Michael talks with Ed Templeton about the through-line from 1990s skate culture to a lifetime of painting and photography: DIY zines, doing your own board graphics, and learning to work with chance. Ed traces his path from Orange County/Huntington Beach to turning pro by 1990, discovering photobooks (Nan Goldin, Larry Clark), and realizing he had insider access to a tour-bus world most photographers never see. They dig into failure, risk, and why he prefers to shoot candidly while walking instead of stopping to ask.🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS* 🌐 ed-templeton.com* 📸 Instagram: @ed.templeton* 📸 Foto: @edtempletonThank you to our sponsor State Film Lab! If you’re in the US, consider State Film Lab for your film processing and scanning needs.Reminder: We’d love for you to join us on Foto as we publicly build a new photo-sharing app for the world. Foto is available on Apple and Android. Direct links are on our website fotoapp.co Get full access to Foto at fotoapp.substack.com/subscribe
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Foto 030 - Bill Shapiro
Michael talks with editor and writer Bill Shapiro about leading LIFE magazine, launching LIFE.com, and what the internet has done to curation, attention, and trust in images. They cover the craft of photo essays, the changing business models behind visual journalism, how archives and sequencing shape meaning, the risks and realities of AI imagery, and Bill’s ongoing work championing photographers and helping them make books.🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS* 🌐 Blue Photo Collective: BluePhoto.co* 📸 Instagram: @billshapiro* 📸 Foto: @billshapiro* 🌐 Article by Bill on Alex Harris - Alex Harris Returns to New Mexico* 🌐 Article by Bill on Richard Sharum - To Live and Die in DallasThank you to our sponsor State Film Lab! If you’re in the US, consider State Film Lab for your film processing and scanning needs.Reminder: We’d love for you to join us on Foto as we publicly build a new photo-sharing app for the world. Foto is available on Apple and Android. Direct links are on our website fotoapp.coBelow are some projects for which Bill served as an editor. Get full access to Foto at fotoapp.substack.com/subscribe
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Foto 029 - Jon R Moore
Photographer Jon Moore joins Michael to talk about his move from Tennessee to Portland, working across the rural Northwest, and creating images that document human-affected landscapes.We cover his early film studies at Watkins College, work as a studio manager and camera operator, and his weekend photo trips through Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and beyond. Jon shares stories from photographing ghost towns, tavern regulars, and roadside characters, plus lessons from Stephen Shore and Alec Soth.He discusses his deliberate, tripod-based approach, the Pentax 6×7 he was gifted, and why subject, light, and composition matter more than gear. Jon also previews his upcoming book, A Storm that Needed a Mountain, with its hand-embroidered cover and imagery of changing landscapes in Goldendale, Washington.🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS* 🌐 Website: jonrmoore.com* 📸 Instagram: @doomstache * 📸 Foto: @doomstache Thank you to our sponsor State Film Lab! If you're in the US, consider State Film Lab for your film processing and scanning needs.Reminder: We’d love for you to join us on Foto as we publicly build a new photo-sharing app for the world. Foto is available on Apple and Android. Direct links are on our website fotoapp.co Get full access to Foto at fotoapp.substack.com/subscribe
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Foto 028 - Alex Harris
In this episode, Michael talks with photographer, educator, and editor Alex Harris, whose work explores memory, place, and the evolving nature of storytelling. Alex was a founding member of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. He’s also the author of 20 books, including River of Traps (a Pulitzer Prize finalist), The Idea of Cuba, and Our Strange New Land — a project exploring Southern independent film sets, recently exhibited at the High Museum of Art.Alex shares how his early work in New Mexico shaped the way he sees, how teaching has influenced his practice, and why he’s drawn to projects that unfold slowly over time. They talk about the space between truth and fiction, the role of editing, and how personal storytelling has changed his relationship to photography.If you’re interested in long-form projects, quiet observation, and images that live beyond the moment, this is a thoughtful, reflective episode with one of the most respected voices in American documentary photography.🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS* 🌐 Website: alex-harris.com* 📸 Instagram: @ourstrangenewlandThank you to our sponsor State Film Lab! If you're in the US, consider State Film Lab for your film processing and scanning needs.Reminder: We’d love for you to join us on Foto as we publicly build a new photo-sharing app for the world. Foto is available on Apple and Android. Direct links are on our website fotoapp.co Get full access to Foto at fotoapp.substack.com/subscribe
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Foto 027 - Brian Finke
In this episode, Michael talks with photographer Brian Finke about developing a personal style and sticking to it. Brian is known for his bold, colorful work and for delving deep into specific worlds — from flight attendants and bodybuilders to law enforcement and drag races on the US-Mexico border.They discuss how he finds his projects, what drives his curiosity, and how he balances personal work with editorial and commercial assignments. Brian shares how he builds trust with people while keeping full creative control, and why it’s important for him to follow his instincts, even when things get weird.🔗 RESOURCES & LINKS* 🌐 Website: brianfinke.com* 📸 Instagram: @brianfinke Thank you to our sponsor State Film Lab! If you're in the US, consider State Film Lab for your film processing and scanning needs.Reminder: We’d love for you to join us on Foto as we publicly build a new photo-sharing app for the world. Foto is available on Apple and Android. Direct links are on our website fotoapp.co Get full access to Foto at fotoapp.substack.com/subscribe
A photography podcast featuring interviews with photographers, artists, cultural thinkers, and technologists. We also launched a photography social platform - https://fotoapp.co fotoapp.substack.com
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