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Carol Golemboski
Carol Golemboski

Hello friends, thanks for checking out our latest session on the Diffusion Tapes. This time around we had the opportunity to catch up with our friend, Carol Golemboski. Golemboski is a photographer and is a Professor of Photography at the University of Colorado Denver. 

Carol Golemboski uses antiquated objects as metaphors in carefully staged scenes. In her creative process, she implements the use of black and white film and darkroom printing, combining photography, drawing, and photograms in ambiguous and provocative ways.

In 2016, she published a book called Psychometry. She’s won numerous awards, and shown her work all over the place. Carol is a photo magician. 

We’re big fans of Carol and hope you enjoy our conversation with her.

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Rashod Taylor
Rashod Taylor

Welcome to Season 2 of the Diffusion Tapes. In our long-awaited eighth episode, we chat with photographer, educator, and analog lover Rashod Taylor.

Rashod Taylor is a fine art and portrait photographer whose work addresses themes of family, intimacy, legacy, and the black experience. He attended Murray State University and received a Bachelor's degree in Art with a specialization in Fine Art Photography. Since then, he has exhibited and published his work across the United States and internationally. Taylor also teaches workshops and presents lectures at various venues around the country.

He is currently working on a series called Little Black Boy, where he documents his son’s life while examining the Black American experience and fatherhood. He lives in Springfield, MO with his wife and son.

In our Tape with Rashod, we talk about his history in photography, his passion for analog, family and being a parent, the business of being an artist, and his thoughts on identity and legacy. 

Thanks to Rashod for spending some time with us and sharing your passion!

Recorded February 10, 2023. These are the Diffusion Tapes... 

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Edward Bateman
Edward Bateman

Happy Halloween! It seems so appropriate that today we release our episode with the 'wildly interesting" Ed Bateman.

Edward Bateman is an artist and professor at the University of Utah, where he heads the Photography and Digital Imaging area. The work of Edward Bateman exists in a space between photography and printmaking, although his extensive use of 3D modeling technologies is not common to either medium. Using constructed and often anachronistic imagery, he creates allegedly historical artifacts that examine our belief in the photograph as a reliable witness.

In our conversation, we chatted with Ed about his artistic journey, his interest in science, and his love of all things photography, especially when time travel is involved.

Recorded February 8, 2023. These are the Diffusion Tapes... 

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Ann Jastrab
Ann Jastrab

Welcome to Season 2 of the Diffusion Tapes. We spent some quality time with the illustrious Ann Jastrab for this episode.

Ann Jastrab is the Executive Director at the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel California. Ann grew up in the village of Whitsboro, New York. She studied literature and art in college and received her MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Since then she’s been an educator for multiple organizations, a master printer, editor-in-chief, gallery director, executive director, portfolio reviewer, and master of the universe. She still carries around a wooden view camera.

In our conversation, we chat with Ann about her journey as an artist, educator, and all-around champion of photography. Some of the notes we hit are about building community, portfolio reviews, curating exhibits, and collecting photographs (some influenced by liquid courage). We love Ann, and she is f’ing smart!

Recorded January 5th, 2023. These are the Diffusion Tapes... 

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Jennifer Schlesinger
Jennifer Schlesinger

Welcome to Season 2 of the Diffusion Tapes. In our third episode, we had a great time chatting with photographer and gallery owner Jennifer Schlesinger.

Jennifer Schlesinger is an artist, curator, gallerist, and educator based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. As we discuss in the Tape, Jennifer has approached her photography, as well as her Director role at both Verve and Obscura Gallery, with an interest in the historical development of photography as an artistic medium. In our talk, we learn how she pivoted from studying law to focusing on fine art photography, her interest in 19th and 20th-century photo processes, and her journey from the non-profit world to fine art photo gallery director. We also learn about her philosophical outlook and her marketing hustle for promoting photo artists.

Jennifer, it’s always a pleasure, thanks for spending some quality time with us.

Recorded November 2, 2022. These are the Diffusion Tapes... 

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Hamidah Glasgow
Hamidah Glasgow

Welcome to Diffusion Tape no. 9 with curator Hamidah Glasgow. Hamidah is a member of Strange Fire Collective and is the Executive Director of the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado. We sat down for a nice chat during the 2019 Photolucida Festival in Portland. I’m in awe of this woman and I hope you enjoy hearing some of her personal stories as much as I did. We talked about her youth, her path to art, her exciting and unconventional career path (spoiler alert, there’s helicopters), the amazing work she’s done at the Center for Fine Art Photography, and her involvement with Strange Fire Collective. The only thing I think we missed talking about is our mutual love of good bourbon… maybe next time.

Recorded April 28th, 2019, All conversations are recorded face-to-face. These are… the Diffusion Tapes.

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Aline Smithson
Aline Smithson

Welcome to Diffusion Tape no. 8 with the photographer, curator, editor, writer, and educator Aline Smithson. Smithson wears many hats and in our conversation, we talked about the cultural evolution of photography, female representation in the medium, archiving in a digital world, portraiture, Smithson’s personal art history, her family, and the importance of play in the creation of photography. Aline Smithson is a Los Angeles based artist best known for her conceptual portraiture and a practice that uses humor and pathos to explore ideas of childhood, aging, and the humanity that connects us. She is the founder of the highly popular photo site Lenscratch. 

Recorded April 27th, 2019, All conversations are recorded face-to-face. These are… the Diffusion Tapes.

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Heather Evans Smith
Heather Evans Smith

Earlier this year Heather Evans Smith was in town to give an artist lecture at the Portland Art Museum and I was happy to sit with her for an evening recording session for Tape no.6. We explored creative beginnings, the development of her artistic voice, and she shared some entertaining anecdotes from her journey thus far. 

Recorded March 21st, 2019, All conversations are recorded face-to-face. These are… the Diffusion Tapes.

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Katharine T. Jacobs
Katharine T. Jacobs

In Tape no.4 I had a sit down with Katharine T. Jacobs. I caught up with her while she was visiting Portland this past December. Katharine filled me in our her photo history, shared some personal stories, her challenges, and unpacks some of her photography baggage.

Recorded Dec. 12, 2018. All conversations are recorded face-to-face. These are… the Diffusion Tapes.

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Heidi Kirkpatrick
Heidi Kirkpatrick

In Tape no.3, I visit with mixed media photographer and educator Heidi Kirkpatrick at her home and studio in Portland, Oregon. We talked a little about her history, her evolution from 2-d photography to 3-d photo objects, her camaraderie with fellow photographers, her themes of femininity and family history and how teaching has been one of the most rewarding parts of her photo career.

Recorded Nov. 2, 2018. All conversations are recorded face-to-face. These are… the Diffusion Tapes.

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