In episode 390 UNP founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on the big and small things that impact on the everyday engagement we all have with photography.

Dr.Grant Scott
After fifteen years art directing photography books and magazines such as Elle and Tatler, Scott began to work as a photographer for a number of advertising and editorial clients in 2000. Alongside his photographic career Scott has art directed numerous advertising campaigns, worked as a creative director at Sotheby’s, art directed foto8magazine, founded his own photographic gallery, edited Professional Photographer magazine and launched his own title for photographers and filmmakers Hungry Eye. He founded the United Nations of Photography in 2012, and is now a Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-ordinator: Photography at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, and a BBC Radio contributor. Scott is the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained (Routledge 2014), The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography (Routledge 2015), New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography (Routledge 2019), and What Does Photography Mean To You? (Bluecoat Press 2020). His photography has been published in At Home With The Makers of Style (Thames & Hudson 2006) and Crash Happy: A Night at The Bangers (Cafe Royal Books 2012). His film Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay was premiered in 2018.

Scott’s book Inside Vogue House: One building, seven magazines, sixty years of stories, Orphans Publishing, is now on sale.

© Grant Scott 2025

A Photographic Life-390: 'Making Money, Specializing and William Klein'

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The podcast complements the marketing efforts by The Sponsorship Experts and also open the doors for more collaborative content.

In this episode of the podcast we take a closer look at the importance of continued education in a fast-changing world. In addition, we have confirmed the dates for next year’s training workshops, Sponsorship Part One and Sponsorship Part Two so save the date!

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Sunrise, The Black Sun

Thom Francis welcomes poets Brian Liston and Joan Goodman, who shared their work at the Poetic License Poetry Reading and Open Mic at the Honest Weight Food Co-op on Monday, October 14, 2024.

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Poetic License celebrates the creative intersections of poetry and visual art by bringing together writers from Hudson Valley Writers Guild and artists from the Upstate Artists Guild.

Last year's exhibit showcased 42 pieces of art, created by 24 artists, each responding to poems written by 23 regional and national poets. This fusion of imagery and language gives us a fresh look at how art can interpret, transform, and reimagine the written word.

On October 14, 2024, poets featured in the exhibit were invited to read their work in a special poetry reading hosted by local photographer and activist Dan Wilcox. Poets shared their pieces while surrounded by the very art they inspired—a full-circle moment for words and visuals alike.

Today, we’re thrilled to bring you the voices of two of those poets: Brian Liston, who is the only poet who has had his poetry appear in all three Poetic License exhibits, and Joan Goodman, who was a reader in the open mic portion of the evening. 

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The 2025 edition of Poetic License exhibit has moved across the river and is now on view at the Honest Weight Food Co-op in Albany through November 16. There will be an Artist Reception and Poetry Reading event as part of Albany’s First Friday on November 7, 2025.

For more information on Poetic License and its upcoming events, go to https://poeticlicensealbany.com. And while you are there, you can read the poems and view the art that is featured in the show.

Talking With Poets: Brian Liston and Joan Goodman at the Honest Weight Food Co-op

Author Paul Kingsnorth and Professor James Matthew Wilson on September 25, 2025 at the University Club of Chicago.

“Our culture is not in danger of dying; it is already dead, and we are in denial.  This, now, is the reality we have to wrestle with—and transcend.”

We all experience how the rapid advance of technology, especially AI, has affected the way we live, think, and experience the world. But has it also changed who we are? In his new book, "Against the Machine: on the Unmaking of Humanity," Paul Kingsnorth explores the consequences of hyper-technologized society. With the deftness of an essayist who is also a poet, Kingsnorth takes us through the historical and theological roots of post-Industrial Revolution advancement. He ultimately suggests that the dangers we face have a spiritual cause, and spiritual consequences. “If you knock out the pillars of a sacred order,” he writes, “the universe itself will change shape.” This technological reshaping will lead man to become the machine—unless we can learn to transcend it.

A Spiritual Manual for the Technological Age: A Discussion of Paul Kingsnorth's Against the Machine

The Most Important Day

Jimmy's been a pro since he was 12, grew up in LA, then Chicago, the Sausalito since 1970; Jimmy saw Jimi Hendrix & B.B. King in the same week! Impacted him! Jimmy was Clarence Clemmons' musical director for 10 years; writes songs, but more instrumentals these days; the "Money Question" - Jimmy has managed to support himself with music through a diverse set of revenue streams: teaching, recording, touring, jingles, stage shows; he ran "Blue Star", a non-profit kids program, for 15 years; his National Steel guitar is named "Stacy", & was signed by John Lee Hooker; the song "Diamond Girl" is for his wife, Kelly; lived in Maui for 6 years, but moved back into his wife's grandfather's house in mid-town Santa Cruz; Jimmy played with Lauren Rowan in the 1970's, in a band called "The Edge" - they are getting together for a reunion show later this year, and have Keith Greeninger & Dayan Kai opening up to expose his north Bay audience to these Santa Cruz known musicians; he has benefitted from a partnership with Jason Moffett, who has helped Jimmy with digital marketing. 

An interview on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" with "Dangerous Dan" & "DJ Spark Plug", airing Friday mornings on KZSC Santa Cruz, California. 

Jimmy Dillon_Guitar player, singer, songwriter_interviewed 2025-10-10 on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club

ITW - L.Schneider - Vaunage Terre d'Arts - ARTY SHOW 14-16 nov 10h-18h Calvisson Boissières Congénies

Live in the Studio interview with members of Karen with a K. The interview covered thier beginnings as band, how they write their music, and some live performances!

Laura February Strange, who lives in Corralitos (South Santa Cruz County), wrote the "Musical Temper Tantrum" exploring, & poking fun at, the "Karen"-meme. As they describe themselves, it's a "A garage-rock musical, social satire. Titular character Karen (with a K) is a woman stumbling through a very bad day. Wearing her self-serving flaws like a gaudy, costume tiara, her current ordeals are conceived in a dozen or so songs written by Laura February Strange and performed by Strange Bedfellows. 

Strange Bedfellows are group made up of veteran musicians Laura February Strange, Scott Kail, Jojo Fox, Jack Hanson and Orbrad Darbro plus vocalists Stephanie Madrigal, Bonny June and Judy Appleby." (source: https://karenwithak.net/about-the-show, accessed 10/31/2025)

An interview on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" with "DJ Spark Plug", airing Friday mornings on KZSC 88.1 FM Santa Cruz, California. 

Karen with a K_A Musical Temper Tantrum_2025-09-12_Live! on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club

Golden Voice Gene started out with solo shows...later, Alia joined in harmonies, then bass & sax, and Wade showed up with electric guitar and also vocals; "The Fintztones" formed in 2010; Golden Voice Gene put out a CD, and later the "Fintztones" put one out, "Make It Right";  The Money Question? Golden Voice Gene: "day job" with the DMV (which meant all of his friends could end up wtih a drivers license photo they didn't cringe at everytime they saw it) gave him the means to pursue music on his time; Alia has a remote day job that is totally supportive, and she has several musical outlets (shout out to "Lady Kiah", trumpet / flugelhorn player in last night's show, who is making a go of it as a full time musician); Wade-O no longer has a day job, and enjoys playing music & performing; the 3 of them are scatterred, but bring it together for gigs; songwriting discussion, with both Alia & Gene writing tunes; friendly ribbing over ratio of originals to covers at gigs; Golden Voice Gene never makes a set list; does he know the first song for tonight's gig? "I'm not telling!" 

An interview on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" with "Dangerous Dan" & "DJ Spark Plug", airing Friday mornings on KZSC 88.1 FM Santa Cruz, California. 

The Fintztones_singer-songwriters, musicians_2025-10-24_on KZSC's Bushwhackers Breakfast Club

The Sponsorship Experts Podcast focuses on sponsorship and partnership marketing opportunities in a number of segments including sports, arts, entertainment and MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) amongst others. The monthly podcast is distributed in sync with The Sponsorship Experts’ popular newsletter, giving stakeholders an opportunity to learn about sponsorship opportunities in more detail.

The podcast complements the marketing efforts by The Sponsorship Experts and also open the doors for more collaborative content.

Paul Poole (South East Asia) Co., Ltd. is an independent marketing consultancy based in Bangkok, Thailand specialising in commercial sponsorship and partnership marketing, working with both rights holders and brands - acting as a catalyst by bringing them together and maximising the relationship.

We have packaged, sold and managed sponsorship and partnership opportunities for a wide range of rights holders and worked with many of the world’s leading brands to source and engage the right sponsorships and partnerships for them to maximise.

www.paulpoole.co.th

Hudson Mohawk Magazine is a local volunteer-produced news hour that provides sanctuary for the discussion of a wide range of topics, scaling from the global to the hyper-local. The show is broadcasted from The Sanctuary for Independent Media on WOOC 105.3 FM.

Thanks to listeners like you, the Sanctuary is able to use art and participatory action to promote social and environmental justice and freedom of creative expression.

Radio Système, Radio Associative située à Vauvert ( Gard France). Ces 3 missions principales : Radio Pédagogique - Radio D'information locale - Radio  de la diversité et de lutte contre les discriminations.

Ari Inkiläinen also uses artist name James Sag. Ari is Finnish composer/producer and actor. He was interested of music already in a school and when was just a kid then most of all his biggest target was rhythm instruments. More info in Google as Ari Inkiläinen, Ari Inkilainen and James Sag.

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"To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life." Henri Cartier-Bresson. 

Whatever your level of engagement with photography The Photographic Life Podcast explains the realities of working with and learning about the medium. Each week photographer, writer, lecturer, filmmaker, and BBC Radio contributor Dr. Grant Scott reflects on news, discussions, themes and issues surrounding the photographic community. This is a podcast for those who do not want kit reviews, photoshop techniques, marketing babble or camera talk. It is for those who want informed conversation about photography and life. Grant Scott is the founder/curator of www.unitednationsofphotography.com, a Senior Lecturer in Photography at Oxford Brookes University, UK, a working photographer, and the author of Professional Photography: The New Global Landscape Explained, The Essential Student Guide to Professional Photography and New Ways of Seeing: The Democratic Language of Photography.

His documentary film, Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay has been screened across the UK, and in Canada and the US. 

Podcast music: Written and performed by Laura Ritchie.

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