We Found Some Real Gold! TV show from the early 80′s – “Talk About Pictures”
And of course you can imagine what it’s all about.
In a simple Interview format, ala Charlie Rose, Life Photographer Leigh Wiener and photo enthusiast and perennial sidekick, George Fenneman, interviewed photographers and talked about their work for 130 episodes of an Emmy Award winning program.
While on a set, we met the son of Mr. Wiener who shared with us the incredible archive of his father, along with select episodes of this program.
These interviews need to be seen.
In this clip vid, are just tastes of some of the materials.
Sound still needs to be equalized, and the shows were originally produced on 2″ Quad Video tape. Yeah, exactly. Hard to find machines, if you even knew what they were.
We’re working with the estate to find the perfect outlet for these programs and sponsors to help the post production on these valuable materials.
The world of photography needs them.
If you would like more info, or better yet, can help this dream be realized, contact us at info@photoinduced.com.
This is truly a rich, vein of gold for the photographic world.
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This sounds like a terrific series. I teach photography and the shows would be a fantastic addition to the classroom. How can I help? God knows I have no money toward getting the materials updated, but is there something else I can do?
It is pretty special stuff. We’re looking to find advertisers or a foundation to help restore all of it and broadcast it either online or on TV.
In this era of 100% pixel peeping examination of the most inane digital bellybutton dust, photography needs to be reminded what photography actually is. It is not whether the DSLR dynamic range is better than the medium format backs or whether the signal to noise of the Kodak chip is better than the Dalsa. It is about the emotional quality of image.
Sign me up for something. Let me know if I can help in some way.
Just keep passing us along for now.Thanks!
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Hi,
I was wondering if you already knew that photographer Jeff Sedlik, at a point early in his career was still photographer for this show (but I don’t know for how long). It could be interesting to explore that also… for extra features on this project. Also, I’ve written a description of your discovery in french – for French readers – on my personal blog. It’s quite a project and there’s definitively potential for the publication of the whole series. We’re curious to know more and to help… if necessary.
Cheers to you all.
Excellent blog with lots of useful information on tv shows, Are there any forums that you recommend I may join?
I remember being interviewed by Leigh and George, when I was in my late 20s. I think I was the youngest person interviewed for the show. It was a thrill to have my make-up done by Johnny Carson’s make-up team, then spend 1/2 hour with those guys being alternately laughing and being serious. What a team they were. I remember the experience so well. It would be such a great thing to see all 130 episodes now that so many of the photographers interviewed are no longer alive. Maybe they could be made into Youtube movies?