Photography Chat s.3 ep.15 Daniel Rodrigue

What a chat, so rad to see @danieltrodrigue albeit virtually; love that guy. He shared how he got started doing photography which lead to teaching (he’s an OG Polaroid head) some really great stories there on events that he has covered. He has been carrying the torch at the school that helped him get started with photography which is rad. We talked about #edwinlandday which is coming up on May 7th on Papa Land’s birthday, they are going to be hosting a photo walk in Denton but are also encouraging other people to host photo walks for Edwin Land Day in your local city. I would like to put one together for Toronto if anyone is down, let me know. We of course dug into PolaCon, how it started and what it is about. So much to say here so it's just easier to catch the recording if you missed the live. I shared what PolaCon means to me and how important the people in the community are, love you and miss you guys. Can’t wait to see y’all in September. Stay safe out there <3

“Daniel Rodrigue is a professor of journalism, photojournalism, and photography (digital and 35mm darkroom-based) at Dallas College Brookhaven Campus, where he also advises the award-winning student newspaper and magazines. He's been a contributing writer and photographer with the Dallas Observer since 2008. Co-founded Instant Film Society in 2012 to increase awareness, understanding, and accessibility of analog instant films, and then hosted the first PolaCon in 2016. The rest is history and hashtags….”

Photo of Daniel by Ben Fraternale aka @the.instantgram

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