M.H. Rubin
Co-Host of Everyday Photography, Every Day
Rubin's pedigree swings wide: making movies with Bernardo Bertolluci; premastering CDs for the Grateful Dead; developing the “paint-your-own pottery” studio industry; years at Netflix... but through it all he’s been a passionate photographer and collector. A few years ago he left his Senior Innovator role at Adobe to focus on fine art photography. He's now dedicated to his own work as well as teaching and collecting. His philosophy and workshops can be found at www.neomodern.com
M.H. Rubin has hosted 143 Episodes.
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143: Jake and the Bridge
31 March 2025 | Season 4 | 55 mins 8 secs
art, photography
Jake Ricker has been shooting the Golden Gate Bridge everyday, all day, for the past 6 years: an interior view of something we usually only experience in exterior.
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142: Arthur Drooker, Staying Curious
23 March 2025 | Season 4 | 51 mins 50 secs
art, photography
Today we get to know Arthur Drooker, a creative photographer I first discovered with his brilliant "Conventional Wisdom" -- peering inside some niche gatherings. But today his book of 37 Views of the Golden Gate has sold out, and we look at his interesting career.
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141: Wallace Wilson and the Victims of Paradox
5 September 2024 | Season 4 | 55 mins 4 secs
art, photography
Wallace "Wally" Wilson in the 1970s-1980s; he was a professor of photography at the University of Florida when I was a kid, alongside other historic faculty like Jerry Uelsmann, Evon Streetman, Doug Prince, and Todd Walker. Wilson was part of an exciting time in the history of photography.
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140: Can Composition Be Taught?
22 April 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 6 secs
art, photography
Today we're joined by John Lambert and William Loftus, successful professionals and excellent photographers who were recent students in Rubin's experimental "The Art of Composition -- Reimagined" workshop. The group discuss the difficult topic and what it means to be a photographer.
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139: Elliott Erwitt, with Rick Smolan
1 February 2024 | Season 4 | 1 hr 15 secs
art, photography
The great photographer Elliott Erwitt passed away last November, but we sat down with his son-in-law, the Internationally acclaimed photographer Rick Smolan, to discuss Erwitt's life and work.
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138: "Pure Seeing" and the New Years Episode
3 January 2024 | Season 4 | 44 mins 8 secs
art, photography
Where we catch up and review some travel photography, the definition of photography, the passing of the great Elliott Erwitt, the nature of composition and other various rants.
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137: The Great Debate: Pictorialism, Modernism and Generative AI
30 September 2023 | Season 4 | 56 mins 3 secs
ai, art, generative art, midjourney, photography
We're joined by professor Ed Bateman to discuss Rubin's issues with "pure seeing" and the 100-years debate about how much modification can you do to a photo before you change it fundamentally.
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136: The Hat
11 August 2023 | Season 4 | 42 mins 30 secs
art, photography
We're back and catching up on workshops, lessons from the summer, Rubin's new camera and, of course, Suzanne's hat.
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135: The Very Personal Landscapes from Jason Pettit
4 March 2023 | Season 4 | 52 mins 2 secs
art, photography
Even after only a few years shooting photos, and inspired by the work of Minor White, Guy Tal and Eliot Porter (among others), Jason Pettit produces beautiful and sensitive landscapes. His personal process is inspiring and instructive.
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134: Ambiguity in Paris—More Fun with Nina Welch-Kling
8 December 2022 | Season 4 | 45 mins 49 secs
art, photography
Nina and Rubin meet in Paris and go shooting. Paris Photo! The Stettner family and a discussion of Nina's new project.
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133: Dall-E and You, with Dr. Aaron Hertzmann
20 August 2022 | Season 4 | 51 mins 19 secs
art, photography
The hottest topic in AI is the new "art" creation tool called Dall-E, and after a few weeks of falling down the rabbit hole playing in this new world, and considering the implications on photography (as well as illustration) our hosts invite domain expert Dr. Aaron Hertmann--from Adobe's research team--to explore Dall-E and other aspects of computational photography.
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132: Inside Photo Independent with Chris Davies
24 July 2022 | Season 4 | 55 mins 55 secs
art, nft, photofair, photography
As Rubin explores the world of photo fairs, industry leader Chris Davies takes us into Photo Independent, Paris Photo and NFTs. A must-listen episode for photographers starting to sell their work.
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131: The Emotional Architecture of Elizabeth Daniels
29 May 2022 | Season 4 | 46 mins 2 secs
art, photography
Suzanne and Rubin get familiar with the twisting photographic journey of LA architectural photographer Elizabeth Daniels. From her unusual college application (which resonates for Rubin) to her friendships and mentorship from many of the great, this is a fun episode!
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130: Cartier-Bresson and the Real "Decisive Moment"
7 May 2022 | Season 4 | 34 mins 23 secs
art, photography
Suzanne and Rubin dig into the meaning of "the decisive moment" and how important the concept is for amateur photographers. And then they talk about sculpture.
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129: Impossible... with Edward Bateman
26 April 2022 | Season 4 | 47 mins 31 secs
art, photography
A spontaneous gathering with Anne Kelly (of PhotoEye) and photographer and professor Bateman. Ed Bateman teaches at the University of Utah and has been a long-time explorer of time, creativity, photographs and history.
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128: Our New Years Show on Photographic Purism
6 January 2022 | Season 4 | 26 mins 9 secs
art, photography
Our hosts catch up after a Covid holiday and dig into Rubin's struggles with "pure seeing" photography, as different from inorganic, studio, photographic creations.