"Dispatches" is an in-depth look at those living artistic lives. Each episode will feature photographs and audio interviews with narrative pioneers who have taken creativity and publishing into their own hands. From artists to authors, photographers to philosophers, Dispatches will reveal the faces and foundations of those who lead the creative way.
Jesse Freidin (b. 1981) was America's leading fine art dog photographer for the past 15 years, and now focuses his attention on elevating the experience of the trans/tgnc community through portraiture and interviews. His photography is part of over 150 private collections and has been exhibited in galleries from coast to coast. His current series entitled “Are You OK?” addresses the dangers of the current wave of anti-trans legislation sweeping the country in a passionate attempt to erase stigma and elevate the voices of those most affected. He identifies as a queer human. 

Jesse’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, Them, Poz Magazine, Yahoo!, MTV, Live! with Regis and Kelly, Inside Edition, The Bark Magazine, Dogster, Garden and Gun Magazine, The New York Post, Four and Sons Magazine and many more. He is also the creator of three viral photography series: The Doggie Gaga Project (2010), When Dogs Heal: Powerful Stories of People Living with HIV and the Dogs That Saved Them (published by Lerner Books 2020, #1 New Release on Amazon), and Finding Shelter: Portraits of Love, Healing and Survival (published by Lyons Press 2017).

Shifter: Dispatches, Jesse Freidin

What does photography sound like? Each episode of “Just Listen” features a single, instant photograph made with a Polaroid SX-70 and an audio file recorded at the same moment. Just listen and allow the sound to set you free.

Just Listen: Sax, Sydney

Viðar Hreinsson segir frá ævisögu sinni um Jón lærða Guðmundsson sem kemur út hjá Lesstofunni í haust. Jón lærði (1574-1658) var skáld, galdramaður, listamaður og einn litríkasti karakter 17. aldar.

Upptök eru viðtöl við fólk sem lifir og hrærist í hinum skapandi geira, fólk sem skrifar, málar, tekur myndir, semur tónlist, til að finna hugmyndum sínum og tilfinningum farveg sem nærir andann og gerir heiminn betri – og rætt um miðlunina og ræturnar, upptökin.

Tónlist: Finnbjörn Benónýsson
Ljósmynd: Þorsteinn Surmeli

Upptök: Viðar Hreinsson

Thursday we launched a new partnership between The World and Radio Ambulante, a project that allows listeners to hear personal stories from the Spanish-speaking parts of our world.   Those stories could be from Latin America, or from the many Latino communities here in the US.  Anchor Marco Werman speaks about the partnership with Daniel Alarcón, co-founder of Radio Ambulante. <a href="http://www.theworld.org/2013/06/radio-ambulante-a-new-partner-for-storytelling-from-around-latin-america-and-the-us/">The World</a>.

Radio Ambulante: A New Partner for Storytelling from around Latin America and the US

Daniel Milnor is currently “Creative Evangelist” for Blurb, Inc. the world’s premiere print-on-demand publisher. He splits his time between the smog-choked arteries of Southern California and the spiritual landscape of New Mexico.

Milnor is a former newspaper, magazine and commercial photographer who now works primarily on long-term projects. His work has taken him from the rural corners of the United States to Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

He has taught at Art Center College of Design, Academy of Art University, The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, The Julia Dean Workshops and the Photo Experience Workshops.

An early adopter of select technologies such as print-on-demand books and magazines, Milnor has created and published over one hundred unique titles, including the recently released “Manifesto Magazine,” which showcases the world’s best documentary photography.

Milnor’s writing and photography has been featured in Camera Arts Magazine, Black and White Magazine, Life Magazine, Zone Zero, Flash Flood, Finite Photo, Resolve, Hasselblad Gallery as well as many others.

Additionally, Milnor is the author the blog Smogranch which allows him to speak his mind, post his mother’s poetry and bring together like-minded people around the globe.

He is currently working on a series of classic photo-essays which revolve around Blurb users who are living artistic, creative lives.
His work is in the collections of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The George Eastman House and The Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Shifter: Dispatches, Jesse Freidin

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