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Jennifer Wu is a fine-art landscape photographer who has been displayed at juried art exhibits as well as several galleries including the View Point Gallery, Camera Arts, Darkroom Gallery and Appel Gallery. Though she makes a full-time living as an accountant, she makes the time to create wonderful images that are striking for their use of light and color. You can discover her work by visiting her website.

She also teaches courses on landscape photography through Better Photo.

Jennifer Wu recommends the work of Sebastiao Salgado.

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Martin Trailer is a photographer who specialize in meeting the needs of advertising and corporate clients. His portraiture, studio and personal work are all touched with a very personal sensibility not the least of which is a wonderful sense of humor. You can see more of his work by visiting his website.

His personal work includes a series on vintage trailers and the people for whom these classic vehicles are a passion.

Martin Trailer recommends the work of Jay Maisel.

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William Neill, a resident of the Yosemite National Park area since 1977, is a landscape photographer concerned with conveying the deep, spiritual beauty he sees and feels in Nature. Neill's award-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, calendars, posters, and he has a regular column which appears in Outdoor Photographer magazine. He is also a teacher and is currently offering a course in Portfolio Development through BetterPhoto.com. He is a member of Canon USA’s elite Explorers Of Light.

You can explore more of Bill's work by visiting his website.

William Neill recommends the work of Ernst Haas.

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Welcome to episode two of the Photocast Network Roundtable. This week Jeff Curto (Camera Position), John Arnold (Photo Walkthrough), Chris Marquardt (Tips from the Top Floor) and Ibarionex Perello (The Candid Frame) discuss the importance of printing, lens selection, metering & exposure and self assignments.

I'll be out of town on business this week. A new regular episode of The Candid Frame will be available on the weekend of February 10th.

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Brooks Jensen is a photographer, podcaster and the publisher of Lenswork Magazine. As well as producing one of the best photographic magazines available today, his essays and commentary on photography provide great insight into not only photography, but also the underlying desire and need to create.

Lenswork comes in both a printed edition and an expanded edition available on CD. His regular podcast can be listened by subscribing through iTunes or visiting the website. To view his personal work, please visit his website.

Brooks Jensen recommends the work of Larry Wiese.

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My interview on BetterPhoto.com Radio will be found here on and after January 26. Here is a link to my blog which I mentioned on this episode.

Pete Turner is a master photographer whose use of color has influenced generations of photographers. From his work in New York and Africa through to his legendary jazz album covers, Turner's images are both classic and iconic.

Turner's work has been published in some of the world's most famous magazines including Life, Look, Esquire and Sports Illustrated. He recently had a retrospective exhibition of his work at the George Eastman House. You can see more of his images by visiting his website.

Pete Turner recommends the work of Jay Maisel.

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Book Recommendation: - The Color of Jazz - Pete Turner

John Siskin is a fine art photographer who often works with macro, portraiture and architectural images. He has taught photography for more than twenty years. He is currently teaching several photographic lighting courses and a framing class at BetterPhoto. He also teaches black and white photography at Los Angeles Mission College. His studio is in Reseda California and more of his work can be seen at www.siskinphoto.com.

His work has been part of many exhibits. His photographs have been shown at the Brand Library, 2nd City Art Gallery, Harold’s Gallery, Farmani Gallery, and The Atelier. He has been a participant in the Valley Studio Tour several times. His currently teaching several course on lighting through

John Siskin recommends the work of Edward Weston.

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Book Recommendation: On Photography by Susan Sontag

Joe Farace is a prolific photographer and writer. As well as his passion for automobiles, he has published over 28 books and 1600 magazine articles. He is currently a regular contributor to Shutterbug Magazine. You can find more of his work by visiting his website.

Joe Farace recommends the work of Peter Gowland.

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Book Recommendation: Getting Started with Digital Imaging: Tips, Tools and Techniques for Photographers.

Jim Herrington is a portrait photographer whose black and white portraits not only capture exceptional images of his subjects, but also infuses them with a sense of place and story. Much like the musicians he photographs, he welcomes the spontaneous and the unexpected to his work bringing a unique and personal magic to his shots. You can discover more of Jim's work by visiting his website.

Jim Herrington recommends the work of Lee Friedlander.

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Book Recommendation: Friedlander: Museum of Modern Art.

Peter Read Miller is a sports photographer with over thirty years of experience. 20 of those years have been as a staff photographer for Sports Illustrated. He photographed 30 Super Bowls, 7 Olympics and a host of other major sports events. He is also a Kingston Memory's Icon of Photography and a Canon Explorer of Light. You can explore his work by visiting his website.

Peter Read Miller recommends the work of Michael Zagaris.

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Book Recommendation: Sports Illustrated: Hot Shots: 21st Century Sports Photography.

Karl W. Hoffman is self taught professional photographer who has worked as a freelance photojournalist whose photos have been picked up by the national wire service. Karl has also done graphic design and commercial photography, crime scene photography, special assignment aerial intelligence photography for the military and documentary work for a museum. His work is primarily contemporary fine art black and white with emphasis on meaningful translations of people, industrial structure and the street. His long term documentary project, Living on the Border, focusing on a small border community in Southern Arizona. You can see more of his work by visiting his website where you can purchase a copy of his DVD on the project.

Karl W. Hoffman recommends the work of Silke Mildenberger.

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Book Recommendation: Many Voices: Documentary Photography by Virginia Allyn.

Joel Grey is the award-winning actor who has had a stellar career both on stage and screen. However, for the last thirty years he has also been an avid photographer who has published two books of photography including his latest, Looking Hard at Unexamined Things. He has an eye for making striking and beautiful images of the very subjects that most of us walk or drive by every day. With the passion of an enthusiast, he has created a fascinating collection of images. You can explore more of his images by visiting his website.

Joel Grey recommends the work of Andy Goldsworthy.

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Book Recommendation: Looking Hard at Unexamined Things by Joel Grey.

Craig Tanner is an amazing photographer, educator and founding member of the Radiant Vista, a group that provides photographic workshops and seminars as well as one of the best photo-related websites available today. As well as having created a career in the world of advertising and corporate photography, his personal work exemplifies how the use of color and gesture can bring out the special qualities of a person, place or moment. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website or by visiting his Light Diary. To discover more about the podcasts, video tutorials and workshops visit the Radiant Vista .

Craig Tanner recommends the work of David Muench and Sebastiao Salgado

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Book Recommendation: End of Polio by Sebastiao Salgado.

Michael Wood worked as an award winning commercial photographer in Toronto for 18 years. In 1979, while becoming increasingly frustrated with the manipulation of perception involved in conventional photography, Michael began to combine his photographic training, meditation experience and the Dharma Art Teachings of Chögyam Trungpa. He now teaches a Miksang photographic workshop which embodies these principles. You can view some of his images by visiting this website.

Michael Wood recommends the work of Julie DuBose.

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Book Recommendation: The Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing by Philippe L. Gross & S.I. Shapiro.

Christine Hauber is a portrait photographer who for three years traveled the country documenting the working men and women of America. The images that make up Working in the USA is a selection of amazing portraits of craftsman and tradesman that reflect a side of American culture that is slowly disappearing. Her work is an important document of today's America as well as beautiful photography. To view more of her work including her infra-red landscapes please visit her website.

Christine Hauber recommends the work of Allison Overton.

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Book Recommendation: Working in the USA by Christine Hauber

Emilio Banuelos is a freelance documentary photographer based in San Francisco. After graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism. Emilio’s documentary work about religious rituals in Mexico earned him a fellowship from the Poynter Institute, an award from the College Photographer of the Year competition, and the Marty Forscher Fellowship for Humanistic Photography. He is also the editor of the online photography magazine, Black Boots Ink. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website.

Emilio Banuelos recommends the work of Danny Lyon.

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Book Recommendation: The Bikeriders by Danny Lyons.

Dennis Keeley is an photographer, artist and educator who is currently the chair of the photography & imaging department at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His photographic work has included hundred of CD covers for jazz, hip-hop and rock performers. His fine art projects have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums. He is the Western Regional Co Chair of the Society for Photographic Education. You can view his images by visiting his website.

Dennis Keeley recommends the work of Mark Klett.

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Book Recommendation: Early Twentieth Century Hand-painted Photography by Michael Ivankovich.

Alison Overton is a fine-art photographer who blends the qualities of photography and painting in her moody, gothic landscapes. Using cameras as simple as the toy-like Holga and transparent oils, she transforms her photographs into something more than a document of a scene.

A native of North Carolina , she was been awarded Regional Artists Project Grants for 2000-2001 and 2003-2004 from the North Carolina Arts Council. Her work has been exhibited in New York City, Colorado, West Virginia, South Carolina, Virginia and in over 75 exhibits in North Carolina. You can discover her work by visiting her website.

Alison recommends the work of Alan Dehmer.

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Book Recommendation: Early Twentieth Century Hand-painted Photography by Michael Ivankovich.

Matthew Gregory Hollis is a Chicago-based photographer whose images explore the territory of sexuality, race and masculinity. His images are both beautiful and striking, while at the same time challenging assumptions of race and sex. Whether creating black and white or color photographs, Matthew is a photographer who isn't shy about using his personal experiences to inspire his imagery. You can find more of his work by visiting his website.

Matthew Gregory Hollis recommends the work of Duanne Michals.

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Book Recommendation:Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis.

Dulce Pinzon is a young Mexican artist living in the US, whose "The Real Stories of the Superheroes" is a series of portraits of latino immigrants in the guises of famous Mexican and American superheroes. The striking portraits have drawn much attention for their unusual take on the issue of the role of immigrants in today's society with a bite of satire.

Her work has been published and exhibited in Mexico, the US, Australia, Argentina and Europe. Dulce is a 2006 fellow in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
You can view her work by visiting her website.

Dulce Pinzon recommends the work of Loretta Lux.

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Book Recommendation: Tina Modotti & Edward Weston: The Mexico Years
by Sarah Lowe

Sean Arbabi is a commercial photographer specializing in adventure, lifestyle, nature, & travel - for advertising, corporate, & editorial clients. He has had freelance & contracted assignments with over 250 publications and 125 companies worldwide.

Credits include American Express, Backpacker, California Division of Tourism, The Daily Telegraph, Endless Vacation, Fuji Film USA, GEO Germany, Inside Sport-Australia, JC Penny, Microsoft, National Geographic Adventure & Traveler, The New York Times, Newsweek, Nikon Inc., The North Face, Outside, Random House, REI, Runner's World, Sports Illustrated, Timex, Via magazine, & Woodbridge wines. Sean has shot over 200 assignments for Sunset, & authored numerous feature articles displaying his photography.

A native Californian, his family moved to Iran in 1972, & after living in Tehran for four years, returned to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1976 where Sean makes his home todaywith his wife and two cutie-patutie daughters.

You can see more of his work by visiting his website.

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Sean Arbabi recommends the work of James Nachtwey.

Book Recommendation: Inferno by James Nachtwey.

Brenda Tharp specializes in location, nature and travel photography. She has llama-trekked, sea-kayaked, flown in helicopters and hot-air balloons, cycled, and hiked to get her photographs. Those images have appeared on the pages of Adventure West, Alaska Airlines, Audubon, Discovery, Forbes, Navigator, Sierra, Sunset and Travel Holiday magazines, along with many others. Her images have also been published in books by Chronicle, Michelin, National Geographic, Sierra Club, and others.

She photographed the award-winning books Muir Woods: Redwood Refuge, and Marin Headlands: Portals of Time, (GGNPA). She wrote and photographed the book Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography (Amphoto 2003). Her commercial clients include those in the educational and travel markets, along with book publishers, corporations, design and advertising agencies. You can see more of her work by visiting her website.

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Brenda Tharp recommends the work of Sam Abell.

Book Recommendation: Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography by Brenda Tharp.

Due to some unexpected technical difficulties, I am offering, not an interview, by a short rant of where I am today in my photographic career. Once I have resolved the tech problems, I'm experiencing, I hope to be back with our normal schedule of interviews with some of the world's best photographers.

Here is a link to the new website and to on-going blog.

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Book Recommendation: Art & Fear by David Bayles & Ted Orland

Kim Komenich is currently a staff photographer at the San Francisco Chronicle where he has worked since 1982. He is also a co-founder of the San Francisco Exposure Gallery, a non-profit venue for issue-based documentary photography that opened in March of 2003. He received the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Philippine revolution, the World Press Photo award for news picture stories and the SPJ distinguished service award.

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Kim Komenich recommends the work of Josef Koudelka.

Book Recommendation: Koudelka by Robert Delpire.

Rob Sheppard is currently the editor-at-large for Outdoor Photographer Magazine where he has a regular column. For 12 years he was involved not only in the production of OP, but also PC Photo, Digital Photo Pro and HD Video Pro Magazines. He is also author of numerous books on nature photography and digital photography and teaches photographic workshops throughout the country. You can discover more about Rob by visiting his website.

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Rob Sheppard recommends the work of Jack Dykinga

Book Recommendation: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for Digital Photographers Only by Rob Sheppard.

Everard Williams is an excellent photographer and educator whose photography and illustrations have been published in dozens of national publications. His portraits and conceptual images are distinctive and are infused with a true passion for photography. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website.

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Everard Williams recommends the work of Dan Winters.

Book Recommendation: Irving Penn: A Career in Photography by Irving Penn.

Tony Di Zinno has worked in over 43 countries and on six different continents, this Los Angeles based photographer is as comfortable on Hollywood studio back lots as he is on the foothills of the Himalaya. Tony assisted a milieu of Hollywood’s A-list of celebrity shooters before transitioning into the ‘athlete meets aesthete’ genre with the likes of Nike and Adidas.

Tony's reputation was built as a specialist in niches as diverse as Adventure Racing in Patagonia to F1 cars in Monaco. When not on location, this former Men's Journal Adventure Team shooter spends time doting on his all-star baseball nephews and teaching at his old alma mater, the Art Center College of Design. You can discover more about Tony by visiting this website.

Tony Di Zinno recommends the work of Paul Henri Cahier.

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Book Recommendation: Grand Prix Racers: Portraits of Speed by by Xavier Chimits (Author), Bernard Cahier (Photographer), Paul-Henri Cahier (Photographer).

Erin Manning discovered photography at age seven when she received an instamatic camera and found a book of photographs, The Family of Man. A fascination with images of people in that book and her own family photographs helped lead her to a successful career as a portrait and commercial photographer. As well as being a great photographer, she is also an author and the host of DIY Network's The Whole Picture, a television show focusing on making better photographs. You can discover more about Erin and her work by visiting her website.

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Erin Manning recommends the work of Lorne Resnick.

Book Recommendation: Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop by Erin Manning

Freeman Patterson is a the epitome of what is sometimes referred to as a "photographer's photographer". His many years as a photographer and a teacher has influenced and inspired generations of photographers all over the world. The insight he brings into the craft of photography is both generous and eye-awakening.

Although Freeman does much of his photographic work at home, he travels widely to photograph and to teach. Since 1973 he has frequently presented half-day and all-day seminars to large groups (50 to 4000 persons) in the visual arts, music, education, and ecology across Canada, the United States, and in other countries. You can discover more about his work and workshops by visiting his website.

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Freeman Patterson recommends the work of Shinzo Maeda.

Book Recommendation: Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography by Freeman Patterson

Jay Kinghorn is an Adobe Photoshop Certified Expert, Olympus Visionary photographer and full-time digital workflow consultant and trainer. He specializes in helping corporations use their photos efficiently and effectively by streamlining workflow processes and improving employee’s skills using Adobe Photoshop. Jay is co-author of Perfect Digital Photography and author of two Photoshop training DVDs, Photoshop CS3 New Feature Training and Beginning Photoshop for Digital Photographers. You can discover more about his work by visiting his website.

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Jay Kinghorn recommends the work of Edward Burtynsky.

Book Recommendation: Perfect Digital Photography by Jay Dickman and Jay Kinghorn.

Toky is an editorial and fashion photographer who was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. Toky discovered photography by accident due to a graphic design job he was doing. After enrolling in his first photography class, he became a dark room addict and his career path changed instantaneously. Four years later Toky has shot dozens of editorials, magazine and album covers and fashion advertising campaigns. He currently lives and works in the Los Angeles, CA. Also a musician Toky plays the piano, the violin, the saxophone and is a trained singer. He is 30 years old. You can discover more of his work by visiting his website.

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Toky recommends the work of Amber Gress.

Book Recommendation: The World's Top Photographers: Portraits: And the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images (World's Top Photographers)">The World's Top Photographers: Portraits: And the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images (World's Top Photographers). by Fergus Greer

I was called to New York City about a week and a half ago for a family emergency, which has yet to resolve itself. One of the ways that I keep my sanity is to talk long walks in the morning and make lot of photographs. I love photographing in this city because I don't need my car and I walk for miles with so much to see and inspire me to make photographs.

I've been hunting the light, rather than specific subject and amazing things have been revealed to be as a result. This scene is one of them. The shaft of early morning light in mid-town is a beauty to see. Because of the tall building throughout mid-tone, you have to keep an eye out for such shaft of light as well as reflected light off the surface of the buildings themselves. Otherwise, everything is in shade, which involves a very different kind of image.

John Sullivan is the senior photographer for the Huntington Library and Garden in San Marino, California. He and his team are responsible for producing images of the library's extensive holdings which include collections of books, art work and photography. Using the latest in digital technology, he and his staff help ensure that the work of artist and technicians is made available to today's and tomorrow generation of researchers, historians and the general public. You can discover some of the work by he and his staff at the Huntington website.

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John Sullivan recommends the work of David Douglas Duncan.

Book Recommendation: Desert Plants - A Curator’s Introduction to the Huntington Desert Garden by Gary Lyons.

James K. W. Atherton was a veteran news photographer in Washington D.C. for over 40 years. For 20 years, he was a staffer for the wires at United Press International, covering every U. S. President from Truman to Nixon as well as the major events of the day, such as the McCarthy hearings, the 1963 March on Washington, JFK’s funeral, and the first seven space shots. Few world leaders escaped his lens. In 1970 he became a staff photographer and picture editor at The Washington Post. Following his award-winning photo coverage of the Watergate hearings, he continued to cover Capitol Hill through the Iran-Contra hearings. He retired in 1990, but continues to make himself available to students and teachers in photojournalism. Always striving for “something a little different,” each Atherton photo offers an editorial comment on the meaning of an action, the character behind the face, the story behind the story.

James Atherton recommends the work of Frank Cancellare.

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Book Recommendation: 150 Years of Photo Journalism by Nick Yapp.

Marco Antonio Torres a professional filmmaker, educator and photographer who uses these digital storytelling skills as a powerful tool for personal expression and social change.

Marco has been recognized locally and internationally for his accomplishments in the classroom, creative program building, administering complex budgets, and for the use of technology to empower minority students. He was recruited to serve as a board member for the George Lucas Educational Foundation--a foundation created by filmmaker George Lucas to promote digital technology, change, community, and learning everywhere. Marco also is an Apple Distinguished Educator-- a program, sponsored by Apple that recognizes innovators in today's classrooms. You can discover more of his many activities by visiting his website and view his images on his Flickr Gallery.

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Book Recommendation: Mexican Suite : A History of Photography in Mexico