Sarah Blesener's guest appearances

Sarah Blesener

B&H Photography Podcast

Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton

Adorama: The Podcast

Olivia Bee

Chris Burkard

Endia Beal

Chris Gunn

Nancy Borowick

Aaron Turner

Kesha Lambert

Gulnara Samoilova

Joe McNally

Peter Hurley

Stanley Greenberg

Elinor Carucci

Joe Aguirre

Jeff Mermelstein

David Burnett

OwlTail

Eight months ago, on the B&amp;H Photography Podcast, we welcomed four photojournalists who were covering the beginning stages of the  COVID-19 crisis in New York. We discussed their fears and the stories they hoped to cover; we also discussed safety precautions, limited access to subjects, and altered workflows. It was the beginning of a new reality. On today’s episode, we welcome back two of those photographers—Desiree Rios and Sarah Blesener—for a follow-up conversation on how their work has evolved since March. We first welcome Desiree Rios, who photographs for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.  We speak with Rios about her daily assignments covering the effects of the pandemic in New York, primarily in the Bronx. We talk about using her work as a support for the community, about building solidarity with the people she photographs, and about trying to tell deeper aspects of a story with daily news images. We also marvel over how attitudes about masks and PPE were so different in March. After a break, we speak with Sarah Blesener.  She also works for the Times and WSJ, but thanks to a commission from the International Center for Photography and a grant from National Geographic, she was able to focus on a long-term project over these months. Specifically, she photographed her eighty-year-old landlady and how she, along with the neighborhood community she is a part of, came together to withstand the effects of the pandemic and shutdown. Blesener relates how she came to appreciate working in a less intimate and less spontaneous manner than normal, how she avoided risky assignments to not risk infecting her landlady, and how the project grew to involve the neighborhood and became a very optimistic story, despite the situation. This series is currently on exhibition at ICP.    Join us for this topical and interesting conversation on the evolving role of photojournalism during 2020.   Guests: Desiree Rios and Sarah Blesener Photo: Desiree Rios

Eight months ago, on the <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">B&amp;H Photography Podcast</a>, we welcomed four photojournalists who were covering the beginning stages of the <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/podcasts/photography/podcast-photojournalists-covering-the-coronavirus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> COVID-19 crisis in New York</a>. We discussed their fears and the stories they hoped to cover; we also discussed safety precautions, limited access to subjects, and altered workflows. It was the beginning of a new reality. On today’s episode, we welcome back two of those photographers—<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ddrios/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Desiree Rios</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sarahblesener/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Blesener</a>—for a follow-up conversation on how their work has evolved since March. We first welcome Desiree Rios, who photographs for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.  We speak with Rios about her daily assignments covering the effects of the pandemic in New York, primarily in the Bronx. We talk about using her work as a support for the community, about building solidarity with the people she photographs, and about trying to tell deeper aspects of a story with daily news images. We also marvel over how attitudes about masks and PPE were so different in March. After a break, we speak with Sarah Blesener.  She also works for the Times and WSJ, but thanks to a commission from the International Center for Photography and a grant from National Geographic, she was able to focus on a long-term project over these months. Specifically, she photographed her eighty-year-old landlady and how she, along with the neighborhood community she is a part of, came together to withstand the effects of the pandemic and shutdown. Blesener relates how she came to appreciate working in a less intimate and less spontaneous manner than normal, how she avoided risky assignments to not risk infecting her landlady, and how the project grew to involve the neighborhood and became a very optimistic story, despite the situation. This series is currently on exhibition at <a href="https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/covid-new-york-five-icp-alumni" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ICP</a>.    Join us for this topical and interesting conversation on the evolving role of photojournalism during 2020. Guests: Desiree Rios and Sarah Blesener Photo: Desiree Rios

Covering COVID-19: A Follow-up Conversation with Desiree Rios and Sarah Blesener

Miranda Barnes

Taslima Akhter

Guests include: Miranda Barnes (@mirandarbarnes), a Leica photographer focusing her work on underrepresented populations. Taslima Akhter (taslimaakhter.com), whose most recognized work came through her documentation of the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, and Sarah Blesener (@sarahblesener), a documentary photographer whose work has merged youth culture and politics, and has focused on patriotism vs. nationalism.

Guests include: Miranda Barnes (@mirandarbarnes), a Leica photographer focusing her work on underrepresented populations. Taslima Akhter (<a href="http://taslimaakhter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">taslimaakhter.com</a>), whose most recognized work came through her documentation of the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, and Sarah Blesener (@sarahblesener), a documentary photographer whose work has merged youth culture and politics, and has focused on patriotism vs. nationalism.

Photoville with Miranda Barnes, Taslima Akhter, and Sarah Blesener

"I want nuanced reflections and questions…that's why I like literature…if a book didn't do that you would not be interested and you would throw it away…so I think photography should beckon the same kinds of responses…" Sarah Blesener dropped out of school at an early age to pursue alternative forms of education which included a year of flight school. She describes herself as very goal driven with a desire to get things done quickly, which accounts for how much she has accomplished in a relatively short period of time. Sarah has an impressive list of awards, clients, publications, shows, and lectures all within the last 3 years. We talk about her work and how having it out in the world for others to interpret filled her with self-doubt at first but then gave her a better understanding how the photograph can create conversation and it also helped Sarah get a better sense of where she wants to go philosophically with future work. http://www.sarah-blesener.com/ http://www.sarah-blesener.com/instagram/ https://www.facebook.com/sarah.blesener https://twitter.com/sarah_blesener This episode sponsored by the School of Visual Arts MFA Photography, Video, &amp; Related Media - Charles Traub, Chair. http://www.mfaphoto.sva.edu/ Visit realphotoshow.com @realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB

"I want nuanced reflections and questions…that's why I like literature…if a book didn't do that you would not be interested and you would throw it away…so I think photography should beckon the same kinds of responses…" Sarah Blesener dropped out of school at an early age to pursue alternative forms of education which included a year of flight school. She describes herself as very goal driven with a desire to get things done quickly, which accounts for how much she has accomplished in a relatively short period of time. Sarah has an impressive list of awards, clients, publications, shows, and lectures all within the last 3 years. We talk about her work and how having it out in the world for others to interpret filled her with self-doubt at first but then gave her a better understanding how the photograph can create conversation and it also helped Sarah get a better sense of where she wants to go philosophically with future work. <a href="http://www.sarah-blesener.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sarah-blesener.com/</a> <a href="http://www.sarah-blesener.com/instagram/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sarah-blesener.com/instagram/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sarah.blesener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/sarah.blesener</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/sarah_blesener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sarah_blesener</a> This episode sponsored by the School of Visual Arts MFA Photography, Video, &amp; Related Media - Charles Traub, Chair. <a href="http://www.mfaphoto.sva.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.mfaphoto.sva.edu/</a> Visit <a href="http://realphotoshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">realphotoshow.com</a> @realphotoshow on Twitter/IG/FB

Sarah Blesener | Beckon us from Home - Ep.73