Episode 37: A Man With a Camera (and a Death Wish)

<p>This is an action packed episode full of teenage street gangs and bank robbers! We’re going to introduce you a late 50s TV show all about a freelance photographer played by a youngish Charles Bronson. We’ll be talking to Jaya Bhat (@jayabhat on IG) about Polacon SF. We’ve got a book review, an zine review, some potentially good advice on slumping and a whole bunch more. </p> JAYA BHAT AND POLACON SF <p>This episode, we interviewed one of the kindest and most supportive film photographers you’ll ever meet. He’s put out a few zines, has dabbled in cyanotypes and is even running a demo at Polacon SF this year… let’s give it the hell up for Jaya Bhat!</p> <p>Jaya is @<a href='https://www.instagram.com/jayabhat/'>jayabhat</a> on IG and can be found here: <a href='http://www.whatjayasees.com/'>http://www.whatjayasees.com/</a></p> <p>His zines can be found here: <a href='https://jayabhat.bigcartel.com/'>https://jayabhat.bigcartel.com/</a></p> <p>And here are some of his photos:</p> <p>Information on Polacon SF 2021 can be found on <a href='https://www.instagram.com/instantfilmsociety/'>@instantfilmsociety</a></p> MAN WITH A CAMERA STARRING CHARLES BRONSON! <p>By 1958, photography was evolving into a hobby accessible to nearly everyone. Companies like Kodak and Minolta were cranking out easy-to-use rangefinders for the beginners. Camera stores could hardly keep home developing kits and chemicals in stock. Everybody at least knew somebody who had a basement darkroom.</p> <p>And when things get popular, Hollywood takes note.</p> <p>They wanted to make a TV show about a photographer, but all that anybody wanted to watch was gritty noir like Naked City and Peter Gun. It was action shows that clogged the airwaves with The Rifleman and Bat Masterson. In a fictional world ruled by private eyes, gangers and action heroes, what was a show about photographers supposed to do?</p> <p>Simple! Rip them off! And that’s exactly what 1958’s Man with a Camera did!</p> <ul class="blocks-ga