Every Photo Is a Crime Scene - Brad Zellar on How He Reads Photography and Inspects an Image, E111
About this episode
Matt Jacob interviews Brad Zellar about photography, its future, and the nuances of visual storytelling.
In this episode of The MOOD Podcast, I sit down with writer Brad Zellar, whose deep relationship to photography, photo books, storytelling, and visual culture makes this one of the most thought-provoking conversations I’ve had on the show. We talk about the future of photography, why obsession matters more than concept, the role of text in photo books, what makes an image unforgettable, how portfolio reviewers really think, and why the internet may be training a generation not to care about a...
Topics covered
- photography
- visual culture
- storytelling
- photo books
- future of photography
- image analysis
- internet impact
Keywords
- photography
- photo books
- visual culture
- storytelling
- portfolio reviews
- internet
- image analysis
- obsession
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