Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton
Episodes
Cengiz Yar on the destruction of the Iraqi city of Mosul and his first book, This Alabaster Grave
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This Alabaster Grave is Cengiz Yar’s first monograph exploring the overwhelming destruction and pain faced by the Iraqi city of Mosul, within the co...
FRAME/SEQUENCE | On Motherhood - Keavy Handley-Byrne, Maurene Cooper, & Lily Colman
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 2025 Lily Colman took on the initiative to start her own publishing non-profit, FRAME/SEQUENCE, through fiscal sponsorship with CultureWorks of Phi...
Lily Colman | She, Archivist
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lily Colman speaks about her show, She, Archivist, at the JKC Gallery and her new periodical, Frame/Sequence.She, Archivist is a project about womanho...
Leonard Marcus | Picture Books
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Leonard Marcus joins us to talk about his show Click! Photographers Make Picture Books at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.Visionary photogra...
Ivan McClellan | Eight Seconds
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
'Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture', the first book by Ivan McClellan, offers an inside look at Black cowboy culture across the United States...
Marshall To | Blank Notes
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Marshall To is a multidisciplinary artist focusing on photography, painting and illustrations. He grew up uniquely in a Taoist family in a small town ...
Kai McBride | Off Grid
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kai McBride is a photographer, teacher, musician, and maker who recently uprooted from Brooklyn to sunny Santa Fe, New Mexico. He spent ten years teac...
Disparate Projects: Lisa Beard | Micah McCoy | Vann Thomas Powell
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vann Thomas Powell, Lisa Beard, and Micah McCoy remotely joined Michael Chovan-Dalton and Dani Paglione at the JKC Gallery at Mercer County College to...
Amani Willett | Invisible Sun
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amani Willett is a Boston-based photographer whose practice is driven by conceptual ideas surrounding family, history, memory, and the social environm...
Anika Burgess | Flashes of Brilliance
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anika Burgess | Flashes of Brilliance, The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History WW Norton & Co Anika Burge...
2025 Chico Review Attendees #8
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The eighth and final installment of attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories ...
2025 Chico Review Attendees #7
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The seventh installment of attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incr...
Ave Pildas | Star Struck
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ave Pildas worked early in his career as a photo stringer for Downbeat Magazine in the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvan...
2025 Chico Review Attendees
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sixth installment of attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incred...
2025 Chico Review Attendees
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The fifth installment of attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incred...
Nat Ward | Ditch
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nat Ward lives in Queens, NY. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Parrish Ar...
Siri Kaur | Sistermoon
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and Educator, Siri Kaur, joins me to discuss her new monograph, Sistermoon published by Void. Artist Siri Kaur has been photographing her...
2025 Chico Review Attendees
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible revie...
2025 Chico Review Attendees
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible revie...
Alejandro Cartagena | Ground Rules
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alejandro Cartagena | Ground Rules Photographer, publisher, and curator Alejandro Cartagena joined me at the 2025 Chico Review. We talk about the many...
2025 Chico Review Attendees
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible revie...
Daniel Arnold | 2025 Chico Review Series
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Daniel Arnold joined me at the 2025 Chico Review. We discussed how photography became a compulsion and a means of connection, transformin...
2025 Chico Review Attendees
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here are some of the recordings I made in 2025 for my second year at the Chico Review with the wonderful attendees who come to Chico to share their wo...
Brad Zellar | Till the Wheels Fall Off
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Zellar | Till the Wheels Fall Off Author, editor, and photo collaborator Brad Zellar joined me at the 2025 Chico Review to talk about his life as...
Agnieszka Sosnowska | Bryan Schutmaat | FÖR
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Agnieszka Sosnowska | Bryan Schutmaat | FÖR Bryan Schutmaat and Agnieszka Sosnowska join me today to talk about the process of publishing Agnieszka’...
Tabitha Barnard | Jake Benzinger | Dead Trees Speak to Me
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jake Benzinger (Wych Elm) and Tabitha Barnard join me to officially launch my series on publishers and authors where I explore the relationship that b...
Daniel Power | Yolanda Cuomo | Larry Fink: Hands On / A Passionate Life of Looking
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Power of PowerHouse Books and Yolanda Cuomo of Yolanda Cuomo Design join me for my 200th episode to talk about their famed collaborations inclu...
Shen Wei | A Season Particular
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Shen Wei joins me to talk about his book, A Season Particular (TBW Books). We talk about Shen's mixing of body and flora as representative of h...
Reuben Radding | Heavenly Arms
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reuben Radding | Heavenly Arms Photographer and educator, Reuben Radding, joins me to talk about his book, Heavenly Arms (Red Hook Editions). We cover...
2024 Chico Review Attendees
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here are the final recordings I made at the 2024 Chico Review with the wonderful attendees who come to Chico to share their work and their stories wit...
2024 Chico Review Attendees
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here are some of the recordings I made at the 2024 Chico Review with the wonderful attendees who come to Chico to share their work and their stories w...
JF Bouchard | The New Cubans
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is photographer JF Bouchard. JF and I talk about his book, The New Cubans (powerHouse Books) and how he became aware of and how he appr...
2024 Chico Review Attendees
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here are some of the recordings I made at the 2024 Chico Review with the wonderful attendees who come to Chico to share their work and their stories w...
Lydia Panas | The Mark of Abel
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Visual Artist and educator, Lydia Panas and I have a wonderful conversation about her work including her books, Falling from Grace (self published), T...
Abelardo Morell | Reinventing Photography
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abelardo Morell joins me to talk about his storied career and incredible passion for photography and art history. We talk about Flowers for Lisa, publ...
2024 Chico Review Attendees
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here are some of the recordings I made at the 2024 Chico Review with the wonderful attendees who come to Chico to share their work and their stories w...
Clint Woodside | True North
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, publisher, designer, and coffee roaster, Clint Woodside joined me at the 2024 Chico Review to talk about Deadbeat Club Press and his o...
2024 Chico Review Attendees
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here are some of the recordings I made at the 2024 Chico Review with the wonderful attendees who come to Chico to share their work and their stories w...
Mark Alice Durant | Summer of the White Fox
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I visited Mark Alice Durant at his home in Maryland to talk about his book, Summer of the White Fox, and After, published by Saint Lucy Books. We talk...
Tim Carpenter | Little
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Carpenter and I met up at the 2024 Chico Review to talk about his latest book Little, published by The Ice Plant. We talk about how Little is th...
Greg Gulbransen | Say Less
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and Pediatrician, Greg Gulbransen joins me to talk about his book, Say Less, published by Gost Books. Greg and I talk about how facing ...
Shana Lopes | SFMOMA
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shana Lopes, PhD, Assistant Curator of Photography at SFMOMA, joins me to talk about how being a curator perfectly combined her love of photography an...
Harlan Bozeman | Elaine
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and educator, Harlan Bozeman and I recorded at Penumbra Foundation at the end of his residency there. Harlan is a 2024 Catchlight Global ...
Allie Haeusslein | Pier 24
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, Curator, and Director of Pier 24 Photography in San Francisco, Allie Haeusslein, joined me at the 2024 Chico Review and we discussed how writi...
Tom Griggs | A Creature Obeys
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, writer, and educator, Tom Griggs, and I met at AIPAD to talk about his book, A Creature Obeys a Creature That Wants, published by Mesaes...
Ben Brody | Attention Servicemember
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing with my recordings at the 2024 Chico Review, Ben Brody joins me to talk about his two books, Attention Servicemember and 300m both publishe...
Linda Troeller | Sex. Death. Transcendence
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Troeller joins me to talk about her book, SEX. DEATH. TRANSCENDENCE., published by TBW. Linda has a storied life in photography from her early s...
Raymond Meeks | Inhabitants
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As part of an ongoing series recorded at the 2024 Chico Review, I recorded with photographer Raymond Meeks to discuss his latest book, The Inhabitants...
Michael Joseph | Lost & Found
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Return guest, Michael Joseph, talks about his new book, Lost & Found, published by Kehrer Verlag. You may already know the work from the Travelers...
David De Lira | Exactly What You Run From
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David De Lira (he/they) is a queer, BIPOC, lens-based artist and educator born and raised in northern Mexico. He is currently based in Schenectady &am...
Louis Chavez | New Intimacies
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, Louis Chavez and I have a conversation about New Intimacies, Louis’ photographic study of gay cruising. It is inspired by Peter Hujar’...
Mikko Takkunen | Hong Kong
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and New York Times Photo Editor, Mikko Takkunen, joins me today to talk about his upcoming book, Hong Kong, published by Kehrer Verlag wi...
Jesse Lenz | The Seraphim
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, founder of Charcoal Book Club and Press, and the Chico Review, Jesse Lenz, is my guest today. We talk about his upcoming book, The Serap...
Erin Hoyt | Filter Photo
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Hoyt is the Director of Operations at Filter Photo, owns and operates a successful wedding photography studio, and is a cotemporary photography c...
Dan Bassini | I Still Feel It
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and former student, Dan Bassini and Michael talk about how Dan has been cutting his own path in photography through sheer will and the us...
Lara Shipley | Desire Lines
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and educator, Lara Shipley talks about her book, Desire Lines, published by Overlapse. Desire Lines combines imagery and text, both cont...
Umberto N. Nicoletti | ASYLUM
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, director, designer, and composer, Umberto Nicoletti talks about his first monograph, Asylum, published by Rizzoli New York. Umberto uses...
Nigel Baldacchino | ASYMPTOTE
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Baldaccino is a multi-media artist and architect based in Malta. Michael and Nigel talk about his interest in architecture and how it influences...
Emma Hardy | Permissions
10 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Emma Hardy and Michael talk about her first monograph, Permissions, published by Gost. Emma talks about recognizing how inauthentic famil...
Stephen Hilger | In the Alley
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael visits with photographer and educator, Stephen Hilger at his studio in Brooklyn to talk about his upcoming book, In the Alley, published by Pu...
Igor Posner | Cargó
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and Red Hook Editions partner, Igor Posner joins Michael for a discussion about his book, Cargó, published by Red Hook Editions. Igor is...
Rafael Vilela | CatchLight | Forest Ruins
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, co-founder of Media NINJA, and CatchLight Fellow, Rafael Vilela talks to Michael about some of his amazing visual stories from Brazil. R...
Anastasia Samoylova | CatchLight Summit | FloodZone
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, Anastasia Samoylova joins Michael to talk about the 2023 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit: The Change We Want to See. This year’s...
Shae Detar | Another World
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mixed-Media Artist, Shae Detar and Michael talk about her debut monograph, Another World published by Skeleton Key Press. They take a deep dive into S...
Alexandra Huddleston | Traces of Time
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Huddleston is a photographer, writer, and walking artist. Michael and Alexandra talk about her latest book, Traces of Time, walking the Jard...
Val Dagrain | Trenton to New Orleans
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode features a former student of Michael’s, Val Dagrain who is finding his way in the film and tv industry after leaving Trenton, New ...
Eric Kunsman | Felicific Calculus
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, RIT Professor, and owner of Booksmart Studio, Eric Kunsman talks about his ongoing multi-faceted and social activist project, Felicific ...
Anne Immelé | Jardins du Riesthal
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and curator, Anne Immelé and Michael have a fascinating coversation about curating shows that take into account both sight and sound. We...
Vanessa Winship | SNOW
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton, Michael and photographer, Vanessa Winship, have a wonderful conversation about two bodi...
Jennifer Cabral | Rio/Mine
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Cabral is an artist and Library Collection Photographer. Jennifer took part in a group show at the JKC Gallery, curated by me and Ryann Casey...
Ara Oshagan | How The World Might Be
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ara Oshagan joined Michael in the JKC Gallery to talk about his work and his book, displaced, published by Kehrer Verlag. Ara is a descendant of famil...
Pradip Malde | From Where Loss Comes
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pradip Malde joined Michael Chovan-Dalton and Ryann Casey for a live show at the JKC Gallery to talk about his book, From Where Loss Comes, published ...
Photo Show Live with Wendy Ewald
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship awardee Wendy Ewald virtually visits with Michael Chovan-Dalton to talk about Wendy’s books, The Devil is Leavin...
Photo Show Live with Collette Fournier
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
https://youtu.be/ee3QoKxI7Nw -------- This episode with Collette Fournier can only be released as a video because Collette presented her life's work w...
Photo Show Live Update
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Notes Just a quick update about shows coming in September at the JKC Gallery.
Riley Goodman | From Yonder Wooded Hill
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Riley Goodman and Michael Chovan-Dalton talk about Riley’s first monograph, From Yonder Wooded Hill published by Fall Line Press. YouTube link for ...
Rich-Joseph Facun | Photo Show Live
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rich-Joseph and Michael Chovan-Dalton talk about how he accidentally became a photographer and his two new books, Black Diamonds pub by Fall Line Pre...
Lois Conner | Flat Earth & Long Photos
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and educator, Lois Conner and I talk about her amazing life in photography, her many influences, including working at the United Nations...
CatchLight Summit | State of Photography
07 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of 2 of my conversations with presenters at the CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit April 19-20, 2022 at the Institute of Contemporary Art S...
Catchlight Summit | Who Tells the Story
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of 2 of my conversations with presenters at the CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit April 19-20, 2022 at the Institute of Contemporary Art S...
Alanna Airitam | Putting Flowers Back In The Ground
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Alanna Airitam and I have a fabulous conversation about how she left the corporate world, taught herself photography, and how it may hav...
Rick Schatzberg | The Boys
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Rick Schatzberg and I talk about his book, The Boys published by powerHouse Books. It's a book about mortality, vulnerability, and resil...
Chrystofer Davis | Nork, NJ
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer, Chrystofer Davis and I talk about the different decisions and influences in his life that lead him to photography and how he had to div...
Marble Hill Camera Club | Patrice Helmar & John M. O'Toole
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Patrice Helmar and John O'Toole join me to talk about the Marble Hill Camera Club entering its sixth year. When the pandemic hit Patrice had to figur...
Tony Chirinos | The Precipice
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I catch up with photographer and professor, Tony Chirinos about his first monograph, The Precipice published by Gnomic Book. https://www.tonychirin...
Happy New Year & Thank You
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you everyone for listening to the show and I hope we have a healthier New Year. -Michael (My apologies if this episode showed up twice. I had a...
Karen Marshall | Between Girls
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Marshall is a documentary photographer and Chair of the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at ICP. We talk about her recent boo...
Chris Facey | Dad Duty
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Facey is a documentary and portrait photographer. We talk about his three current projects, #DadDutyProject, which focuses on debunking the my...
Nat Ward | Big Throat and A New Nothing
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer and poet, Nat Ward returns to the show to talk about three of his latest projects. Nat created his first monograph in 2020 titled Big Th...
Elodie Mailliet Storm | CatchLight
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elodie Mailliet Storm is the CEO of CatchLight. Catchlight is a nonprofit media organization that discovers and develops visual storytellers through ...
Joseph Lawton | Looking out the Window
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe and I talk about his life in photography and his long tenure teaching photography at Fordham University. His current show Being and There is now ...
In Memory of Martin Bough
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From June 2020, My conversation with Martin Bough on his life and work. Martin Bough 1927-2021
Flooding + Back to School = No episode this week.
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Had some trouble getting it all together for this week.
Anita Allyn | Teaching & Ecosystem
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and educator, Anita Allyn and I talk about the origins of her photography and installation work and we talk about our shared experiences of te...
Away with the Family
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No show today. Traveling with the family.
Tom Leininger | Teaching & Sale Day
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
**Lecturer and Photographer, Tom Leininger and I talk about his shift from the world of photojournalism to the world of art education which has been a...
Julianna Foster | Teaching & Geographical Lore
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julianna Foster is an artist and assistant professor and interim Program Director of Photography at the University of the Arts. We have a fantastic co...
Brendan Bannon | Teaching & Most Important Picture
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Bannon is a photographer and teacher based between New York and Nairobi, Kenya. We talk about the work his students are showing at the JKC Gal...
Elinor Carucci | Teaching & Midlife
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elinor Carucci and I talk about her book Midlife, an autobiographical exploration of life, ageing, mortality, and the challenges women face as they ge...
Cary Benbow | Teaching, Writing, & Textbooks
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cary and I reminisce a bit about our different experiences in the textbook world and the changes that occurred in the publishing and stock photography...