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There's an Epidemic KILLING Photography! RAWtalk 181

FroKnowsPhoto Photography Podcasts

Jared Polin

Visual Arts, Arts

4.4831 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jared & Stephen intro the new year with Cliff Mautner's incredible essay on the epidemic of ignorant photographer's entering the industry. Text us with any thoughts and questions regarding this episode at 313-710-9729. This is RAWtalk Episode 181!

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0:00.0

Stephen, I wouldn't totally like to wish you a happy New Year, but I can't. I can't do it because

0:05.5

it's too late. It's just too late, and I can't do it. Stephen, I normally would say Happy New Year,

0:12.0

but it's Thursday, and that's more than three days of the first work week of the New Year. So I can't say happy new year anymore. So hi.

0:23.6

Hi. I will say I've said happy new year to a few people over the past few days. But I do agree,

0:29.1

you only get a few days after that new year starts. But so like because of the way that it fell

0:34.0

this year last week, that I feel that you have three days. You have until

0:39.5

Wednesday of the first work week. Okay, Larry David. Yeah, well, I am very much Larry David.

0:46.1

You are his videos. And I'm like, he's right. He's right. That's me. That I've done that before.

0:52.0

I agree with him. Like, that is so good especially with myself

0:55.6

yeah especially the yoga one where he's like the woman's like you didn't namaste larry he's like

1:01.6

yeah and then he's like you should namaste he's like why I'm choosing my own journey and then he's like

1:08.4

then he's like poking his third eye in his forehead.

1:29.1

She's like, stop doing that. He's like, why? I'm poking the third eye. It's like, ugh. She's like, fuck you, Larry. And he's like, that made it all worth it. Seeing you get angry, which I love when yoga people get angry. I couldn't imagine you as a child, by the way, because now you question everything, and I'm sure back then you really questioned everything.

2:03.0

Because that's kind of that toddler phase of like, well, why? Everything is why once they turn like three, four years old. But you have kept up with that your entire life. Well, why? I don't have to do that. Why do you even bring that up? Because Larry David questions everything. And you are like Larry David. I question everything. That's my point. Yeah. It's because that's how it should be. You question basic things that really don't need to be questioned. Like what, Stephen? Give me an example. Like the namaste thing. It's like just whatever. It's not a big deal. I'm not namestaying. Okay. I would refuse. I refuse to namaste when I did yoga. Refused. Full out.

2:07.3

I just wouldn't go to yoga in the first place. Well, I got to that point where I hated it.

2:14.3

Like, I went and I was like a good routine and I was like, no more. I'm done with yoga. I hated it because I would spend 31 minutes shavasaning, which is literally laying on your back and falling

2:17.6

asleep while everybody else is doing their practice. Like, what are we practicing for? This is

2:23.0

a, is there a competition for best yogi? No, it's practice. Shut up yoga people. Is the practice

2:29.6

like stretching, warming up the muscles, like that kind of thing or no? No, it's, it's your personal practice and it's your own personal journey. Whatever feels right

2:38.4

to you, you should do it. It actually sounds incredibly relaxing. Um, I did one of those, uh,

2:45.2

those, uh, sound bath things. Fuck, man, that puts you into a trance. It really does. I bet.

2:50.9

But it's boring as shit.

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