Today’s guest on the show is artist, photographer and first time director Stephen Wilkes.  Stephen is well known for his photographs of Ellis Island, Bethlehem Steel as well as being the creator of the panoramic photo-series Day To Night. Stephen is also the director of the new documentary film Jay Myself now playing at Film Forum. If you enjoyed last week’s episode with Jay Maisel then you’re going to love this conversation.

Big Love and Shout Out to Susan Norget Film Promotion

Stephen Wilkes (L) and Jay Maisel (R). Credit: © Stephen Wilkes

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Keep Up to Date with Stephen Wilkes

Website: https://stephenwilkes.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/swilkesphoto

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenwilkes/

Credit: © Stephen Wilkes

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Show Notes

JAY MYSELF -Official Trailer

Production companies: Mind Hive Films, Crooked Mile
Distributor:Oscilloscope
Director:Stephen Wilkes
Screenwriter:Josh Alexander
Producers:Henry Jacobson, Emma Tammi, Bette Wilkes
Executive producers:Stephen Wilkes, Jennie Wilkes, Michael Hirschmann
Directors of photography:Stephen Wilkes,Jason Greene
Editor:Armando Croda
Composer:Joel Goodman
Co-Executive Producer: Doug Blush
Additional Editing: Daniel Haworth
Music Supervisor: Jonathan Finegold
Shout out to Chris!

Bethlehem Steel, Credit: © Stephen Wilkes

• New Book: Stephen Wilkes. Day to Night
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StephenWilkesPhotography/
• Ted Talk: The passing of time, caught in a single photo
• Film Forum
• Themes
• Magic
• Passion
• Storyteller
• “What you put out there is what you get back” Stephen Wilkes Quote
• Yellow Pages
• Pre Internet: Who Invented the Internet?by evan andrews March 2019 History.com
• 190 Bowery
• The 72-Room Bohemian Dream House by wendy goodman September 2008 New York Magazine
• Ocean of photography
• “TERRIFC”
• Voice of Oz
• The Clapper(1984 commercial)
• Otis Hand Crank Elevator
• Cigars

Stephen Wilkes

• Sorel Boot Liners
• Shooting since I was 12.
• “Do you remember what your first visual inspiration?” (interview question asked by Stephen Wilkes of Jay Maisel)
• Bear witness
• Camera Obscura Effect(YouTube Video)
• iPhone
• gettyimages
• Evolved Visual Language
• A gift to Jay
• The importance of mentors
• Apprenticeship
• Kodachrome film
• A brief History of Kodachrome by claire suddath Time June 2009
• Documentaries
• Love Letter to Jay
• Mentor the audience
• Statement images
• Signatures
• The arc of his life
• Paul Simon – Kodachrome
• Kodachrome Lyrics by Paul Simon
• Paul Simon– Singer Songwriter and Actor
• Do your homework, be prepared, but ultimately be present.
• You are handed a card.
• The joy of seeing
• Seeing and looking
• Work of art
• Dismantling his best friend
• Moving
• E.T. and Elliot
• Deconstruction
• Amanda Maisel
• Jean Michel Basquiat– Artist
• Who Was SAMO?
• Keith Haring– Artist
• Barking Dogby Keith Haring
• CBBG
•  Louise Nevelson– Artist
• Roy Lichtenstein– Artist
• Chalkboard
• Bethlehem Steel – The Fat Lady Sang
• The power in words
• Jason Greene– cinematographer, photographer and documentary filmmaker
• “You can’t ever really smell yourself.” Jay Maisel Quote
• The character of Jay
• Horace Silver– American Jazz Pianist
• Horace Silver – They Jody Grind
• Film is collaborative
• Great listener
• Objectivity
• Life Magazine
• Bob Ciano – The Art of Jazz: Designs from the golden age of Modern jazz (interview)
• Stephen Wilkes Ellis Island
• Mark Webber
• New York Landmark Conservancy
• The South Side of Ellis Island
• Passion Project
• Shout out to Les!
• Zone system for color
• Pinhole lens
• Gravitational waves
• History in light
• Moment of Discovery
• Moment of Photography
• Connection of My Mother
• Parallels
• Sensitivity
• Learn from everything
• Be a little uncomfortable
• “I want to do things that inspire people. I want to do things that make statements.” – Stephen Wilkes Quote
• Love what you do & you will never work
• Hard work and passion
• Capturing ice crystals
• Jay Maisel on Color(Ice Crystals Images)
• Ice Crystals, Orangeby Jay Maisel
• See Jay Myself more than once!

Jay Maisel and Amon met up for a fireside chat deep in the heart of midtown Manhattan. In this episode they talk about light, color, gesture, Arthur Miller, cigars, buying the “The Bank” also known as 190 Bowery, shooting 65 years worth of photography, editing and a new documentary by Stephen Wilkes called Jay Myself.

Big Love and Shout Out to Susan Norget Film Promotion

Stay Up to Date with Jay Maisel

Website: https://www.jaymaisel.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaymaisel/

See the Film, Jay Myself: Film Forum

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Show Notes

• JAY MYSELF -Official Trailer
• https://www.facebook.com/JayMyselfLLC/
• The Surreal Experience
• First Impressions
• Paul Simon – Kodachrome (Official Audio)
• Paul Simon– Songwriter-Singer and Actor
• 65 years of shooting
• Writing about the slides
• Fine arts & visual form & content
• Editing
• Arthur Meyerson Studio Exhibit: Jay Maisel  50 Years. – 2004 Exhibit
• Arthur MeyersonPhotographer
• Houston Fotofest
• Man with Headband
• 99 out of 100
• “Seeing it is the first step to getting it…” Jay Maisel Quote
• How to take a great picture?
• Discernment

• “If you are not your own severest critic then you are your own worst enemy” Jay Maisel Quote
• The difference between looking and seeing
• Disassembling 190 Bowery
• Drama vs. problem
• Stephen Wilkes– Director & Photographer
• Stephen Wilkes Website
• Bob Kato– Professor & Art Director
• Walk Slow
• “It is not how much ground you cover it is what you see, it is what you look at…” Jay Maisel Quote
• The Mercedes
• New Yorkers are very kind
• Almost New York
• “New York is Manhattan.” Jay Maisel Quote
• Rent in New York
• Easier to live in New York
• Milgrim Department Store
• Jack Klein- Broker
• Jasper Johns– American painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Robert Indiana– Artist
• Robert Rauschenberg– American painter and graphic artist
• Provident Loan Society
• Katz Delicatessen
• Do you have more like this?
• The best view of NY
• I never took it for granted
• St. Patrick’s Day 1966

• Capturing the voices of New York
• Life’s A Trip Cover of New York Said: Volume Two
• Follow your Dreams Cover of New York Said: Volume One
• Spring & Elizabeth
• Ghosts Amid the Graffiti By Steven Kuruntz October 15, 2006
• John (JT) Simpson – Theatrical Set designer
• Candles in the Windows
• Public Art Movement
• JR– artist
• I am a collector
• Space and a view
• Cigars
• Sunday Cigar – Coming up in the Fall
• Juan Sanchez – Key Grip #6 (First New York Said Episode)
• Miles Davis, Some Kind of Blue
• Davidoff-Yamasa
• Padrón Family Reserve No. 45 Maduro
• “It must move you! If it doesn’t excite you,
this thing that you see,
why in the world would it excite me?”
• “If it is worth shooting, it is worth shooting more than one frame.”
• Dr. Strangelove
• “If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.”
• Reading for 4 hours a day
• “What turns me on is kindness between people.”

• “I want to make the poem out of the evidence.” – Arthur Miller Quote
• Arthur Miller– American playwright, essayist
• Composition and Framing
• William Albert Allard– Photographer
• Twining
• Gesture
• “Learn to see what is actually in front of you.” – Jay Maisel Quote
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
• The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
• Ayn Rand– Russian American Writer and philosopher

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Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is an American portrait photographer and filmmaker, known for his intimate portraits of celebrities, public figures, and artists. In this episode TGS and Amon converse about The List Films, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, The Power of Words, Bette Davis, Alfred Hitchcock, George Hurrell and the secrets to taking an iconic portrait.

Big Love and Shout Out to Susan Norget Film Promotion

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About Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Instagram, Twitter & Official Website

Buy Tickets – Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AM

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders has achieved critical acclaim photographing world leaders and major cultural figures, including presidents, writers, artists, actors and musicians. His photographs are in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, The National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and The Brooklyn Museum. Most recently, he exhibited at The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles.

Greenfield-Sanders has produced and directed 13 films including Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (Grammy Award, 1998), The Black List (NAACP Spirit award, 2008), The Latino List, The Out List, About Face (HBO), The Boomer List, The Women’s List (PBS) and The Trans List (HBO. His most recent film, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27th, 2019.

Greenfield-Sanders’ books have been published by Bulfinch, Atria, Luxury and Powerhouse. He received his B.A. from Columbia University and his M.F.A. from The American Film Institute.

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Show Notes

• Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
• Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – Official Trailer
• Toni Morrison (American novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor emeritus at Princeton University)
• Margaret Garner Opera
• Libretto
• Black Divas
• The Black List: Volume 1
• The List Films
• Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and 38 minutes
• Red Digital Cinema
• It was the stories
• Behind the scenes
• The Art of Being a Photographer
• Power of Intent
• Cast of Toni Morrison: The Pieces I am 
• Toni Morrison
• Angela Davis 
• Fran Lebowitz
• Oprah Winfrey
• Hilton Als
• Walter Mosley
• Sonia Sanchez

Photo courtesy of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

• Robert Gottlieb
• Farah Griffin
• Russel Banks
• David Carrasco
• Paula Giddings
• Richard Danielpour
• Artists in Toni Morrison The Pieces I Am
• Romare Bearden
• Elizabeth Catlett
• Leo and Diane Dillon
• Aaron Douglas
• David Hammons
• Rashid Johnson
• Loïs Mailou Jones
• Titus Kaphar
• Jacob Lawrence /The Jacob Lawrence The Migration Series
• Kerry James Marshall
• Joe Morse
• Martin Puryear
• Faith Ringgold
• Lorna Simpson
• Hank Willis Thomas
• Mickalene Thomas – Opening Credits Art
• Stephen Towns

Photo courtesy of Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

• Kara Walker
• Mel Waters
• Charles White
• Jack Whitten
• Who is Chloe Woolford?
• The power of Words
• Shout out to Sanders
• Writing
• INSIDE ART The New York Times By Carol Cogel Nov. 7, 2003
• Mary Boone Art Gallery 
• 700 Portrait Series by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
• Willem de Kooning (Artist)
• Robert Motherwell (Artist)
• Larry Rivers (Artist)
• Cindy Sherman (Artist)
• Julian Schnabel (Artist)
• Ross Bleckner (Artist)
• Barbara Kruger (Artist)
• Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart Directed By Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
• American Film Institute
• Ingmar Bergman (Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter)
• François Truffaut (Actor, Film Critic, Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter)
• Bette Davis (Actress)
• George Hurrell (Photographer)
• Large Format
• Alfred Hitchcock (Film Director, Film Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Film Editor, Art Director)

Epson Archival Digital Print. © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders / FROM THE SERIES “ALIVE DAY MEMORIES: HOME FROM IRAQ”, 2006

• Universal Studios
• Edith Head (Costume Designer)
• Donald Spoto (Biographer)
• Andrew Sarris (Film Critic)
• Posing
• Expression
• How do you see yourself in the mirror?
• Photographing Presidents 
• George W. and Laura Bush 2004 Photograph by Timothy Greenfield Sanders
• Hillary Clinton Photograph by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders 
• Martha Graham
• Brian D’Amato (Author)
• Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq, James Gandolfini Clip from DailyMotion.com
• James Gandolfini (Actor)
• Soldier Portraits By Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
• Dawn Halfaker, Soldier Series
• I allow you top see the real me…
• White Male Gaze
• 3 Disturbing Ways the Media’s White Male Gaze Hurts Women of Color, March 24, 2016 by Katherine Garcia
• Trust & Respect
• The Women’s List PBS Clip
• The Women’s List-Toni Morrison’s Introduction to Film, September 10, 2015
• Learning
• East Village
• $5000 and a dog
• Thinking XXX Film Produced and Directed By Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Trailer
• Heather Hunter (Photographer)
• Andy Warhol (Artist)

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AM

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