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  • What 9/11 did NOT change in my photography

    Last week I blogged about how the terrible events of 9/11/01 changed photography. (Or maybe more accurately, how the photography that came out of that day highlighted the changes in the culture of photography that were just picking up speed at that moment.) That essay was written from the perspective of a blogger first and a photographer second. This week I approach the same topic the other way, as a photographer first and a blogger second.

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    Sep 11

  • Books, ideas, frameworks

    My recent road trip left me with a lot of time for thinking about, among other things, books. In the “old” days, which were not that long ago, such a trip would mean buying / reading a few books over the six weeks I was on the road. It also meant planning how to get the books while traveling, how to carry them and where to leave them (or who to give them to) when I was finished, This trip, that whole routine was gone.

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    Feb 11

  • The thinking behind my photo-essay “Foreclosed Dreams”

    In this podcast, I take you with me as I am photographing part of my ongoing photo-essay “Foreclosed Dreams.”

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    Oct 10

  • My favorite part of my favorite class

    I recently wound up my time in Asia with a stop in Singapore, where I gave a few short presentations to large audiences as well as some longer workshops for smaller audiences. Everyone I worked with seemed happy with what I did, so I will be going back next year. So keep an eye on the workshops page of my website to see exactly when I will be going back and what I will be doing.  The very last thing I did when I was there this year was to teach my favorite class.  I ended that class with my favorite teaching exercise.

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    Jan 10

  • An editing exercise - part two of two parts

    This podcast takes you through the second section of a two part process of editing a large number of images down top a select few.

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    Dec 09

  • An editing exercise - part one of two parts

    This podcast takes you through the process of editing a large number of images down top a select few.

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    Nov 09

  • The important process of naming a project

    The members of a critique group that I head recently had an email dialogue about what to call one of the member’s ongoing projects.  As the process unfolded, I thought about my own struggles naming my projects and how the naming of a photographic project is arguably the most important step in the process of defining and shaping such a project.

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    Apr 09

  • The early photo-essays of David H. Wells

    This podcast explores the evolution of my photo-essays, including many of my grant-funded projects, including my work on the pesticide poisoning of farm-workers in California, the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, fishermen in Gloucester , MA as well as the communities of South Asian immigrants in America

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    Mar 09

  • Photo-essays, past, present and future

    I have been producing photo-essays in one form or another for a couple decades. In that time, my approach to them has changed, as have the various ways that photo-essays are seen. After a long, slow decline in outlets, a new and exciting one has appeared.

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    Feb 09

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