B&H Photography Podcast

When we started the B&H Photography Podcast more than six years ago, the concept was "watercooler conversations" with photographers, about gear. Well, honestly, it hasn't always turned out that way, but this episode with famed photojournalist David Burnett comes as close to that idea as any we have done; there's barely an edit in the whole episode. Burnett joins us, and we just talk. We start with...

Its hard to imagine a more ideal guest for a photography podcast than the wonderful Ralph Gibson .  Gibson checks all the boxes—a straight-up master of the medium, a man of insights and tales, with a comprehensive understanding of photography from the nuts and bolts to the conceptual rigors. After training in the Navy, he assisted the great Dorothea Lange in the darkroom, but found his calling as...

Photography has long been used as a tool to explore and analyze history, but in the hands of an artist, that same tool is not asked to be exacting or accurate to the historical record. If anything, artists challenge this idea of photography as fact. And for this reason, it is such a pleasure to welcome artist and photographer Barbara Mensch to the B&H Photography Podcast . Mensch has created a boo...

On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome Malike Sidibe to the show. With just 23 years under his belt, Sidibe has accomplished a lot in his relatively short time on planet Earth, and not just photographically. But 2020 has been quite a busy year, even for him.  His photography has generally been in the realm of editorial, fashion, and personal projects, and he has a lengt...

On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , photographer Matt Price describes skate photography as the "perfect blend between studio and sports photography" and, from our engaging conversation, this idea will be made clear. Price knows of what he speaks—in addition to an acclaimed freelance career, he has been a staff photographer and editor for The Skateboard Mag and is currently Bran...

I don't think I've ever seen Allan Weitz as happy as he was during our recording of this episode and, if you are into vintage cameras, lenses, and all things film photography, just sit back and enjoy our conversation with Bellamy Hunt, aka the  Japan Camera Hunter . The palpable enthusiasm between these two camera lovers cannot be feigned, and they talked like old friends about Nikon SP, Canon ran...

For our final episode of 2020, we look back at the year that was—and what a year it was. We learned new remote recording skills and virtual conversation styles, but the B&H Photography Podcast never missed a beat; we recorded an episode the very first week of quarantine and have continued recording throughout this unprecedented time. Many aspects of this production were made significantly more dif...

I think most photographers have tried to document their experience during the COVID-19 shutdown, but none have done it quite like Neil Kramer . Kramer is riding out the pandemic in a two-bedroom apartment in Queens, New York, with his 86-year-old mother and his ex-wife. Did I mention that this is the apartment in which he grew up… and that he is living with his mother and his ex-wife?  Kramer has...

On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome photographer Matthew Franklin Carter to the program.  Like many photographers, Matt Carter wears a lot of hats. In his case, literally and figuratively, but his photography work blends documentary, editorial, and portrait work and reflects the place he calls home—Greenville, South Carolina. He shoots for regional and specialty maga...

On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we offer an insightful overview of the best cameras released in 2020 and discuss significant trends in the photography industries. Our guest is Kevin Rickert, Senior Sales Trainer for B&H Photo. Rickert is often the first person at B&H to get new cameras in his hands and is responsible for training our staff on the features of a wide variety...

Today we welcome back to the B&H Photography Podcast , Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and friend to the show, Salwan Georges . Georges joined us four years ago to talk about his documentary project centered around the Arabic communities in Michigan, but a lot has changed since then, and today he joins us to discuss his work covering the 2020 presidential campaigns for the Washington Post ....

What a treat to welcome photographer Ami Vitale to the B&H Photography Podcast . Vitale is mustering her high profile as a National Geographic photographer, as well as the talents of eighty-nine other incredible photographers, to raise funds for Conservation International. The Prints for Nature Sale runs until December 10, 2020 and offers gorgeous gallery-quality prints at a very affordable price....

On November 22 and 23, B&H will host the 2020 OPTIC All-Stars Conference , with a stellar list of outdoor, travel, and adventure photographers giving online presentations and, on this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we are pleased to welcome one of those photographers: Rachel Jones Ross . Ross is landscape and night sky photographer based near Banff, in the Canadian Rockies, and ou...

Eight months ago, on the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcomed four photojournalists who were covering the beginning stages of the COVID-19 crisis in New York . We discussed their fears and the stories they hoped to cover; we also discussed safety precautions, limited access to subjects, and altered workflows. It was the beginning of a new reality. On today's episode, we welcome back two of those...

Our guest on this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast is Sam Hurd. While he is primarily a wedding photographer , I have no doubt that he could photograph anything and make it look interesting. Hurd is also a portrait photographer; he dabbles in landscape work; and is a passionate photo educator. A few minutes listening to this episode and it becomes clear that he can articulate his proc...

In the 1970s, under the aegis of the Great Society's Model Cities Program, photographer Earlie Hudnall, Jr. began to document the predominantly African American neighborhoods of Houston's 3rd, 4th, and 5th wards, and for more than forty years he has continued to create an indelible portrait of life in these neighborhoods. To be sure, Hudnall has photographed all around the world, and worked for ye...

Recognized as a premier headshot and portrait photographer, Peter Hurley has quite the tale to tell. His work is known for the genuine expressions he captures, and he has grown his business into an international organization. He is also an in-demand speaker and photo educator, but Hurley has an interesting "origin story" when it comes to photography, and we will discuss how he went from being a co...

On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome collector, curator, author, and educator W.M. Hunt . Part of the incredible photography collection Hunt has acquired over the years is being auctioned by the famed Christies auction house, and Hunt joins us to chat about the genesis of his collection, that hard-to-define attraction to an image that inspires a purchase, and his hope...

This is an encore episode, originally published in 2018, before the death of basketball player, Kobe Bryant.  Today we welcome two of professional basketball's best photographers, and that's not just me talking. Nat Butler is Senior Photographer for NBA Entertainment and has worked the last thirty-three NBA Finals. He is also the official photographer for the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets. And...

It is important to be reminded of the power of photography to educate and explore, and to be a vehicle of self-expression, even self-realization. Equally crucial—through process and through memory—photography's ability to bring people together, to share and to collaborate, is vital.  On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome a photographer who has built her life's work aro...

For the headline of this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we lifted a line from our guest's own Instagram bio. It would have been too easy to title a show with Walter Iooss, Jr . "Sports Photography Legend" or some such, but that pigeonholes Iooss too easily, and does not recognize the scope of his engagement with photography and with the creative process. Yes, Walter Iooss, Jr. is...

As museums in New York and around the world begin to reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a brand-new museum is facing the challenge of its grand reopening in the competitive New York City art and culture world. We welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast the inaugural Director of Exhibitions of Fotografiska, Amanda Hajjar, to discuss the unique model of this for-profit arts center and their...

This is a wonderful conversation for fans of mirrorless cameras, of classic lens design, of the venerable M-mount, and, really, of photography. The joy that our host Allan Weitz exudes while discussing a few of his current favorite lenses is as contagious as it is educational. And I feel that this episode provides a bolt of creative curiosity that might infuse my own photography. For this week's e...

On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast , we welcome editor, educator, and photographer Joan Liftin and Michelle Dunn Marsh, founder and publisher at Minor Matters . In the first half of the show, we speak with Liftin about her latest book, Water for Tears , and then we focus on Minor Matters and the unique business model this publishing house utilizes. We also discuss the person who...

One of the remarks that stuck with me from this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast was Alison Rossiter's casual mention, "I know how to rock a tray." Rossiter is noted for her cameraless fine art photo prints, often made on expired photographic paper, some sheets dating back one hundred years or more. Her comment was a simple reference to how she guides developing solution over paper in...