Magic Hour
Episodes
John Gossage
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The story behind LAMF: Three Days in Berlin, 1987—John Gossage’s elusive artist’s book, now reissued by Magic Hour Press Hosted on Acast. See ac...
Olivian Cha
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman gets together with archivist Olivian Cha to talk about her work with Corita's photographic archive at the Corita Art Centre in LA. Hos...
Roxana Marcoci
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman visits curator Roxana Marcoci at MoMA to talk about her most recent exhibition, a survey show of An-My Lê's work. Marcoci is the Davi...
S*an D. Henry-Smith
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Watch their film, Lunar New Year here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Giulia Zorzi
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Genesis Baez
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode of the year, Jordan Weitzman gets together with artist Genesis Baez for a generous conversation about her work and upcoming book w...
Rahim Fortune
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Rahim Fortune which took place at the New York Art Book Fair's Classroom program last month. Join host Jordan Weitzman as he talks...
Baldwin Lee
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Gary Schneider
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman visits artist and master printer Gary Schneider at his home on Long Island to talk about his innovative work in portraiture, his legen...
Matthew Leifheit
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A visit with Matt Leifheit at his Matte HQ storefront in Brooklyn to talk about his work as a photographer, publisher and editor. His first monograph,...
Linda Rosenkrantz
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Hujar's Day by Linda Rosenkrantz can be ordered at https://magichourphoto.org/books/peter-hujars-day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Terri Weifenbach
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman gets together with Terri Weifenbach at Jardins des Plantes, where she's photographed extensively since moving to Paris two years ago. ...
Billy Sullivan
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman gets together with painter and photographer Billy Sullivan at his loft on the Bowery, where he's been living for over 40 years.Jordan ...
Dayanita Singh
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman gets together with Dayanita Singh, whose work often blurs the lines between bookmaking and exhibiting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Stephen Koch
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman gets together with Stephen Koch for a special conversation about his work as an author, teacher and executor of the Peter Hujar Estate...
Shala Miller
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It was a little strange getting together with Shala Miller in the same space we’d met in less than a year ago. It was Farah Al Qasimi’s opening at...
Anne Turyn
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman gets together with Anne Turyn to talk about Top Stories, the avant-garde periodical she published between 1978-1991. Hosted on Acast. ...
Moyra Davey
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While preparing to interview Moyra Davey, I started to really try and figure out what it is that I love so much about her work.Is it that she is able ...
Michael Marcelle
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I have an interesting relationship to Mike Marcelle’s work. On the one hand, I totally get it, but on the other, i so don’t relate to where it com...
Mary Manning
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On an unusually mild winter evening this past February, I got together with Mary Manning at her apartment in NYC. She is the author of Blueprint and F...
Drew Sawyer
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just before the world went into Covid-19 lockdown, I got together with Drew Sawyer at his apartment in the Bedstuy. He’s the photo Curator at t...
Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the chair next to me sat a worn out copy of Toni Morrisson’s Beloved, a favorite which Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. told me he’s read at least thre...
Vince Aletti
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vince Aletti has been writing and reporting on culture for over 50 years. He was the first person to write about disco for Rolling Stone in the early ...
Carmen Winant
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Just last weekend, a piece of Carmen’s - a portrait in multiple images of Toni Morrisson was featured on the last cover of the New York Times Magazi...
Allen Frame
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman sits down with photographer Allen Frame at his home and talk about everything from his early days in Boston with Nan Goldin and David ...
Patrice Aphrodite Helmar
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I remember the first time I met Patrice Aphrodite Helmar. It was around this time in 2017, and a friend asked if I wanted to go and check out the Back...
Matt Grubb
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Grubb is sitting in his car in the parking lot outside his favourite movie theatre in Queens, sipping a Diet Coke. As we're coordinating a time t...
Bruno Ceschel
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2010, with a feeling that the traditional publishing industry was not going to last, Bruno Ceschel founded Self Publish Be Happy, an initiative to ...
Episode 32 | Paul Mpagi Sepuya
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I went to go visit Paul Mpagi Sepuya on a cool day this past winter at his studio in the Boyle Heights area of LA. In one room, test prints, book mock...
Jeff Burton
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It seems to me like the more dramatic the subject matter a photographer takes on, the more difficult their job becomes. When what is in front of the c...
Jo Ann Callis
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jo Ann Callis’ photographs have such an uncanny strangeness to them. They often feel like they could be stills out of a David Lynch film, but she wa...
Mark McKnight
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There is so much soul in Mark McKnight's dark, complex, psychological photographs, whether he's photographing the bodies of men he’s attracted to, s...
Marcelo Gabriel Yanez
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I first heard of Marcelo Yanez through a mutual friend, Bryson Rand, when he took out this tabloid format publication called Newspaper to show me. In ...
Susan Meiselas
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I got to Susan Meiselas’ Mott street studio a few minutes early and one of her assistants let me in to set up my gear. As I was waiting for her to a...
Mary Frey
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the past two years, Mary Frey put out two new books - Reading Raymond Carver and Real Life Dramas. The first is made up of black and white work and...
Rory Mulligan
22 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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Jack Woody
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I think I first came across Jack Woody’s name after buying a Duane Michals called Album years ago. I remember thinking that it was so elegant, so be...
Farah Al Qasimi
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, I went to visit Farah Al Qasimi at her home and studio in Williamsburg. After talking with her, I thought about her space and how both her...
Hugh Edwards
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1972, more than a decade after I had taken up photography in earnest, I returned to Hyde Park to visit with Hugh Edwards. By then Edwards had retir...
Danny Lyon
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lyon is a living legend in photography. Born in 1942 to a Russian-Jewish mother and German-Jewish father, he grew up in Kew Gardens, Queens and ...
John Edmonds
15 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A friend recently told me that John Edmonds pictures of african American men in Do-Rags were the first photo's that had the power to completely change...
Rosalind Fox Solomon
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It was a true honour to meet with Rosalind Fox Solomon, just a few days shy of her 88th birthday. It’s often noted how she came to photography later...
Erin Jane Nelson
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For the past little while, Atlanta based artist Erin Jane Nelson has been travelling to barrier islands, monuments and sites relating to climate chang...
Gus Powell
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with Gus Powell at his studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Powell is the author of two monographs, The Compan...
Siobhán Bohnacker
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman goes behind the scenes with Siobhán Bohnacker, senior photo editor at the New Yorker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Elle Pérez
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"How do you make a good portrait of someone?" Jordan Weitzman asks Elle Perez. "You love them." Listen to their conversation to hear about their work ...
Ian Lewandowski
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Lewandowski gets together with Jordan Weitzman in Montreal to talk about his work steeped portraiture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Episode 13 | Teju Cole
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrated author, critic and photographer talks to Jordan Weitzman about his work as a critic, writing On Photogrpahy for the New York Times, and his...
Mark Steinmetz
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman visits Mark Steinmetz at his home in Athens, Georgia to talk about his work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...
Bryson Rand
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman sits down with photographer Bryson Rand at his home in Bushwick in to talk about his work Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Justine Kurland
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Justine Kurland talks about her new book with Aperture, Highway Kind, comprised of pictures that she took while making cross country road trip with he...
Susan Lipper
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman sits down with Susan Lipper to talk about her books Grapevine, Trip, and her forthcoming, Domesticated Lands, with Mack Books Hosted o...
Alec Soth
28 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Alec Soth recently had a revelation that has been changing how he's thinking about both his work and life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Tim Davis
07 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Weitzman meets Tim Davis at his studio in Tivoli, NY to discuss his practice as a photographer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Gregory Halpern
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Halpern talks with Jordan Weitzman about his development as a photographer and the thinking behind his work and his new book, ZZYZX Hosted on ...
John Gossage
28 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with photographer John Gossage at his home in Washington DC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
David Alan Harvey
19 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey at his beachside home in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Host...
Jason Fulford
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with photographer, author and publisher Jason Fulford at his home and studio in Scranton, PA. Hosted on Aca...
Melissa Catanese & Ed Panar
06 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Pittsburgh based photographers Melissa Catanese & Ed Panar sit down with Jordan Weitzman at Spaces Corners, their bookstore and g...
Duane Michals
15 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, photographer Duane Michals talks to Jordan about his early days as he grew into photography and the distinct style he developed over ...
Magic Hour Teaser
08 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Conversations on photography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.