#380 PHOTOWALK: DAY TRIPS TO HELL & THE RIVER OF LIFE
The great passport to life; your camera. Today travel stories from three photographers; Giles Penfound whose photo projects made in and about concentration camps changed his entire approach to making documentary pictures when an army photographer, Marissa Roth on an emotional pilgrimage to Tibet and ocean passages across the Atlantic, plus Duncan Ferguson visits a mountain range in Nepal. We also talk to international music photographer Nathan Reinds about Eurovision, and there are letters about the power of music in storytelling, and how photography changed one listener's life completely. We release the full itinerary for Africa '24 and invite you to take part in the new assignment for May; a packed show!
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REFERENCES AND GALLERIES FROM TODAY’S SHOW
Peak Design’s Camera Clip; “Take your camera out of Capture and put it directly into your ARCA-type tripod with the included standard plate quick-release plate.”
Africa ‘24, our expedition to The Gambia, the itinerary is now available HERE.
Mark Baigent’s albums in Flickr.
Snowdonia, Eryri National Park, in Wales.
Aash Jabari’s Instagram, this week’s Shooting the Breeze guest on the Extra Mile show.
Kevin Kelly, the portrait feature of next week’s show (episode 381).
Reed Pittman, the musician featured today, as the playout artist.
GILES PENFOUND
Photographs made by Giles Penfound (c) referenced within the show today.
MARISSA ROTH
Photographs from the projects discussed with Marissa Roth (c). Above two images: The Crossing 53 (Rainbow) Westbound - Somewhere on the North Atlantic Ocean May 2019, The Crossing 61 (Rothko) Eastbound - Somewhere on the North Atlantic Ocean August 2016. Below a Praying pilgrim walks though a chapel in Ganden Monastery, Tibet September 2010.
DUNCAN FERGUSON
Three pictures from the first of our guests featured on this edition, Duncan Ferguson’s photo (c) and walking trip to Nepal.
NATHAN REINDS
Photographs from Nathan Reinds, (c) including photographs from the coffee table book featuring his pictures from the Rotterdam hosted Eurovision Song Contest.
ALLIN SORENSON
Allin’s photographs of Gunskirschen Lager, a sub-camp of Mauthausen that his father helped liberate in 1945.
NEALE JAMES
Sketchbook images from today’s walk.
VIDEO LIBRARY
The following videos/subjects are referenced within today’s show.
From our conversation about ‘altitude sickness’.
Music referenced by Allin Sorenson in today’s show.
An extended conversation with Giles Penfound.
Duncan Ferguson referenced landing in Nepal, widely regarded as one of the most dangerous airports in the world to land at.
Andy Fairweather Low’s hit, referenced in the introduction to today’s show.
