Street Shots Photography Podcast

Street Shots Photography Podcast

Join photographers Antonio M. Rosario and Ward Rosin for tips and insights that will take your photography to the next level. Topics range from candid street photography to nature and landscapes as Antonio and Ward reflect on lessons learned, providing practical tips you can immediately apply to your own photography. Also, you'll hear great interviews from working photographers.

Episodes

October 15, 2025 74 mins

In this episode, Ward reflects on photographing his nephew’s wedding with a street photographer’s mindset, describing how he avoided traditional posed shots in favor of authentic, in-the-moment captures. His approach, shaped by instinct and observation, gives listeners a look at how street techniques translate into event photography and how spontaneity can lead to stronger visual storytelling.

Antonio sh...

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In this episode of Street Shots, Antonio and Ward sit down with photographer Ben Geier to talk about his book Viewing Hours. Ben has been photographing America’s vanishing culture—storefronts, motels, neon signs, and old theaters—bringing a mix of punk DIY energy and design sensibility to the work. The conversation digs into the stories behind his road trips, the role of chance in catching the right moment, and how hi...

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September 15, 2025 76 mins

"The Kodak camera makes possible a collection of photographs which record the life of its owner and which increase in value each day that passes." -- George Eastman

"Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess." -- Edwin Land

 

In this episode, Antonio and Ward turn their attention to the endless pile of photographs that never make it past our phones. You know the ones—t...

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August 30, 2025 72 mins

"There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described." -- Garry Winogrand

"When someone becomes aware of the camera, it becomes a different picture." -- Robert Frank

 

In this episode, Ward shares his experiments with nighttime flash—slides, jackrabbits, and all the odd magic that comes with it—while Antonio talks about trying the same, even sneaking a few shots at Memorial Stadium. From there, the conversation shifts to ...

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August 15, 2025 78 mins

"Life is not significant details, illuminated by a flash, fixed forever. Photographs are." - Susan Sontag

"I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical." - Trent Parke

 

In this episode, Antonio talks about visiting the Cass County Fair in Nebraska, using the trip as a chance to explore how he wants to approach photography in his new e...

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July 30, 2025 66 mins

"In a good or successful color photograph, the picture's definition or meaning will somehow arise through the use of color”

"Photographs have always been convincing lies." -- Joel Sternfeld

In this episode, Ward shares stories from his recent road trip to Saskatchewan, including a visit to a hometown dirt track race—a nostalgic return since his last visit in 1978. The conversation turns toward grassroots motorsports...

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July 16, 2025 66 mins

In this episode, Antonio and Ward talk about the challenge of photographing in new places. Antonio’s just moved to Lincoln, Nebraska and is still unpacking boxes, figuring out where to store his gear, and trying to spot what’s interesting to shoot in a much quieter environment than New York. He shares how different it feels to look for subjects like grain elevators, small-town architecture, or even back...

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June 30, 2025 48 mins

 

"Self-discovery through a camera? I am scared to look for fear of discovering how shallow my Self is!" -- Minor White

"The voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes but in finding new eyes." -- Marcel Proust

 

Antonio checks in from Lincoln, Nebraska after making the big move from Brooklyn. He shares the details of packing his life into a neon pink moving truck, driving cross-country with two cats dos...

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June 15, 2025 71 mins

"In each place I have travelled, I have used my camera as an extension of my memory." -- Teju Cole

"In photography and in life, always look for the light, if you don’t see it, bring it."  John Waire

 

In this episode, Antonio records from Brooklyn for the last time before his big move to Nebraska. It’s a reflective and unscripted conversation, touching on the chaos of packing, the emotional weight of leaving, and a...

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May 30, 2025 71 mins
"The limitations of photography are in yourself, for what we see is only what we are." -- Ernst Haas   "A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed." -- Richard Avedon   In this episode, Ward opens with a deep dive into his Lightroom library, explaining how “hunting” for decisive moments differs from “fishing” for happy accidents—and proving the point with a newly-found two-way-mirror sh...

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May 16, 2025 65 mins
  "Photography is truth. The cinema is truth 24 times per second." -- Jean-Luc Godard   "What use is having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling?" -- W. Eugene Smith   In this episode, Antonio and Ward catch up amid packing tape and camping plans. Antonio talks through the experience of unearthing old cameras—including a pair of Olympus XAs he didn’t even realize he owned—while preparing for his m...

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April 30, 2025 84 mins

"It’s more important for a photographer to have very good shoes, than to have a very good camera." -- Sebastiao Salgado

"I met somebody at the gallery. And he said to me, I own a photograph of yours. And when I get up in the morning, I look at it and it makes me happy. And I thought that was very nice. It meant I wasn't completely useless." -- Saul Leiter

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April 15, 2025 91 mins

"I do not try to find myself in what I 'shoot,' but perhaps I want to see the position of the world I am in." -- Daido Moriyama

"Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts." -- Minor White

In this episode, Antonio and Ward catch up and talk about the trips they each took recently. Ward shares his experience trave...

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March 31, 2025 63 mins

"I don't come as a photographer. I come as a friend." -- Alfred Eisenstaedt

"I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it." -- Berenice Abbott

 

With Ward heading off to Japan, he and Antonio hand the mic to their friend Keith Goldstein for this special episode. Keith takes over hosting duties and turns the tables by interviewing Antonio during a walk along NYC’s High Line.

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March 15, 2025 75 mins

"You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery."

"The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer." -- Gordon Parks

In this episode of Street Shots, Antonio and Ward dive into the life and legacy of the iconic photographer Gordon Parks. They explore his remarkable journey from humble beginnings in Fort Scott, Kansas, to becoming one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century....

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February 27, 2025 63 mins

 

Antonio opens this month’s episode with a personal message explaining that it’s going to be a rerun instead of a new show. After losing his beloved cat of 19 years,  Eddie, Antonio just wasn’t in the right headspace to record. He shares how much Eddie meant to both him and his late wife, and why saying goodbye was so tough.

For the rerun, Antonio picks a special episode from  October 202...

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February 14, 2025 83 mins

Walk up to sentimentality but don’t become it. -- Larry Sultan

If you like something that someone is doing, tell them!  -- Todd Hido

 

In this episode, Antonio kicks things off with a hands-on review of the Fujifilm X-M5, a compact, feature-packed mirrorless camera that’s quickly become a favorite. He shares his impressions after testing it during the Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown, highlighting its speedy autofocus, c...

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January 30, 2025 76 mins

"The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep."

"I think of myself as an explorer who has spent his life on a long voyage of discovery." -- Paul Strand

In this episode of Street Shots, Antonio chats with guest co-host Keith Goldstein about the changing world of stock photography and Keith’s book projects. Keith, who’...

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January 16, 2025 69 mins

"I've learned over the years not to make big decisions based on short-term emotions because feelings aren't facts and they will pass or at least change.”   "Give yourself permission to begin again." 

-- Sean Tucker

 

In this first episode of 2025, Antonio and Ward discuss what keeps the creativity alive when the motivation runs on low. Of course, revisiting older work, like photo shoots or journal entries, brings new ideas and...

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December 31, 2024 62 mins

“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.”

 – Imogen Cunningham

"Life is my subject matter."

– Trent Parke

Happy New Year, Everyone!

So, in this end-of-year episode, Antonio and Ward just sit down and have a really thoughtful, easygoing chat about everything that stuck with them over the past year—ph...

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