Phillip Toledano. Source: LensCulture A self-described conceptual artist, Phillip Toledano is an acclaimed creative known for work spanning a variety of mediums that include photography, videography, sculpture, and painting. With poignant photo projects including “When I Was Six” and “Days With My Father,” Toledano has proven his unique ability to convey deep understanding of complex emotions and situations. With 65,000 followers and counting on his Instagram account (where much of his work is shared), the public’s interest in and connection with the creative endeavors Toledano has to share i ..read more

Kaitlin Newman. Photo Credit Baltimore native Kaitlin Newman is a multifaceted photojournalist whose work in the field began at 16 years old on her high school’s newspaper staff. Since earning both a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Journalism from Towson University, Newman’s photojournalistic career has developed to span sports, entertainment, and protest photography as well as becoming a Professor of Photojournalism at her alma mater. Additionally, Newman serves as Assistant Photo Editor and Staff Photojournalist for The Baltimore Banner and has had work published in the The Los Angele ..read more

Carey Wagner. Photo Credit: Steve Remich New York City-based Carey Wagner is a documentary photographer that recently became the President of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), an organization she has been involved with since 2001. Wagner is also a two-time International Reporting Project Fellow for her work in The New York Times and PRI’s The World and produced the Letters of Hope campaign with the humanitarian non-profit organization CARE. In addition to her acclaimed photographic work, Wagner has found success in the filmmaking realm as an additional cinematographer on Th ..read more

Eugene Richards. Photo Credit: Jocelyn Bain Hogg. Our 100th Episode! This is the first of our Masters Episodes in which we will speak with the giants, masters of their craft, the inspirations, mentors and great ones. In celebration, our 100th episode is a conversation with the great Eugene Richards, truly a master of his craft. After earning a degree in English from Northeastern University, Richards began studying photography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under Minor White. Richards’ career since has included filmmaking and documenting poverty, rural life, breast cancer, an eme ..read more

Tamir Kalifa (image credit) Throughout his extensive photographic career that now spans over a decade, Tamir Kalifa has captured a variety of significant events within the nation in beyond. Dealing with subject matters such as the impacts of violence and political happenings, Kalifa’s work often appears in acclaimed publications like The New York Times and The Washington Post. A specific area of interest for Kalifa has been Texas. Having spent five months in the Uvalde, TX, community after the infamous Robb Elementary School mass shooting in 2022, Kalifa wrote a gut-wrenching article in light ..read more

Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson. (Credit: Esha Chiocchio) Mary Virginia Swanson is an acclaimed photographer whose endeavors within the field expand to education and entrepreneurship. After earning her MFA in Photography from Arizona State University in 1979, Swanson held photography-centric roles in both California and New York City. In 1990, however, Swanson returned to Arizona (where she remains today) and created her own photography license managing agency called Swanstock. Now, Swanson works as an independent art consultant, teacher, and non-profit advisor. Among Swanson’s most re ..read more

Greta Pratt joins the podcast this week to discuss her work, which explores themes of American patriotism, colonialism, myth, and identity as well as memory and climate change. Having had solo exhibitions as recent as 2021 at the Andrews Gallery at The College of William & Mary in addition to her first in 1994 at the Minneapolis Photographer’s Gallery in Minnesota, Pratt’s work has been displayed and enjoyed for decades.   An image from Nineteen Lincolns. Pratt has published four books, the most recent of which is 2020’s Nineteen Lincolns, which highlights nineteen different members ..read more

Not just the second amateur photographer to grace the cover of Time magazine with his photo of the Baltimore Uprising in 2015, Devin Allen has TWICE made the cover!  An oustanding street photographer, Devin has also embraced painting and sculpture.  Hi new multi-media exhibit “A Piece of Me Died With You” reflects on the losses of friends and is currently set in the Julio Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola University in Maryland will be up through March 27th.  Devin was named the first Gordon Parks Fellow in 2017 and continues to receive acclaim and awards that belie his self-taught s ..read more

ARCHIVE EPISODE: As a part of the United States Air Force, photojournalist Kenny Holston shares his experience capturing scenes during his numerous military assignments throughout the years in this episode. Having been stationed across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Germany, and the United States has given Holston a breadth of photographic backdrops, resulting in accolades like the Department of Defense‘s Military Photographer of the Year in 2015. In 2022, Holston became a staff photographer for the New York Times, where he mainly covers Capitol Hill. This is an archive episode ..read more

Jeffrey Henson Scales has led an amazing life, from photographing the Black Panthers at age 14 to managing Minnie Ripperton, posing for Playgirl, co-founding the LA Weekly, and so much more. Currently teaching at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and working as the Photography Editor for the New York Times Opinion Section, as well as the “Year in Pictures” special editions.  Scales sat down with Molly and Joe to discuss everything from his time with the Panthers, to his book recommendations and the problematic nature of AI.  It’s a great chat and who knew his wife was Angela Davis’ doub ..read more