About this episode

Matt Jacob interviews Magnum photographer Mark Power about his 14-year journey photographing America and the significance of stillness in photography.

In this episode, Matt sits down with Magnum photographer Mark Power for a wide-ranging conversation about long-term documentary photography, creative process, and what it means to spend 14 years photographing America as a foreigner. Mark discusses the origins of his landmark five-volume series 'Good Morning, America', why he's drawn to photographing the ordinary and overlooked rather than the spectacular, and how a woman quietly crying at a Don McCullin exhibition changed the trajectory of hi...

Topics covered

• documentary photography
• creative process
• long-term projects
• American culture
• ordinary life

Keywords

• photography
• documentary
• Mark Power
• Good Morning America
• stillness
• ordinary
• American culture

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