New Books in Photography

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Racial Capitalism

Systemic Bias

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Interviews with Photographers and Scholars of Photography about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/photography

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Publishes	Twice monthly	Episodes	154	Founded	9 years ago
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Brian Baker, "The Road" (Akashic Books, 2025)

The Road (Akashic Books, 2025) is an illuminating selection of photographs spanning iconic punk rock guitarist Brian Baker’s many years of global touring with Bad Religion, Dag Nasty, and other bands. The images are intelligent and arresting, reflect... more

29 Oct 2025 • 34 min

Oksana Sarkisova and Olga Shevchenko "In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos" (MIT Press, 2023)

In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos (MIT Press, 2023) is an absorbing exploration of Soviet-era family photographs that demonstrates the singular power of the photographic image to command attention, resist closure, and complicate... more

15 Oct 2025 • 59 min

Digital Expressions of the Self(ie): The Social Life of Selfies in India

Selfies are more than fleeting images—across India, they shape how people imagine themselves, connect with others, and inhabit spaces.

In this episode of the Nordic Asia Podcast, Prof. Xenia Zeiler from the University of Helsinki talks to Prof. Avis... more

6 Oct 2025 • 25 min

Julia Rensing, "Troubling Archives: History and Memory in Namibian Literature and Art" (Transcript Publishing, 2025)

Namibia’s colonial history casts a long shadow over the country’s present. Contemporary authors and artists confront the legacies of German and South African colonial rule and engage creatively with the persistent remnants of the past. In their works... more

25 Sep 2025 • 46 min

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Avishek Ray

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the National Institute of Technology, focusing on mobility, marginality, and digital culture

National Institute of Technology, Siltjar

Episode: Digital Expressions of the Self(ie): The Social Life of Selfies in India

Julia Rensing

Author and lecturer at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland

University of Basel

Episode: Julia Rensing, "Troubling Archives: History and Memory in Namibian Literature and Art" (Transcript Publishing, 2025)

Ori Gersht

Very well-known photographer and author.

Episode: Ham’s Heaven with Ori Gersht

Ofer Ashkenazi

Teaching history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Director of the Richard Koebner-Minerva Center for German History

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Episode: Ofer Ashkenazi and Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, "Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography" (SUNY Press, 2025)

Thomas Pegelow Kaplan

Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at the University of Colorado, Holocaust Studies scholar

University of Colorado

Episode: Ofer Ashkenazi and Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, "Rethinking Jewish History and Memory Through Photography" (SUNY Press, 2025)

Dr. Anthony Petro

Author of Provoking Religion, Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars

University of Notre Dame

Episode: Anthony Michael Petro, "Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, and the Culture Wars" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Dr. Bonnie Yochelson

Art historian specializing in photography and author of 'Too Good to Get Married'

Fordham University Press

Episode: Bonnie Yochelson, "Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen" (Fordham UP, 2025)

Chris Stowers

Longtime photographer and author of the memoir "Shoot, Ask, and Run"

Author of Earnshaw Books

Episode: Chris Stowers, "Shoot, Ask...and Run" (Earnshaw Books Ltd, 2025)

Martha A. Sandweiss

Professor emerita of history at Princeton University and author of "The Girl in the Middle: A Recovered History of the American West"

Princeton University

Episode: Martha A. Sandweiss, "The Girl in the Middle: A Recovered History of the American West" (Princeton UP, 2025)

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Brian Baker, "The Road" (Akashic Books, 2025)

Q: Are you a Mets fan? I have to ask.

Baker confirms that he is a serious Mets fan and discusses how his passion for the team has developed since moving to New Jersey.

Brian Baker, "The Road" (Akashic Books, 2025)

Q: Do these kind of span, like, almost, what would that be? 15 years or so?

Baker indicates that the photographs span a considerable time, noting some were taken as recently as a year ago while he started thinking of them in the context of a book, blending various moments from his life on the road.

Brian Baker, "The Road" (Akashic Books, 2025)

Q: How did it become? Can you talk a little bit about then how did you sort of decide or who helped you decide to put this together in book format?

Baker shares that the idea for the book emerged through the encouragement of friends, particularly Jennifer Sakai, who helped curate the images into a cohesive collection.

Brian Baker, "The Road" (Akashic Books, 2025)

Q: Can you start out maybe by talking about who you are and a little bit about yourself and your background before we get into this collection of photography?

Brian Baker introduces himself as a musician known for being in Minor Threat and Bad Religion, sharing that his new book features photographs taken primarily with a cell phone since the debut of the iPhone in 2007.

Oksana Sarkisova and Olga Shevchenko "In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos" (MIT Press, 2023)

Q: Can you tell us more about where you got these images from, how many images we're talking about, and what the methodology was?

Olga discussed the pilot project involving nine families, and over time they gathered a corpus of 54 families, resulting in 156 interviews and over 12,000 digital images.

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