A Photographic Life

In episode 162 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the importance of receiving and giving feedback, the long term project and using all forms of art as inspiration, information and aspiration within photographic practice. Plus this week photographer Mik Critchlow takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he...

In episode 161 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the business of photography, the death of editorial photography, positive thinking and the importance of learning from experience. Plus this week photographer Jeremy Nicholl takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What Does Photo...

In episode 160 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed announcing that the doctor will see you now, considering the importance of Tik Tok and not getting left behind, being working class and photographers moving into teaching. Plus this week photographer Mark Steinmetz takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s th...

In episode 159 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering age and the subject matter we seek, accessing the personal and the importance of simplicity when writing about photography. Plus this week photographer Jill Beth Hanes takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which she answer’s the question ‘What Does Photography...

In episode 158 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the importance of research, reading a listener's email, and reflecting how the camera we have informs the work that we make. Plus this week photographer Nolan Ryan Trowe takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What Does Photography...

In episode 157 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the fact that the podcast has reached the 'troublesome two's' with its second birthday, whilst reflecting on some of the key themes, dreams and schemes that have developed over the last 157 episodes. Plus this week photographer David Eustace takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 mi...

In episode 156 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the importance of rigorous debate, focusing once again on post-production manipulation controversy and reflecting on the importance of honesty in photography. Plus this week photographer Benedict Redgrove takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s...

In episode 155 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the curse of the pedant within photography, embracing the new, and photography on television. Plus this week photographers Tatsiana Chypsanava and Esther Ruth Mbabazi take on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which they answer the question ‘What Does Photography Mea...

In episode 154 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering his manifesto for photographers, the manipulation of images, when things go 'wrong' they often go 'right' and the death of stock. Plus this week photographer Rachael Wright takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which she answer’s the question ‘What Does Photogr...

In episode 153 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering nostalgia through a remembrance of things past, emotional connection with an image and whether we will want to see Covid related work in the future. Plus this week Connie Hanson, one half of Guzman, takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which she answers the qu...

In episode 152 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering NFT's, photography, the digital art market and the importance of having fun. He also has some thoughts on recent events staged on Clubhouse to share. Plus this week photographer Mona Kuhn takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which she answer’s the question ‘Wh...

In episode 151 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering photographer's making photo books, looking at photo books without paying for them, 'pay to play' online workshops and the reality of virtual online photography exhibitions. Plus this week photographer Melissa O'Shaughnessy takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in...

In episode 150 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the demands of studio based portraiture and what constitutes a studio, buying into an aesthetic, and online access to contemporary art practice. Plus this week photographer Gary Calton takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What D...

In episode 149 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering unrealistic expectations, visual fitness, being recorded on Zoom and 'remote' portrait photography. Plus this week photographer Norman McBeath takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?’ Norman McBea...

In episode 148 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering what makes a professional photographic practice, the importance of reading to photography, making friends and what a small world the photographic world is. Plus this week photographer Hugh Hales-Tooke takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the...

In episode 147 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the ethics of guilt and digital documentation, commenting on two worlds of photography, and the importance of embracing new technology, thinking and practice. Plus this week photographer Endia Beal takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which she answer’s the qu...

In episode 146 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the past, present and possible future for editorial photography. Plus this week photographer Ana Caroline de Lima takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which she answer’s the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?’ Ana Caroline de Lima is a Brazilian phot...

In episode 145 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the death of editorial integrity, academic photography book publishing and the need to create a photographic print. Plus this week photographer Mark Klett takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to You?’...

In episode 144 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering what makes a magazine cover photographer, Irving Penn the photojournalist, the importance those who came before us, and Covid lockdown independent initiatives. Plus this week photographer John Bulmer takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the q...

In episode 143 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering how we are all publishers now, photographic connection and presenting testimony from the frontline of photojournalism. Plus this week photographer Jasper Goodall takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What Does Photography Mean to...

In episode 142 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the role of the documentarian, working on the frontline, Zoom based photography, and the need to record as evidence of experience. Plus this week photographer Joseph Szabo takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question ‘What Does Photograp...

In episode 141 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering whether your most recent work is your best work, the importance of childhood experiences within creative practice and what shape a camera has to be for it to be called a camera! Plus this week photographer Buku Sarkar takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which...

In episode 140 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed taking stock, and reflecting on where photography is at the end of 2020 and making suggestions for New Year's resolutions, based on new ways of working, learning and listening in a post Covid world. He also commemorates those photographers we have lost in the past year. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of United Nations of Photogr...

In episode 139 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on photography at Christmas past, present and future. He also welcomes, podcast listener, former Life magazine Editor and writer on photography Bill Shapiro to the shed to explain what photography means to him as part of our 2020 Christmas Special. Bill Shapiro is an American writer and editor, best known for serving as t...

In episode 138 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed considering the value of retaining copyright and an archive, experimenting with photo book covers, and the importance of inspiring others to explore photography. Plus this week photographer Jeremy Liebman takes on the challenge of supplying Grant with an audio file no longer than 5 minutes in length in which he answer’s the question...