This week, making art because you have to and how context can elevate humble materials to something extraordinary. Also, connecting to the past through the tangential experiences of the present. Plus, why is serious subject matter taken more...seriously as important work? Donna Ferrato is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• On Taking Pictures - Google+ - Assignment: #bookshelf
  
• Introduction to the Exhibition—Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
  
• Outliers and American Vanguard Art
  
• It Might Get Loud - Wikipedia
  
• SAMANTHA FISH BAND "Shake 'Em On Down" 3/22/13 - YouTube
  
• Mark Bradford: Pickett’s Charge - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian
  
• Alaa Hassan
  
• bessie-and-glen.jpg (520×760)
  
• Panasonic’s new $999 GX9 is a mirrorless camera for monochrome film lovers - The Verge
  
• The FUJIFILM X-E3 is INCREDIBLE | The Art of Photography
  
• School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City > Howard Schatz
  
• Glitterati Inc., Schatz Images: 25 Years
  
• The Unknown Berenice Abbott - Berenice Abbott - Steidl Verlag
  
• Collected Works. Study Edition - Gordon Parks - Steidl Verlag
  
• Five Things A Still Shooter Needs To Know To Shoot Video | Sony | Alpha Universe
  
• Graffiti Artists Awarded $6.7 Million for Destroyed 5Pointz Murals - The New York Times
  
• Visual Artists Rights Act - Wikipedia
  
• 5 Pointz - Wikipedia
  
• Domestic Abuse in the Photos of Donna Ferrato - The New York Times
  
• Donna Ferrato Photography | PERSONAL WORK
  
• Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? | Pinky and the Brain Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
  
• Kate McGarry & Keith Ganz, Desperado @ National Sawdust, 11/19/15 - YouTube