Street PX – Photography Podcast
A casual bi-weekly podcast hosted by RE Casper and Jim Watkins. Previous guests include documentary photographers and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists like Scott Strazzante. Most of their conversations revolve around street photography, documentary photography, and photojournalism. According to their about page, their main aim is to “introduce you to new artists, give you background on known artists and inspire you to pick up your camera and walk out the door.”
On an island overlooking the city of San Francisco, two photographers got together and developed a little broadcast offering photographers a platform to share their experiences, stories, and inspiration to an audience of passionate creatives.
Hosted by RE Casper and Jim Watkins, StreetPX brings you into the lives of street photographers, documentarians and photojournalists from around the world.
Listen to Chris Suspect podcast “Punk Photographer”
Chris Suspect on photographing live Punk Rock concerts.
As a 14-year-old kid in Helsinki, Chris took his first full leap into Punk Rock with a purchase of Devo’s “Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!” and “Give ‘Em Enough Rope” by the Clash. Both of which were impulse buys, solely on the graphic influence of the album covers.
But it was Punk Rock that would act as a catalyst for that creative expression and whether he was rocking out to a live show, wading through a mosh pit documenting the energy, thrashing on the stage, or helping usher in new talent, Chris never looked back… and his work definitely reflects that passion.
“You know that Robert Capa quote, ‘if your photos aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough’…. When your photographing Punk Rock, if the photos aren’t good enough, you’re not getting punched in the face enough.” (Chris Suspect)
Throughout, Chris shares his appreciation for the masters, such as Elliot Erwitt and Josef Koudelka, all the way up to his recent influences through workshops and collaborations with Alex Webb and Richard Bram.
We dive down his life as a traveling kid of diplomat parents in Soviet Moscow, Bangkok, Copenhagen, his lucky break capturing Ty Cobb (ex-Trump lawyer) rocking out to Copstabber at the Slash Run Bar in Washington DC and much more.
About Chris Suspect
Chris Suspect is a street and documentary photographer from the Washington, DC area.
His work has been recognized internationally and has been exhibited at various venues in the U.S, Germany, Belgium, Georgia, and the United Kingdom. His documentary work on the underground music scene in Washington, D.C., was published as a book, Suspect Device, in 2014. Suspect’s work is held in the Leica Galerie Archives and the Washington, DC, Public Library Archives.
He has won numerous photography contests, including FotoWeek DC and StreetFoto San Francisco. He has served as a judge for the Miami Street Photography Festival, the Brussels Street Photography Festival, and the World Street Photography Photo Book Competition. Since 2012 he has been a member of the STRATA photo collective and is currently a member of WorldSP.co.
More info on https://suspectdevice.net/
