©Valérie Jardin
This is it, it’s the final episode of Hit The Streets. I decided to end the show on a high note, you’ll have to listen to this short recording to find out why…
Thank you all for your support all these years! Proud to have given back to the community for 8 years with Street Focus and Hit The Streets. Great run, fun times!
Valérie
©Valérie Jardin
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Valerie and guest co-host David Julian answer listener questions.
David’s website
Photographing Harvest in the Palouse
The Art of Travel & Street Photography (online)
Social media Facebook & Instagram
©Valérie Jardin 2017 ~ Josh cutting Janusz’s hair in NYC
This week I have a special guest and that’s my good friend Joshua Coombes, founder of #DoSomethingForNothing. Many of you are familiar with Josh and his work, as well as the photo documentary project I did on the streets of NYC and Paris a few years ago. We published two ebooks together as a way to support Josh’s work. Today, Josh has a new book titled Do Something For Nothing :Seeing Beneath the surface of homelessness, through the simple act of a haircut.
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/joshuacoombes/
https://www.instagram.com/dosomethingfornothing/
About Valérie’s Project with Josh
Fundraising ebooks: NYC & PARIS
US Publisher direct: http://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/do-something-for-nothing/
Amazon UK : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Do-Something-Nothing-beneath-homelessness/dp/1911632167/ref=nodl_
Amazon US:
NOTE: Unfortunately this event has been postponed. A new date will be announced. THANK YOU!
IN THIS EPISODE…
Valerie talks with New York City photographer Neil Kramer about his pandemic project Quarantine in Queens. It's been a year since their original conversation in episode 164. The project is still going and, as life is slowly returning to normal, Neil shares his anxiety about finally unmasking and possibly putting an end to the series.
Neil Kramer is a New York-born photographer based in Queens, New York. His passion for storytelling brought him to Los Angeles to study filmmaking at USC Film School, and he worked in Los Angeles for many years in writing and script development. When he returned to his hometown of New York, he became active in street photography. Through an unusual conversion of events, Neil recently found himself in a a pandemic lockdown with both his mother and his ex-wife, and has been using photography as a way of personal expression, using staged scenarios to recreate actual events, much like in a movie.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neilochka
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neil.kramer
Portfolio: neilkramerphotography.com
This week, Valérie shares a conversation with world adventurer Tom Turcich. Tom is nearing the end of a journey of walking across 7 continents with his dog Savannah.
I'm Tom Turcich. In April of 2015 I left my home in New Jersey and set out on a five year, seven continent walk around the world. Nine years before leaving, at seventeen years old, a friend of mine died. Her death led me to realize I needed to make the most of life. I'm walking around the world to live deeply and see how my fellow man lives.
During my first four months I walked from New Jersey to Texas. Over those many nights of solitary camping I realized having a dog with me would make sleeping much easier. So in Austin, Texas I adopted Savannah.
Since adopting Savannah we have walked from Texas to Panama City, from Colombia to Uruguay, and from Denmark to Morocco. Over the next few years we'll walk from Europe to Mongolia, across Australia, then back across the U.S.
The World Walk is an adventure about living with intention and goodness. It's about pushing myself. It's about seeing how the world really is. And it's about a man and his dog on a very, very long walk.
Please support Tom and Savannah on Patreon if you can!
This week, Valérie shares a conversation with Hawaii based photographer and film maker Tim Huynh.
Tim Huynh is the director and editor of the NEW street photography documentary, "Fill The Frame". A film that follows eight contemporary New York City street photographers and takes an in depth look at their work. Tim is also an avid street photographer himself. Born and still residing from Hawaii, where it is common to find pictures of their majestic mountain ranges or their glistening beaches, Tim actually defy all that's beautiful in Hawaii and instead showcases the raw and gritty photos of "the street."
With the continuing rise of the digital age and popularity of social media, the genre of street photography has propelled like we've never seen before. Still there is more opportunity for street photography to be recognized and appreciated by the masses.
Website - https://www.filltheframefilm.com
Video on Demand - https://vimeo.com/ondemand/filltheframe
©Valérie Jardin ~ Example of minimalist street photography for the next photo challenge. Good luck!
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Valerie and guest co-host Frederick Van Johnson answer listener questions.
@paul.r.martin
How do you decide when it is time to finish a project? I'm not talking about the kind where there is an obvious time limit, such as a deadline or access to a particular location. I mean the kind where you would always be able to find the subject of the project.
@mikebranchphotography
Assuming we will soon be free to travel, If you could go take photos for a week, any place on Earth that you’ve never been to before, where would that be and why?
Frederick Van Johnson is a professional photographer host of “This Week in Photo”, and founder of the TWiP Network - one of the world’s most popular photography-related podcast media properties. He founded the TWiP School, and the popular TWiP PRO community of photographers. Frederick also consults on marketing with a number of photography industry companies.
Launching the TWiP PRO Community in April! - https://promo.thisweekinphoto.com/join-twip2
Coupon code: "VALERIE" - 50% off annual membership (reg. $240) with coupon... $120
TWIP: https://thisweekinphoto.com/
Minimalist Street Photography: Urban setting with the human element. Listen to the tips in this episode and submit your entry in the comments below before June 3.
Interview of author on TWiP here.
This episode is made possible thanks to Valérie’s online classes. Thank you for your support of Hit The Streets!
Valerie shares a conversation with Florida based birth photographer Natalie Zepp.
Natalie is a documentary birth + family photographer/filmmaker and certified doula serving the Gulf Coast from Mobile, AL to Destin, FL (sometimes further). Her work is informed by her background in cultural anthropology and a lifelong obsession with babies, birth, and motherhood. She lives in Pensacola, FL with her husband and two children. She loves to travel and will never, ever turn down an opportunity to snuggle a newborn.
Website: www.nataliezepp.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nataliezeppphotography
Instagram (Birth): www.instagram.com/pensacolabirthphotographer
Instagram (Street/Travel): www.instagram.com/nataliezepp
Photo by Dmitry Mashkin on Unsplash
This episode is made possible thanks to Valérie’s online classes. Thank you for your support of Hit The Streets!
Valerie shares a conversation with Italian photographer Ugo Cei. They talk about the situation in Italy, the Clubhouse App, travel and more!
Ugo’s website: https://ugoceiphotography.com/
Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/
Valerie shares a conversation with Tomasz Trzebiatowski AKA. Tomash, the creator of Fujilove and the new Frames Magazine.
Fujilove: https://fujilove.com/
FRAMES Magazine: https://readframes.com/
The App: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frames/frames-excellent-photography-in-your-pocket