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Immaterial VoicesPhotography and Traversing Borders: A Conversation with Jeff SmuddeHow can we work at the boundaries of the landscape as well as our perceptions? How can we work across multi-media within the context of still image-based projects? How do our projects mobilize a certain poetics? In this conversation, Brian O'Neill and Jeff Smudde discuss paths through higher education like MFA programs, as well as the importance of the mentors one can meet along the way. They also cover questions about work-life balance and how to navigate the seemingly ever-present desire to be pushing one’s work forward.Jeff discusses his background in design and mu...
2025-05-141h 13
Ready for MistakesLindsay Godin - Docu-surrealism and defamiliarizing photographyLindsay Godin is a graduate from the University of Iowa MA/MFA Dual Degree Program in 2018 with a primary concentration in Photography, with a minor concentration in Graphic Design. Lindsay is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography and Design and Photography Area Coordinator at Valdosta State University in Georgia.
Lindsay researches photography curriculum and creates photo documentaries that shed awareness on contemporary American cultural norms and political values and how they affect American society on the macro scale. In more recent months, Lindsay has taken interest on how climate change negatively affects large populations in the mountain...
2024-03-1857 min
Ready for MistakesBen Ward - Photographing loneliness in the WestBen Ward (b. 1994) is a Colorado-based American photographer and cinematographer. Ben’s photography focuses on a documentary approach to the human experience and the changing social and environmental landscape of the American West. In 2021, he published his book I Dream of Dust with Temper Books and in 2018 he published Clay during the production of the short film ‘Clay’ by Holocene Studios. He has been featured in Then There was Us - AND 2022, Booooooom - Circles and Pomegranate Press - Nothing Left but Healing. Solo shows include Lonesome Valley Calls in Fort Collins, CO, Lonesome No More at Bolt Gallery Fort C...
2024-02-0958 min
Ready for MistakesGoals in photography for 2024Each year, I've been looking back at the prior year to decide what are some goals to work toward. Each time, it gets more realistic yet more in-line with my desires as an artist. I try to be specific with what I'm aiming for, but not so much that it becomes a kind of "assignment." I do this as opposed to a traditional resolution because resolutions lack specificity, which contributes to the common occurrence of resolutions being abandoned only a couple months into the year. I recommend every artist set goals for themselves, to make sure that you have...
2024-01-2730 min
Ready for MistakesMeggan Gould - Ephemeral photography and growing photorgaphsMeggan Gould lives and works in the mountains outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is a Professor of Art at the University of New Mexico. She received an MFA from the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, and is included in many private and corporate collections, as well as public collections including the DeCordova Museum, the New Mexico Museum of Art, Light Work, and the University of New Mexico Art Museum. Her multifaceted practice uses...
2023-12-231h 00
Ready for MistakesVincent Glielmi - Photographing the American dream, society and beliefVincent Glielmi is a photographer from the suburbs of Chicago and received his BFA in Photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has been published in Subjectively Objective in their books Everything is Narrative and Investigations in Infrastructure, booooooom, and Zone Magazine Volume 1, Aint Bad Volume 14, has been exhibited at the South East Center for Photography, PhotoPlace Gallery, The Center for Fine Art Photography, The Kiernan Gallery, and many more.. His work focuses on observations of the American landscape through his personal lens with interest in the American Dream, society and belief.
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2023-12-041h 15
Ready for MistakesLevi Hemphill - Rural photography in Atlantic CanadaLevi Garfield Hemphill (b. 1987, Canada) is a documentary photographer from the Rainy River District of Ontario and is currently based in Atlantic Canada. His work focuses on the constructs and relationships of social and physical environments. Work from Friday Nights, Monday Blues was featured in Sola Journal issue no. 1 ’The land from which we come’ and ‘Where do we go from here?’ Analog Forever Magazine, online group show.
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2023-11-101h 11
Ready for MistakesNathan Pearce - Rural photography and the stillness of the MidwestNathan Pearce (born 1986) is an artist based in Southern Illinois. Pearce works in book and zine making and photography. Pearce’s publications are held in several artists' book and library collections including those at MoMA, The Met, Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the Center for Creative Photography. His work has been exhibited in solo shows at the PhotoNola festival, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Nizhniy Tagil Museum of Fine Arts and The Rangefinder Gallery in Chicago. He has been published in over 200 books, zines and exhibition catalogs; as well as online in The Huffington Post, The British Journal of Pho...
2023-10-2056 min
Ready for MistakesBailey Quinlan - Activism and hope in photography
Bailey Quinlan (she/her, b. 1991) uses photography as a tool for activism and connection, sharing vulnerable stories and highlighting injustices with compassion and urgency. She strives to create ethical portraits, and resonant landscapes, that show the interconnectedness of all people with each other, nature, and the infinite cosmos.
Quinlan is a winner of the Female in Focus award by the British Journal of Photography, a Flash Forward Festival Top 100 Winner by Magenta Foundation, received Honorable Mention in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers, and has work featured online by PhMuseum, Der Grief, and V...
2023-10-0658 min
Ready for MistakesEpiphany Knedler - Road trips and the mythology of the Midwest
In the first interview episode in over 2 years, I talk with my friend Epiphany Knedler about her work and collaborative projects with her partner. She focuses on the political and romanticized nature of the Midwest and the American road trip in photography, installations and multimedia works.
Epiphany’s work:https://www.epiphanyknedler.com/instagram.com/epiphanyskhttps://www.midwestnice.art/https://www.instagram.com/midwestniceart/
2023-09-151h 32
Ready for MistakesChico Review 2023 - Part 6Six months later, I finally finished my podcast series about my time at the Chico Review held by Charcoal Book Club. It was an incredible experience filled with amazing insight, wonderful people, great food and an memories that will last a lifetime.
You can apply to the Chico Review for 2024 now: https://www.chicoreview.com/2024
Thanks to everyone at Charcoal Book Club and the reviewers, presenters and everyone else at the Chico review. I can’t wait to come back as an alumni.
2023-09-0843 min
Ready for MistakesChico Review 2023 - Part 5Six months later, I finally finished my podcast series about my time at the Chico Review held by Charcoal Book Club. It was an incredible experience filled with amazing insight, wonderful people, great food and an memories that will last a lifetime.
You can apply to the Chico Review for 2024 now: https://www.chicoreview.com/2024
Thanks to everyone at Charcoal Book Club and the reviewers, presenters and everyone else at the Chico review. I can’t wait to come back as an alumni.
2023-09-0728 min
Ready for MistakesChico Review 2023 - Part 4Six months later, I finally finished my podcast series about my time at the Chico Review held by Charcoal Book Club. It was an incredible experience filled with amazing insight, wonderful people, great food and an memories that will last a lifetime.
You can apply to the Chico Review for 2024 now: https://www.chicoreview.com/2024
Thanks to everyone at Charcoal Book Club and the reviewers, presenters and everyone else at the Chico review. I can’t wait to come back as an alumni.
2023-09-0619 min
Ready for MistakesChico Review 2023 - Part 3Six months later, I finally finished my podcast series about my time at the Chico Review held by Charcoal Book Club. It was an incredible experience filled with amazing insight, wonderful people, great food and an memories that will last a lifetime.
You can apply to the Chico Review for 2024 now: https://www.chicoreview.com/2024
Thanks to everyone at Charcoal Book Club and the reviewers, presenters and everyone else at the Chico review. I can’t wait to come back as an alumni.
2023-09-0529 min
Ready for MistakesChico Review 2023 - Part 2Six months later, I finally finished my podcast series about my time at the Chico Review held by Charcoal Book Club. It was an incredible experience filled with amazing insight, wonderful people, great food and an memories that will last a lifetime.
You can apply to the Chico Review for 2024 now: https://www.chicoreview.com/2024
Thanks to everyone at Charcoal Book Club and the reviewers, presenters and everyone else at the Chico review. I can’t wait to come back as an alumni.
2023-09-0424 min
Ready for MistakesChico Review 2023 - Part 1Six months later, I finally finished my podcast series about my time at the Chico Review held by Charcoal Book Club. It was an incredible experience filled with amazing insight, wonderful people, great food and an memories that will last a lifetime.
You can apply to the Chico Review for 2024 now: https://www.chicoreview.com/2024
Thanks to everyone at Charcoal Book Club and the reviewers, presenters and everyone else at the Chico review. I can’t wait to come back as an alumni.
2023-09-0430 min
Ready for MistakesYear in Review, Goals for 2023Checked off some goals, didn’t check off others. It’s life. Make new ones, see what happens, make more art.
2022-12-311h 16
Ready for MistakesBrendon Burton - Photographing American abandon and the road tripFollow Brendon:Twitter: https://twitter.com/burtoo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burtoo/ Web: https://www.brendonburton.com/
Brendon Burton is a photographer from Oregon making work around themes of Americana, decay and the road trip. Burton's first photobook, "American Poetry," was self-published in 2020, has been exhibited internationally including Catch Gallery in Paris, Odd B Contemporary in Denmark, and more. He has also been selected in many publications including iGNANT, Bloomberg, Popular Photography, and has worked with major clients such as Tyler, the Creator and Allie X. Check out Brendon's work on his website, instagram or twitter.
2021-06-041h 49
Ready for MistakesTristan Martinez - Art school and having fun with photographyIn this episode of Ready for Mistakes, I speak with Tristan Martinez, who’s originally a Chicago-based photographer originally from Los Angeles. Tristan’s work dominantly uses flash and rich color to make his subjects pop in the image, but also add a candid yet larger-than-life feeling to his imagery. Tristan graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in December 2020, has self-published a few bodies of work including Heads, I Used to be Pretty, and Knee Sweat.
2021-03-191h 07
Ready for MistakesEpisode 8 - 2021 UpdateFollow my social media @jeffsmudde and view my portfolio at jeffsmudde.com. Updating things as it has been a while since the last episode. But good news! The next guest is coming soon.
2021-01-1400 min
Ready for MistakesDanny DeRusso - Concert tours, making work on the road and at homeDanny DeRusso is a photographer based in northern New York, or upstate, but that often gets perceived as anything north of NYC. Danny is a music photographer primarily, and does personal work on the road with bands and in his free time when he's not, well, with bands. Danny has done work for Hot Mulligan, Boston Manor, Jetty Bones, Knuckle Puck, and, of course, his hometown heroes, Young Culture
2020-06-141h 20
Ready for MistakesMike Harkovich, AKA, Frank Atlas - Street and social documentary, ethical photographyMike Harkovich, AKA, Frank Atlas, is a photographer based in the Chicago area working dominantly in street, social documentary and photojournalism.
2020-05-291h 30
Ready for MistakesEpisode 5 - An updateAn update regarding the status of Ready for Mistakes, as well as an update on my photographic practices during quarantine.
2020-04-1700 min
Ready for MistakesCedric Wilder - Music and midwestern photographyIn this episode of Ready for Mistakes, Jeff speaks with an old classmate of
his from Illinois State University, Cedric Wilder. Wilder is a graphic
designer and photographer in central Illinois, working within music,
portraiture and vernacular photography.
Wilder graduated from ISU’s graphic design program in 2018 and is currently
a staff designer at Jimmy Johns. Outside of his job, he approached
photography in a casual sense, whether it’s in his in-home studio or out
and about in the city. His freelance work is primarily with musicians,
ranging from concerts and festivals to promos and album artwork.
2019-11-2958 min
Ready for MistakesAnthony Hamilton - Collaboration, video and photographyAnthony Hamilton, MFA candidate at Illinois State University, is an artist
working in multiple media including photography, video, illustration,
animation, and more. Hamilton focuses on the idea of vernacular themes in
photography, and the idea of photography as a way of map-making.
Hamilton has been making a collaborative project with Molly Markow, a
recent MFA graduate from ISU, through the website A New Nothing. The
project was exhibited in ISU’s Student Annual in 2019.
In his video work, he approaches it with the thought in mind that peoples’
attention-spans are much shorter for art. His videos are typically shorter
than thre...
2019-11-1557 min
2019-11-0100 min
Bucks Of America Podcast"The Face"This was a fun episode. I got sit down with a good friend Dave "The Face Smudde. He has been working in the outdoor world for awhile. Helluva guy,
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2019-10-261h 39
Ready for MistakesEpisode 1 - Izabela BatkoIzabela Batko is an artist working primarily in photography in Chicago, Illinois. She began taking photographs in 2010, and continued through high school, and into the photography program at Illinois State University. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Photography from ISU, and primarily makes narrative photography with conceptual self portraiture and editorial portraiture.Batko also works in media outside of photography form time-to-time. She works in painting and illustration, as well as various crafts. She anticipates pursuing an MFA in order to teach photography at a collegiate level.
2019-10-1800 minReady for MistakesEpisode 0 - IntroductionSubscribe to the youtube host channelThe very first episode of my new podcast, Ready for Mistakes. This podcast is focused on speaking with photographers about their work, philosophies, experience, and much more.In the introduction video, I go over the object of the podcast, and introduce myself as the host. Currently, there is not set schedule for the podcast, but I hope to make it a bi-weekly podcast to keep the ball rolling.As this is a brand-new podcast and my first-ever podcast, I encourage any input to help improve the quality...
2019-08-2600 min