How to look at America

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

We hear from two photographers who are masters at showing us what is hard to see, and always has been hard to see, in America.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Benjamin Walker's theory of everything.
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1:19.0	You are listening to Benjamin Walker's theory of everything.
1:23.0	This installment is called how to look at America.
1:39.0	In 2002, the Canadian photographer Naomi Harris was living in Miami.
1:44.0	And since she's a nudist, she was spending a lot of time on the new beach.
1:50.0	One day, this older guy she sort of knew, Ron asked her for a favor.
1:55.0	Ron wanted to go to a swingers club called Trapeze.
1:59.0	But being a single dude, he couldn't get in.
2:03.0	So he asked Naomi to come with him.
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