FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER MIRANDA REMINGTON

We pass roadside memorials every day. A cross, a handful of fading flowers, a photograph weathered by the sun. Most of us glance at them for a moment before driving on. Photographer Miranda Remington did something different. She stopped. What began as a simple act of curiosity became a deeply personal project, introducing her to families who continue to care for these places of remembrance and sharing the stories behind them. In this conversation, we explore photography's unique ability to preserve memory, the trust required to tell someone else's story, and why some acts of love don't end with goodbye. It's a remarkable reminder that every memorial marks not just a loss, but a life that continues to be remembered.

Plus, in the mailbag, Adam Flack and Mark Mackay reveal their dream portrait photographers, though one choice may require a time machine. Dan Langer finds himself inadvertently ruffling military feathers, Gordon Oliver shares a rabbit hole that completely hijacked my evening and Mark Christensen thinks he has the perfect collective noun for a group (or gaggle) of photographers.

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Join us in Venice for the Venice ‘26 retreat, photographing a city built on water, light, and ritual as winter settles across the lagoon. Together we’ll wander through early-morning markets, quiet canal edges, hidden monasteries, and the weathered backstreets of Castello and Cannaregio, with time to slow down, take photographs, and build creative confidence in a city that reveals itself gently when the crowds disappear. Places limited.

Rose Frank(1864–1954) was one of New Zealand's pioneering professional photographers. She began her career at the Tyree Studio in Nelson before buying the business herself in 1914, running it for more than three decades. Her greatest legacy is a remarkable archive of around 200,000 glass-plate negatives, which provide an extraordinary visual record of the people, landscapes and everyday life of the Nelson region in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Gregory Heisler is one of the world's most respected portrait photographers, best known for creating more than 70 cover portraits for TIME magazine.

Rankin is a British photographer best known for his bold celebrity portraits and fashion photography. He co-founded Dazed & Confused magazine in 1991 and has photographed everyone from David Bowie and Kate Moss to Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III.

Platon is a British portrait photographer whose powerful black-and-white portraits have appeared on the covers of TIME, The New Yorker and many other publications. Best known for photographing world leaders, he has increasingly turned his lens towards human rights campaigners and people whose stories might otherwise go unheard.

YouTubers mentioned with the show today by Mark Mackay: Sean Tucker, Daniel Norton, and Gavin Hoey.

The Heart of the Photograph by David DuChemin.

Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023) was a Magnum photographer whose black-and-white photographs celebrated the humour, warmth and unexpected moments of everyday life.

Gianni Berengo Gardin (1930–2025) was one of Italy's greatest documentary photographers, known for his honest black-and-white photographs of everyday life.

Ernst Haas (1921–1986) was an Austrian-born photographer and a pioneer of colour photography. A member and later president of Magnum Photos, he became known for his richly coloured, often impressionistic images that showed movement, light and everyday life in ways that changed how many people thought about colour photography.

Saul Leiter (1923–2013) was an American photographer and painter whose beautifully understated colour photographs helped change attitudes towards colour photography. Best known for his intimate images of New York, he found beauty in rain-soaked windows, reflections and everyday moments that others simply walked past.

Vivian Maier (1926–2009) was an American street photographer whose extraordinary body of work remained virtually unknown during her lifetime. Working as a nanny in Chicago, she made more than 100,000 photographs, capturing everyday life with remarkable empathy and observation.

Arnold Newman (1918–2006) was an American photographer best known for pioneering the environmental portrait, photographing people in places that revealed something about their lives and work.

Ewen Bell is an Australian travel and documentary photographer, writer and educator whose work has taken him to more than 90 countries. He is known for combining striking landscape photography with human stories, and for leading photography workshops that encourage photographers to slow down, connect with people and tell richer visual stories.

Merlin Daleman is a British-Dutch documentary photographer whose long-term projects explore the lives of communities often overlooked.

Norman McCloskey is an Irish landscape photographer whose work is deeply rooted in the landscapes of County Kerry and Ireland's south-west.

Yasuhiro Ogawa is a Japanese photographer whose work is known for its quiet, contemplative approach to landscape and travel. His long-term projects often explore Japan's natural and cultural heritage, creating atmospheric images that encourage viewers to slow down and look more carefully at the world around them.

Hendrik Kerstens is a Dutch portrait photographer best known for his striking portraits of his daughter, Paula, inspired by the light and composition of the Dutch Masters. Using everyday objects as headwear, his photographs blend classical painting with contemporary photography in a way that is both timeless and unmistakably modern.

Carnival of Resistance is the book released by Wayne Crichlow, featured on last week’s episode.

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MUSIC LINKS: Sun Way Street wrote today's playout song Bluebird. 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.

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