Georgia Podcast Network

In this episode, Rusty and I talk with Atlanta photographer Tom Query. Check out his work at WellspringArts and on Flickr. We discuss how the advent of digital photography has affected the idea of professional versus amateur photography, and what types of challenges commercial photographers face these days. Tom is also a sex therapist and he's coming to Sex 2.0, so we talk a bit about that as well.

Length: 18:27 minutes
File size: 12.7 MB

Have you ever heard of Peachtree Creek? If you live in Atlanta - especially if you didn't grow up here - your knowledge of Peachtree Creek might be limited to seeing a sign where it crosses under certain Atlanta roads.

David Kaufman wanted to find out more about the creek, so he explored the whole thing via canoe and wrote a book about it. In this interview, we talk about the book, what his "field research" was like, the buried Atlanta history he found along the way, and also the current issues with water management and conservation in Georgia.

Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed

Length: 23:01 minutes
File size: 15.8 MB

In this episode, I interview Boyd Lewis, formerly "the white boy with the black press" who also happens to be a hell of a photographer. His work is featured in That Atlanta 70s Show, an exhibit at Mason Murer Fine Art which is running through Oct. 20. It's described on the show's web page as "history, art, theatre and an homage to Atlanta as Atlantis, the glorious place and time sunk below the explosions and tides of time."

We talk about what Atlanta was like in the 70s; slag on Creative Loafing, Saxby Chambliss and George Bush; and try to figure out the best way to punch The Establishment in the nuts.

Length: 22:01 minutes
File size: 15.1 MB

In this episode, Amber and I talk with Anderson Scott, who has photographed interesting and unusual places throughout Georgia. Recently, his photographs of the former Nuwaubian Nation of Moors site outside Eatonton were on display at Eyedrum, in an exhibit entitled Tama-Re: Land of the Nuwaubians. Much of this podcast centers around that exhibit, but we also manage to go off on a tangent about Central State Hospital in Milledgeville and purportedly haunted places in general.

Length: 22:57 minutes
File size: 15.8 MB

In this episode, I interview Julie Marateck, an Atlanta photographer whose work will be on display at the Artists Xplosion Art Show this Friday. (One of her favorite photos is included below; this and four others will be available for purchase at the show.) We talk about photography, spirituality, and Julie's amazing road trip trough the American west.

Length: 18:30 minutes
File size: 16.9 MB

In this Oct. 12 interview, Rusty and I talk with Greg Germani, proprietor of the Atlanta Time Machine web site. The Atlanta Time Machine tracks Atlanta's history through photographs, postcards, and old advertisements. We discuss the challenges of undertaking such a massive project, and the importance of preserving a city's anecdotal history.

Also included in this podcast are two awesome Atlanta-themed songs, graciously provided to us by Greg.

Length: 27:05 minutes
File size: 24.8 MB

On June 10, Rusty and I welcomed Atlanta photographer Frank Lazaro to the GAPN studio. Frank is curator of the Atlanta Urban Photography Exhibit, which will be held June 24 at Moving Spirits Studio and Gallery. The photographs in the exhibit - all taken by members of the Atlanta Flickr group - showcase Atlanta's unique urban landscape.

Length: 18:41 minutes
File size: 17.11 MB