Street Shots Photography Podcast

“When I photograph, what I’m really doing is seeking answers to things.”  -- Wynn Bullock

“If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.”  -- Jim Richardson

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"What I'm always trying to do is to make a picture that goes beyond a story."

"If you can shoot on the street, you can shoot anything."

-- Mary Ellen Mark

In this episode, Antonio and Ward begin w…

"...talking about pictures as though you could tell anybody how to take good ones is nuts. Pictures are given, not taken."
-- Robert Adams

"The work of a photographer is to reveal hidden things."
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"Photography books often have titles like The Photographer’s Eye or The Vision of So and So or Seeing Photographs — as if photographers didn’t have minds, only eyes."
-- Duane Michals

“A book is lik…

"Don't tell your parents where we went”

“I’m sort of a spy,”
― Vivian Maier

In this episode, Ward and Antonio start off by diving into Ward's recent exploration of minimalist photography. Ward sha…

"For me, vision is an intelligent form of thought."
-- Andreas Gursky

“Creativity is contagious, pass it on.”

– Albert Einstein

In this episode, Antonio and Ward start with reflections on the ch…

"I’m ready to surrender into the idea that we’re all connected, and that I need to be of service somehow."

"The way we see things changes them, and the things we see change us."

-- Gino Miele

In thi…

In this episode, Ward kicks things off by sharing his experiences at the Calgary Stampede, a massive fair and rodeo. He talks about using his new camera gear, including his trusty Fujifilm X-E3 with…

"I believe photographers should shoot what they want, not shoot what they get."

    - Roberto Valenzuela

"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase."

    - Percy W. Harris

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"Photographers, like all artists, choose their medium because it allows them the most fully truthful expression of their vision. Other ways are relatively imprecise and incomplete. . . . "
- Robert …

"When I use the camera, I often feel like I know something of the people or places I come in contact with."
- Christophe Agou

"No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocke…

In this episode, Antonio and Ward dive i…

"The wonderful thing about photography is that it's a solo act. It's just me and the camera."  - Jessica Lange

"The common denominator is that we all want to make something beautiful, something rela…

"What is a photograph? For me, a fragment of quick-silver, a lucid dream, a scribbled note from the subconscious to be deciphered, perhaps, over years. It is a monologue trying to become a conversat…

"If you look carefully at life, you see blur. Shake your hand. Blur is part of life."
-- William Klein

"Do not mistake sharpness for truth."
-- Peter Henry Emerson

In this episode, Antonio and War…

"The instance of photographing, instead of creating a distance, is a moment of clarity and emotional connection for me."
-- Nan Goldin

"I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for i…

"Reality is the intuition and the imagination and the quiet voice inside my head that says: isn’t that extraordinary?"

-- Duane Michals

"In my years of photography I have learned that many things ca…

"Do this work not for yourself... Do it for the greater purpose of others, our collective humanity."
-- John Stanmeyer

"Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered prefera…

"We photographers are nothing but a pack of crooks, thieves and voyeurs. We are to be found everywhere we are not wanted; we betray secrets that were never entrusted to us; we spy shamelessly on thi…