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Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton

by Michael Chovan-Dalton

Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton is a podcast about photographers and the related arts.

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Audience Interest

Estimated Reach: 250,001+

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Podcast Focus

Categories: arts · visual

Publishing Consistency

Frequency: Irregular

200+ episodes since 2015

Platform Reach

Insights are generated by CastFox AI using publicly available data, episode content, and proprietary models.

Most discussed topics

photography

art

community

exhibitions

iraq

documentary

Brands & references

the Charcoal Book Club8

MFA4

The New York Times3

Frame/Sequence3

This Alabaster Grave2

The Center for Contemporary Art2

CCA2

the Rhode Island School of Design2

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High Confidence

Est. Listeners

250,001+

Based on iTunes & Spotify (publisher stats).

Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
25,001 - 50,000
Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
75,001 - 150,000
Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
15,001 - 40,000

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On the show

From 11 eps

Host

Michael Chovan-Dalton

2 eps

Recent guests

14 across last 11 eps

Lily Colman

2 eps

Cengiz Yar

1 ep

Keavy Handley-Byrne

1 ep

Maurene Cooper

1 ep

Leonard Marcus

1 ep

Ivan McClellan

1 ep

Marshall To

1 ep

Kai McBride

1 ep

Lisa Beard

1 ep

Micah McCoy

1 ep

Vann Thomas Powell

1 ep

Amani Willett

1 ep

Anika Burgess

1 ep

Pia-Paulina Guilmoth

1 ep

Recent episodes

Pia-Paulina Guilmoth joins Michael Chovan-Dalton to talk about two of her books, Flowers Drink the River (Stanley/Barker) and Fishworm (Void)

Apr 25, 2026

36m 40s

Cengiz Yar on the destruction of the Iraqi city of Mosul and his first book, This Alabaster Grave

Apr 13, 2026

54m 52s

FRAME/SEQUENCE | On Motherhood - Keavy Handley-Byrne, Maurene Cooper, & Lily Colman

Mar 29, 2026

1h 24m 46s

Lily Colman | She, Archivist

Mar 7, 2026

49m 59s

Leonard Marcus | Picture Books

Feb 15, 2026

58m 43s

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Social Links & Contact

Official channels & resources

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Official Website

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RSS Feed

Episodes

monthly

Avg length

53m 57s

36m 40s – 1h 24m 46s

Range

Aug 2020 – Apr 2026

Topics

photography, art +35

Guests

Lily Colman +13 · last 11 eps

11 of 11

Date	Episode	Topics	Guests	Brands	Places	Keywords	Sponsor	Length
4/25/26	Pia-Paulina Guilmoth joins Michael Chovan-Dalton to talk about two of her books, Flowers Drink the River (Stanley/Barker) and Fishworm (Void)✨	photographybooks+4	Pia-Paulina Guilmoth	SF MoMAGoogle/Aperture Creator Labs+3	Maine	Pia-Paulina GuilmothFlowers Drink the River+5	Charcoal Book Club	36m 40s
4/13/26	Cengiz Yar on the destruction of the Iraqi city of Mosul and his first book, This Alabaster Grave✨	photographyIraq+3	Cengiz Yar	This Alabaster GraveISIS+22	MosulMinnesota+6	MosulISIS+3	Charcoal Book Club	54m 52s
3/29/26	FRAME/SEQUENCE \| On Motherhood - Keavy Handley-Byrne, Maurene Cooper, & Lily Colman✨	motherhoodart+3	Keavy Handley-ByrneMaurene Cooper+1	FRAME/SEQUENCECultureWorks of Philadelphia+37	PhiladelphiaGreater Pennsylvania+12	FRAME/SEQUENCEunderrepresented photographers+4	Charcoal Book Club	1h 24m 46s
3/7/26	Lily Colman \| She, Archivist✨	photographyart+3	Lily Colman	Frame/Sequencethe JKC Gallery+11	BedminsterNJ+1	matrilineal inheritancecollage+3	—	49m 59s
2/15/26	Leonard Marcus \| Picture Books✨	photographychildren's literature+3	Leonard Marcus	Picture BooksThe Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art+33	SingaporeUAE+6	Click! Photographers Make Picture BooksEric Carle Museum+7	Charcoal Book Club	58m 43s
2/1/26	Ivan McClellan \| Eight Seconds✨	Black Rodeo CulturePhotography+3	Ivan McClellan	Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culturethe Compton Cowboys+3	the United StatesOklahoma+8	Black cowboy cultureRoy LeBlanc Invitational+3	—	52m 02s
1/18/26	Marshall To \| Blank Notes✨	photographyart+3	Marshall To	Blank Notesthe Charcoal Book Club	Red DeerVancouver	Taoist familyRed Deer+5	Charcoal Book Club	52m 15s
12/23/25	Kai McBride \| Off Grid✨	photographyeducation+3	Kai McBride	StrudelmediaLivephoto-eye+4	BrooklynSanta Fe+10	off-grid cabinSanta Fe+3	Charcoal Book Club	57m 03s
12/14/25	Disparate Projects: Lisa Beard \| Micah McCoy \| Vann Thomas Powell✨	photographyart+3	Lisa BeardMicah McCoy+1	FracturedDisparate Projects+20	the United StatesUK+5	Disparate ProjectsFractured+3	—	1h 05m 45s
11/26/25	Amani Willett \| Invisible Sun✨	photographyfamily+3	Amani Willett	DisquietThe Disappearance of Joseph Plummer+39	BostonHouston	Invisible Sunmedical traumas+3	—	40m 54s
11/13/25	Anika Burgess \| Flashes of Brilliance✨	early photographyart+3	Anika Burgess	WW Norton & CoThe New York Times+7	New York	Genius of Early PhotographyFlashes of Brilliance+7	—	40m 32s