#432 GRAVEYARD BINS AND PHANTOM CATS!
FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHER AL BRYDON
Storyteller Al Brydon is a walker with a camera enraptured by the landscape and human interaction with it. He's published and exhibited internationally, and his projects may surprise you, including his fascination with graveyard bins and an encounter with a phantom cat.
Also today from the mailbag: a Route 66 adventure, the best natural medicine that we ALL have access to, Mexico in an RV, a story witnessed by a centuries-old tree, and synchronised picture making on our trails. Plus, it being the second Friday of the month, street photographer and mentor Valerie Jardin is here with Visual Stories. This month, we’re talking about the humour dogs bring into our lives photographically.
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MORE ABOUT names, words, THE MUSIC and places FROM TODAY’S SHOW
Bruce Gilden is an American street photographer. He is best known for his candid close-up photographs of people on the streets of New York City, using a flashgun.
Mandy Burton’s 100 Strangers and their Dogs, happenchance meetings of beloved dogs and their humans.
Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector, known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, two World Press Photos of the Year, and the Robert Capa Award for Courage, David Turnley has documented the human condition in more than 75 countries.
Also referenced within a conversation about street photographer, Sean Tucker, Mr. Whisper and Nick Turpin.
Cory Hovland’s Flickr portfolio, featured on the show today.
Margaret Soraya appeared in a recent episode titled Photography Reset My Life.
Dogs by the wonderful late photographer Elliott Erwitt, a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings.
The mythology behind Alien Big Cats in the UK.
MUSIC LINKS: Anthony Lazaro sang and wrote the playout song today Drop of Summertime. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist.
AL BRYDON
From the Graveyard Bins project (above), As We Wander (below).
VALÉRIE JARDIN
Stroller dog and dog in Havana (above) with the triptych Cone of Shame moments (below) talked about on the show today.
BIL DERBY’S POSTCARD FROM MEXICO
A postcard from Bil Derby as he continues his RV adventures. Pictures referenced on the show today.
DAN LANGER
Dan Langer visits the site of the Battle of Antietam, and photographs a tree that was standing during the American Civil War.
NEALE JAMES
Sketchbook pictures from today’s photowalk, industrial becomes countryside along the Kennet and Avon Canal.
VIDEO LIBRARY
The following videos/subjects are referenced within today’s show.
Pantha Puncha from Al Brydon, discussed on the show today.
Elliott shares his love of photography, including, why dogs?
The Battle of Antietam, mentioned on the show today, when Dan Langer went to make a special picture of a particular tree that was standing the day of this historic conflict.
