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Studio SessionsAuthor: Matthew O'Brien, Alex Carter
Discussions about art and the creative process. New episodes every other week. Links To Everything: Video Version of The Podcast: https://geni.us/StudioSessionsYT Matts YouTube Channel: https://geni.us/MatthewOBrienYT Alexs YouTube Channel: https://geni.us/AlexCarterYT Matts Instagram: https://geni.us/MatthewIG Alexs Instagram: https://geni.us/AlexIG Language: en-us Genres: Arts, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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68. Protect The Work At All Costs
Episode 15
Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
We started this one talking about whether building a content ecosystem around photography risks turning the work into content, and how the pressure to produce on a content timeline can collapse the space that photographs actually need. When you're operating from scarcity, you grab the recognizable brand for cheap instead of holding out for the thing that represents what you're building. That tension between immediacy and long-term identity ran through most of the conversation, how we each relate to our own work.We spent a lot of time on taste and self-criticism. Matt talked about genuinely loving many of his photographs and wondering whether that's a kind of happy cluelessness or something closer to what Eggleston described when he said he loves all his pictures. We talked about the Winogrand documentary again, the thousands of undeveloped rolls, what it means that the act of shooting might have mattered more to him than the output, and how the art world commentary around his work sounds increasingly hollow on repeat viewings. That led into mimicry versus voice, and the moment content stops being performance and starts being the thing itself. -Ai If you enjoyed this episode, please consider giving us a rating and/or a review. We read and appreciate all of them. Thanks for listening, and we'll see you in the next episode. Links To Everything: Video Version of The Podcast: https://geni.us/StudioSessionsYT Matt’s YouTube Channel: https://geni.us/MatthewOBrienYT Matt’s 2nd Channel: https://geni.us/PhotoVideosYT Alex’s YouTube Channel: https://geni.us/AlexCarterYT Matt’s Instagram: https://geni.us/MatthewIG Alex’s Instagram: https://geni.us/AlexIG
