Vantage Points

 Live online talks on photography
 

Vantage Points is a series of live online talks on a range of photographic topics, presented by StrudelmediaLive.

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© Jon McCormack

Jon McCormack: “Patterns” and Elements of Wonder

with Pamela Chen
Wed, May 20, 2026, 1pm (ET)
In this intimate conversation, photographer Jon McCormack presents “Elements of Wonder,” a photographic project that explores the hidden architectures, patterns, and elemental forces of the natural world. Moving from ice, stone, water, light, atmosphere, and living systems, McCormack’s images invite viewers to look more slowly, to recognize beauty as a form of…  read more / register

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© Allen Frame

Allen Frame: “Whereupon”

with Phil Taylor
Wed, March 27, 2024, 12pm (ET)
Allen Frame discusses his newly published photobook Whereupon (Palermo Publishing, 2024) with Phil Taylor, Associate Curator in the George Eastman Museum’s Department of Photography. Whereupon is a collection of color and black-and-white images from the late 70s to the early 90s that expands the premise of Fever —…  more
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© Olga Ginzburg

Picturing Strangers: Street Portraiture, Connection, and Photography

with James Prochnik, Olga Ginzburg, and Scott Rossi
Thu, March 14, 2024, 7pm (ET)
Making street portraits of strangers can be one of the most intimidating yet rewarding types of photography you will ever try. In this presentation photographers Olga Ginzburg and Scott Rossi share their stories about how they started making street portraits of strangers, how they quickly…  more
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For Kids Only: [An Adventure in Reading Without Words] byJesper Høm and Sven Grønlykke
© Vreni Hockenjos

A New Look at Photobooks for Children

with Vreni Hockenjos
Tue, Feb 27, 2024, 1pm (ET)
Of the many children’s books published every year, only a small number are illustrated with photographs — and for a long time, those photographic picture books didn’t receive much attention. But this is changing: interest in photobooks for children has recently grown significantly among publishers, creators, and…  more
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Coney Island beach
© James Prochnik

A Short History of New York City Beach Photography

with James Prochnik
Tue, June 6, 2023, 7pm (ET)
Sweat, sand, and swagger are just a few ingredients that make New York City beaches magical to beachgoers and photographers alike. In this free online talk, James Prochnik guides us through iconic, influential, and interesting photographs and bodies of work that have been made on…  more
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train
© David Oxton

David Oxton and James Prochnik: Trainspotting

Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 7pm (ET)
North of Boston, commuter trains roll through suburban neighborhoods, fly past backyards, and sometimes race by homes so close it looks like people hanging out on their back porch could reach out and touch them. Photographer and educator David Oxton wondered what everday life in…  more
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© Allen Frame

Allen Frame: Fever

with Makeda Best
Fri, July 9, 2021, 11:30am (ET)
Fever, Allen Frame’s new book of 50 color photographs made in 1981 in New York City, was released by Matte Editions in May this year. Frame moved to New York in 1977 and began to photograph friends from his college days and others he was meeting. By…  more
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