FEATURING PHOTOJOURNALIST STEPHEN DUPONT

Stephen Dupont is an Australian photographer recognised around the world for his concerned photography on the human condition, war and climate, earning him dozens of prizes including the W. Eugene Smith Grant, and a Robert Capa Gold Medal Citation. Today he talks honestly about books, the why of photography, life, death and the camera.

Also on the show, remembering and respecting, taking a pilgrimage of quiet in France and Belgium along the Western Front of WWI, getting sentimental about the pips, and postcards from Toronto, plus the countdown has begun for the last week of entries to this month’s assignment from iconic American photographer Stephen Wilkes.

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

Good Reads short review of Don McCullin’s book Unreasonable Behaviour, spoken about during my conversation with Stephen Dupont.

Garry Winogrand was an American street photographer, known for his portrayal of U.S. life and its social issues.

Josef Koudelka is a Czech-French photographer. He is a member of Magnum Photos.

Robert Frank was a Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker.

William Klein was an American-born French photographer and filmmaker noted for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography.

Roger Hutchings is an award-winning British documentary photographer who studied at Newport School of Art in Wales mentored by the Magnum photographer David Hurn, who featured in episode 410.

Tom Stoddart was a British photojournalist. He covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Lebanese Civil War, the siege of Sarajevo and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Russell Shakespeare is a documentary and commercial photographer based on the Gold Coast, Australia. His work has been published in many national magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times and in books by, among others, The Magnum Foundation and Australian Geographic.

Christopher Parsons’ Glass gallery with photographs from his street photography travels.

MUSIC LINKS: CTRL-S sang and wrote the playout song today Made of Stars. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist.