About this episode
Mike Giant converses with photographer Bee Gats about various topics related to photography, art, and personal experiences.
Conversation between Mike Giant and photographer Bee Gats. Topics discussed include: photographic aesthetics, the beauty of decay, Estevan Oriol, Boogie, opening doors for the next generation, the Tulsa series by Larry Clark , The Americans, playing with cameras as a child, Kodak cameras, hip-hop album covers: Mobb Deep - The Infamous, Thrasher and Transworld magazines, discovering Big Brother at 13 years old, magazine shops, Life Sucks Die, While You Were Sleeping, Mass Appeal, F.E.D.S. and Don Diva, Arme, The Wire, learning lessons from law enforcement/forensics shows, moving around, finding parallels in Buddhism, early love of guns, Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Dirty Harry, GI Joe, The Punisher, burglaries at 8 years old, picking locks, the register button, grand theft (first felony at 12), TICO, skate/punk houses, Camu Tao, The MHz, preferential treatment from police due to his mother’s murder, racial inequality, Don Pendleton: (Mack Bolan, The Executioner, Phoenix Force), learning to shoot at 10, Boy Scouts, Raven handgun, stashing guns, getting jumped, finding the courage to fight back, learning how to box, libraries, free pizzas for reading, learning dynamic framing from…
People in this episode
Host: Mike Giant
Guest: Bee Gats
Topics covered
- photographic aesthetics
- the beauty of decay
- Estevan Oriol
- Boogie
- opening doors for the next generation
- the Tulsa series by Larry Clark
- The Americans
- playing with cameras as a child
- Kodak cameras
- hip-hop album covers
- Mobb Deep - The Infamous
- Thrasher and Transworld magazines
- discovering Big Brother at 13 years old
- magazine shops
- Life Sucks Die
- While You Were Sleeping
- Mass Appeal
- F.E.D.S.
- Don Diva
- Arme
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Raven, Kodak cameras, Mobb Deep - The Infamous, Thrasher magazine, Transworld magazine, Big Brother magazine, Life Sucks Die, While You Were Sleeping, Mass Appeal, F.E.D.S.
Books & works: Big Brother, Life Sucks Die, While You Were Sleeping, The Wire, Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Dirty Harry, GI Joe, The Punisher, How to Think and Grow Rich
Places: Tulsa, Sin City, Dayton, Ohio
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