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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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Average duration
3 minutes
Episodes
88
Years Active
2025
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HT2318 - Accumulating Momentum

HT2318 - Accumulating Momentum

There's often an unobserved momentum that accumulates with project oriented photography that is absent from single image photography. Single image photography often includes a dichotomy that makes an…
00:02:43  |   Mon 14 Jul 2025
LW1462 - What and Why Are More Important Than Where

LW1462 - What and Why Are More Important Than Where

LW1462 - What and Why Are More Important Than Where

Like many of you I suspect, I always look forward to travel photography when I have the time to do so. Now is the time of year when I start thinki…

00:12:54  |   Mon 14 Jul 2025
HT2317 - The Masters Are Better Than We Think

HT2317 - The Masters Are Better Than We Think

It's difficult to truly and fully admire the work of a master photographer until we try to do it ourselves. I remember being highly impressed with a body of work done by Aaron Siskin that consisted o…
00:02:43  |   Sun 13 Jul 2025
HT2316 - Photography and My Morning Coffee Routine

HT2316 - Photography and My Morning Coffee Routine

I start every day, 7 days a week, with photography — and my morning cup of coffee. I find that first half hour or so when the house is quiet and I'm not fully awake to be an ideal time to think about…
00:02:43  |   Sat 12 Jul 2025
HT2315 - New Work Revitalizes Older Work

HT2315 - New Work Revitalizes Older Work

There's an interesting phenomenon that I've observed now for a couple of decades. Every time I release a new issue of Kokoro, there is an upswing in downloads for previous issues. Of course, the curr…
00:02:43  |   Fri 11 Jul 2025
HT2314 - The Fly in the Acrobat Ointment

HT2314 - The Fly in the Acrobat Ointment

I love publishing PDFs for Acrobat for several reasons including cross platform compatibility (Mac, PC, tablet, etc.), layout integrity, typographic fidelity, and book-like pages. There is one drawb…
00:02:43  |   Thu 10 Jul 2025
HT2313 - Anthologies

HT2313 - Anthologies

As we all know, you can't please all the people all the time. This is one of the foundational philosophies behind the anthology nature in both LensWork and in my personal work published in Kokoro. Th…
00:02:43  |   Wed 09 Jul 2025
HT2312 - Photo Vests

HT2312 - Photo Vests

For 50 years now I've had an on again, off again relationship with photo vests. I'll go through periods where I find them convenient, comfortable, and adequate, then periods when I find them too limi…
00:02:43  |   Tue 08 Jul 2025
HT2311 - The Quiet Light, Digitally

HT2311 - The Quiet Light, Digitally

John Sexton published a wonderful monograph of his work titled, The Quiet Light. His images glowed off the page. This effect was due to his extraordinary skill as a printer in combination with a sid…
00:02:43  |   Mon 07 Jul 2025
LW1461 - The Photo Game Is Changing

LW1461 - The Photo Game Is Changing

LW1461 - The Photo Game Is Changing

An incredibly important part of artwork is the wonder of how it could possibly have been done. When that mystery is removed, what's left is considerably diminishe…

00:12:54  |   Mon 07 Jul 2025
HT2310 - What You Might Do Someday

HT2310 - What You Might Do Someday

It occurs to me that marketing camera gear is all about convincing you that your current gear is somehow inadequate. It also occurs to me that art making art is the revelation of the possible, that i…
00:02:43  |   Sun 06 Jul 2025
HT2309 - A Nagging Sense of Guilt

HT2309 - A Nagging Sense of Guilt

It's been over a year since my last publication of a new issue of Kokoro. I feel a sense of guilt about this. In that same time, I've release 400 Here's a Thought, 60 podcasts, 60 episodes of Finding…
00:02:43  |   Sat 05 Jul 2025
HT2308 - Removing Sharpness

HT2308 - Removing Sharpness

Most (but not all) images require a sharpness that has us searching for and treasuring tack sharp lenses. We shouldn't let that, however, determine our aesthetic decisions. We can always reduce sharp…
00:02:43  |   Fri 04 Jul 2025
HT2307 - Memory Card Lifespan

HT2307 - Memory Card Lifespan

The other day I mentioned my search for new hard drives to replace my aging, 5-year old ones. I received an email from a listener who brought to mind another aspect I'd never thought about. He mentio…
00:02:43  |   Thu 03 Jul 2025
HT2306 - Enough with the Vibrance Already

HT2306 - Enough with the Vibrance Already

The vibrance and saturation sliders are taking over the world. I use a Windows PC and every day when I fire up my computer, I'm confronted with and over-saturated landscape. This morning's abominatio…
00:02:43  |   Wed 02 Jul 2025
HT2305 - It Truly Makes No Difference

HT2305 - It Truly Makes No Difference

I was putting together a new project for the next issue of Kokoro when I realized that the 15 images in the final edit came out of 14 different cameras. Looking at the images, I would never be able t…
00:02:43  |   Tue 01 Jul 2025
HT2304 - Tablets vs Phones

HT2304 - Tablets vs Phones

With each issue of LensWork, we make a tablet edition for those who prefer the convenience of a digital publication. I suspect most people don't use a tablet for the tablet edition; they use a smart …

00:02:43  |   Mon 30 Jun 2025
LW1460 - What Makes a Photograph Special

LW1460 - What Makes a Photograph Special

LW1460 - What Makes a Photograph Special

I'm seriously concerned that photography has become too easy. Craft is no longer a serious virtue. Because it has become so easy, it is losing its sense of b…

00:12:54  |   Mon 30 Jun 2025
HT2303 - Limited Edition, um, Cheerios

HT2303 - Limited Edition, um, Cheerios

What do your photographs and Honey Nut Cheerios® have in common? They are both produced in a limited edition, that is, according to the cereal box I was reading this morning at breakfast. Surprisingl…

00:02:43  |   Sun 29 Jun 2025
HT2302 - How the Work Gets Done

HT2302 - How the Work Gets Done

I've heard the art making process on occasion described as taking dictation from God. It's as though the artwork is completely formed before we begin producing it and all we have to do is execute the…

00:02:43  |   Sat 28 Jun 2025
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