The United Nations of Photography

In episode 426 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Dr. Grant ScottAfter 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 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 Bill and Grant take on the concept versus context debate. Mentioned in this episode:www.edwardburtynsky.comhttps://www.instagram.com/anseladams/?hl=enhttps://...

In this week’s episode photographer, filmmaker and artist Roger Ballen takes on our ‘Proust Photo Quiz’… The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust. Proust answered the questionnaire in a confession album, a form of parlour game popular at the end of the 1890s. The album, titled An Album to Record Thoughts, Feelings...

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:www.japanhouselondon.uk/whats-on/www.michae...

In episode 422 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Mentioned in this episode:Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd47549knOUMinimata www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzQv5nVH85oFunny Face www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs6ASCq9YtYFur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbu...

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 Bill and Grant take on the process and the reality of selling photographic prints. Bill ShapiroBill Shapiro served as […]

In this week’s episode documentary photographer and photo editor Cengiz Yar takes on our ‘Proust Photo Quiz’. The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust. Proust answered the questionnaire in a confession album, a form of parlour game popular at the end of the 1890s. The album, titled An Album to Record Thoughts, Feelings, etc. was found in 1924 [&#82...

Legendary photographer John Claridge died on Sunday aged eighty-two. Growing up in West Ham, he photographed the East End in the sixties and took more pictures there than anyone else in that era, but his work covered many areas of practice. In 2018 he and I had a telephone conversation concerning his friend Bill Jay, the editor […]

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:https://photolondon.orgwww.peckham24.comhtt...

In episode 418 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Mentioned in this episode:David Sylvian ‘Red Guitar’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tTX49CjAgo Dr. Grant ScottAfter fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to w...

In this special episode of The Conversation series Grant Scott speaks with award winning graphic designer Mike Dempsey. In an informal conversation they discuss the importance of understanding design, what is successful design and how this can be applied to photobooks. Mike DempseyFrom the late 1960s, Dempsey worked in British book publishing houses. He has […]

In episode 416 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography. Mentioned in this episode:Cengiz Yar www.cengizyar.comSayuri Ichida www.sayuriichida.comAngine de Poitrine – Full Performance (Live on KEXP) https://youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?si=6ThZCxvnFibNcu0jCaptain Beefheart & His Magic Band &#82...

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:https://nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/en/“There may be...