#38 Sneaking Smiles With Erik Mathy

The Large Format Photography Podcast

A first for the show, the same guest two weeks running. This time we tried to do the podcast intended for part one, did we succeed? I think so.

We also discovered how good Erik is at reading and answering our listeners’ emails which we have cleverly called “Ask Erik”. From now on email reading and answering will be handled by someone who turns it into a kind of performance art.

Things we chatted about on the show:

“Rides Slow and Take Photos” web article for some background to Erik’s Butterfield overland mail trail bike ride.

https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/features-interviews/film-review-ride-slow-take-pictures?fbclid=IwAR2EPCPIhFtwFzulEit7Jy-D2Qd7Ws3tnGSLIb3trteOZcprh_f1sTJqjNU

Erik sent us several links to things we chatted about on the show and some I don’t think we did! But they all look great.

The work of Consuelo Konaga whose archive is at the Brooklyn Museum.

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/6641/objects?fbclid=IwAR1YWwpKLgawjEQtplTwDCnpeH6Gp_mLul-TGBNLiwXz7xTRLBzesL9B4TY

At the end of Erik’s Butterfield bike ride he ends up at the workshop of Wayne Martin Belger, we chat a bit about Wayne’s “third Eye” skull camera and his “Us and Them” camera which is remarkable. Erik drew our attention to Wayn’e ground breaking “HIV Bloodworks” project, here is a link.

https://www.waynemartinbelger.com/index/G00008tmllFKMnBQ?fbclid=IwAR31KEj8oM0Gj5WLSkk9_zYzsZ1yiicCfZAPJQWJ5hZIJL2UnnkLnBNDCR8

Eric said “Also, I didn’t touch on him but I wanted to. Josef Koudelka’s “Black Triangle” was the first set of landscapes I’d ever seen that were both stunningly beautiful and incredibly hard hitting from a documentary perspective.

https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/environment/josef-koudelka-black-triangle/?fbclid=IwAR31KEj8oM0Gj5WLSkk9_zYzsZ1yiicCfZAPJQWJ5hZIJL2UnnkLnBNDCR8

Josef uses the Fuji 617 panoramic camera to brilliant effect. He produced a book called Ruin and has completed a documentary as well.

https://www.magnumphotos.com/theory-and-practice/koudelka-shooting-holy-land-israel-palestine-documentary-conflict/?fbclid=IwAR0I6xjWbYmrNIPRqouTOWr3UJCRV4DNMHY1YuLSMDG2AA3rfjmVKYW8Tig

Erik gives a shout out to artist and activist Lucinda Hinojos who he meets on his trip.

This was made on his Graphic and dollar bill lens after Erik cracked a joke!

Follow Lucinda on her IG https://www.instagram.com/lucinda_yrene/?fbclid=IwAR2993uQuMZHdu0E0w3vUTkrKbZ8VAKdtlZgkU92oWM26E8wTKLDcAM6XUY

Fred at SurplusShed.com can get you ANY lens element and more. He sounds amazing.

https://www.surplusshed.com/

Erik’s links

A not updated website.

https://www.erikmathy.com/about

IG probably best for all things including rabbits.

https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/?hl=en

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