Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton

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Photographer and Cinematographer, Andrew Aiello joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his exploration of isolation and narrative in photography

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer and Cinematographer, Andrew Aiello joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his exploration of isola

Oct 17
14 min

Photographer, printer, filmmaker, and author, Neil Selkirk, joins Michael Chovan-Dalton to discuss his new book, Why Photographs (a book without photographs) Warbler Press

Photographer, printer, filmmaker, and author, Neil Selkirk, joins Michael Chovan-Dalton to discuss his new book, Why Photographs (a book without photographs - Warbler Pre

Oct 12
52 min

Photographer, pilot, and podcaster Matt Jacob joins Michael from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about making work that explores personal challenges and his love of meeting people and always learning

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer, pilot, and podcaster Matt Jacob joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about making work that explores

Oct 7
12 min

Photographer Lisa Jayne Cramer joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about some very personal work involving relationship, grief, and reconciliation.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer Lisa Jayne Cramer joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about some very personal work involving relatio

Oct 5
10 min

Photographer Bill Ellis joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his series, Tiger Has Loved.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer Bill Ellis joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his series, Tiger Has Loved. Bill Ellis is a ph

Oct 4
16 min

No Invite: Ten Years of Capturing Fashion Week by Any Means Necessary - A Retrospective by Dan Bassini

No Invite: Ten Years of Capturing Fashion Week by Any Means Necessary A Retrospective by Dan Bassini Recorded live at the JKC Gallery. No Invite is a series focused on

Oct 2
49 min

Writer and artist Donna Gordon joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her series that reimagines Eve in the Garden.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Writer and artist Donna Gordon joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her series that reimagines Eve in the Gar

Sep 27
11 min

Photographer Stuart Thurlkill joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his photographs of a famous river corridor in Montana.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer Stuart Thurlkill joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his photographs of a famous river corridor

Sep 27
10 min

Photographer Chris Muth joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his landscape work and processing the varying critiques he received.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer Chris Muth joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his landscape work and processing the varying cr

Sep 25
9 min

JOHN BAER: THE EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY / A MEMOIR IN PHOTOGRAPHS 1945–1954

JOHN BAER: THE EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY / A MEMOIR IN PHOTOGRAPHS 1945–1954 Andrew Baer and Megan Moynihan join Michael Chovan-Dalton to celebrate the release of John Baer

Sep 19
47 min

Photographer Katerina Kouzmitcheva joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her work, Butter Melts at 36.6°C.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer Katerina Kouzmitcheva joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her work, Butter Melts at 36.6°C, whi

Sep 12
14 min

Photographer Katerina Kouzmitcheva joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the Chico Review to talk about her work, Butter Melts at 36.6°C.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer Katerina Kouzmitcheva joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her work, Butter Melts at 36.6°C, whi

Sep 11
14 min

Photographer, educator, and editor, Andrea Birnbaum joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her work and limited edition book, Spilt Milk.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Photographer, educator, and editor, Andrea Birnbaum joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her work and limited

Sep 11
12 min

Book arts artist, teacher, and photographer, Alexander Mouton joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his work from the former East Germany and his imprint, Unseen Press.

2026 Chico Attendees Series Book arts artist, teacher, and photographer, Alexander Mouton joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about his work f

Sep 4
10 min

Visual storyteller and photojournalist, Ann Hermes, joins Michael at the 2026 Chico Review to discuss her advocacy for visual storytelling and her photo exploration of the loss of local newsrooms.

Visual storyteller and photojournalist, Ann Hermes, joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss her advocacy for visual storytelling and her photogr

Aug 30
16 min

Photographer and professor Yolanda del Amo joins Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton to celebrate her new book, Archipelago (Kehrer Verlag).

Archipelago is a book about connection and isolation as described in the essays by Vicki Goldberg and Jean Dykstra. Chovan-Dalton and Del Amo discuss Del Amo's influence

Aug 17
43 min

Filmmaker and photographer Ryan Hartley joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss project, Oaksplitter, a southern gothic exploration of the people and land from his upbringing

Filmmaker and photographer Ryan Hartley joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss project, Oaksplitter, a southern gothic exploration of the peopl

Aug 11
16 min

Photographer Yue Sun joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss his work from Inner Mongolia and the transition of his hometown from coal mining to tourism.

Photographer Yue Sun joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss His work from Inner Mongolia and the transition of his hometown from coal mining

Aug 6
10 min

Photographer Klaus Ruckgaber joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss Sehnsucht, the German word for a kind of longing, and how he uses that in his work.

Photographer Klaus Ruckgaber joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss Sehnsucht, the German word for a kind of longing, and how he uses that in

Jul 27
13 min

Sipke Visser is a photographer and speaks about how he collaborates through photography at the 2026 Chico Review

Sipke Visser is a photographer and speaks about how he collaborates through photography at the 2026 Chico Review https://www.sipkevisser.nl https://www.instagram.com/si

Jul 20
11 min

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Michael, who I have never met, connects and reconnects me to an array of new contemporary artists working through the lens and through photography, as well as many artists from the photography hall of fame. I find the candor and openness to discuss personal histories informative, refreshing, reassuring and inspiring. I think an alternative show title could be, “The Real MFA”. Thank you Michael and SVA for sharing this podcast with the world.

Fla-70 · Jun 2019

After listening to nearly all the episodes, I think the best part is the way they let such a diverse range of photographers really be themselves and talk openly about their work without judgment. Intelligent questions without being condescending or judgmental. Looking forward to more. How is Kai still single?

photonogo · Feb 2017

Keep going, very much needed oral history for the field of photography now and will be amazing archive in the future!

Atratpat · Jul 2019

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