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On this week's episode of the B&H Photography Podcast we talk to an old friend about a new book; two-time past guest Amy Touchette joins us to discuss her book of street portraits. She also brought a friend with her - none other than photographer, Larry Fink. Is it fair to call Fink a photo legend?\xa0 We think so, and clearly the people at the Center for Creative Photography seem to think so, because they just acquired his complete archive of work including images from the 1950\u2019s to the present, from his acclaimed series \u201cThe Beats\u201d, \u201cSocial Graces\u201d, \u201cThe Vanities\u201d and others.

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While this is a roundtable conversation, we start with a few questions about Touchette\u2019s book \u201cPersonal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn\u201d, which she shot over the course of summer strolls through her New York neighborhood. We learn why she started photography in 2001, about her working process with a Rolleiflex twin lens reflex film camera, and why her personal interaction with her subjects/collaborators is paramount in her photography practice. We also talk about crowdsourcing, editorial collaboration, and why Fink wrote the foreword for Touchette\u2019s book.

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Larry Fink\u2019s sixty years of photography work is well-recognized, but his harmonica playing, less so.\xa0 We hope to remedy that with this episode, but while at it, we learn how he created an extensive archive of vintage prints and \u201chustled\u201d to find a home for his life\u2019s work. We learn of his Mamiya medium format camera with bellows, his preferred photo paper, and mull on the difference between our two guest\u2019s aesthetic style. We also talk about an insider vs. outsider perspective, about the nature of portraiture, and the \u201crevelatory excitement that defies the logic of what a frame could be\u201d.\xa0

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Join us for this playful yet insightful conversation and have a look at this link for portraiture and WPPI related specials.

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Guests: Amy Touchette and Larry Fink

Photograph \xa9 Amy Touchette

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