FEATURING PHILOSOPHICAL YOUTUBER SEAN TUCKER

Imagine a five-pointed star. Now, attach a word to each point and think of them as the core principles or values associated with how and why you create or make photographs. Today as we walk together on the Photowalk show, the philosophical YouTuber Sean Tucker discusses five that I have chosen, and we ask you to consider your own during this exercise of creative self-discovery.

It's also an expanded letters show today: the special nature of the pictures we make of strangers, collaborations, the wonderful opportunity when exhibiting your work, photographs on the side of a mountain and documenting where you live as a legacy.

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

As part of our discussion about ‘overthinking,’ Sean describes the writing process he took when piecing together his book, Meaning in the Making.

On the subject of simplicity, Sean mentioned a book called Blue Light Jazz.

Fan Ho was a Chinese photographer, film director, and actor. From 1956, he won over 280 awards from international exhibitions and competitions worldwide for his photography.

Ray Metzker is widely regarded as one of the great masters of American photography. His work is characterised by composites, multiple exposures, solarization, the superimposition of negatives, and the juxtaposition of images.

Trent Parke is an Australian photographer who has won numerous national and international awards including four World Press Photo awards. His photographs are held in numerous public and private collections.

Specialising in street photography, Joshua K. Jackson is based in London.

Possible book/album publishers for the Studdel project discussed on the show: Folio Albums, SIM Imaging, Blurb and Gelato.

MUSIC LINKS: Duce Williams in collaboration with Ian Post sang and wrote the playout song today Seeking the Stars. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist.