143: Jake and the Bridge

Jake Ricker has been shooting the Golden Gate Bridge everyday, all day, for the past 6 years: an interior view of something we usually only experience...

142: Arthur Drooker, Staying Curious

Today we get to know Arthur Drooker, a creative photographer I first discovered with his brilliant "Conventional Wisdom" -- peering inside some niche...

141: Wallace Wilson and the Victims of Paradox

I've long been fascinated by the photographs made by Wallace "Wally" Wilson in the 1970s-1980s; he was a professor of photography at the University of...

140: Can Composition Be Taught?

Today we're joined by John Lambert and William Loftus, successful tech professionals and excellent amateur photographers, who were recent students in...

139: Elliott Erwitt, with Rick Smolan

The great photographer Elliott Erwitt passed away last November, but we sat down with his son-in-law, the Internationally acclaimed photographer Rick...

138: "Pure Seeing" and the New Years Episode

Where we catch up and review some travel photography, the definition of photography, the passing of the great Elliott Erwitt, the nature of compositio...

137: The Great Debate: Pictorialism, Modernism and Generative AI

We're joined by professor and photographic artist Ed Bateman, from the University of Utah, to discuss Rubin's issues with "pure seeing" and the 100-ye...

136: The Hat

We're back and catching up on workshops, lessons from the summer, Rubin's new camera and, of course, Suzanne's hat.

135: The Very Personal Landscapes from Jason Pettit

Rubin and Suzanne sit down with emerging Canadian landscape photographer Jason Pettit to unpack how—after only a handful of years behind the camera—he...

134: Ambiguity in Paris—More Fun with Nina Welch-Kling

Nina and Rubin meet in Paris and go shooting. Rubin's haiku book is finished and Nina's Duologues book is ready for pre-orders! It's a fun catch up wi...

133: Dall-E and You, with Dr. Aaron Hertzmann

The hottest topic in AI is the new "art" creation tool called Dall-E, and after a few weeks of falling down the rabbit hole playing in this new world,...

132: Inside Photo Independent with Chris Davies

As Rubin explores the world of photo fairs, industry leader Chris Davies takes us into Photo Independent, Paris Photo and NFTs. A must-listen episode...

131: The Emotional Architecture of Elizabeth Daniels

On this Memorial Day Weekend show, Suzanne and Rubin get familiar with the twisting photographic journey of LA architectural photographer Elizabeth Da...

130: Cartier-Bresson and the Real "Decisive Moment"

Suzanne and Rubin dig into the meaning of "the decisive moment" and how important the concept is for amateur photographers. And then they talk about s...

129: Impossible... with Edward Bateman

A spontaneous gathering with Anne Kelly (of PhotoEye) and photographer and professor Bateman. Ed Bateman teaches at the University of Utah and has bee...

128: Our New Years Show on Photographic Purism

Our hosts catch up after a Covid holiday and dig into Rubin's struggles with "pure seeing" photography, as different from inorganic, studio, photograp...

127: Discovering Light with Janet Sternburg

Sternburg's book of Los Angeles during the lockdown, "I've Been Walking," was just released in the US, so we sat down to hear about the moments that...

126: Santa Fe Live

125: "Photographic Haiku" and Zen Arts for Creative Photographers

Rubin and Suzanne go over the application of Zen Arts to learning photography, particularly for beginners, and how his workshop has become one of the...

124: Leaning into Unpredictability: The Dreams of Susan Burnstine

She builds her cameras. She closes her eyes when she shoots. Susan Burnstine is processing her dreams into haunting and beautiful images--a fascinatin...

123: Inside Photo-Eye, with Anne Kelly

For over 40 years Photo-Eye has been an institution of the photographic arts. Their bookstore and gallery is the stuff of legend. We sat down with Ann...

122: From Ski Bum to Celebrity Photographer: Hang with Jeff Lipsky

His roster of portraits is amazing--but his career path is inspiring. Meet Jeff Lipsky, who went from Telluride ski bum to Hollywood photographer.

121: Patiently Shooting Celebs (like Prince!) with Deborah Feingold

Her classic portraits of stars like Madonna and Prince have been popular from The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, People to book covers and movie poster...

120: Reid Callanan and the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops

Our first guest of the season is Reid Callanan, the founder and director of the distinguished Santa Fe Photo and Writing Workshops.

119: Season Four Opener

Where Susan and Rubin catch up briefly on photography and geography, and Rubin debriefs on his first Zen Arts Workshops.

118: The Tenacity of Chris Burkard, Wilderness Photographer

A self-described "blue collar" photographer, Burkard's photos are some of the most beautiful and amazing wilderness images we've ever seen. His work e...

117: Discovering Authenticity: Collecting with Michael Shapiro

For more than 40 years, Shapiro has been the dealer's dealer -- an expert on midcentury modernism (and partner to the Rubin family in developing our h...

116: The Hopeful Photography of Norma I. Quintana

Norma is a fine art photographer whose home—including her art collection, her own analog work, and her camera collection—burned in the Napa fires of 2...

115: After the Fires

It's the start of Season 3 and we're warming up, catching up, talking about new projects and my Santa Fe Workshop class with Jason Langer. But yeah, a...

114: The Quirky World of Maggie Taylor

Maggie Taylor is a fine art photographer who transitioned from creating real-world still-life collages into being a master of Photoshop photo montages...

113: Catching Up: Kertesz, Home Projects

In which Suzanne and Rubin review their thoughts on Kertesz and her home project and generally catch up.

112: Inside Kertesz, with Curator Robert Gurbo

Andre Kertesz had a long and multi-faceted career producing some of the most iconic, modern, and often enigmatic photos in history. His influence is p...

111: The Power of Photography, with Gallerist Peter Fetterman

Peter Fetterman offers rich insights into photography collecting and being collected, and the sheer magic in great photographs. As one of the pre-emin...

110: Projects in Quarantine

Here's a short episode where we go over a few projects you can do at home, with no supplies but a phone, and practice key skills that will make your p...

109: The Photographer of Santa Cruz, Shmuel Thaler

It's hard to think about photography in Santa Cruz without discovering Shmuel Thaler, the leading photojournalist at the Santa Cruz Sentinel. He's bee...

108: Masterskills from Jeff Carlson

Jeff Carlson has written an astonishing array of books over his career, explaining a range of creative and technical topics—perhaps 20 of them related...

107: The Duologues of Nina Kling

I'd never heard the term "rhyme" used so perfectly to describe a visual experience before... but the wonderful pairings NYC photographer Nina Kling ar...

106: A Walk Down Memory Lane with Angelica Glass

Angelica Glass decided on a whim to walk the length of every street in the county of Santa Cruz. Over the course of five and a half years, she walked...

105: Life in Captivity: Free Workshops on Photography

It's a bleak time for many, and insane stress for us all -- but there are a few advantages to being forced to stay in. Rubin has converted Neomodern.c...

104: Photography as a Zen Art

Rubin formally declares his upcoming book for beginners and pros -- finding a philosophical foundation for his disparate feelings about creative pictu...