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Street Photography Magazine Podcast

Street Photography Magazine Podcast

Street Photography Magazine Podcast 240 episodes Nov 6, 2026

The Street Photography Magazine Podcast is the audio companion to Street Photography Magazine, the official journal of street and documentary photography. It features conversations and insights for photographers interested in street and documentary work. Episodes explore techniques, stories, and the people behind the images. It is aimed at both emerging and experienced photographers.

Episodes

Mark Seymour: Stories are Everything
Mark Seymour: Stories are Everything Nov 6, 2026 1:04:53 Watch on YouTube Mark Seymour has been taking photographs for almost as long as he can remember. In fact, one of his earliest photographic memories involves a Box Brownie camera, his younger brother, and a rather important missing ingredient: film. As a small child, Mark apparently carried that camera everywhere, happily clicking away and winding it on, despite the fact that there was nothin
Mark J. Davidson: The Joy of Making Photographs (Even When They Don’t Work Out)
Mark J. Davidson: The Joy of Making Photographs (Even When They Don’t Work Out) Oct 23, 2026 1:10:07 Watch on YouTube One of the things I appreciate most about interviewing photographers is getting to hear what motivates them to keep going. Everyone has their own reasons for picking up a camera. That’s what makes it interesting. Melbourne-based street photographer Mark J. Davidson, has his own reasons for shooting, and personally I found it pretty inspiring to hear. If you look at Mark&#8217
The Long Game: Ryan Faer on Learning Street Photography
The Long Game: Ryan Faer on Learning Street Photography Oct 9, 2026 54:39 Watch on YouTube Ryan Faer spends his working days studying human performance. As a sports scientist for the Cleveland Guardians, he helps athletes develop, improve and reach their potential. Outside of baseball, however, he’s found another pursuit that has become just as important to him: street photography. In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine Podcast, Bob Patterson sit
Nathaniel Paolinelli: Lowriders, Zines & the Places Photography Takes You
Nathaniel Paolinelli: Lowriders, Zines & the Places Photography Takes You Sep 25, 2026 48:31 Watch on YouTube Photographer Nathaniel Paolinelli has a knack for ending up in interesting places. He’s photographed lowrider culture in his hometown of Albuquerque and halfway around the world in Thailand. He’s spent time with cowboys, bikers and people living along the U.S.-Mexico border. He’s been welcomed into homes for family holidays, photographed a motorcycle club funeral and, somewhere
Andrew Baer on Discovering His Father’s Lost Photo Archive
Andrew Baer on Discovering His Father’s Lost Photo Archive Sep 11, 2026 55:08 What happens when you discover thousands of photographs your father made decades ago, including images you never knew existed? In this episode, Ashley Riffo and Bob Patterson talk with Andrew Baer about the remarkable story behind the work of his father, photographer John Baer. Andrew shares how four boxes of prints and negatives sat with him for 27 years before he and his wife, Megan, began uncov
Photographing Resistance: Wayne Campbell and Wayne Crichlow on Carnival of Resistance
Photographing Resistance: Wayne Campbell and Wayne Crichlow on Carnival of Resistance Aug 28, 2026 53:14 Photographers Wayne Campbell and Wayne Crichlow join Bob Patterson and Ashley Riffo to talk about their new collaborative photo book, Carnival of Resistance, documenting the culture, history, joy and defiance of London's Notting Hill Carnival.
John Rosenmiller on Cuba, Self-Editing and Becoming a Better Photographer
John Rosenmiller on Cuba, Self-Editing and Becoming a Better Photographer Aug 14, 2026 1:15:22 John Rosenmiller didn't set out to become a photographer. In fact, it wasn't until later in life that he realized something was missing: he'd done a lot of things, but he'd never done anything purely creative. Photography changed that. And Cuba gave him a place to explore it. In this conversation, John joins Street Photography Magazine's Bob Patterson and Ashley Riffo to talk about the many trips
James Choi: What Street Photographers Can Learn from an Independent Filmmaker
James Choi: What Street Photographers Can Learn from an Independent Filmmaker Jul 31, 2026 57:10 What can street photographers learn from an independent filmmaker? Quite a lot, it turns out. In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine Podcast, we sit down with filmmaker and professor James Choi, whose recent return to South Korea after nearly five decades inspired both a feature film and a striking body of street photography. Discovered through Trope Publishing, James brings a unique p
Kantaya New on Balancing Street & Conceptual Photography
Kantaya New on Balancing Street & Conceptual Photography Jul 17, 2026 45:58 Watch on YouTube This month’s podcast guest might surprise you. Most street photographers thrive on unpredictability. They head out with a camera, trust their instincts, and let the world unfold in front of them. Kantaya New does that. She also spends days, sometimes weeks, carefully planning conceptual photographs where every element is intentional. On paper, those two approaches couldn&
Sandra Cattaneo Adorno: You Have More Potential Than You Think
Sandra Cattaneo Adorno: You Have More Potential Than You Think Jul 10, 2026 35:51 When Sandra Catanio Adorno picked up a camera for the first time, she was 60 years old. She had no photography background, no formal training, and by her own admission, took "horrible" photographs at first. But a workshop with Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb sparked something that would completely reshape the way she experienced the world. Today, Sandra is an internationally recognized street ph
The Making of a Photo Book Course
The Making of a Photo Book Course Jul 3, 2026 40:45 Creating a photo book taught us far more than we ever expected. Creating a course about it taught us even more. In this episode, Bob Patterson interviews Street Photography Magazine publisher Ashley Riffo about the making of our new self-publishing photo book course. We talk about why the course exists, some of the challenges of book making & course making, the lessons we learned from publishing "
Three Cities, Three Perspectives, One Creative Collaboration
Three Cities, Three Perspectives, One Creative Collaboration Jun 19, 2026 50:45 In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine Podcast, Bob Patterson and Ashley Riffo sit down with the photographers behind Three Cities Photography: Christer Björkman (Sweden), Jane Dee (Scotland), and Kitty de Jong (Netherlands). They told us how what started as a conversation during a Peter Turnley workshop in Paris grew into a years-long creative collaboration spanning books, zines, news

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