Podcast series
Chris Jordan Talks Photography
Short talks from conservation artist and photographer Chris Jordan on how to see, choose and commit to a photograph.
- 12 videos
- About 65 minutes
- 1 trailer, 11 episodes
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Trailer0:22
Photography's Transformative Power [22 second trailer]
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Your teacher
Chris Jordan is a conservation artist and photographer known around the world. He has published four photo monographs, and his prints have been shown in hundreds of exhibitions in museums and art spaces. His film Albatross has reached tens of millions of viewers. He speaks at conferences, schools and universities.
- Sierra Club Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography
- Prix Pictet Commission Prize, Paris
- United Nations Green Leaf Award, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo
- Human Security Award, Center of Unconventional Security Affairs, UC Irvine
- Planetary Health Film Prize, London
- Website: chrisjordan.com
Episodes
Episode 16:47
I Believe Photography Requires No Creativity or Talent
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Episode 28:49
Midway Island and the Power of Emergence
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Episode 35:32
The Most Important Question I Ask Myself as a Photographer
Episode 44:29
Why I Never Think About Originality
Episode 510:49
Why Being an "Artist" Doesn't Matter to Me
Episode 65:55
Every Subject Deserves To Be Seen as a Subject
Episode 73:40
Photo Analysis #1: Ansel's Moonrise
Episode 83:36
Photography's Power Is That it Is So Representational
Episode 93:39
The Subtle Quality in All Great Photographs
Episode 105:13
What It Means To Fully Commit To a Photograph
Episode 116:31
Bad Times in Belltown!
Selected works
Photographs and artworks that relate to what he talks about in the episodes. Captions are his, from chrisjordan.com. Tap any work to see it large.
Seattle Street Studies
Intolerable Beauty
Running the Numbers
In Katrina's Wake
Ushirikiano (Kenya)
Midway
Ecstatic Desolation
Beauty Emerging
The book
Chris Jordan, in his own words
The Window and the Altar
A masterclass in seeing. What Chris Jordan has said about photography, gathered from his talks, interviews and writing, with all twelve episodes and their transcripts.
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Work with Chris
Prints, exhibitions and speaking
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