On Taking Pictures

Jeffery and Bill start with breakfast burritos and old trucks, then dig into the Avedon documentary and whether art and platforms still matter. They talk about losing and regaining creative excitement, the Wet Print app's 3.0 alpha, a tether tool beta, and Photographer of the Week Hannah Harbour, who works with Polaroid emulsion lifts.

Avedon Doc on Netflix

Avedon on Charlie Rose

Dunning–Kruger effect

WetPrint for Mac

WetPrint on Instagram

Hannah Harbour on Artnet

Hannah Harbour website

Bill Wadman and Jeffery Saddoris talk about Bill's new Mac app WetPrint, a virtual darkroom he built with AI coding tools, and what it's done for his creative energy. They also cover hobbies and flow, the Keith Jarrett documentary and Cologne 75, the upcoming Avedon documentary, and Photographer of the Week Claire Luxton.

WetPrint for Mac

Follow WetPrint on Instagram and tag the photos you make with #wetprint.

Add Yourself to the WetPrint for iPad TestFlight

Ron Howard “Avedon” Documentary

Keith Jarrett. - The Art of Improvisation

Koln ’75

Ron Howard on the Team Deakins Podcast

Claire Luxton

Claire Luxton - Instagram

Bill and Jeffery discuss a new Blade Runner photography book, reflect on Pollock's art and creative process, explore the role of purpose in creativity, and dive into AI tools for photography. They feature photographer Jeff Cowan and ponder the value of 'doing nothing' in a creative life.

SV105401 Blade Runner contact sheets

david sylvian “the distance between the killer and the killing“

Bone Records)

Loss and Found

Pollock/Krasner show at Met

99% Invisible - Western electric 500

triumph of the Nerds

Plane Dreams

TMOG a better task manager

Jeff Cowen Artist Talk

Bill and Jeffery gripe about Apple's new pricing and gear decisions, then get into Norman Rockwell's staged reference photography after a Vermont museum trip, and wander through social media algorithms, creative burnout, and letting go and moving onto the next project, before wrapping with photographer of the week Frank Horvat.

Photograph search of Norman Rockwell Archives

Norman Rockwell “Behind the Camera” book on Amazon

Rockwell “Shuffleton’s Barbershop”

Shelburne Farms Wikipedia

Shelburne Museum Wikipedia

PotW - Frank Horvat

Frank Horvat on Wikipedia

Bill and Jeffery grumble about Apple's Mac mini and Mac Studio price increases and Jeffery’s love for the Supernote Manta, then spend most of the episode remembering photographer Jay Maisel, touring stories and photos from his cavernous bank-building archive and debating what makes a photographic legacy. They wrap up with this week's Photographer of the Week, Life magazine shooter Nina Leen.

Supernote Manta

Jay Maisel ‘Favorites’

John Loengard portraits of photographers

Joel Meyerowitz “Cape Light”

The Family of Man

PotW Nina Leen