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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Andrew Baer and Megan Moynihan join Michael Chovan-Dalton to celebrate the release of John Baer: The Extraordinary Ordinary / A Memoir in Photographs 1945-1954, A Paper Cinema Edition, published by the John Baer Archive. #johnbaer #photography #podcast

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: The Extraordinary Ordinary / A Memoir in Photographs 1945-1954, A Paper Cinema Edition, published by the John Baer Archive.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Katerina Kouzmitcheva joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her work, Butter Melts at 36.6°C, which weaves together political, social, and psychological ideas that create a portrait of her life and the lives of the people she encounters. #photography #podcast

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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. #photography #podcast

Cover art for photography podcast with Michael Chovan-Dalton and Andrea Birnbaum. Real Photo Show

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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 research in the German National Archives in Berlin. They will also discuss his imprint, Unseen Press. #photography #podcast

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Visual storyteller and photojournalist, Ann Hermes, joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to discuss her advocacy for visual storytelling and her photographic exploration of the loss of local newsrooms. #photography #podcast

cover photo of Ann Hermes with Michael Chovan-Dalton on the podcast, Real Photo Show, at the 2026 Chico Review

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Photographer and professor Yolanda del Amo joins Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton to celebrate her new book, Archiplelago pub by Kehrer Verlag. #photography #photobook #podcast

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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. #photography #podcast #chicoreview #realphotoshow

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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. #photography #podcast #klausruckgaber #chicoreview

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Photographers CJ Harker & Jacob McGuinness join Michael Chovan-Dalton & Julia Colonna to discuss the founding of The Halide Project in Philadelphia, Harker's Tintype photography and work with Skate Jawn Magazine, and McGuinness' award winning pinhole photography. #podcast #photography #halideproject

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Photographer Michelle Arcila joined me at the JKC Gallery to discuss the process of making incredibly personal work that involves family and trauma and who that work might be for. @michellearcila.bsky.social #photography #podcast

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Jordan Monloire speaks about Sweet Tarts and her reasons for coming to the Chico Review. SWEET TARTS was shot from 2017-2024 inside strip club locker rooms, hotels, various vanities, bathrooms, wherever one may get dolled up to do the job. #photography #podcast

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Pia-Paulina Guilmoth joins Michael to talk about two of her books, Flowers Drink the River (Stanley/Barker) and Fishworm (Void), and also how Fishworm was a return to what Pia loved about the immediacy of photography. #photography #photographypodcast

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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 26/04/2026

Thanks to @realphotoshow.bsky.social for having me on to talk about my photobook, This Alabaster Grave. Watch or listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/25Ox...

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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 13/04/2026

Chatted with @realphotoshow.bsky.social about life, war, and photography. Catch it here: open.spotify.com/episode/25Ox...

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Now Playing: Cengiz Yar on the destruction of the Iraqi city of Mosul and his first book, This Alabaster Grave. #photography #podcast @cengizyar.com

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

FRAME/SEQUENCE | On Motherhood Keavy Handley-Byrne, Maurene Cooper, & Lily Colman FRAME/SEQUENCE’s first edition, On Motherhood, captures motherhood’s diverse and powerful experiences through art and storytelling.

Cover art for Real Photo Show Podcast Episode called Frames/Sequence

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Lily Colman speaks about her show, She, Archivist, at the JKC Gallery and her new periodical, Frame/Sequence. She, Archivist is a project about womanhood, inheritance, and specifically how certain items and feelings are passed down between generations of women.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Leonard Marcus' writings and exhibitions have earned him acclaim as one of the world’s preeminent authorities on children’s books and the people who create them. He is the author of more than 25 award-winning biographies, histories, and interview collections.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Ivan McClellan | Eight Seconds 'Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture', the first book by Ivan McClellan, offers an inside look at Black cowboy culture across the United States in the 21st century, creating a bridge between present and past through sports, community, and love of the land.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Marshall To | Blank Notes Marshall To is a multidisciplinary artist focusing on photography, painting and illustrations. He grew up uniquely in a Taoist family in a small town called Red Deer which created a unique integration of western landscape and eastern beliefs.

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Kai McBride @kaimcbride.com · 24/12/2025

Real Photo Show Interview kaimcbride.com/posts/real-p... Sat down with Michael Chovan-Dalton for a one hour catch-up yesterday for his podcast @realphotoshow.bsky.social We cover off-grid living and how the move to New Mexico has changed my photo practice. Available on Spotify and YouTube

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Closing out the year with my former co-host and good friend, Kai McBride - @kaimcbride.com, to catch up on what he's been up to. In 2021, Kai and Corn Wagon Thunder finished creating a small off-grid cabin on a mesa east of downtown Santa Fe which he named ATARAXIA.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Now Playing - Disparate Projects: Vann Thomas Powell, Lisa Beard, and Micah McCoy Video on Spotify and YouTube @realphotoshow

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Anika Burgess | Flashes of Brilliance, The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History Anika Burgess is a writer and photo editor. She has been published in The New York Times and Atlas Obscura. Photo credit: Amir Hamja Sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin

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Kai McBride @kaimcbride.com · 12/11/2025

New classes just posted at StrudelmediaLive for Winter 2026, including two of mine. Repetition as Practice: A Year of Deep Observation strudelmedialive.com/classes/repe... Mastering the Lightroom Print Module strudelmedialive.com/classes/mast...

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Kai McBride @kaimcbride.com · 18/10/2025

If you come to Santa Fe, visit me at my new job at photo-eye books! Thursday to Saturday 11am-5pm.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The 8th and final installment of the 2025 Chico Review Attendee recordings is not playing on Real Photo Show. Subscribe to Real Photo Show on YouTube to get notifications about our live-streaming events.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Now Playing: 7th installment of attendee recordings. I'll be at Chico Review 2026!

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Ave Pildas | Star Struck Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ave Pildas worked early in his career as a photo stringer for Downbeat Magazine in the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania in the 1960's, and has been a successful photographer and educator for the past 40 years.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The fifth installment of attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers. The Chico Review is the country’s premier Photobook Retreat. Organized by Charcoal Book Club.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Nat Ward | DITCH: MONTAUK, NY 11954 Nat Ward lives in Queens, NY. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Parrish Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Siri Kaur | Sistermoon now playing on Real Photo Show. Siri Kaur has been photographing her family for over 30 years, and her youngest sister, Simran, is the central focus of her forthcoming book, Sistermoon. @voidphoto.bsky.social @sirikaur.bsky.social

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Now Playing on PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf: Dana Lixenberg.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Now Playing: 2025 Chico Review Attendees, 4th installment.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Up now at @fordham.edu. A collection of my work from the mid 90's made in New Jersey, Ground Meets Water. Ildiko Butler Gallery. 113 W.60th St NYC. September closing reception TBA.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers. @chicoreview @charcoalworkshops @charcoalbookclub

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Alejandro Cartagena joined me at the 2025 Chico Review. We talk about the many different ways in which Alejandro practices photography Alejandro also discusses his upcoming retrospective, Ground Rules, at SFMOMA, curated by Shana Lopes along with the accompanying book published by Aperture.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers. pnc.st/s/real-photo...

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Free Open Call for recent photo graduates of a 2 year, 4 year, or Grad program. www.homecomingbiennial.com

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Photographer Daniel Arnold joined me at the 2025 Chico Review. We discussed how photography became a compulsion and a means of connection, transforming his life and leading him to leave his writing job at Nickelodeon. pnc.st/s/real-photo...

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Primary Exposure: Fatherly Photography Reception Tomorrow, 4/26 2-6pm. Affirmation Arts - 415 W. 13th 8th fl. NYC

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

New wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico Hot Springs to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers. pnc.st/s/real-photo...

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

VANISHING by ANNA ARENDT Charcoal Book Club Engraved in ghostly black and white, Anna Arendt’s debut monograph, Vanishing, conjures a world of dreamlike dread and beauty. Photographed mostly between Germany and Poland over 15 years, the work slides back and forth through time like a blood memory.

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I’m in a fantastic group show! April 26 2-6pm reception in NYC. Affirmation Arts - 415 W 13th St. 8th fl

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Brad Zellar | Till the Wheels Fall Off Author Brad Zellar joined me at the 2025 Chico Review to talk about his life as a writer, including his work with Alec Soth and Little Brown Mushroom, and his novel, Till the Wheels Fall Off. (Cover photo: Eric Ruby) #bradzellar @coffeehousepress.bsky.social

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Michael Chovan-Dalton @realphotoshow.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Just spent a week with some of my favorite people in the photo world at Chico Review 25.

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