FEATURING DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER toby binder

My guest, Toby Binder is a German photographer renowned for his socially engaged documentary work. He focuses on marginalized communities and global social issues, capturing the raw realities of life in conflict zones and economically deprived areas. His photographs tell stories of fragility, authenticity and vulnerability. How important is vulnerability, and can it actually be a photographer’s superpower?

From the mailbag as we walk together, Wallace Shackleton is on a motorbike with a camera, in howling wind and the kind of rain that makes you wish you’d stayed in bed that day, Bob Rose takes us to a lake in Nebraska at sundown, Corey Cooper shares a film about the why of this thing we do, Don Ridgway is in Ontario with William Shakespeare, Christopher Harrison shares his perspective on vulnerability and Susan Larsson is under a beautiful Northern Lights sky. Also, today, our street mentor Valérie Jardin returns with Visual Stories, and this month, she’s going to a state fair.

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

Sebastião Salgado is a Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. He has travelled in over 120 countries for his photographic projects.

Karin Majoka is a visual artist, photographer, and content creator based in Münster, Germany, with an academic background in psychology.

The Great Belt Bridge (Danish: Storebæltsbroen) or Great Belt fixed link (Danish: Storebæltsforbindelsen) is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great Belt strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen.

The Sandhill Crane is a large crane species in North America and extreme northeastern Siberia.

Casandra Brené Brown is an American professor, social worker, author, and podcast host. Brown is known for her work on shame, vulnerability, and leadership, and for her widely viewed 2010 TEDx talk.

MUSIC LINKS: Cayson Renshaw sang and wrote the playout song today I Know You. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist.

TOBY BINDER (FROM BELFAST: WEE MUCKERS)

FROM DUISBURG

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL

STUTTGART FOOTBALL PICTURES

VALÉRIE JARDIN

Valérie Jardin’s pictures from the Minnesota State Fair.

WALLACE SHACKLETON (POSTCARD)

Drying out in Denmark at Bläsinge Farm, having battled driving rain, brutal crosswinds and a 3AM campsite wedding party! See more of Wallace's work on his website and Flickr account.

SHUTTER SYNC

Kelvin Brown: I was on my way to Boston, Lincolnshire and due to heavy holiday traffic, I took a detour across the fen roads from Fosdyke to Kirton. So, it was ideal to stop and grab a shot for the show. I stopped alongside a field of maize, which, at this time of year is towering above the roadside as you can see.

Mike Miller: It rained all weekend, so while listening to the podcast on Saturday, I made this shallow depth of field image from our new front window.

Steve Anchor: I was listening today and enjoying hearing you interview my friend Patrick. At the shutter sync moment I was making a plum tart for supper, so with my phone that's what I photographed... not artistic, hardly important but a moment in time nonetheless!

Andrew Bosier: This photo was taken in my garden, it is of my new shed that I am going to fit out as a darkroom. It replaces the smaller one that was there.

Paul Friday: Oddly, the dog stopped right here just as you issued the command. This is a well-preserved Tudor barn, currently home to a flurry of bats.

David Higton: Taken at Brown's Lane park near using the 1998 camera on my phone, with a Lomography filter.

Kelly Mitchell: My shutter sync is on the bus on the way to Banff. Going out to the mountains for the day. It’s a bit rain and gloomy but going to the best of running away for the day.

Jan Erik Moström: Listening to my second show today, here is my "right now" photo. Out biking on my new bicycle, trying to train my behind to sit on the saddle without hurting.