“The United States of Young Photographers” and Photo Books of 2021
B&H Photography Podcast
Jill Waterman
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
We split our time on this episode of the B&H Photography Podcast between one book and many books. In the first half of the show we learn about an inspirational new book, Among Peers: The United States of Young Photographers, which profiles the work of student photographers from several workshop programs in the United States. We conclude the episode with an overview of the many wonderful books from 2021 that were featured on the podcast.
To discuss “Among Peers”, we welcome the publisher Michelle Dunn Marsh of Minor Matters Books and photography consultant and former director of the Lucie Foundation, Lauren Wendle. As we find out, the book was a creative collaboration between the two, born during the Covid quarantine, and devised to celebrate the work of young photographers and their mentors, who kept the various programs open and operating throughout the difficult past two years. We learn of their process to fund and edit the book and about the photography mentoring programs themselves. Students from the following programs are represented in the book: NYCSalt, First Exposures - San Francisco, Literacy Through Photography - Houston, Las Fotos Project– Los Angeles, YoungArts – Miami, and Youth in Focus – Seattle. Consider supporting these non-profit organizations.
After a short break, we run down a list of new photography books we presented on the podcast this year including books as diverse as those by Todd Bigelow, Barbara Mensch, and Mona Kuhn. Join us for this inspiring episode.
Guests: Michelle Dunn Marsh and Lauren Wendle
Photograph © Jaylen Esparza, Las Fotos Project, Los Angeles
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and |
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| 0:15.6 | iPhone or Android device. |
| 0:17.6 | Now here's your host, Alan White's. |
| 0:21.4 | Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast. |
| 0:24.4 | As we rock it through the final days of 2021, we tend to take stock of where we've been, |
| 0:29.8 | but we've covered over the previous 12 months and what a 12 month cycle it has been. |
| 0:35.0 | Last week we discussed the cameras released in 2021. |
| 0:38.1 | At the end of today's show, we're going to mention books we've featured on the previous |
| 0:41.3 | shows over the past year. |
| 0:43.3 | But before we do that, we're excited to profile a new book and the story behind the production |
| 0:48.3 | of this book which is titled Among Peers, the United States of Young Photographers. |
| 0:53.6 | The book's cover says it all. |
| 0:55.4 | It works by 110 photographers ages 9 to 20, encouraged through education and mentorship. |
| 1:02.7 | And we welcome two of the collaborators responsible for the book. |
| 1:06.6 | Michelle Dunn-Marsh is a past guest on the show. |
| 1:09.9 | She's co-founder and publisher of Minor Matter Books. |
| 1:13.3 | Minor Matters is, and I quote, a collaborative publishing platform highlighting underrepresented |
| 1:18.6 | voices in contemporary art, recognizing that significant art and ideas may stay on the |
| 1:25.1 | fringes without the support of a community. |
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