Process Driven 42: Brooke Shaden
Brooke Shaden is one of a select few artists who manages to consistently create work that is so visceral and resonates so deeply that it makes me want to step into the picture so I can inhabit that world, even…
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Process Driven 41: Ben Horne
I think Ben Horne and I first talked about recording together in 2018, not long after I was introduced to his work. But as John Lennon famously said, “Life is what happens when you’re making other plans” and for…
Process Driven 40: Marc Wilson
While I’ve never really done one myself — not intentionally anyway — I am fascinated by long-term creative projects. I find the whole idea of intentionally and purposefully immersing yourself in something you know is going to take years to…
Process Driven 39: Elliot Walker & Bethany Wood
In the middle of 2019, Netflix launched a show called Blown Away, which is a competition show for glass artists. The promos looked terrific and I think Adrianne and I were hooked from pretty much the first episode. We binged…
Process Driven 38: Jack Lowe [Part Two]
In Process Driven 37, I had part one of this two-part conversation with Documentarist, Jack Lowe. And while you don’t need to have listened to part one to enjoy this conversation, I invite you to go back and listen to…
Process Driven 37: Jack Lowe [Part One]
At the beginning of the year, I released an episode called Setting the Intention for 2021, and one of the things I talked about was how I wanted to make some changes to my shows, both in who I approach…
Setting the Intention for 2021
Like many of you, I could not be happier to finally be rid of the raging dumpster fire that was 2020. I know the next year will be anything but easy, but I am cautiously optimistic that 2021 will be…
Process Driven 36: Gregory Crewdson
There are only a handful of photographers whose work is instantly recognizable and fewer still who have become a genre unto themselves. I was first introduced to the pictures of Gregory Crewdson through a body of work called Beneath the…
Process Driven 35: Maria Lax
I don’t remember how it came up but I was talking to Sean Tucker a while back and we ended up talking about different photographers that we had found recently and he asked me whether I’d seen the work…
Process Driven 34: Shane Balkowitsch
There’s something about wet plate photography that I can’t get out of my head. Maybe it’s the process, maybe it’s the unpredictable nature of it – Sally Mann calls it “the angel of uncertainty.” Or maybe it’s the permanence of…
Process Driven 33: Lisa Pressman
As much as I love working with acrylics in my paintings, because many of them are literally dozens of layers of pigment, collage, found objects, and thick layers of acrylic medium, it can take weeks to finish a single…
Process Driven 32: Karl Taylor
“Light is almost like some sort of magical quantity that I get to work with — and I’m fascinated by it.” This might be one of the most process-driven episodes of Process Driven yet. I’ve known Karl Taylor for more…
Process Driven 31: Ryan Struck
“The best way to be in the moment behind the camera is to be in the moment in life.” When I saw the work of photographer Ryan Struck, particularly his surf and lifestyle photography, I knew I wanted to talk…
Process Driven 30: John Keatley
“So much goes into it and I’m finding even for myself the stuff I’m learning or the stuff that’s changing who I am isn’t necessarily reflected visually in the final image.” One of the first photographers I reached out to…
Process Driven 29: Olga Karlovac
“We are all unique in the way we see things — the worst thing is to copy. The best thing is to be who you are.” As I sat down to write the intro to this episode of Process Driven,…
Process Driven 28: Alexander Rosenberg
“I used to think art with a capital ‘A’ had to be about these big ideas. I started finding work that was really playful and finding that quality in myself.” Have you ever sat down to watch something on Netflix…
Process Driven 27: Richard Beaven
“With each of the studies we’ve talked about, I’ve had to have the motivation, the passion, the interest, the fascination with the subject and I’ve needed to go out and make those photographs.” My introduction to the work of Richard…
Process Driven 26: Kevin Mullins
“I want to love taking pictures of whatever it is. It’s making something interesting out of everyday objects that intrigues me.” Kevin Mullins never planned on being a wedding photographer – or any kind of photographer really. His daily routine…
Process Driven 25: Ondřej Vachek
“Those villagers living on the front line — that’s the part that got me the most. Those people have nowhere else to go.” I have been fascinated by photojournalism and specifically combat or conflict photojournalism since first seeing the work…
Process Driven 24: David duChemin
“It’s not where you go that really is the point, it’s the going. It’s the person you become in the going to these places.” This is going to be a terrific season of Process Driven and I’m starting it off…
Process Driven 23: Jude Gerard Prest
“I did small roles in big films and big roles in small films, but I was working constantly for the first six years and then, you know, the bottom kind of dropped out.” Jude Gerard Prest is an actor, a…
Process Driven 22: Kristopher Matheson
Kristopher Matheson is a photographer living in Tokyo after leaving Canada for a teaching position that was only supposed to last six months to a year. Twelve years later, he’s still there and has made Tokyo his home, at least…
Process Driven 21: Gareth Lewis
There’s a saying in photography that goes “pretty light plus a pretty subject equals a pretty picture.” And if you believe that, then you might be tempted to form an opinion about who Gareth Lewis is based solely on the…
Process Driven 20: Joshua K Jackson
Joshua K Jackson is a terrific street photographer from London. On paper he’s relatively new to the genre, but his already stunning body of work is every bit as compelling as those by some of his photographic heroes. Though Josh…
Process Driven 19: Simon Baxter
Simon Baxter is a fantastic landscape photographer from the north of England who I was introduced to by Sean Tucker. There’s something about Simon’s photographs that goes beyond light and composition and draws the viewer into the scene, rather than…
Process Driven 18: Kent Hall
Kent Hall is tough to categorize. On one hand he’s a photographer who makes books. On the other, he’s a collage artist who makes books. But he’s also a poet—and yes, a poet who makes books. His fascination with the…
Process Driven 17: Oli Kellett
One of the biggest struggles as a maker, regardless of what it is that you’re making, can be finding meaning in what you make. Whether you’re a painter, or a sculptor, or a writer, or a photographer, finding meaning in…
Process Driven 16: Nick Mayo
Nick Mayo is a terrific street photographer from Grand Rapids, Michigan who is using YouTube and Instagram to build a platform centered around serving the photographic community and having an ongoing dialog discussing the challenges of making and sharing authentic…
Process Driven 15: Freddy Clark
Trying to make a living as a professional photographer is hard, really hard. You might get into it thinking that all you’re going to do is take pictures, but it doesn’t take long to realize that time with a camera…
Process Driven 14: Maarten Rots
Dutch street photographer Maarten Rots makes the kind of pictures that the graphic designer in me can’t get enough of. His purposeful compositions are made up of strong lines, bold colors, and subtle overlapping textures with just enough visual ambiguity…