Photojournalists Covering the Coronavirus Outbreak

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode of the B&H Photography Podcast hosts a compelling conversation with four photojournalists who are covering stories related to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. We discuss the stories they have been photographing, the precautions they are taking, how they’ve adjusted their shooting styles, and about the assignments they are willing to accept and those they would like to pitch.

Joining us are Sarah Blesener, a documentarian covering stories for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. She is a recipient of an Alexia Foundation grant and is a Catchlight and Eugene Smith fellow. Her 2019 project, Beckon Us From Home, received a first-place prize in the Long-Term Project category of World Press Photo.

We also welcome veteran photojournalist John Taggart, who has worked for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg, Reuters, and many other outlets. Based in Brooklyn he is no stranger to the streets and subways of New York.

After a break, we speak with Desiree Rios, a Mexican-American photojournalist and documentary photographer from Fort Worth, Texas. She is currently based in New York, working for The New York Times, but has covered stories from California to Cuba.

Finally, we welcome Andrew Seng, who is based in Brooklyn and also works in Portland. His work focuses on creating a visual archive of the Cambodian diaspora, while questioning the formation of visual ideas of race and identity. He has worked for The New York Times, WNYC, Teach for America, The Los Angeles Times, and The Guardian, among others. Seng has also been a past guest on our show.

Join us for this timely and informative episode.

Guests: Sarah Blesener, John Taggart, Desiree Rios, and Andrew Seng

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
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0:18.1	Now here's your host, Alan Whitez.
0:20.4	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:23.5	Before we start the show, we want to wish you and your families the best in this difficult
0:27.6	time and just remind everybody, be sensible, be safe, and be careful.
0:33.0	Today we're going to take a timely look at how some of New York City's photojournalists
0:36.4	are covering stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on New York and
0:40.9	elsewhere.
0:41.9	We're going to be welcoming Sarah Blesner, John Taggart, Desiree Rios, and Andrew Seng to
0:47.4	get a sense of the stories they are covering, the precautions they are taking, and how they
0:51.2	are attempting to visually describe this ongoing crisis while keeping themselves and others
0:55.8	as safe as possible.
0:57.6	Let's get right into it.
0:58.6	First, we're going to welcome Sarah Blesner.
1:00.8	Sarah is a photojournalist and documentary photographer currently covering stories for
1:04.9	the New York Times and Wall Street Journal and was also a 2017 fellow with Catch Light,
1:10.5	working with the Center for Investigative Reporting.
1:13.2	In 2018, she was a recipient of the Eugene Smith Fellowship and a 2019 project back in
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