Emulsions Podcast
Episodes
Stephen Shore Interview
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Shore talks to us about having integrity in your work and evolving as an artist, mastering a style and avoiding repeating yourself just for mo...
Mike Brodie
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Brodie talks to us about growing up in the BMX and punk scene leading to photography, capturing freight hopping culture and community on film, Po...
*BONUS* Blow-Up(1966) with Richard Kern
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Kern joins us as we discuss Antonioni’s “Blow-Up,” the photographer-as-rockstar, Carlo Di Palma’s cinematography, context and abstract...
*BONUS* La Collectionneuse(1967)
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with cinematographer, Sharif El-Neklawy, about Eric Rohmer's first movie in color, legendary cinematographer Nestor Almendros, Sharif bre...
Favorite Film Photographs
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as Hollis tells Stephen about his five favorite film photographs, what it reveals about a person when they share their favorites, the commonal...
*BONUS* What A Way To Go!(1964)
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kerin Rose Gold is our special guest as we talk about 1964's "What A Way To Go!" as well as technicolor cinematography, Edith Head&apos...
Developing At Home
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alfred Bradshaw returns to talk to us about developing film at home, the myths of developing color film, advice on what rules to follow and what rules...
*BONUS* Manhattan(1979)
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Goldberg joins us to talk about Woody Allen's Manhattan, black and white cinematography by Gordon Willis, long takes allowing actors to give...
Richard Kern
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Kern talks to us about his start in underground filmmaking, transitioning to still photography, growing up with a photojournalist father, long...
*BONUS* American Graffiti(1973)
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emilie Schwenk joins us to discuss American Graffiti, nostalgia and design, the career of George Lucas, vintage cars, nighttime exterior cinematograph...
Marie Tomanova
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Marie Tomanova about starting off in the Czech Republic, how painting led to photography, making art with the point and shoot camera, her e...
Maxime Imbert
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maxime Imbert joins us from France to discuss his journey with film photography, learning at Central St. Martins, creating unique portraits, having a ...
*BONUS* 8 1/2(1963) and All That Jazz(1979)
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luisa Opalesky is our special guest as we talk about how Federico Fellini's "8 1/2" and Bob Fosse's "All That Jazz" embo...
Jimi Franklin
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jimi Franklin talks to us about his journey with film photography, the benefits of art school, learning in the darkroom, editing through the contact s...
*BONUS* Juliet of the Spirits(1965)
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the cinematography in Federico Fellini's "Juliet of the Spirits" from 1965, why it's Hollis Monk Thayer's favor...
Amy Touchette
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Touchette joins us and talks about her journey as an artist, writer and professor in the photography world, looking at photography from a differen...
*BONUS* Belly(1998)
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about 1998's Belly, the amazing cinematography by Malik Hassan Sayeed, Hype Williams' music video aesthetic, giant gels and Kino Flo...
Kareem Black
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kareem Black stops by to talk about the days of shooting large format film for magazines, getting the best out of celebrity clients, thinking outside ...
Corey Jermaine
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Corey Jermaine joins us to talk about capturing stylish New Yorkers, living and working in Bushwick for seven years, solo exhibitions in the city, med...
Bob Greco
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bob. Greco talks to us about his artistic journey, his love of instant film, the secret to great concert photos, taking pictures of New Yorkers on ins...
Holly Lynton
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holly Lynton joins us from Massachusetts to talk about her journey as a photographer, how she chooses her cameras, lenses and film stock, making conce...
Viviana Almas
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Viviana Almas joins us from England to discuss her work shooting film for both still and motion picture projects, her visual influences, printmaking a...
Sharif El Neklawy
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cinematographer Sharif El Neklawy joins us to discuss all things motion picture film photography, lighting for different movie film stocks, how his ca...
Tim Barber Pt. II
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Barber returns to discuss the Tinyvices Archive 20th Anniversary Exhibition in New York, the positive feedback the show is getting, the process of...
Lucy Lumen
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy Lumen joins us from Australia for our 50th episode where we discuss how her location informs her work, shooting personal and commercial projects,...
Luisa Opalesky
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luisa Opalesky joins us to talk about her formative years making photographs, the influence of cinema on her work, the making of her new book, navigat...
Tim Barber
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Barber talks with us about growing up with film photography in his family life, being the Photo Editor for Vice Magazine, his diaristic personal w...
Negatives
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss all things pertaining to film negatives, storing and labeling them, scanning, pro labs and development, the burden of the physical space th...
Terry Richardson
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the controversial work of Terry Richardson, how he changed commercial photography, the allegations against him, point and shoot cameras for...
Stephen K. Schuster's City Kids Pt II
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen recaps his show that was 20 years in the making, talks about the fine art world and his DIY show, the legacy of City Kids on its young subject...
Ed Templeton
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Templeton talks to us about his artistic journey, how his paintings and photographs are connected, advice to young photographer’s making their fi...
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how Instagram has changed for the worse since Mark Zuckerberg and co took over, how it's an app the constrains photographers, other op...
Stephen K. Schuster's City Kids
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen talks about his film photography project that's been 18 years in the making, why scanning and printing choices make a big difference, fin...
Medium Format
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about the beauty of medium format photography, how the variety of cameras gives you more options for great images, graduating from 35mm to med...
Cinematography
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss cinematography, how much of the visuals the director of photography is really responsible for, our favorite color and black and white cinem...
The Tumblr Era
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We cover how tumblr and analog photography are connected, major photographers who had a profile, how the peak tumblr era had people seeing photography...
Roy DeCarava
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Roy DeCarava and his book with Langston Hughes, shooting in low light and embracing the shadows, why his mastery was overlooked, being ahea...
Oscar Diaz
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar Diaz joins us to talk about going out and shooting everyday in New York, searching for all things vintage, why technical expertise isn't ev...
Helmut Newton
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the career of Helmut Newton, his famous portraits, his personal work, editorial photography, how influential he became and more!
Annie Leibovitz
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the career of Annie Leibovitz and how she was responsible for the look of Rolling Stone in the early days, started to grow as an artist, mo...
Richard Avedon
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We cover the career of Richard Avedon and his photojournalism background, his innovations in fashion photography, creating his best work later in life...
Diane Arbus
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how Diane Arbus helped make photography an art form to be taken seriously, how her upbringing led to her photographing certain types of peo...
Ren Hang
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about Ren Hang and his striking images, using a point and shoot to create great art, his unique way of arranging groups of people within the f...
Patrick Sansone
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Sansone talks to us about his way of looking out at the world, starting off with Polaroid, his love of shooting slide film, meeting William Eg...
Peter Svarzbein
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Svarzbein talks to us about working at every level of photography, how art and public policy intersect, the El Paso trolley project, always putt...
Sara Messinger
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Messinger talks to us about storytelling through film photography, working with The New York Times, her long term project with teens in the city,...
Bruce Davidson
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Bruce Davidson’s documentary work on Brooklyn gangs in the 50s, the Civil Rights era, his famous New York subway project, using flash and...
Araki
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Nobuyoshi Araki’s prolific work, how he’s both internationally famous yet pigeonholed, censorship, his surprising versatility, obsessio...
Carrie Mae Weems
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the work of Carrie Mae Weems, the art of self portraiture, how her work relates to art history, why gear doesn't always matter, being ...
Daniel Arnold
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Arnold talks to us in-depth about his journey from blindness regarding film camera gear, capturing amazing photographs, thinking about light, p...
Adam Ryder
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Adam Ryder for a wide ranging conversation about his early photo practice as a teenager, NASA and film photography, government photo...
Martin Parr
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We explore Martin Parr's photography over the decades, his view of English society, Magnum photos, macro lenses, his sense of humor and more!
Ryan McGinley
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about Ryan McGinley's rapid rise to art world stardom, his signature style, impact on 2000's culture, personal work vs commercial, p...
Jacob Feingold
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Jacob Feingold about shooting film in the last few years, the compulsion of street photography, following the light, exploring different ty...
Kodachrome
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about what makes Kodachrome film so legendary, shooting slide film, projectors, how the right film can elevate a photographer, why Kodachrome ...
Don Alman
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Don Alman about his love and knowledge of film photography, his decades spent shooting film and working in film labs in New York, shooting ...
Helen Levitt
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Helen Levitt and her street photography, photos behind glass at an exhibit, chalk writings on New York streets, photographing children and ...
Gordon Parks
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about Gordon Parks and his legendary status as a photographer, his incredible versatility, photography and activism, experimenting with differ...
Polaroid Instant Film
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how Polaroid is usually an introduction to shooting film for young people, the surprising fine art projects that have used instant film, pr...
Maya June Mansour
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Maya June Mansour about shooting film at an early age, going on a healing journey through personal projects, supporting and building the ...
Joel Meyerowitz
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Joel Meyerowitz and how he quit his advertising job to pursue photography, had a knack for randomly encountering legendary photographers ea...
Stephen Shore
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how Stephen Shore was a photographic prodigy, meeting and working with Andy Warhol as a teenager, the Great American Roadtrip as a photogra...
Garry Winogrand
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the legendary Garry Winogrand and his style, influence on today's street photography, whether or not he's been pigeonholed, contr...
Commercial Film Photography
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the days of film photography being the standard in commercial work, when printed magazines were still everywhere, growing as an artist whil...
Steven Brahms
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Brahms joins us to talk about his book Dark Moon, impossible artifacts, photographic influences, editorial photography in the 2000s, series bas...
Angela Cappetta
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Angela Cappetta talks to us about modalities, street photography, The New Yorker, commercial photography, entrepreneurship and more!Music by Oui lele
Andy Warhol
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Andy Warhol's photography, polaroids, point and shoots, how his loneliness affected his work, whether or not he'd be shooting fil...
Color vs Black and White
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a discussion on the inherent prestige of black and white film, economics of shooting color film, the rare versatility of photographers mas...
Vivian Maier
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Vivian Maier's work, her intentions, what it means to be a "professional photographer" or not, mental illness and perfection...
Nasrah Omar
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nasrah Omar(@nasrahomarphoto) talks to us about portals, multitudes within, the tangibility of film, AI, the most photographed person of the 19th Cent...
Alfred Bradshaw
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by Alfred Bradshaw(@adbpark) to talk developing your own film, shooting Kodachrome, street photography, his grandfather photographin...
Why Film?
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With film prices soaring, we make the case for why shooting film is still important, medium format sometimes spoiling 35mm, half frame photography and...
Laurent Chevalier
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by guest Laurent B. Chevalier(@chevaliercreative) for a wide ranging discussion on black and white film, shooting 4X5, pre-visualizi...
William Eggleston
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode, Stephen K. Schuster and Hollis Monk Thayer discuss William Eggleston's vision, Deep South roots, his relationship to c...