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Almost Everything with Jeffery SaddorisDeep Natter 75: A Healthy Self-CenterednessI want to let you know that this is the last regular episode with Sean and me for the foreseeable future. There will be more episodes of Deep Natter in the future with a variety of different co-hosts sitting in, like Jon Wilkening from the last episode, and I’m sure there will be more with Sean, I just can’t say when. We have been talking about this behind the scenes for a while now and both of us think that it makes sense to take a break while we each pursue other projects. I think when you list...2023-03-0555 min
Almost Everything with Jeffery SaddorisDeep Natter 74: Letting the Field Go FallowIn this episode, I'm joined by Jon Wilkening who, after a disappointing trip out West, walked away from the creative side of his life to refocus on his family. Now, three years later, the itch to create has started to come back, though he’s not exactly sure what that might look like.CONNECT WITH JONTwitter: @jonwilkeningInstagram: @jonwilkening CONNECT WITH JEFFERYWebsite: https://jefferysaddoris.com Twitter: @jefferysaddoris Instagram: @jefferysaddorisSUBSCRIBESubscribe to Jeffery Saddoris: Almost Everyt...2023-02-1754 min
Almost Everything with Jeffery SaddorisThe Value of ValueOne of the hardest things about being an artist — beyond the actual making of the art — is deciding how to value the work we make. For many of us — and I’m putting myself squarely in the middle on this — the art I make is very personal, even though visually it may not seem like it. And, if I’m being honest, it’s not just the art, but the design, the podcasts, the books, basically anything that I’m applying any sort of purposeful effort into is personal. And isn’t that the way it should be? I know this might be...2021-01-2044 min
Quoth the CamserEpisode 98: Thoughts on 'In Between'I really enjoy Jeffery Saddoris's content. He put out an episode of his podcast In Between, where he talked with his pal Jon Wilkening about cutting back on social media and spending more time in the creative zone. In Between Episode 19 (https://jefferysaddoris.com/everything/in-between-19/)VideoThere is video of this episode here (https://youtu.be/s-LeQW0-JiE)Review & RateLeaving a rating and, better still, a review of my podcast is a fantastic way of rewarding me for my content at no cost. It helps so much with rankings and discoverability, so if...2020-06-0611 min
Almost Everything with Jeffery SaddorisIn Between 15: Input, Inspiration, and PossibilityThe recent death of Rush drummer Neil Peart hit me like a ton of bricks. While I consider myself a visual artist, I can’t think of a single painter, or sculptor, or photographer whose death has or even would affect me as dramatically as Neil’s has and I can’t really reconcile why that is. It’s just not a simple answer. I’ve been a Rush fan since 1982, but as I’ve said before, it wasn’t the music that grabbed me initially, but the lyrics. Yes, the musicianship was superb, but the themes and the language that...2020-01-1658 min
Almost Everything with Jeffery SaddorisWhat’s a Mentor Got To Do With It?I got an email a couple weeks ago from a listener asking if I had any advice for finding a mentor. Now, while I have been incredibly fortunate to have had – and frankly still have – some amazing people in my life who have in one way or another taken on the role of a mentor, I can’t say that it’s ever been intentional in the sense that I want to connect with this person or that person so they can be my mentor. In my experience, mentors find their way into my life at just the right moment –...2019-10-1637 min
Almost Everything with Jeffery SaddorisIn Between 09: Who Owns Your Happiness?Are you happy? If not, why do you think that is? For a lot of people who make things and share what they make online — myself included — we have a tendency to abdicate our happiness to the fickle whim of the mob. Not enough likes, or hearts, or dollars can send us careening into a creative tailspin, questioning what we do and even who we are. If this sounds familiar to you, hopefully this conversation with Jon Wilkening will help you find your way back to making first and foremost for the joy of it, and not simply for the...2019-08-2346 min
Almost Everything with Jeffery SaddorisProcess Driven 27: Richard Beaven“With each of the studies we’ve talked about, I’ve had to have the motivation, the passion, the interest, the fascination with the subject and I’ve needed to go out and make those photographs.”My introduction to the work of Richard Beaven came via a text message from Jon Wilkening, which read simply “you need to talk to this guy” with a link to his Instagram. I think it took all of two images to realize he was right. Richard’s latest project is called All of Us. It’s a beautiful body of work — 275 portraits made over the course...2019-03-011h 14
On Taking Pictures242: Lack of StasisThis week, we discuss TIME’s Person of the Year cover and portfolio, made by Nadav Kandar. Specifically, we unpack questions raised by the potentially subversive nature of the work and whether or not an artist has a responsibility to art before personal belief. As part of the discussion, we also reference a collection of Dorothea Lange’s previously censored photographs of FDR’s Japanese concentration camps. Jack Davison is our Photographer of the Week.
Links for this episode:On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #framewithinaframeA Look Into Time Magazine’s Latest Image of ‘Pers...2016-12-131h 21
Almost Everything with Jeffery SaddorisProcess Driven 10: Jon WilkeningWhen I was a junior in high school I took my first photography class and one of the things we had to do before we got to shoot with the “real” cameras — in our case, they were Pentax K1000s loaded with Tri-X — was to build a pinhole camera from one of the round Quaker Oats boxes. And I remember thinking how incredible it was to see the simplicity of what photography is: light and time. Not even a lens — just a strip of gaffer tape covering a tiny hole in some tinfoil. But there we all were, toting our oatmea...2016-05-0655 min