I found the slide photo above (taken by my father) during a recent visit with my parents. I asked my mom about it.
Photos die, unless we talk about them. Hello. My name is Todd Wemmer. Photosdie.com features audio interviews and field recordings related to photography. I use the term "related" loosely. I might say that everything is about photography. Or photography is about everything. I might also say that this site is really more about the talk that surrounds photography. Or the sounds that surround photography. So I am interested in the talk that surrounds the photograph more than the actual photograph itself. Or something like that. Half journalistic / half qualitative
Leilani Wertens talks about her project photographing at estate sales. I love this work. Objects. Interiors. Estates. When you visit her website, also check her links to other photographers and artists. Some great finds there too. Image below from Leilani's website.
The tiny clip of music (Track 4 from Ghosts II) is from NIN Ghosts. Ghosts has a Creative Commons license. Thanks Trent.
Photo from These Grand Places on www.tomikojonesphoto.com
Miriam Romais introduced me to Priya Kambli at SPE this year. I recorded a series of conversations with photographers to post/share on the En Foco website (coming soon). After talking to Priya, I jokingly told Miriam I wasn't going to let her have this one because I wanted it for Photos Die. . . especially because of the work with family photography. Listen. I love how the sisters trade photos back and forth like sports cards.
I spoke to Kelly Flynn on Saturday evening during the curator walk-through. I saw her presentation earlier that day. So great. I especially enjoyed the little video clips at the end. See her work HERE.
Photo from kellyflynnphotography.c
"Photography driven by social change. Change driven by photography." That's what it says on the website.
Here is Claire Johnson, program director of PhotoPhilanthropy. This is a wonderful opportunity for all photographers. Look around the website. I think the "Creative Momentum" section is especially helpful.
"Our Mission is to promote and connect photographers with non-profit organizations around the world to tell the stories that drive action for social change"
When I talked to Lola Flash at SPE last March she gave a great plug for En Foco. I cut the En Foco part out of conversation to play on its own. For some reason I never posted it. I'm posting it now. You can hear my conversation with Lola Flash HERE. You can hear my conversation with Miriam Romais HERE. I'm going to PhotoExpo in New York (October) Hope to see En Foco (all of En Foco) there. My goal is to make 20 recordings over the 3 days.
Photo by Miriam Romais with cell phone!
(At SPE) So I ask Lola Flash if I can interview her. She says YES. BUT, this isn't really an interview. She knew the kinds of questions I'd probably ask. . .and answered them all before I could even ask one. I actually broke this into two pieces. The second part is Lola talking about her relationship with En Foco & Nueva Luz (coming soon). Miriam from En Foco took a photo (with cell phone!) of me recording Lola (below). The photo above (Shigi) is from Lola's [SUR]PASSING project. She talks about the [SUR]PASSING project in this recording. You can see and read about Lola's work at Lolaflash.com
