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Photographer, RIT Professor, and owner of Booksmart Studio, Eric Kunsman talks about his ongoing multi-faceted and social activist project, Felicific Calculus, Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, &amp; Economics in Rochester, NY. Eric discusses how the work started and was influenced by his experiences growing up in declining steel town and later, as an adult, his family faced a dire financial crisis. Eric and Michael also talk about their connection at Mercer County Community College. https://www.erickunsman.comBonus Content: https://youtu.be/9dZ_vpIY1ggMore Vidoes about Eric’s work: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWeP6Y6BGspCNvTEOh4AN4w This episode is sponsored by the Charcoal Book ClubCharcoal Book Club is the monthly subscription service for photobook enthusiasts. Working with the most respected names in contemporary photography, Charcoal selects and delivers essential photobooks to a worldwide community of collectors. Each month, members receive a signed, first-edition monograph and an exclusive print to add to their collections. Begin Building your dream photobook library today at Charcoalbookclub.com  Eric T. Kunsman (b. 1975) was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While in high school, he was heavily influenced by the death of the steel industry and its place in American history. The exposure to the work of Walker Evans during this time hooked Eric onto photography. Eric had the privilege to study under Lou Draper, who became Eric’s most formative mentor. He credits Lou with influencing his approach as an educator, photographer, and contributing human being.Eric holds his MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and holds an MS in Electronic Publishing/Graphic Arts Media, BS in Biomedical Photography, BFA in Fine Art photography, all from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.Currently, he is a photographer and book artist based out of Rochester, New York. Eric works at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as an Assistant Professor in the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and is an adjunct professor for the School of Photographic Arts &amp; Sciences. Support Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/real-photo-show

Photographer, RIT Professor, and owner of Booksmart Studio, Eric Kunsman talks about his ongoing multi-faceted and social activist project, Felicific Calculus, Technology as a Social Marker of Race, Class, &amp; Economics in Rochester, NY. Eric discusses how the work started and was influenced by his experiences growing up in declining steel town and later, as an adult, his family faced a dire financial crisis. Eric and Michael also talk about their connection at Mercer County Community College. <a href="https://www.erickunsman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.erickunsman.com</a> Bonus Content: <a href="https://youtu.be/9dZ_vpIY1gg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/9dZ_vpIY1gg</a> More Vidoes about Eric’s work: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWeP6Y6BGspCNvTEOh4AN4w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWeP6Y6BGspCNvTEOh4AN4w</a> This episode is sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Charcoal Book Club is the monthly subscription service for photobook enthusiasts. Working with the most respected names in contemporary photography, Charcoal selects and delivers essential photobooks to a worldwide community of collectors. Each month, members receive a signed, first-edition monograph and an exclusive print to add to their collections.   Begin Building your dream photobook library today at <a href="http://charcoalbookclub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charcoalbookclub.com</a> Eric T. Kunsman (b. 1975) was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While in high school, he was heavily influenced by the death of the steel industry and its place in American history. The exposure to the work of Walker Evans during this time hooked Eric onto photography. Eric had the privilege to study under Lou Draper, who became Eric’s most formative mentor. He credits Lou with influencing his approach as an educator, photographer, and contributing human being. Eric holds his MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and holds an MS in Electronic Publishing/Graphic Arts Media, BS in Biomedical Photography, BFA in Fine Art photography, all from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. Currently, he is a photographer and book artist based out of Rochester, New York. Eric works at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as an Assistant Professor in the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and is an adjunct professor for the School of Photographic Arts &amp; Sciences. Support Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton by contributing to their tip jar: <a href="https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/real-photo-show" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/real-photo-show</a>

Eric Kunsman | Felicific Calculus

Welcome back everybody, we are now on episode 125 so really happy to bringing you another amazing guest for this weeks show.  Eric Kunsman is an educator (Rochester Institute), artist and damn nice guy who was recommended by Elizabeth Stone.    I'm so so pleased recently with the list of fascinating and kind people that have been recommended recently.  Eric is from the Rochester area of New York  and although was famous for Kodak in the past, it's not the same picture anymore.  Rochester has some other history for us too, as we have already interviewed the one and only Clay McBride from the university and a former student - Nick Brandreth!  Anyway Eric started his own Booksmart studio back in 2005 and made colour printing profiles for a number of well known international companies.  His studio allows him to not allow process film, but he has a fully functional darkroom, Aladdin's arcade of Kodak memobirilia and you can even try gum, carbon or platinum printing!  Eric talks about teaching students fundamentals of colour profiling. This is designed to give people a grounding on and learn from. Having this allows Eric to help people understand what paper works well for their requirements.  He’s so experienced he could smell and taste the difference in paper stocks. Projects including payphones helped him learn more about the impoverished area of Rochester. He chose to setup his studio here for the low costs, but there is a lot of families on low incomes.This project has now turned in to looking at where payphones are located compared to crime/race/economics! Los Alamos was another portrait project of his was shot in 20 minutes about firefighters. He shot these with 4x5 cameras but wanted to be respectful and provide them with something so used Polaroid. “Thou art will give” is another one of Eric’s projects we touch on through the podcast. It’s all about penitentiary's and giving people a chance to have penance to god.  Eric describes how this places were built and why there is such an importance on light, placement and design for religious reasons.  Because he had worked on book binding before he noticed logs books from the 1820-1830s and was hooked. Fake news was another project that started and all started because of his children debating in school.  Eric then realised he needed to record this and archive for the future. 35000 screenshots + 15 volumes  In this one we talk about: teaching  large format digital printing finding your way experience with gear colour management system colours casts smelling paper Nuclear reactors developing fast demise of Kodak/Xerox lifelines &amp; payphones   Links Personal website - http://www.erickunsman.com/ Studio Website - https://www.booksmartstudio.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eric_kunsman/  Friends For all your c41 developing needs - https://filmdev.co.uk/ Large format cameras, medium format &amp; accessories - https://chroma.camera/ Great and affordable zines from Static Age - https://www.staticage.co.uk/  Facebook group Don't forget this resource is there for anyone, need to let some steam off or chat about life?  Then come be around other creatives and help each other - https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/photography-insights/message

Welcome back everybody, we are now on episode 125 so really happy to bringing you another amazing guest for this weeks show.  Eric Kunsman is an educator (Rochester Institute), artist and damn nice guy who was recommended by Elizabeth Stone.    I'm so so pleased recently with the list of fascinating and kind people that have been recommended recently.  Eric is from the Rochester area of New York  and although was famous for Kodak in the past, it's not the same picture anymore.  Rochester has some other history for us too, as we have already interviewed the one and only Clay McBride from the university and a former student - Nick Brandreth! Anyway Eric started his own Booksmart studio back in 2005 and made colour printing profiles for a number of well known international companies.  His studio allows him to not allow process film, but he has a fully functional darkroom, Aladdin's arcade of Kodak memobirilia and you can even try gum, carbon or platinum printing!  Eric talks about teaching students fundamentals of colour profiling. This is designed to give people a grounding on and learn from. Having this allows Eric to help people understand what paper works well for their requirements.  He’s so experienced he could smell and taste the difference in paper stocks. Projects including payphones helped him learn more about the impoverished area of Rochester. He chose to setup his studio here for the low costs, but there is a lot of families on low incomes.This project has now turned in to looking at where payphones are located compared to crime/race/economics! Los Alamos was another portrait project of his was shot in 20 minutes about firefighters. He shot these with 4x5 cameras but wanted to be respectful and provide them with something so used Polaroid. “Thou art will give” is another one of Eric’s projects we touch on through the podcast. It’s all about penitentiary's and giving people a chance to have penance to god.  Eric describes how this places were built and why there is such an importance on light, placement and design for religious reasons.  Because he had worked on book binding before he noticed logs books from the 1820-1830s and was hooked. Fake news was another project that started and all started because of his children debating in school.  Eric then realised he needed to record this and archive for the future. 35000 screenshots + 15 volumes In this one we talk about: teaching <ul> <li>large format digital printing</li> <li>finding your way</li> <li>experience with gear</li> <li>colour management system</li> <li>colours casts</li> <li>smelling paper</li> <li>Nuclear reactors</li> <li>developing fast</li> <li>demise of Kodak/Xerox</li> <li>lifelines &amp; payphones</li> </ul> Links Personal website - <a href="http://www.erickunsman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.erickunsman.com/</a> Studio Website - <a href="https://www.booksmartstudio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.booksmartstudio.com/</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/booksmartstudio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/eric_kunsman/</a> Friends For all your c41 developing needs -<a href="https://filmdev.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://filmdev.co.uk/</a> Large format cameras, medium format &amp; accessories - <a href="https://chroma.camera/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chroma.camera/</a> Great and affordable zines from Static Age - <a href="https://www.staticage.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.staticage.co.uk/</a> Facebook group Don't forget this resource is there for anyone, need to let some steam off or chat about life?  Then come be around other creatives and help each other -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographerstheraphy</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/photography-insights/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/photography-insights/message</a>

Eric Kunsman – Dr Pepper, payphones + Rochester

Eric Kunsman and I talk about his work, Fake News Archive Project: A Historical Archive of the Donald J. Trump Presidency. Eric is looking for people interested in the next election, and any archive enthusiasts, to search through his screen captured collection of news headlines from the past almost four years and to highlight, through your own social media, the stories that were impactful to you but, because of the overwhelming news cycle, may now be lost to history. Here is his description of the work: This is my approach at recording history in the tumultuous times we live in and a historical approach to looking at the Presidency of Donald J. Trump and his claim of “Fake News.” These images are to serve in a historical context and not as a political statement. This project started the day after Election Day and will continue until (TBD.) I started by imaging only CNN due to the President’s verbiage and quickly realized I needed other major news sources as a comparative measure. The use of multiple news sources serves as a barometer and allows the viewers to view this in its historical context.  You can learn more about this work at: https://www.fakenewsarchiveproject.comShare the Fake News: UnGlued Re-Broacast News Event here: https://fb.me/e/1DTe7wR2b Eric's Website: https://www.erickunsman.comEric's Email: eric@erickunsman.com Eric T. Kunsman (b. 1975) was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While in high school, he was heavily influenced by the death of the steel industry and its place in American history. The exposure to the work of Walker Evans during this time hooked Eric onto photography. Eric had the privilege to study under Lou Draper, who became Eric’s most formative mentor. He credits Lou with influencing his approach as an educator, photographer, and contributing human being. Eric holds his MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and holds an MS in Electronic Publishing/Graphic Arts Media, BS in Biomedical Photography, BFA in Fine Art photography all from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.Currently, he is a photographer and book artist based out of Rochester, New York. Eric works at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as a Lecturer for the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and is an adjunct professor for the School of Photographic Arts &amp; Sciences. In addition to lectures, he provides workshops on topics including his artistic practice, digital printing, and digital workflow processes. He also provides industry seminars for the highly regarded Printing Applications Lab at RIT. His photographs and books are exhibited internationally and are in several collections. He currently owns Booksmart Studio, which is a fine art digital printing studio, specializing in numerous techniques and services for photographers and book artists on a collaborative basis. Eric’s work has been exhibited in over 35 solo exhibitions at such venues as Nicolaysen Art Museum, Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, and numerous university galleries. His work has also been a part of over 150 group exhibitions over the past 4 four years including exhibitions at the Center for Photography, A. Smith Gallery, SPIVA, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Atlanta Photography Group, CEPA Gallery, Site:Brooklyn, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, and many more. Eric was named one of 10 B&amp;W photographers to watch of 2018 by BWGallerist, B&amp;W Best Photographers of the Year 2019 by Dodho Magazine, and won the Association of Photography (UK) Gold Award for Open Series in 2019, Finalist, Top 200 Critical Mass 2019, Top 15 Photographers for the Rust Belt Biennial. His Project Felicific Calculus was also awarded a Warhol Foundations Grant through CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Eric’s work has also been published in magazines such as; LensWork, Dodho, B&amp;W Photography, All About Photo, Dek Unu along with online articles by Analog Forever Magazine, Catalyst: Interview, Texas Photo Society, and others. He is currently represented by HOTE Gallery in Los Angeles, CA and Malamegi in San Daniele del Friuli (Udine), Italy.

Eric Kunsman and I talk about his work, Fake News Archive Project: A Historical Archive of the Donald J. Trump Presidency. Eric is looking for people interested in the next election, and any archive enthusiasts, to search through his screen captured collection of news headlines from the past almost four years and to highlight, through your own social media, the stories that were impactful to you but, because of the overwhelming news cycle, may now be lost to history. Here is his description of the work: This is my approach at recording history in the tumultuous times we live in and a historical approach to looking at the Presidency of Donald J. Trump and his claim of “Fake News.” These images are to serve in a historical context and not as a political statement. This project started the day after Election Day and will continue until (TBD.) I started by imaging only CNN due to the President’s verbiage and quickly realized I needed other major news sources as a comparative measure. The use of multiple news sources serves as a barometer and allows the viewers to view this in its historical context. You can learn more about this work at: <a href="https://www.fakenewsarchiveproject.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fakenewsarchiveproject.com</a> Share the Fake News: UnGlued Re-Broacast News Event here: <a href="https://fb.me/e/1DTe7wR2b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fb.me/e/1DTe7wR2b</a> Eric's Website: <a href="https://www.erickunsman.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.erickunsman.com</a> Eric's Email: eric@erickunsman.com Eric T. Kunsman (b. 1975) was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While in high school, he was heavily influenced by the death of the steel industry and its place in American history. The exposure to the work of Walker Evans during this time hooked Eric onto photography. Eric had the privilege to study under Lou Draper, who became Eric’s most formative mentor. He credits Lou with influencing his approach as an educator, photographer, and contributing human being. Eric holds his MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and holds an MS in Electronic Publishing/Graphic Arts Media, BS in Biomedical Photography, BFA in Fine Art photography all from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. Currently, he is a photographer and book artist based out of Rochester, New York. Eric works at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as a Lecturer for the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and is an adjunct professor for the School of Photographic Arts &amp; Sciences. In addition to lectures, he provides workshops on topics including his artistic practice, digital printing, and digital workflow processes. He also provides industry seminars for the highly regarded Printing Applications Lab at RIT. His photographs and books are exhibited internationally and are in several collections. He currently owns Booksmart Studio, which is a fine art digital printing studio, specializing in numerous techniques and services for photographers and book artists on a collaborative basis. Eric’s work has been exhibited in over 35 solo exhibitions at such venues as Nicolaysen Art Museum, Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, and numerous university galleries. His work has also been a part of over 150 group exhibitions over the past 4 four years including exhibitions at the Center for Photography, A. Smith Gallery, SPIVA, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Atlanta Photography Group, CEPA Gallery, Site:Brooklyn, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, and many more. Eric was named one of 10 B&amp;W photographers to watch of 2018 by BWGallerist, B&amp;W Best Photographers of the Year 2019 by Dodho Magazine, and won the Association of Photography (UK) Gold Award for Open Series in 2019, Finalist, Top 200 Critical Mass 2019, Top 15 Photographers for the Rust Belt Biennial. His Project Felicific Calculus was also awarded a Warhol Foundations Grant through CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Eric’s work has also been published in magazines such as; LensWork, Dodho, B&amp;W Photography, All About Photo, Dek Unu along with online articles by Analog Forever Magazine, Catalyst: Interview, Texas Photo Society, and others. He is currently represented by HOTE Gallery in Los Angeles, CA and Malamegi in San Daniele del Friuli (Udine), Italy.

Eric Kunsman | Fake News -Ep.122

Eric Kunsman speaks about his work in the 64th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery, July 14-September 8, 2013.