About this episode

Tyson Martin interviews Dan Tamarkin about Leica history, camera collecting, and the culture of photography.

This episode marks the beginning of a new chapter. After the last few years of conversations under The Life of PHYS , the show has evolved into The PHYS Podcast, a space dedicated to the photographers, filmmakers, artists, athletes and storytellers shaping the creative world through images and ideas. PHYS stands for Photography Heals Your Soul, and that philosophy continues to guide every conversation. To kick off this new era, host Tyson Martin sits down with Dan Tamarkin, owner of Tamarkin Camera and the Rangefinder Gallery in Chicago, one of the most respected Leica-focused galleries and camera showrooms in the world. Dan grew up surrounded by cameras. His father, Stan Tamarkin, founded Tamarkin Camera in 1971 in their family home in New Haven, Connecticut. After taking over the family business in 2010, Dan moved it to Chicago and opened Tamarkin Cameras and the Rangefinder Gallery, creating a hub for photographers, collectors, and Leica enthusiasts from around the world. But Dan’s story extends far beyond cameras. Trained as a writer and linguistic ethnographer at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Dan has worked as a theatrical lighting designer, teacher, performer, and…

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