EP32 - A Conversation with Wolf Suschitzky
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EP32 – Wolf Suschitzky Show Notes In this episode, I sit down with Wolf Suschitzky, legendary photographer and cinematographer. We met at his home in Little Venice, London, where we talked about his incredible career, spanning over 70 years in both photography and film. Born in Vienna in 1912, Wolf fled Austria in 1934 as the political climate worsened for Jews. Settling in London, he quickly established himself as a cinematographer and photographer. Over his career, he worked on over 200 films, including Get Carter, Ulysses, Ring of Bright Water, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, and the film...
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EP31 - A conversation with Sir Don McCullin
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Tate Britain Exhibition (2019): Hauser & Wirth’s ‘The Stillness of Life’ (2020): Palazzo Esposizioni Roma Exhibition (2024): Final Thoughts Speaking with Don McCullin was a rare privilege. His images have shaped history, and his voice—both as a photographer and as a man—remains one of the most important in the field. If you’re moved by this conversation, take some time to explore his work, visit an exhibition, or pick up one of his books. As always, let me know what you think. If you’re listening on YouTube, drop a comment. If you’re listening on a podcast app, leave...
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EP30 - The Flow Photographica Relaunch Monologue with Alex Schneideman
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Flow Photographica - Episode 30: INTRO TO FLOW PHOTOGRAPHIC Episode Overview In this episode of Flow Photographica, host Alex Schneideman reintroduces the podcast with a fresh vision, tracing his journey through photography—from childhood awe in a darkroom to founding Flow Photographic Gallery, becoming Artistic Director of Photo Oxford and the development of the Pictures from the Garden project. Alex reflects on: The early days of Photographica and its rebirth as Flow Photographica A transformative moment in a darkroom that sparked a lifelong passion for photography His journey through...
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EP29 - PHOTOMUSE on Ian Berry and The English
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This episode and Photomuse is on the importance of the work of Magnum's longest serving photographer, Ian Berry and, in particular, his 1978 book, The English.
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EP28 - Conversation with Loupe Magazine Editor and photographer, Luke Archer
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Luke Archer is the editor of Loupe Magazine, a printed photography zine which "showcases outstanding images and engaging projects" and is distributed free through various stockists of which Flow Photographic is proudly one. I was fascinated to understand how such a high quality and free magazine could come into being in a world dominated by commercialism and the cult of celebrity. Here is a magazine that offers a quiet discourse on photography in a way that is missing from many of the mainstream offerings in print and online. Luke goes into his background and generously offers up factors...
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EP27 - Conversation with Professor Greg Currie (republish edited)
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This conversation between me, Alex Schneideman, and Professor Greg Currie is a discussion about the edges of reality and how that concerns photography and image making. Greg Currie is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Research at York University. The conversation was inspired by another podcast (Philosophy Bites) in which Greg talked about the nature of film, addressing questions about perception and time in relation to the movies. I was thrilled that Greg agreed to the recording. I write about ideas and the philosophy of photography every month in B+W Photography Magazine so it was a...
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EP26 - Conversation with Jonathan Teplitzky, director of Railwayman and Churchill
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This episode is a conversation between me, Alex Schneideman, and Jonathan Teplitzky, the director of many movies including, Better than Sex, Gettin' Square, Burning Man, The Railway Man and 2017 released Churchill. His TV work includes Broadchurch, Marcello and the upcoming Shakspeare series, Will. Jonathan has directed actors including Timothy Spall, Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Brian Cox, Olivia Coleman and David Tennant. We discuss how a love of photography led Teplitzky to make movies. Our discussions are wide ranging and involve quite a lot of swearing. Jonathan is Australian but has lived...
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EP25 - On the Decisive Moment - An audio essay from B+W PHOTOGRAPHY MAG
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This episode takes offers a new view of the relevance of the so-called 'decisive moment' to contemporary photography. Ever since Henri Cartier Bresson coined the term to mean that there is moment when all things come together to capture the essence of a particular situation photographers have been drawn, like moths to a naked bulb, to the beauty of the images that HCB printed as proof of his assertion. Documentary (or street) photography has come a long way since then and in this episode I seek to update the 'master' famous epithet, drawing us away from that light and on to...
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EP24 - PHOTOMUSE 5 - Trump, Brexit and Money for Art, Cambrian Explosion, The Value of Joy and a New Way to Exhibit
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In this new Photomuse I walk down Portobello ruminating on the issues of the day; I talk about The unsettling effect of Trump The risk to the area world in Britain's exit from Europe The Cambrian explosion of photographic practise Against pigeonholing The importance of joy to the creation of art A new way to exhibit photography designed to affect the viewer viscerally Please get in touch with alex at or @schneideman331 on twitter. Please forgive occasionally poor delivery - I've got a lot on my mind... Thanks for listening...
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EP23 - On Perfectionism, a critique - An audio essay from B+W PHOTOGRAPHY MAG
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This episode is a recording of my piece for Black+White Photography Magazine issue 194 This piece is all about the over emphasis on the benefits of perfection in photography. Photography is a medium that lends itself to perfectionism - ever better options and technology mean that aberrations and imperfections will be 'optional' in the not so distant future. But what effect does this have on the medium's ability to convey the kernel of our humanity? Do ever sharper pictures with perfectly rendered tones lead us to a sense of truth or away from that and into a...
info_outlineTHIS IS AN EDITED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL PODCAST - MUCH REDUCED IN LENGTH BY CUTTING OUT ALL THE EXTRANEOUS CONTENT. NOW ITS JUST THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION...
On July 8th 2016 I travelled to Oxford to meet Paddy Summerfield in the house he has lived in since he was 18 months old and, more particularly, the house that served as backdrop to his 2014 masterpiece 'Mother and Father' (published by Dewi Lewis).
Paddy and his partner Patricia Baker-Cassidy live in an Edwardian villa in Oxford's Summertown where they work together to bring a lifetime of photography to the surface.
This year Dewi Lewis has published another collection of Paddy's work, 'The Oxford Pictures 1968-1978' which are a languorous and sexually charged examination of loneliness and self discovery. Paddy has always shot on 35mm and the images in this book are exquisitely reproduced from scans and printed at the legendary EBS printers in Italy which were also the printers of my book, 'Want More' in 2015.
This conversation is easily the longest I have published but it is necessarily so because Paddy is engaging on the subject of photography and candid when he talks about life in general. He is a true photographer in that his life is defined by the images he makes. His energy and ambition to keep publishing his extensive work comes from a desire to represent his world and not, as is often the case, from the ego.
Please take time to listen to the piece; listen to it win tranches if necessary, as it really is worth the effort.
Alex Schneideman July 2016
All images © Alex Schneideman, 2016
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