Episode 95: Robert Calafiore

Robert Calafiore is a photographer based in West Hartford, CT. Robert’s photographic practice involves building elaborate sets around male nudes or mid-century modern glassware, then photographing them using a hand-built pinhole camera. The resulting images are stunningly colorful and each print is one-of-a-kind. In our conversation, Robert and I talked about his creative process, the depiction of the male figure in art history, the place of vulnerability in masculinity, and the immigrant story behind his glass work. Then in the second segment, Robert and I talked about the phenomenon of de-skilling and what it might mean for the future of humanity.

(Conversation recorded July 23, 2019.)

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Show Notes:

• Robert Calafiore
• New Britain Museum of American Art - Expanded Field: Photography from the Collection of the NBMAA
• Hartford Art School - 2019 Faculty Exhibition
• Medium Festival of Photography
• Cindy Sherman
• Sandy Skoglund
• Jerry Uelsmann
• Duane Michals
• Doug Starn and Mike Starn
• Scene On Radio - MEN
• Foto Relevance - Robert Calafiore Artist Interview
• William Henry Fox Talbot - “Articles of Glass”
• Museum of Fine Arts Boston - Matisse in the Studio
• Ted Chiang - “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”
• Jordan Wolfson - (Female Figure)

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