The Only Revolution is Within – Photography is Nothing – Ep05

ByZach Dobson

This week Zach & Courtney discuss everyday photography, Zach’s 180 on fireworks photos, an important quote that influenced Courtney, and the work of photographers Sally Mann and Larry Fink.

“Photography is nothing–it’s life that interests me.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson 

In this episode

Books

The Americans by Robert Frank
Way Far by Ryan McGinley
Kitchen Table Series by Carrie Mae Weems
Gold by Sebastião Salgado
Kuwait. A Desert on Fire by Sebastião Salgado
Mary Ellen Mark

Photographers

Sally Mann’s Photography
Larry Fink’s Photography

The source of Larry Fink’s quote: “The only revolution that we have is within”


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