Street Focus 91: Photo Exhibit Special This week on Street Focus, my guest is Jeff Harrington, the director and curator of the Mpls Photo Center. We discuss my experience jurying my first international call for entry Meet Me Downtown as well as my solo exhibit Paris Je T’aime from idea to grand opening, and all the steps in between. The opening of Paris Je T’aime video: My amazing experience working with WHCC:   Meet Me Downtown Call for Entry opening video: Please note that we are...

Street Focus 90: The Buffalo That Could Not Dream with Felix von der Osten Please enjoy my conversation with German photographer Felix von der Osten who spent several weeks on a native american reservation and photographed daily life. Felix von der Osten (b. 1989) is a freelance documentary photographer and Drone Pilot from Germany. He is specially interested social and cultural issues documenting it with analog large- and medium- format photography, as well with the Wet Plate Collodion...

Street Focus 89: Q&A and Street Challenge This week on Street Focus, my guest co-host is Susan Rosenberg Jones. Together we answer questions about promoting your street photography, how to put together a portfolio and more. Special thanks to Rob Wareham, Yuri Rasin, Bud James and Michael Schmitt for submitting your questions. About my guest co-host, Susan Rosenberg Jones:  Susan Rosenberg Jones was born and raised in Boston, and moved to New York City in 1976. She holds a BS in...

Street Focus 88: Streets of the World – Bangkok with Rammy Narula Rammy Narula is a Bangkok-based photographer with a deep passion for travelling and exploring the streets. His work covers personal projects, portraits, and photography resulting from countless hours roaming the streets of the cities he visits. His most recent work, Platform 10, a project that was shot on a single platform at the Hua Lamphong Train Station in Bangkok, has been widely featured and is being made into a photobook...

Street Focus 87: Street Tips with Andreas Ott This week on Street Focus, German street photographer Andreas Ott gives us is top 10 street tips. Andreas Ott is a passionate street photographer based in Bonn and Cologne, Germany. He is a family father, works full time in IT and photographs mostly after work and during his daily routines. He specializes on urban geometry and surreal, funny scenes in everyday life. Andreas is a Street Photography Cologne Collective member and takes his...

Street Focus 86: One Hour With Peter Turnley My guest this week does not need an introduction. He has covered the world’s most important events for the past 30 years. His images have appeared on the covers of the most prestigious news magazines. Please enjoy an hour with Peter Turnley! Peter Turnley is renowned for his photography of the realities of the human condition. His photographs have been featured on the cover of Newsweek forty-three times and are published frequently in many of the...

Street Focus 85: Q&A and Street Challenge This week my guest co-host is my friend and former student Ken Lyons. We answer questions regarding photo workshops both from a student’s and instructor’s perspectives. The questions were sent to us by Shawn Brezny, Kimberley Britt Saros, Steve Brokaw and Alec Hosterman. Connect with Ken Lyons via his website. And the winners are… The last street challenge was Humor on the Streets. Ken picked a photograph by Jane Sheers   Valerie picked a...

Street Focus 84: Visual Stories with Patrick La Roque Please enjoy my conversation with Montreal based photographer Patrick La Roque. We discuss how his street photography has changed his commercial work, working with a collective and many other things! Patrick La Roque is a speaker, writer and professional photographer from Montreal, Canada. He is an official Fujifilm X-Photographer and founder of the KAGE COLLECTIVE, an international group specializing in visual storytelling and...

Street Focus 83: A Conversation With AP Photo Editor Richard Vogel This week I sit down with LA based AP photo editor Richard Vogel, we talk about his career and the many challenges photo journalists face today. Who is Richard Vogel? I currently work as a Photo Editor for the Associated Press in Los Angeles with over 30 years of experience in the photographic industry, I previously worked as a photographer for the AP based in Hanoi, covering news and features throughout Asia. I studied...

Street Focus 82: Street Tips with Matt Hart Today my guest is photographer Matt Hart. He shares his top 10 street tips with you in a really fun conversation. I hope you enjoy it! Matt Hart is a black and white Photographer based in Liverpool. He is an official  Fujifilm X Photographer; a Formatt Hitech featured Artist and the founder of The Fujiholics Social Media Group. Annual projects have helped Matt to focus on his personal development within the industry constantly challenging his own...

STREET FOCUS 81: Q&A AND STREET CHALLENGE In this episode of Street Focus, my guest co-host, Nicholas Goodden and I answer questions about the social media platforms we use and why, how to deal with coming back empty from a photo walk and more. Questions were sent to us by Jim Lee, Andrew Hyde and @Rockporttwentyseven. MY GUEST CO-HOST THIS WEEK: NICHOLAS GOODDEN Nicholas Goodden is a London based urban street photographer, founder of the “Street Photography London” blog and whose...

Street Focus 80: Meet Me Downtown ~ A Call For Entry Juried By Valerie Jardin I am honored to be the juror for a new Call for Entry titled Meet Me Downtown at the Minneapolis Photo Center this Spring. In this episode Jeff Harrington, the executive director at MPC, gives us information about calls for entry and tips on how to enter this one. I hope you enjoy the show! Show us your best street photography, captured in your own city or in a city you love. Read carefully the Call for Entry and...