.08.2025 22:07
In this second of a special four part Summer series Grant Scott reads extracts from his book Inside Vogue House: One Building. Seven Magazines. Sixty Years of Stories. 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. Alongside his photographic c...
A Photographic Life-378: 'Summer Special: Swingin' London, Photography and the 1960s' 06.08.2025 33:15
In this first of a special four part Summer series Grant Scott reads extracts from his book Inside Vogue House: One Building. Seven Magazines. Sixty Years of Stories. 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. Alongside his photographic ca...
A Photographic Life-377: 'Recommending Robert Frank, Social Media Warriors and Photo Knowledge' 30.07.2025 19:14
In episode 377 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big 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. Alongside his photog...
A Photographic Life- 376: 'Special Episode, A Conversation with Photographer Edmund Sumner' 23.07.2025 44:50
In this special episode UNP Founder and Curator Grant Scott speaks with architectural photographer Edmund Summer about soft eyes, traces of memory, collaboration and understanding your subject matter. Edmund Sumner Sumner is an architectural photographer, based in London, with a global clientele spanning four continents. Architects, publishers, government departments and curators alike have, for...
A Photographic Life-375 'Three-Name-Photographers, Why Analogue? and Listener Letters' 16.07.2025 19:42
In episode 375 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big 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. Alongside his photog...
A Photographic Life-374: 'Diane Arbus Backlash and What Photographers Know and Don't Say!' 09.07.2025 19:55
In episode 374 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big 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. Alongside his photog...
A Photographic Life-373: The Conversation with Bill Shapiro 'What Is Street Photography?' 02.07.2025 53:57
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 street photography. Bill Shapiro Bill Shapiro served as the Editor-in-Chief of LIFE, the legendary photo magazine; LIFE’s relaunch in 2004 was the...
A Photographic Life-372: 'Nick Hedges, Documenting Life Today and Cloud Storage' 25.06.2025 19:54
In episode 372 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big 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. Alongside his photog...
A Photographic Life-371: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes 'World Press Photo, Astronomy and Eadweard Muybridge' 18.06.2025 40:03
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, consultant and lectu...
A Photographic Life-370: 'Salgado, Photographs on Walls and Photo Memory' 11.06.2025 21:42
In episode 370 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big 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. Alongside his photog...
A Photographic Life-369: The Conversation with Bill Shapiro 'What Is Urban Landscape Photography?' 04.06.2025 56:32
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 sports photography. Bill Shapiro Bill Shapiro served as the Editor-in-Chief of LIFE, the legendary photo magazine; LIFE’s relaunch in 2004 was the...
A Photographic Life-368: 'The Nick Ut/Napalm Girl Controversy and Listeners Letters' 28.05.2025 26:45
In episode 368 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big 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. Alongside his photog...
A Photographic Life-367: See/Saw with Fiona Hayes 'Power and Glory, Gabriel Moses and Photo London' 21.05.2025 44:25
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. Mentioned in this episode: The Power and the Glory https://www.newportstre...
A Photographic Life-366: 'Cartier-Bresson Words, One Lens Creativity and Photo Book Titles' 14.05.2025 19:45
In episode 366 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his garage reflecting on the small and big 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. Alongside his photog...
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