Colin Westerbeck has authored many books and essays on photography, including Bystander: a History of Street Photography, co-authored with Joel Meyerowitz. He was a Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1986 through 2003, and taught photographic history at the undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California from 2004 to 2008, and again in 2017. From 2008 until 2012, he was Director of the California Museum of Photography at the University of California, Riverside. We talk about the vast realm of street photography and the role of luck in a noteworthy and rewarding career.

“A book on street photography is a book of all the oddballs you could possibly imagine. And yet there is something not only human but humane and even humanist about that.”

Barret Oliver lives in Los Angeles where he works as a photographer and printer and is known for his use of nineteenth century processes. His print work has been featured in gallery and museum exhibitions, publications and motion pictures. We spoke about his close collaborations with artists, the joys and challenges of using historic processes to create hand made prints, and why he believes these techniques remain relevant today.

“We forget that photographs are objects as well, and that the way you make something, the materials and the techniques, often have an influence on its meaning.”

Endia Beal is a North Carolina based artist, who is internationally known for her photographic narratives and video testimonies that examine the personal, yet contemporary stories of marginalized communities and individuals. We talk about the inspiration for her work, her experience in Yale’s MFA program, and the differences she observes in her millennial students.

“Instead of trying to capture stories that are already known to the world, it's time to capture the ones that make me feel uncomfortable, those that I am afraid to discuss. “