Today, a holiday-special interview with the iconic fine art photographer Stephen Wilkes. Since opening his studio in New York City in 1983, he's built an unprecedented body of work and a reputation as one of America’s most iconic photographers, widely recognized for his fine art, editorial and commercial work. Stephen Wilkes talks candidly about being mentored by a photographic great, Jay Maisel, the most extraordinary and at times haunting project on Ellis Island, plus Day to Night, his most defining project, where epic cityscapes and landscapes, portrayed from a fixed camera angle for up to 30 hours, capture fleeting moments of humanity as light passes in front of his lens over the course of a full day. Stephen also sets a new assignment for the month of April.
Links to all guests and features will be on the showpage, my sincere thanks to MPB.com who sponsor this show and the Extra Milers without whom we wouldn't be walking each week.
WHY: A Sketchbook of Life is available here.
#260 Photowalk: Have a little fear in your work & other stories
#259 Photowalk: Leaving photography to LOVE IT once again
#258 Photowalk: Stumbling into a weapons establishment & URBEX with Abandoned Nordic
#257 If a tear escapes, it shows we're human: photographing with compassion
#256 Photowalk: Add sound to your pictures, Terakopian Pt.2 & other stories
#255 Photowalk: Find your photo MOJO & Edmond Terakopian Pt.1
#254 Photowalk: Let's make your book, a NEW show, Sean Tucker & other stories
#253 Shoot from the heart to connect and turn that bl**dy app off!
#252 Photowalk: Get your passion project on & other stories
#251 INSTAGRAM: Love, hate, need, want and and and...
#250 Photowalk: Stones, crop circles, hearing your pictures & other stories
#249 SUCCESS is not a pipe dream: Tim Wallace
#248 Photowalk: Instagram, vulnerability, confidence & other stories
#247 Finding photography again and peace in the landscape
#246 Swapping FIREFIGHTS for FIREFLIES: Jason P. Howe Pt.2
#245 Photowalk: Insect attack! Expeditions and other stories
#244 Colombian civil war; a photographic 'learning ground!'
#243 Photowalk: Photograph strangers you meet, camera bags & other stories
#242 Frostbite before you can load a film! Henrik Saxgren
#241 Photowalk: Build a photo business NOW & other stories
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