Baron Wolman "Large Prints" opening reception (12/3)

I was backstage with him and I was really puzzled by how little joy there was. He (Johnny Cash) was very serious in the entire series of pictures that I took of him. The very fact that he said it was OK to be back there was an honor and a gift, but when I looked at the pictures afterwards ... We all knew, subsequently, all the troubles that were going on in his mind, whether it was drinking, drugs, whatever it happened to be. And when I look at this, I see that all reflected. Now, the thing is, I was worried, because this was before the concert. I looked at him and I wondered how was he going to go out and put on a good show of any kind. But he did -- he went out and he put on a great show.

This Friday is the opening reception for Baron Wolman at Duncan Miller Projects Gallery. Baron was just 30 when approached by Jann Wenner approach him about helping to launch Rolling Stone and thus, became the magazine's first photographer for the next three years. Baron photographed most of the musical acts in the 1960s. This exhibition is called "Large Prints" as tjos is the first showing of large prints, in editions of only 3. Subjects include Little Richard, Joan Baez, Frank Zappa, The Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Grace Slick, Pete Townshend, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix and others.

Please note this exhibition is not held at Duncan Miller on Venice Blvd but their other location over in Santa Monica.

Opening reception Dec 3 6-9 pm

Duncan Miller Projects Gallery
1716 1/2 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica CA 90405


+ AOL "PhotoSynthesis With Baron Wolman"
+ Facebook event page

Tuesday Briefs

Cycles of Light from chrisp0 on Vimeo.

+ This Friday, Abbot Kinney 1st Friday Art Walk !
+ PhotoShelter "Using an iPad as A Photography Portfolio"
+ John Loengard "The Role of the Picture Editor"
+ Canon 4k prototype camera, yes you heard right, 4K
+ Tonight, LACMA William Eggleston exhibition walk through with photo conservator Gawain Weaver at 7:30. Free.
+ Adobe selling Lightroom, Photoshop at discount until November 30

Steven Perilloux

Imagine my surprise when I found this interview with LA photographer Steven Perilloux who was Terry Richardson's former assistant and former PIXer (or what I like to call folks who have worked at PIX in the past). Steven is currently working on a book about the homeless folks who of Venice. Read the interview to find out about his "one-shot policy"

How to Photograph Models Professionally in 1940

lol !

Andrew D. Bernstein / Craig Semetko book signing (11/30)

Tomorrow over at the Perfect Exposure Gallery is a duo book signing of Andrew D. Bernstein and Craig Semetko.

Andrew, I posted about last week. NBA's director of photography, he has travelled with the Lakes in 2009 to document their season resulting in the book "Journey To The Ring".

Craig Semetko, a street photographer will be also be signing with copies of his new book "Unposed", a collection of street photography Craig has photographed over past ten years. Recent exhibitions taken place in Denver, Austria, and Germany.

By the way, the current exhibition up is Lisa Blumenfeld's Africa and she also will be there to answer questions about her work.

Both are scheduled from 5 to 9 pm @ Perfect Exposure Gallery over in Koreatown at 31519 W. 6th St. 90020.

Thomas Barrow "A Restless Mind"

Fashion Series, Untitled, 1970, vintage gelatin silver print

Currently @ Joseph Bellows Gallery until Dec 10, 2010 in La Jolla, CA

Miss Mexico Los Angeles 2010

Local photographer Juan Posada's photo essay on Miss Mexico Los Angeles 2010.

Henry Rollins by LA-based photographer Ann Summa who recently released her book "The Beautiful & The Damned". Beautiful book. I saw a copy over at Stories in Echo Park a few weeks back.

Creative Morning : Los Angeles

No, it isn't like Law & Order : Los Angeles, but New York-based event Creative Morning now has a West Coast branch. I usually check out some of the New York blogs in my daily journey and heard about this event where there's a gathering of creatives with a guest speaker every month. It is a great chance to hear others in the community and this one is open to all creatives.

CreativeMornings is a monthly morning gathering of creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. The gathering begins at 8:30am with the topic presentation starting at 9:00am and everyone taking off for work at 10am. CreativeMornings are free of charge! LosAngeles is now the third chapter and joins Zurich + NewYork/CreativeMornings.

The Los Angeles branch just launch a few months back and already have two speakers under their belt - Zach Frechette from GOOD magazine and Bobby Solomon of Kitsune Noir (or now called The Fox is Black)

Here's the video from their first speaker, Zach Frachette, Co-founder and Editor of GOOD Magazine.

Follow them on Twitter to find out when their next event is. The monthly talks are hosted by Ford & Ching over in downtown Los Angeles.

Here's the video page to the New York speakers. Next time you're working on the computer, just pop one of these on and take a listen.

Brad Elterman Book Signing @ LeadApron (12/2)

You knew that your party was a hit if there were party crashers in attendance. These two guys Eddie and Gene were at every hot Hollywood bash. I could never figure out how they got into everything; but if they weren't there, it was probably a dud party. Gene was really short and everyone referred to the duo as "Eddie And The Midget.” Legend has it that Gene worked for the Gas Company as a meter reader by day and by night, he turned into this dashing party crasher. He was a fantastic dancer and would always hook up immediately with the most beautiful girl and proceed to spin her around the dance floor. You never saw anything like it. We never invited them to our parties, but we never threw them out either.

I remember thinking to myself while I was taking this photograph that this would be a memorable moment. Everything just clicked. The setting and the emerging icon were the perfect mix. The setting was the Tropicana Motel, which was a must-stay for all of the up and coming bands back in those days. It was a real dump, but everyone loved it.

Muhammad Ali was and is possibly still today the most famous and recognizable person on the planet Earth. Even if you lived in a mud hut somewhere, you knew Ali. I vividly remember when he walked to his seat at the Forum because the entire 18,400 guests and VIPs at this event stood up and applauded his arrival. It was truly a moving experience. I stood nearby for as long as I could to get this shot. It was not easy with all the security guards around, but by now I was a seasoned pro dealing with publicists and security guards. Nothing was going to stop me from getting this photo! Seated next to Ali are his wife Veronica, Dr. Jerry Buss, his lovely date, the former Mayor of Los Angeles, the great Tom Bradley and his wife Ethel. Many years later, Jerry Buss invited me to a boxing match at the Forum. Seated near me at ringside was Ali, now much older and ill. I shook his hand and, for the first time in my life, asked for an autograph.

Next Thursday, Brad Elterman will be at LeadApron in WeHo signing copies of his new book "Like It Was Yesterday" from 6-9 pm. RSVP over at info@leadapron.net

December 2, 2010 6-9 pm

LeadApron
8445 Melrose Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90069

Black Friday Specials at the Lomography Gallery Store

How is this for a deal, 20% off an entire purchase between the hours of 8 am and 9 pm ? Starts Black Friday at Lomography over on Santa Monica Blvd. They sell Fujiroids so I'm gonna tell a friend of mine who uses that to go down there. I mean, Fujiroids don't usually go on sale....except this time :)

By the way, this is ALL US Lomography Gallery Stores so for those of y'all in New York, you are in luck too !

Lomography Gallery Store LA
7998 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046

Andrew Bernstein "Journey to the Ring"

It's called a fly-on-the-wall mentality. I truly like to be as inconspicuous as possible. I'll never infringe on their private time or the training room or the inner sanctum. I always ask permission first. Whether it's Phil, or [Lakers Director of Public Relations] John Black or [trainer] Gary Vitti, or whoever. .... It's also a lot of years and experience and establishing relationships and maintaining those relationships. These guys trust me and they know that my pictures aren't going to end up in some bizarre website or magazine someplace. I feel like and I'm treated as part of the team, with the inner circle of the team. It's a trust factor.

"Journey to the Ring" is a photography book documenting the Laker's quest for the 2010 NBA Championship from the first day of training camp all the way to the Laker's victory parade in the streets of Los Angeles. NBA senior photographer Andrew Steinman will be at several locations talking and signing the book. To get an idea of the behind the scenes of pulling this book together, check out LA Times article as well as this ESPN podcast with Andrew Bernstein.

Catch him this Saturday Nov. 27th at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena at 5 pm, Nov. 30th at Perfect Exposure Gallery at 5pm, Dec 4th at Barnes & Noble on 3rd Street Promenade at 1 pm, Dec 18th at Borders in South Coast Plaza at 3 pm.

Julia Dean's Farewell to Venice Beach event (12/11)

Mark down your calendar Dec 11, 2010 for that's gonna be Julia Dean Photo Workshop's 2010 Show Off Exhibition, Holiday Party and Farewell to Venice Beach. Yes, if you didn't know it, after 12 years in Venice, JDPW is moving eastward to Hollywood just over on Seward near Melrose so this event will mark their final exhibition,"Show Off 2010" featuring some of their student's works.

December 11, 2010 Saturday 7 - 10 pm

Julia Dean Photo Workshops
801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio 8
Venice, CA 90291

K5600 Lighting @ PIX

Now available at PIX is the K5600 Jokers Bug 800 & 400. Simply, Jokers are HMI, flicker-free continuous lighting - pretty darn close to daylight and with today's motion being done on DSLRs, they are easily adaptable and save you the pain of having strobes for stills and continuous light for motion. I mean, who wants to carry Arri hot lights or Kino Flo lights in addition to your strobe gear ? The K5600 Jokers pretty much solves that problem. The part that may interest photographers is the Crossover Adaptor which mounts most all Profoto light shapers

Check over at S1 Group's k5600 light output test using Mola, Profoto and k5600's own lighting modifiers -> here.

Currently PIX has the Crossover 800 ($135 a day) and Crossover 400 ($110 a day). Also available -- the Beamer Kit -- which includes a par reflector, full lens set, four-way barn doors, and a clear beaker for maximum efficiency.

Questions ? Call us at 323-936-8488 and ask for Robert.

PIX Thanksgiving Hours

PIX will close early on Wed November 25 @ 8 pm for Thanksgiving holiday and will remain close until 6 am Monday November 29th so happy gobble gobble day y'all :)

...what I have learned is that being a good photographer is 20% talent and 80% courage. I've taken huge risks to get "the shot". I've been thrown out of venues, fired from jobs and as I look back on my life, definitely done some not so smart things. But in the end it has helped me to mature as a photographer and a human being... - Piper Ferguson

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Tuesday Briefs

+ Mathieu Grandjean's Arlington West Memorial
+ PhotoShelter "Four Photographers Describe Their Social Media WorkFlow"
+ PDN "Panos Announces Worldwide Search for Three or Four Photographers"
+ Some impressive judges in Smashbox's Face/Off competition.
+ Lauren Greenfield seeks LA-based photo and video assistant/production associate. (via)
+ Hennessey+Ingalls is having a 20% off featured titles.

Andrew Zuckerman "Music"

(Andrew Zuckerman)

Andrew Zuckerman photographed and interview of 50 musicians here and abroad to find out their thoughts on music. The result is a 300 page hardcover book as well as a 50 minute film and an iPad app !

I can definitely see how the iPad would be used in this instance. You have images, moving images, behind the scene footage as well as text and of course, the link to the musician's iTunes page. It lends itself well to the platform as you can see below.



Is this where we are going ? Where we shoot/film/assemble B-roll footage to make a package suitable for online and offline usage ?

Faces of a Vanishing World (11/23)

I’ve always believed that my photography is a collaboration between the subject and myself. What I do is not a simple matter of going and snapping pictures. I feel if there’s one thing that separates my work, it’s the mindset. The tribes of the Omo Valley never really understood photography, even if they did trust me and decide to pose for me. “What’s a white boy coming all the way here for, just to have a copy of our likeness? Is this just what the faranji do?” This project would be a way to share what I do. It was more of a personal sociological experiment than it was a charity, and the results I will remember for the rest of my life.

The tribes of the Omo Valley are changing at a rapid rate. These cultures are on the brink of extinction. Their traditions, language and beliefs are threatened to be lost forever as they are assimilated, acculturated or swallowed into the larger groups of the cities and towns. By giving someone their portrait, you instill a sense of cultural integrity … a sense of connection to heritage, to the ancestors. - Joey Lawrence

Ovation TV premiere this documentary done in conjunction with National Geographic back in September 2010 and tomorrow the program is re-running at 8 am / noon / 4 pm / 11 pm. You can read Joey Lawrence's blog of his experience with this project here.

Ovation TV is on Channel 274 (DirecTV), Channel 157 (Dish Network) and channel 175 on Time Warner here in Los Angeles.

APA/LA "Holiday Party" (12/7)

From APA/LA :

This year we are doing it all a little different: We are taking the opportunity of our holiday party to have a whole lotta fun. Don't miss out on an evening of music, food, and drinks in our private room at Molly Malones. Joe Frank Carollo AKA Pappa Joe and The World Famous Assistants will be performing for us!

Admission includes:
Joe Frank and The World Famous Assistants
Dinner (while it lasts)
Door prize tickets!
2 drink tickets
*does not include gratuity
**additional drink ticket are $5


Tuesday December 7, 2010
7pm-11pm

At Molly Malone's
575 South Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles CA 90036


APA Members are FREE!!!!
GREAT Door Prizes!!!!

RSVP to director@apa-la.com

$20 online non-members, guests and friends
$25 day of and at the door non-members, guests and friends

More info here.

Reflecting the Bright Lights: Capturing a Moment with Silver Nitrate

Walter Hugo resurrects near-forgotten 19th century studio techniques to reanimate the traditional portrait with unpredictable results. Each unique image is painstakingly constructed on glass plates, with sitters from London's creative community entering his room-sized camera for the long exposure time.

Image Swap (11/20)

Yup, I said it. Image Swap ! Actual Size Los Angeles will be hosting an "Image Swap" tomorrow Saturday Nov 20 from 1-4 pm. So exactly what is an image swap ?

Well, folks are invited to bring magazines and photographs to exchange with other artist and collectors. This is to help celebrate their latest exhibition "Consuegra/Wintergarten Ltd" where Eduardo Consuegra and Wintergarten Ltd have taken photos, posters and magazine to create new relations.

I admit, i am intrigued. I might head over there and check it out.

Actual Size Los Angeles
741 New High Street
Los Angeles CA 90012

Jack Dykinga "Native Lands" (TONIGHT)

"Dykinga is a Pulitzer Prize-winning landscape photographer, and his work has been included in several prestigious publications including National Geographic and Arizona Highways. His works often focus on the environmental issues at the US Mexico border. He is also the author of several books, including his most recent release “Images: Jack Dykinga’s Grand Canyon.”

Opening reception is tonight at G2 Gallery in Venice. 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm. RSVP required to events@theg2gallery.com.

6:30 pm - 7:15 pm Meet and Greet
7:15 pm - 7:40 pm Opening remarks by Hawk Rosales (Executive Director, InterTribal Skinyone Wilderness Council) and Priscilla Hunter (Chairperson, InterTribal Skinyone Wilderness Council). Short PowerPoint slide show of photographs of the Sinkyone Wilderness land showing examples of the Tribal land management projects.
7:40 pm - 9:00 pm Meet and Greet

Tomorrow on Saturday, Jack Dykinga will be at G2 Gallery to give an artist talk at 2:30 pm

G2 Gallery
1503 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90291

Lauren Marsolier "Transitions" (11/20)

... Like today's world, they are partly simulated. They are photographic shots that were altered and combined in order to create a new image of a landscape. I make countless creative adjustments and work on the composition until I find the reflection of that mental experience. The resulting picture is disconnected from real time and space. It shows a place that does not exist, a place without history, an attempt to sum up a new relationship to the world.

November 20th - December 24th

Opening: November 20th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Robert Berman Gallery
Bergamot Station; C-2, D-5 Galleries
2525 Michigan Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90404

Yul Brynner: A Photographic Journey (11/18)

The opening reception and book signing for the exhibition Yul Brynner: A Photographic Journey. RSVP required.

Thursday Nov 18, 2010 6-9 pm

Lead Apron
8445 Melrose Place
Los Angeles CA 90069

Wed Briefs

+ Photoshelter "What Google Trends say about wedding & stock photography and photo websites"

+ EasyRelease (a model release app) has been approved by Getty for their contributors.

+ Joerg Colberg "The Photobook - An Appreciation"

+ Luminous Landscapes checks out the new Pentax 645D (yup, D stands for digital)

+ San Francisco readers, check out the World Photography Festival, San Francisco tomorrow from Nov 18-21st @ Left Space Studios.

+ Interested in a photo tour of Sicily ? There's one about to start in late Jan 2011.

+ TONIGHT : APA/LA Peer2Peer @ Hollywood / Clickers & Flickers present Jay P Morgan @ Burbank

Yvonne Albunowski "Slab City, CA"

Slab City, has undoubtedly become a domicile for wayfarers of all walks of life. It is an area of land that belongs to the state, but has evidently been disregarded and therefore has become a place to settle for free. With no running water and no electricity, the people of The Slabs have been forced to subsist with the basic necessities and have taken no more and no less.

See Yvonne Albinowski's images here.

AIGA/LA "Touch On : The Evolution Of How We Work, Play and Interact" (11/17)

You’re invited to join SapientNitro / AIGA LA for a casual evening of:

• Fun and interactive digital goodness
• Free and tasty libations
• Chatting up fellow digital creative geeks

The evening of digital, and analog, interaction is taking place at Royal-T, a playful collision of a café/shop/art space. While you’re partying with us, be sure to check out this mix of retail and contemporary art re-imagined in the surroundings of LA's first Japanese-style cosplay café.

On your mark, get set, TOUCH ON.

Event is FREE to AIGA members and non-members, professionals and students.

TO RSVP, click here.

Royal-T
8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232

PS : Do I really need to remind everyone that this Friday at Royal/T is the opening of the Tron Legacy pop-up shop ? Fanboys (and gals) rejoice !

ASMP/SD "Speed Mentoring" TONIGHT *San Diego*

For San Diego peeps, ASMP/SD is doing an interesting twist here by gathering six individuals from corporate photography to photojournalism to photo assistant and giving attendees a chance to rotate through them in a "speed dating"-type set-up to get your questions answered.

Light food and drinks provided. $20 for non-members / $10 for members. 7-9 pm with 6:30 doors open.

Ray Street Studios
3436 Ray St
San Diego CA 92104

Kiel Johnson

An interest in "the way things used to be" as well as the "way they might end up". I enjoy engineering and design features of the past. A time when objects were well crafted and meant to last for a generation or more, not just a season. I enjoy thinking about a time when your fancy new sewing machine came in a big pine crate and you needed a pry-bar to open it. Once opened, the machine had thousands of moving parts all cast in iron and aluminum, with levers, knobs and switches. You could see how it was built and if something broke down, you might even fix it yourself with a basic set of tools and some ingenuity.

I'm thinking about dying technologies, communication highways, information networks, power of the press, memories of youth, searching, investigating, lessons learned, stories told, Thomas Paine, W. R. Hearst, printed images, reproduction, news feeds, "live at five", "this just in", "Exclusives", HIStory vs THEIRstory vs HERstory vs the PRESStory vs FAMILYstory.
...
What are other ways to tell stories? Can you really get the facts from facebook, twitter, blog rolls, and text messages? Does anyone actually have the facts?

Los Angeles-based artist Kiel Johnson.

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Profoto 8a available @ PIX

Profoto Pro-8a Air offers you unmatched product performance in terms of flash duration (1/12,000 s), recycling time at 2400 Ws of 0.9 s, power control and versatility. Generate up to 20 flashes per second, and up to 1000 full power flashes per hour, with a flash-to-flash precision of ± 1/50 f-stop at all power settings. The output power can be adjusted over a full 10 f-stop range, from 5 Ws up to 2400 Ws, in increments of 1/10 f-stop, for really fine-grained control. You will experience flash-to-flash color stability within ± 40° K over the entire power range.

Available at PIX $85 a day for the pack, $20 for the Pro Head

William Eggleston "On the Road" (TONIGHT)

(Democratic Forest)


(Graceland)

dnj Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of signed, vintage photographs by one of the most influential photographers of the last half-century, William Eggleston. “On the Road,” is a compilation of over forty images, especially some dye transfer printing, from the two series “Democratic Forest” and “Graceland. ”

Opening reception is tonight Nov 13 6-8 pm

DNJ Gallery
154 1/2 N.La Brea
Los Angeles,CA 90036


Introduction from the Democratic Forest
Afterword from The Democratic Forest

An Evening of Art @ Rec Center (11/13)

In its seventh year, An Evening of Art is an art show benefiting Neighborhood Nursery School in Silver Lake, a non-profit cooperative preschool that has been serving local families for over 50 years. Approximately 100 local artists display and sell their work, with a portion of the proceeds going to the school.

This year the event will be held at the Rec Center Studio in the historic Jensen's Recreation Center located in the heart of Echo Park. Admission ($20) includes complimentary wine, beer, and appetizers, as well as music by DJ Mike Messex.


November 13, 2010 5-9 pm

Rec Center Studio
1161 Logan Street
Echo Park, CA 90026

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4th Annual Inglewood Open Studios (11/13-11/14)

Dozens of Inglewood artists will open their studios to the public the weekend of November 13-14, 2010 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm during the fourth annual Inglewood Open Studios tour. The event, hosted by Inglewood artists and nonprofit Inglewood Cultural Arts (ICA), will allow visitors to personally tour the studios of established and emerging artists working in drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed-media, photography, installation, and performance.

LAT "Inglewood hosts arts tour"

Hennessey + Ingalls 20% off Sale

oops, just found out about the Hennessy+Ingalls Sale going on right now ! 20% off everything in store and online. Hurry up, sale ends Sat night !



Y'all got two stores to check out : Santa Monica (214 Wilshire Blvd. 90401) and Hollywood (1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd 90028)

Stewart Cohen "Identity" (11/14) *San Diego*

Stewart Cohen’s Identity is a pictorial essay on character, and a labor of love he began in 1999. Over the next decade, he sought out and encountered individuals from various walks of life whose personalities interested him. These portraits, combined with each subject’s own commentary on what makes them tick, resulted in this collection of riveting images and words that reveal or, in some cases, conceal inner lives.

In conjunction with APA/SD, Stewart Cohen will be in San Diego at The Museum of Photographic Arts to give a talk, “Getting Your First Book Published” as well as signing copies of his book "Identity: A Photographic Meditation From The Inside Out". Event is free with museum admission ($6).


Sunday, November 14 12:00-2:00pm

Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101

IRIS Nights - Stephen Alvarez (11/18)

"Earth from Below" is photojournalist Stephen Alvarez’s chronicle of the world’s unseen landscapes. For over 15 years he has photographed cave expeditions across the most remote corners of the earth, from the world’s deepest cave in Abkhazia on the border with Russia to the vertigo-inspiring pits of his native Tennessee.

Alvarez has descended Mexico’s Cave of the Swallows, navigated dangerous underground rivers in Papua New Guinea, and slogged through Central American caves. While rappelling in the sun-drenched Arabian Desert, Alvarez encountered one of the largest cave chambers in the world, and his search for the bones of early man in Pacific grottos transported him to the origins of human history.

General Admission tickets available at 9:30 am this morning for Stephen Alvarez's lecture next Thursday (11/18).

IRIS Nights is a weekly lecture series hosted by the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City.

Man, to be in those caves must be breathtaking *sigh*

Michael Light "LA Day/LA Night"

Here in L.A., by contrast, you have skies that are utterly full, all atmosphere: purely white skies and variations thereof, skies that are all diffraction, all obfuscation, skies that are almost terrestrial. So full of energy.

...

One of the things I learned after doing the night work was that whatever one might think about L.A., it is actually something else. It’s far more than one’s cheap and hackneyed preconceptions. It shifts constantly. Color work on an overcast day; the difference in seasons; puffy Hudson River School clouds in between spring rainstorms versus late-fall harshness—it’s startling. It’s bigger than the one doing the looking and judging, certainly.

Michael Light's book "LA Day/LA Night" will be released this month. If you happen to be on the Red Line at the Beverly/Vermont Station, you can see his some of his images on their walls.




LINK
True Believer "Michael Light in Conversation with Lawrence Weschler"