Amy Touchette's guest appearances

Amy Touchette

B&H Photography Podcast

Street Photography Magazine

Visual Revolutionary

Notes on Walking // Mapping // Photography

Stephen Wilkes

Ami Vitale

Marc Silber

Pete McBride

Chris Buck

Chris Burkard

Mark Mann

Sebastian Meyer

Joe McNally

Albert Watson

Peter Hurley

Art Streiber

Larry Chen

Art Wolfe

Stella Johnson

OwlTail

On this week's episode of the B&amp;H Photography Podcast we talk to an old friend about a new book; two-time past guest Amy Touchette joins us to discuss her book of street portraits. She also brought a friend with her - none other than photographer, Larry Fink. Is it fair to call Fink a photo legend?  We think so, and clearly the people at the Center for Creative Photography seem to think so, because they just acquired his complete archive of work including images from the 1950’s to the present, from his acclaimed series “The Beats”, “Social Graces”, “The Vanities” and others.   While this is a roundtable conversation, we start with a few questions about Touchette’s book  “Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn”, which she shot over the course of summer strolls through her New York neighborhood. We learn why she started photography in 2001, about her working process with a Rolleiflex twin lens reflex film camera, and why her personal interaction with her subjects/collaborators is paramount in her photography practice. We also talk about crowdsourcing, editorial collaboration, and why Fink wrote the foreword for Touchette’s book.   Larry Fink’s sixty years of photography work is well-recognized, but his harmonica playing, less so.  We hope to remedy that with this episode, but while at it, we learn how he created an extensive archive of vintage prints and “hustled” to find a home for his life’s work. We learn of his Mamiya medium format camera with bellows, his preferred  photo paper, and mull on the difference between our two guest’s aesthetic style. We also talk about an insider vs. outsider perspective, about the nature of portraiture, and the “revelatory excitement that defies the logic of what a frame could be”.    Join us for this playful yet insightful conversation and have a look at this link for portraiture and  WPPI related specials.   Guests: Amy Touchette and Larry Fink Photograph © Amy Touchette For more information on our guests or the gear discussed in this show, please visit https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts

On this week's episode of the <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">B&amp;H Photography Podcast</a> we talk to an old friend about a new book; two-time past guest <a href="https://www.amytouchette.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Touchette</a> joins us to discuss her book of street portraits. She also brought a friend with her - none other than photographer<a href="https://www.instagram.com/larryfinkphoto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">, Larry Fink</a>. Is it fair to call Fink a photo legend?  We think so, and clearly the people at the <a href="https://ccp.arizona.edu/node/2935" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Center for Creative Photography</a> seem to think so, because they just acquired his complete archive of work including images from the 1950’s to the present, from his acclaimed series “The Beats”, “Social Graces”, “The Vanities” and others. While this is a roundtable conversation, we start with a few questions about Touchette’s book <a href="https://www.schiltpublishing.com/shop/books/new-releases/personal-ties-bed-stuy-brooklyn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> “Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn”</a>, which she shot over the course of summer strolls through her New York neighborhood. We learn why she started photography in 2001, about her working process with a Rolleiflex twin lens reflex <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Film/ci/9954/N/4294548525" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">film</a> camera, and why her personal interaction with her subjects/collaborators is paramount in her photography practice. We also talk about crowdsourcing, editorial collaboration, and why Fink wrote the foreword for Touchette’s book. Larry Fink’s sixty years of photography work is well-recognized, but his harmonica playing, less so.  We hope to remedy that with this episode, but while at it, we learn how he created an extensive archive of vintage prints and “hustled” to find a home for his life’s work. We learn of his Mamiya medium format camera with bellows, his preferred <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Printing-Paper/ci/20267/N/4051997281" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> photo paper</a>, and mull on the difference between our two guest’s aesthetic style. We also talk about an insider vs. outsider perspective, about the nature of portraiture, and the “revelatory excitement that defies the logic of what a frame could be”.  Join us for this playful yet insightful conversation and have a look at this link for portraiture and <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/wppi-deals/ci/38359/ap/Y/pd/BHWPPI21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> WPPI related specials</a>. Guests: Amy Touchette and Larry Fink Photograph © Amy Touchette For more information on our guests or the gear discussed in this show, please visit <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts</a>

"Generosity of Persistence", with Amy Touchette and Larry Fink

Brooklyn based photographer, writer, and educator Amy Touchette joins the podcast to talk about her work as a street and documentary photographer and portraitist, and how tragedy and the reminder of her own mortality is what caused her to reevaluate her life and career in the publishing world and set out to pursue a life dedicated to visual storytelling, as well as living her own truth. Amy was always an artistic kid with a passion for reading, writing, and creating art in general.  She continued to pursue that passion studying literature in college with dreams of teaching and writing.  After earning her masters degree in San Francisco, she ended up in New York City working in the publishing industry and slowly making her way to a position as a managing editor. Before long however, she was yearning for a more creative outlet and realized that she was building a career she didn't love.  She was painting a lot, but felt like she wanted something that would  pull her out of her own solitary world and found photography, inspired by the characters of the NYC streets.  But it was the tragedy of 9/11 that would give her another reminder that life can sometimes be cut too short, and to not waste anymore time doing things she wasn't passionate about, and she began chasing her creative aspirations with a more focused dedication. During our conversation Amy tells me what inspired her to take on a 4 year long personal project of photographing and living with the burlesque dancer The World Famous Bob and the book "Shoot the Arrow" that would help establish her in the photography world, the inspiration she finds everyday from wandering the streets of New York and the characters that inhabit it, what she's learned about the human condition from years of street interactions, what inspires her to keep moving forward, and the advice she gives to others who want to pursue a more creative lifestyle.   To Learn More About Amy Touchette Visit: https://www.amytouchette.com And Follow Her on Instagram At: https://www.instagram.com/amy_touchette/ To Learn More About Visual Revolutionary Visit: http://www.visualrevolutionary.com And Follow on Instagram At: https://www.instagram.com/visualrevolutionary/

Brooklyn based photographer, writer, and educator Amy Touchette joins the podcast to talk about her work as a street and documentary photographer and portraitist, and how tragedy and the reminder of her own mortality is what caused her to reevaluate her life and career in the publishing world and set out to pursue a life dedicated to visual storytelling, as well as living her own truth. Amy was always an artistic kid with a passion for reading, writing, and creating art in general.  She continued to pursue that passion studying literature in college with dreams of teaching and writing.  After earning her masters degree in San Francisco, she ended up in New York City working in the publishing industry and slowly making her way to a position as a managing editor. Before long however, she was yearning for a more creative outlet and realized that she was building a career she didn't love.  She was painting a lot, but felt like she wanted something that would  pull her out of her own solitary world and found photography, inspired by the characters of the NYC streets.  But it was the tragedy of 9/11 that would give her another reminder that life can sometimes be cut too short, and to not waste anymore time doing things she wasn't passionate about, and she began chasing her creative aspirations with a more focused dedication. During our conversation Amy tells me what inspired her to take on a 4 year long personal project of photographing and living with the burlesque dancer The World Famous Bob and the book "Shoot the Arrow" that would help establish her in the photography world, the inspiration she finds everyday from wandering the streets of New York and the characters that inhabit it, what she's learned about the human condition from years of street interactions, what inspires her to keep moving forward, and the advice she gives to others who want to pursue a more creative lifestyle.   To Learn More About Amy Touchette Visit: <a href="https://www.amytouchette.com/projects/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amytouchette.com</a> And Follow Her on Instagram At: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amy_touchette/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/amy_touchette/</a> To Learn More About Visual Revolutionary Visit: <a href="http://www.visualrevolutionary.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.visualrevolutionary.com</a> And Follow on Instagram At: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/visualrevolutionary/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/visualrevolutionary/</a>

Episode 117: Amy Touchette / Photographer / Writer

Ruddy Roye

The simple theme for today’s episode of the  B&amp;H Photography Podcast was to be “how to speak to people in the street when you’d like to take their photo.” For this conversation, we invited two of the best street portraitists in New York—Amy Touchette and  FUJIFILM X-Photographer Ruddy Roye, both incredibly talented photographers (and writers!) whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Time, Esquire, and many other publications.  They are both also very active on Instagram, with work that seems ideally suited for the best that medium has to offer. However, as good conversations often do, ours takes a winding road. We discuss personal and family histories, gentrification, race, and a range of subjects, all along tying these ideas to the fundamental aspects of engaging with people, often strangers, to produce passionate and compassionate street photography. We ask our guests how they approach people, how they describe their work when asking for a photograph, and about the importance of body language and eye contact to convey your intention and develop trust. We also examine the differences in approach when photographing people from cultural and economic backgrounds different than your own, when shooting groups of people and, finally, we discuss how to handle pushback, requests for money, outright rejections, and even upsetting encounters. For the gearheads, we touch on working with formats from medium format to cellphone, and how that effects your approach and the interaction with your subjects. Join us for this inspiring conversation. Guests: Amy Touchette and Ruddy Roye Photograph © Amy Touchette   Host: Allan Weitz Senior Creative Producer: John Harris Producer: Jason Tables

The simple theme for today’s episode of the <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=Roye_Touchette" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> B&amp;H Photography Podcast</a> was to be “how to speak to people in the street when you’d like to take their photo.” For this conversation, we invited two of the best street portraitists in New York—<a href="https://www.amytouchette.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Touchette</a> and <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/browse/Fujifilm/ci/7107/N/4232859775?origSearch=FUJIFILM?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=Roye_Touchette" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> FUJIFILM</a> X-Photographer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruddyroye/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruddy Roye</a>, both incredibly talented photographers (and writers!) whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Time, Esquire, and many other publications.  They are both also very active on Instagram, with work that seems ideally suited for the best that medium has to offer. However, as good conversations often do, ours takes a winding road. We discuss personal and family histories, gentrification, race, and a range of subjects, all along tying these ideas to the fundamental aspects of engaging with people, often strangers, to produce passionate and compassionate street photography. We ask our guests how they approach people, how they describe their work when asking for a photograph, and about the importance of body language and eye contact to convey your intention and develop trust. We also examine the differences in approach when photographing people from cultural and economic backgrounds different than your own, when shooting groups of people and, finally, we discuss how to handle pushback, requests for money, outright rejections, and even upsetting encounters. For the gearheads, we touch on working with formats from medium format to cellphone, and how that effects your approach and the interaction with your subjects. Join us for this inspiring conversation. Guests: Amy Touchette and Ruddy Roye Photograph © Amy Touchette Host: Allan Weitz Senior Creative Producer: John Harris Producer: Jason Tables

Street Portraiture -- Intention and Interaction with Ruddy Roye and Amy Touchette

Jennifer McClure

Candid or staged? It’s one of those debates that often get photographers riled up. In the past, I would empathically state my preference for candid photography but as I’ve studied more over the years, I’ve come to appreciate a multitude of photographic approaches. This episode offers a photographer on both ends of the candid or staged spectrum. I met Jennifer McClure while I was reviewing at PhotoNola a few years back. It turned out that we both live in the same neighborhood. I’ve yet to run into her while going to the grocery store but I have seen her at a few photo events over the years and have followed her progress online. It was great to see her win CENTER’s Editor’s Choice in 2013 after years of hard work. She continues to push forward with new projects and recently started photographing single people in New York City which may sound simple but as you’ll hear in the show, turns out to be quite challenging. The internet opens doors but often times when you walk through them you end someplace you never expected.  Amy Touchette is a photographer based in Brooklyn who explores themes of social connectedness through street portraiture. Trained at the International Center of Photography, she began her artistic career as a writer and painter, earning a BA in Literature and Studio Art and an MA in Literature. She is represented by ClampArt in New York City and Little Big Galerie in Paris, France. Amy’s second monograph, Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, was published in January 2022 by Schilt Publishing (Amsterdam) and garnered a Critical Mass 2021 Top 50. Her first monograph, Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB*, was published by Un-Gyve Press (Boston, 2013). Other publications include The New York Times, the New York Observer, and the books Women Street Photographers (Prestel, 2021) and Brooklyn Photographs Now (Rizzoli, 2018).  Recorded May 15, 2015 at Stockholm Studios in Bushwick, Brooklyn   ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bryan-formhals/message

Candid or staged? It’s one of those debates that often get photographers riled up. In the past, I would empathically state my preference for candid photography but as I’ve studied more over the years, I’ve come to appreciate a multitude of photographic approaches. This episode offers a photographer on both ends of the candid or staged spectrum. I met <a href="http://www.jennifermcclure.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jennifer McClure</a> while I was reviewing at PhotoNola a few years back. It turned out that we both live in the same neighborhood. I’ve yet to run into her while going to the grocery store but I have seen her at a few photo events over the years and have followed her progress online. It was great to see her win <a href="http://lenscratch.com/2013/04/center-awards-editors-choice-awards-1st/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CENTER’s Editor’s Choice in 2013</a> after years of hard work. She continues to push forward with new projects and recently started photographing single people in New York City which may sound simple but as you’ll hear in the show, turns out to be quite challenging. The internet opens doors but often times when you walk through them you end someplace you never expected. <a href="https://www.amytouchette.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Touchette</a> is a photographer based in Brooklyn who explores themes of social connectedness through street portraiture. Trained at the International Center of Photography, she began her artistic career as a writer and painter, earning a BA in Literature and Studio Art and an MA in Literature. She is represented by ClampArt in New York City and Little Big Galerie in Paris, France. <blockquote>Amy’s second monograph, Personal Ties: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, was published in January 2022 by Schilt Publishing (Amsterdam) and garnered a Critical Mass 2021 Top 50. Her first monograph, Shoot the Arrow: A Portrait of The World Famous *BOB*, was published by Un-Gyve Press (Boston, 2013). Other publications include The New York Times, the New York Observer, and the books Women Street Photographers (Prestel, 2021) and Brooklyn Photographs Now (Rizzoli, 2018). </blockquote> Recorded May 15, 2015 at Stockholm Studios in Bushwick, Brooklyn --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bryan-formhals/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bryan-formhals/message</a>