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On episode 19 of Red Lens Podcast, I sat down for a conversation with Jim Saah. Jim is a long-time Washington DC-based photographer and videographer. His photos of 1980s DC punk bands are iconic, including widely-recognizable images of seminal bands like Fugazi and Minor Threat.
We talk about his book that brings together so many of his iconic DC punk band photos, In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997. We talk about some of his amazing experiences, like for example photographing Fugazi playing in a jail! We also talk about the politics of his photography including his years working as a photographer for the Teamsters union, where he documented union struggles and strikes around the country. You can also hear about his photography work in the 1990s in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt, his video work on two powerful documentary films with Scott Crawford: Salad Days (2014) and Creem: America’s Only Rock’n’Roll Magazine (2019), and much more. You don’t want to miss this episode!
On episode 18 of Red Lens Podcast, I sat down for a conversation with Jenny Toomey, Kristin Thomson, Derek Denckla, and Pat Graham. Many years ago we were all involved with Simple Machines Records. We did this interview while we were all in DC for the Positive Force DC 40th Anniversary activities in June. Because I recorded it on inferior equipment, the sound quality isn’t as good as usual. And due to time constraints the interview is shorter than previous Red Lens podcasts. Nevertheless, I think we covered some interesting ground.
We talk about the recent box-set that Numero Records released of Jenny & Kristin’s band Tsunami, and their other recent efforts to better document the DIY punk and post-punk music scene. A lot of music from the 1990s has fallen into obscurity with vinyl, CD and cassette releases long out of print & because those bands and labels often closed up shop before digital file sharing or streaming services hit the scene.
In the interview we talk about Simple Machines, Tsunami, the politically-tinged DC punk scene that birthed those things, and why it’s valuable to document and bring back to life some of the bands and records from the 1990s DIY music scene.
On episode 17 of Red Lens Podcast, I sat down for a conversation with Oakland-based movement photographer Brooke Anderson. Brooke is a freelance photographer and photojournalist based on unceded Ohlone land in Oakland, California covering movements for social, economic, racial, and climate justice. Brooke first fell in love with photography while documenting the struggles of the low-wage workers (hotel housekeepers, port truck drivers, recycling workers) she was working with as a union and community organizer. She is a proud union member of the Pacific Media Workers Guild CWA 39521 AFL-CIO.
In the interview we talk about how she got into movement photography, the work she does in Oakland, and more!
Check out Brooke’s podcast ‘That’s How the Light Gets In’: Instagram | Spotify
Red Lens Episode 1: Phil Ward
Episode 1
Sunday, April 6, 2025 • Duration 01:30:26
In the first episode of Red Lens Podcast, I interview Phil Ward. Phil is a Twin Cities-based photographer, and he is a co-founder of Move for Justice News. We talk about his movement photography, abandoned building photography & punk concert photography. We share stories and reflections from countless days in the streets dodging police tear gas & projectiles while documenting the powerful movement against police brutality that rocked the Twin Cities & the whole country after the police murdered George Floyd two years ago today, on May 25, 2020.
NOTE: This episode was originally published on May 25, 2022. It was reposted April 6, 2025 to replace a music clip that Spotify claimed was copyrighted, but other than that the content of the episode has not changed. The new intro/outro song for this episode is ‘Zapatista garage punk instrumental’ by Joshua Hudes. You can find it here.
Red Lens 16: Shawna Kenney on documenting the hardcore punk scene
On episode 15 of Red Lens Podcast, I sat down for a conversation with Scott Crawford. Scott is a documentary filmmaker whose documentaries have focused on rebellious music and political activism. He’s produced Salad Days (2014), Creem: America’s Only Rock’n’Roll Magazine (2019), and his newest production, Something Better Change. And for those interested in photography, he also created a photography book called Spoke to accompany the film Salad Days.
The intro/outro song in this episode is ‘Zapatista garage punk instrumental’ by Joshua Hudes. You can find it here.
Red Lens 14: Portraits of Struggle with Orin Langelle
Season 1 · Episode 14
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 • Duration 01:10:16
On episode 14 of Red Lens, I sat down for a conversation with Orin Langelle. Orin’s recently published photography book, Portraits of Struggle, highlights his photography going back to 1972. We talk about his book and his lifetime as a concerned photographer, highlighting and participating in struggles against war, and for indigenous, environmental, and economic justice.
Red Lens 13: Pat Graham on documenting music, culture & politics
Season 1 · Episode 13
Thursday, June 13, 2024 • Duration 01:41:00
On episode 13 of Red Lens, I sat down for a conversation with long-time music photographer and an old friend, Pat Graham. In this episode, we cover a lot of ground from how Pat got started with photography, his punk photography in the late 1980s & 90s creating iconic images with bands like Bikini Kill, Fugazi, L7 and many more, through his tours as a photographer with Modest Mouse and his photographs of instruments, his approach to protest photography, his projects, books and more.
Charles Peterson - photographer of the Seattle music scene in the late 1980s and 1990s with iconic photos of bands like Mudhoney and Nirvana who also used the shutter drag method discussed in the episode: https://linktr.ee/Charles_Peterson
Red Lens 12: Andi Epperly on photography, pool, comedy & guns!
Episode 12
Thursday, February 9, 2023 • Duration 01:09:30
On episode 12 of Red Lens, I talked with Twin Cities-based movement photographer Andi Epperly. Andi runs Forward Photography and also takes photos for On Site Public Media. In this episode, we cover a lot of ground including shooting photos, shooting pool, and shooting guns. I hope you enjoy it!
Red Lens 11: 2022 protests, politics & photography with Luis Sifuentes & Kim DeFranco
Episode 11
Thursday, December 22, 2022 • Duration 01:33:55
On episode 11 of Red Lens, I round out 2022 with return guests Luis Sifuentes and Kim DeFranco talking about our experiences with protests, politics & photography in 2022.
We talk about political developments in 2022 that led to big protests, some memorable protests we were at in 2022, some notable people who died in 2022, and what we've been up to with our photography this year.
Luis Sifuentes is a Los Angeles-based activist with Centro CSO and is a movement photographer.
