FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHER CRAIG EASTON

This week, I talk with Craig Easton, and the conversation embraces AI, trust in photojournalism, and how a still photograph can still hold its own. But the heart of this chat sits on a Scottish island. Picture a house at the end of a single-track road, miles from anywhere, no shop, no pub, just weather, water, and time. This is Barnhill, on the Isle of Jura, where George Orwell came to live and work while writing Nineteen Eighty-Four. Craig travelled to this fabled place to make his new book, An Extremely Un-Get-Atable Place. This is a conversation about place, curiosity, and paying attention.

On today’s walk from the mailbag, Jade Lee discovers just how powerful it can be to swap pictures with people in other countries, Jean-Maurice Cormier shares some thoughts on travel and street photography, and Phil Ferris appears to be listening from the shower in what may or may not become a formal complaint, all while we pack coffee, biscuits, film, and a copy of 1984 into our camera bags.

Email your stories, thoughts, and pictures to the show. If you can optimize/resize photos to 2,500 pixels wide, that’s always much appreciated. If you’d like to support this show and have access to further content and the midweek Extra Mile show, we’d welcome you as an EXTRA MILER. There’s also our thriving Facebook group, a safe place to meet and talk with photographers of all interests, the Photowalk YouTube channel, plus the show is featured on Instagram, VERO and X.

As well as our Extra Milers, we’re also supported by our friends at Arthelper.ai who make marketing easier, helps more people find your work, and keeps your voice true—so you can get back to what you love most: making art. Enter PHOTOWALK at checkout to receive 30 days of the pro version free.

PLEASE HELP TO BUILD OUR COMMUNITY BY SHARING THIS EPISODE TO YOUR FAVOURITE SOCIAL PLATFORMS

LEARN:

MORE ABOUT names, words, THE MUSIC and places FROM TODAY’S SHOW

Join us on the Black Isle near Inverness, for the Scotland ‘26 retreat, staying on a working soft-fruit farm with Highland views. The retreat includes small creative workshops, from photogravure printing to sound and writing sessions, plus plenty of time to walk, talk and make photographs together.

Enjoy daily REFLECTIONS, Monday to Friday through you favourite podcast player apps: APPLE, SPOTIFY, AMAZON MUSIC, the show’s WEBSITE page, or by adding the RSS FEED to your podcast app of choice.

Christopher Herwig’s project on Soviet Bus Stops, plus his appearance on the Photowalk show, episode 422.

The work of Steve McCoy, Guardian photographer, mentioned within today’s interview with Craig Easton.

Formed in 2012, Document Scotland is a collective of four photographers working together to portray aspects of contemporary life in Scotland.

Jo Cox was a Labour MP for Batley and Spen, known for her work on humanitarian issues, refugees, and social justice, and for her belief that politics should be rooted in kindness, community, and standing up for others.

Sally Mann is an American photographer best known for long-term projects exploring family, memory, landscape, and mortality. Her work often uses large-format cameras and historic processes, and she is particularly associated with images made in the American South, including the series Immediate Family and Deep South.

Hill and Adamson photographed the Newhaven fishwives in the 1840s, creating some of the earliest socially grounded portraits in photography. Made using the calotype process, the images show working women with a directness and dignity that was rare for the time, and they remain an important record of labour, class, and early photographic practice.

Kelvin Brown’s flickr Photowalk inspired group - join by invite by clicking on to THIS LINK.

MUSIC LINKS: Roie Shpigler and Flint wrote today's playout song There’s a place for me. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist and also features in Michael Brennan’s Spotify playlist GoFoto. For Apple Music users, follow this playlist.