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LensWork - Photography and the Creative Process

 LensWork Publishing

Random Observations on Art, Photography, and the Creative Process. These short 2-4 minute talks focus on the creative process in fine art photography. LensWork editor Brooks Jensen side-steps techno-talk and artspeak to offer a stimulating mix of ideas, experience, and observations from his 35 years as a fine art photographer, writer, and publisher. Topics include a wide range of subjects from finding subject matter to presenting your work and building an audience. Brooks Jensen is the publisher of LensWork, one of the world's most respected and award-winning photography publications, known for its museum-book quality printing and luxurious design. LensWork has subscribers in over 73 countries. His latest books are "The Creative Life in Photography" (2013) and "Looking at Images (2014).

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Episodes
88
Years Active
2025
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LW1467 - Five Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier

LW1467 - Five Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier

LW1467 - Five Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier

Being a photographer means learning things that will help us grow as an artist. During my first decades, that learning was narrowly focused on the tec…

00:12:54  |   Mon 18 Aug 2025
HT2353 - Famous for One

HT2353 - Famous for One

One of Cherie Heiser's most poignant observations about photography was that photographers make thousands of negatives, hundreds of prints, exhibit a dozen or two, sell even fewer and are famous for …
00:02:43  |   Mon 18 Aug 2025
HT2352 - Relationship with the Artist

HT2352 - Relationship with the Artist

Over the decades, I've met and talked with a lot of people who collect artwork and photography in particular. One characteristic of collecting that I've noticed with almost universal consistency is t…
00:02:43  |   Sun 17 Aug 2025
HT2351 - Square Pegs and Round Holes

HT2351 - Square Pegs and Round Holes

As a creator, I like to think that if I work hard, think deeply, and apply my best efforts with perseverance that I will be able to connect with people through my artwork. As much as I want to believ…
00:02:43  |   Sat 16 Aug 2025
HT2350 - Execution and Content

HT2350 - Execution and Content

When I look at artwork, it often involves two different types of response. I can admire a work of art because of its amazing execution, or I may admire a work of art for its emotive content. Executio…
00:02:43  |   Fri 15 Aug 2025
HT2349 - Photography Under Glass

HT2349 - Photography Under Glass

I mentioned the other day that I had visited the Fenimore Museum near Cooperstown, New York. One thing that struck me as I wandering through the museum was that there was only one medium that was pro…
00:02:43  |   Thu 14 Aug 2025
HT2348 - Photography Is a Personal Thing

HT2348 - Photography Is a Personal Thing

One of the most interesting photography books I've seen in a long time is by gallery owner Peter Fetterman and is titled The Power of Photography. Part of the reason this book is so special is that i…
00:02:43  |   Wed 13 Aug 2025
HT2347 - The Element of Surprise

HT2347 - The Element of Surprise

All drama involves a reveal of one kind or another. Audiences expect it and love it. The same can be true for photography. Why else would so many people get close to a photograph and look for hidde…
00:02:43  |   Tue 12 Aug 2025
LW1466 - The Questions

LW1466 - The Questions

LW1466 - The Questions

I'm fascinated with the responses I hear when people look at my work. When I display photographs on the wall, I typically don't include a title for the individual images. This…

00:12:54  |   Mon 11 Aug 2025
HT2346 - Tiny Print, Giant Mat

HT2346 - Tiny Print, Giant Mat

In one of my visits to the Art Institute of Chicago, I saw a display of photography that consisted of 35mm contact prints matted and framed to 16x20". These tiny prints were impressive and memorable …
00:02:43  |   Mon 11 Aug 2025
HT2345 - Print Metadata

HT2345 - Print Metadata

Digital photographs, we all know, have metadata that tells us a bit of the behind-the-scenes story of the image. Such information is useful for a variety of reasons including provenance and copyright…
00:02:43  |   Sun 10 Aug 2025
HT2344 - The Edge of the Image

HT2344 - The Edge of the Image

Every rule in art has exceptions. For example, never use the rule of thirds because it's formulaic; use the rule of thirds because it's the strongest way of composing. On several occasions, I've ment…
00:02:43  |   Sat 09 Aug 2025
HT2343 - Signature Tools

HT2343 - Signature Tools

Signing your work is important. It communicates far more than the author of the work. Your signature denotes completion of the work as well as approval of its craft and content. Therefore, it's worth…
00:02:43  |   Fri 08 Aug 2025
HT2342 - The Illusion of Detail

HT2342 - The Illusion of Detail

As I sit here looking across the backyard at the edge of the wild, I know that if I walked closer and closer, pulled out my magnifying glass or microscope, that with every step along the way I would …
00:02:43  |   Thu 07 Aug 2025
HT2341 - Screen Versus Print

HT2341 - Screen Versus Print

I'm an old print guy from way back. I love the physicality of prints. I love the experience of handling a print up close, the texture of the paper, the smell of ink. That said, I often find I prefer …
00:02:43  |   Wed 06 Aug 2025
HT2340 - Note the Audience Reaction

HT2340 - Note the Audience Reaction

From time to time we all have a chance to show our work. Praise is nice to receive, but it's even more valuable pay attention to the reactions you get from the work. Each viewer will tell you somethi…
00:02:43  |   Tue 05 Aug 2025
LW1465 - The Original, Redux

LW1465 - The Original, Redux

LW1465 - The Original, Redux

I was recently asked if I sell my original prints. In particular, this individual specified that they didn't want a reproduction, but rather they collect only original p…

00:12:54  |   Mon 04 Aug 2025
HT2339 - The Age of Enlargement

HT2339 - The Age of Enlargement

The advent of enlarged prints from negatives or glass plates dates back to the earliest days of photography. Nonetheless, enlargements weren't a regular feature of fine art photography until the earl…
00:02:43  |   Mon 04 Aug 2025
HT2338 - Preserved by the Few

HT2338 - Preserved by the Few

Time moves on and what was once popular becomes almost forgotten. Try today to find a big band music radio station. History is preserved by a few, and a tenuous thread it is that links us to the past…
00:02:43  |   Sun 03 Aug 2025
HT2337 - File Management and Your Memory

HT2337 - File Management and Your Memory

I would have never guessed that a huge barrier to my creativity would be as simple as finding the image I remember taking in the haystack that is my Lightroom catalog. It's worse than finding a needl…
00:02:43  |   Sat 02 Aug 2025
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