Working: Photographing New York’s Disappearing Storefronts

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🗓️ 18 July 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week, host Rumaan Alam talks to photographers James and Karla Murray, who are on a mission to capture the unique charm of New York City’s storefronts and advocate for small businesses. In the interview, James and Karla explain what it was like to teach themselves the basics of photography while juggling multiple jobs. They also discuss the process of landing their first book deal and starting an Instagram account. After the interview, Rumaan and co-host Isaac Butler talk about the small businesses in their own communities that enrich their lives. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, James and Karla explain how neighborhoods can change and evolve responsibly. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Big Mood, Little Mood—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We were totally supporting our film habit.
0:09.7	You had like three jobs.
0:11.1	I had like two jobs.
0:12.1	It slowly took over on life.
0:13.9	None of your related to photography whatsoever were twirling away doing these things that
0:19.0	we don't care about.
0:20.0	We're not getting any reward.
0:21.5	Well, we were doing it with the photography.
0:23.5	We truly believed it down.
0:24.8	It was important.
0:25.8	Even though no one was seeing it.
0:27.1	Even though no one was seeing it.
0:28.1	Welcome back to Working.
0:31.7	I'm your host, Isaac Butler.
0:33.7	And I'm your other host, Roman Alon.
0:36.0	Roman, welcome back to the show.
0:38.4	It has been a long time, Isaac.
0:41.1	But as you know, I have been somewhat buried in work, in some of the other work that I
0:47.3	do.
0:48.3	But I have to say that sort of counter to my own expectations, I found this week's interview
0:54.7	to kind of be restorative, to kind of make me think about my work in a different way.
0:59.9	I mean, I hesitate to use the word inspiring, but it was kind of inspiring.
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