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 137 Episodes.
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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.
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127: Discovering Light with Janet Sternburg
30 October 2021 | Season 4 | 46 mins 54 secs
art, photography
Sternburg's book of Los Angeles during the lockdown, "I've Been Walking," was just released in the US, so we sat down to hear about the moments that have lead here and her work.
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126: Santa Fe Live
19 October 2021 | Season 4 | 25 mins 39 secs
art, photography
Suzanne visits New Mexico, as we ramp up the season and catch up on photographic events.
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125: "Photographic Haiku" and Zen Arts for Creative Photographers
11 July 2021 | Season 4 | 33 mins 32 secs
art, photography, poetry, zen
After 3 years of developing the vision here on this podcast, Rubin outlines the intersection of haiku and photography.
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124: Leaning into Unpredictability: The Dreams of Susan Burnstine
3 July 2021 | Season 4 | 43 mins 56 secs
art, photography
She builds her cameras. She closes her eyes when she shoots. Susan Burnstine is processing her dreams into haunting and beautiful images--a fascinating photographer. Meet her.
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123: Inside Photo-Eye, with Anne Kelly
25 June 2021 | Season 4 | 53 mins 7 secs
art, photography
For over 40 years Photo-Eye has been an institution of photographic arts. Their bookstore and gallery is legendary. We sat down with Anne Kelly to get the scoop on their history, finding new talent, NFTs (!) and the changing nature of photography.
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122: From Ski Bum to Celebrity Photographer: Hang with Jeff Lipsky
28 April 2021 | Season 4 | 50 mins 34 secs
art, photography
His roster of portraits is amazing--but his career path is inspiring. Meet Jeff Lipsky, who went from Telluride ski bum to Hollywood photographer.