Street Life
Street Life is a street photography podcast hosted by John St and Mark Davidson. Each fortnight, John and Mark speak to talented, world-class street photographers - from traditional and established doyens of the industry to innovative and emerging trailblazers - about their work and love for street photography.
Episodes
51 episodes since 2022
JC Kodaks
JC Kodaks is a New York City-based photographer, with roots in the Philippines.JC is known for capturing the vibrant street life of New York City and his work is heavily influenced by the film noir aesthetic.JC's work has been fe...
July 25, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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1:13:54
Alison McCauley
Alison McCauley is an English documentary and street photographer currently based in the South of France.Alison initially studied visual art and painting, before transitioning to photography around 2006.Her approach to street pho...
May 30, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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53:43
Francesca Chiacchio (aka Francesca Who)
Francesca Chiacchio is an award-winning Italian street photographer based in Naples, Italy.Her work has been exhibited in various photography exhibitions worldwide and has been featured in numerous international magazines.Francesc...
May 16, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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1:01:14
Is social media killing the art of photography? (Featuring Knox Bertie)
In this episode, John and Mark are joined by Sydney-based photographer Knox Bertie to discuss the question: are there too many photographs these days and is the volume of images stripping meaning from photography?
May 02, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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1:02:49
David Cossini
David Cossini is an award-winning photographer and film-maker based in Newcastle, Australia. David specialises in long-form documentary projects and portraiture, and has won numerous awards for his work including the HeadOn Portrait...
April 04, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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1:30:36
Paulie B
Paul Baldonado, more commonly known as Paulie B, is a New York-based artist and street photographer.He also runs a hugely successful You Tube channel, which not only highlights his own great work but the work of other photographers in th...
March 14, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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54:32
Robin Schimko (aka The Real Sir Robin)
The Real Sir Robin is a German-born street photographer who also runs a popular photography YouTube channel.He is known for shooting both film and digital and travels the world taking photos and teaching workshops.Follow Robin:
February 29, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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1:01:36
Shooting Solo vs Shooting with Mates (plus Jay Regular)
In this episode, John and Mark discuss whether photographing on your own versus shooting with a group of mates yields better results.Plus, Jay Regular chats about his latest project and photo zine, Commute.Follow Jay:
February 15, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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51:10
Reuben Radding
Reuben Radding is a New York City-based street photographer known for his work capturing the people and streets of NYC. His photography is characterised by a focus on human character and emotion, mostly in black and white. ...
February 01, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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1:17:37
Matt Hall (aka The 13th Second)
Matt Hall is a photographer originally from Cambridge in the UK, who currently resides in Margate. Matt is known for his minimalistic style of street photography and uses abstraction and single human figures to find magic in the mu...
December 14, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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1:04:24
Photo Talk: Protests, Photobooks and Posteriors
In this episode, John and Mark discuss photographing protests, the pitfalls and benefits of film photography, getting into fights with photojournalists and their favourite photobooks.Photobooks mentioned in this podcast:
November 16, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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51:00
Stephen Dupont
Stephen Dupont is an Australian photographer based in New South Wales.Stephen is one of Australia’s most acclaimed photojournalists, whose work focuses largely on the human condition, war and climate.In 2007, he was the recipient ...
November 02, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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1:22:22
Jonny Dub
Jonny Dub is an award-winning street photographer originally from Manchester in the UK, who is now based in Tokyo.He is a member of the Tokyo Street Photography Club and last year self-published his first zene, titled Kaiko.Jonny ...
October 19, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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1:02:30
Jeff Karp
Jeffrey Karp is a photographer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jeff’s street photography has a fine art look to it, with a focus on minimalist compositions, straight lines and heavy black shadows. In 2020, he co-founded the photog...
October 05, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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1:05:02
Martin Parr
Martin Parr is one of the greatest living photographers on the planet.He has worked prolifically since the 70s and has published more than 100 photobooks, which is a testament to his work ethic.Martin is a member and former presid...
September 21, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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54:11
Joshua K Jackson
Joshua K Jackson is a British photographer based in London. After years working in a corporate desk job, Josh decided to quit in 2017 and focus on his real passion: creating photographs.Josh’s work focuses primarily on the in...
September 07, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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56:07
Chris Harrison
Chris Harrison is a Brighton-based street photographer and graphic designer. Chris spent four years at art college studying graphic design and photography, often bunking off to spend extra time in the dark room printing up his work. After art c...
August 24, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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1:00:05
Phil Penman
Phil Penman is a British-born, New York-based photographer who has been documenting the ever-changing scene of New York City's streets for over 25 years.He is known for his atmospheric black and white photographs of the city, capturing i...
August 10, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:00:31
Don Stevie
Don Stevie is a London-based “Street photographer”. His initial journey started when he had camera as a child which he used purely for fun. His photography came more to the fore in 2009 when he bought a little M8 digital camera. Int...
July 27, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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1:15:47
Melissa O'Shaughnessy
Melissa O’Shaughnessy was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she studied journalism and art history. She took up photography after working as a book editor. She now lives and works in New York City. Melissa’s work is f...
July 13, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:01:50
Will AI kill street photography?
In this episode, John and Mark discuss whether AI is a genuine threat to photography and whether AI-generated images should exist in a separate space.
June 15, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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50:47
Nina Papiorek
Nina Papiorek is a multi-award-winning black and white photographer from Germany specialising in street, fine art and landscape photography.Nina’s beautifully toned monochromes show us vistas full of texture, geometry and scale. Many of ...
June 01, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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56:46
Nina Welch-Kling
Nina Welch-Kling is a German-born photographer now based in New York City. Nina has a background in fine art, and her photography focuses on capturing moments of everyday life on the streets.Nina’s latest work is Duologues, a book of pho...
May 18, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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1:08:57
Samuel Lintaro Hopf (Samuel Streetlife)
Samuel Lintaro Hopf is a photographer, filmmaker and popular YouTuber based in Germany.Samuel has worked as an ambassador for Ricoh GR cameras and filmed a “GR Project” series of videos where he travelled the world connecting with other ...
May 04, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:11:02
Josh Edgoose (aka Spicy Meatball)
Josh Edgoose is a photographer based in London whose work focuses on colourful and candid moments on the street, often captured with humour and wit.Josh recently published ‘Brilliant Parade’, a monograph of his work spanning five years, ...
April 20, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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54:39