09 Jun Exposed Negative Podcast – #98 – Conflict Zones, Contact Sheets & Tim Pages Legacy w/ Stephen DuPont

Award-winning Australian documentary photographer Stephen DuPont joins Greg to talk about four decades shooting conflict on film, his close call with a suicide bomber in Kabul, the unreleased Tim Page Vietnam archive he spent a year editing, and why he believes truth in photography is under greater threat now than at any point in his career.

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### Show Notes:

– Stephen DuPont — http://www.stevendupont.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenmdupont/?hl=en-gb
– W. Eugene Smith Grant — humanitarian photography grant awarded to Stephen; link to grant info
– Robert Capa Gold Medal — citation awarded to Stephen; link to award info
– Stephen Dupont Scrapbooks: https://www.stephendupont.com/fucked-up-fotos
– Frank Ockenfels Scrapbooks: https://fwo3.com/Book—Volume-3-/1
– Pentax K1000 — Stephen’s first camera: https://thenoisyshutter.com/2022/08/20/classic-camera-review-pentax-k1000/
– Tim Page — late conflict photographer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Page_(photographer))
– Tim Page Vietnam book: https://www.stephendupont.com/blog/2020/7/1/nam-contact-by-tim-page
– “Page After Page” by Tim Page — Page’s autobiography; out of print: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Page-After-Tim-Paladin/32208238270/bd
– “Unreasonable Behaviour” by Don McCullin — autobiography: https://amzn.to/3Q74hVu
– Philip Blenkinsop: https://www.philipblenkinsop.com/
– Small Voices Podcast with Philip Blenkinsop: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/275-philip-blenkinsop/id1039540784?i=1000749205415&l=vi
– Catherine Leroy — French conflict photographer in Vietnam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Leroy
– Cathy Leroy documentary – Jacques Menasch film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DhZH-5xGAw
– “Two of the Missing” by Perry Deane Young — book about Sean Flynn and Dana Stone; out of print: https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/two-of-the-missing-book-perry-deane-young-9780981628097?sku=GOR004271004&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=19591730531

Desert Island Camera: Leica MP: https://leica-camera.com/en-GB/photography/cameras/m/mp-black-lacquered?srsltid=AfmBOoqmzaXjDmwRvNKoKlqhe6XXfZrcaYPimNkht3vr6QqoDo63I-SZ

Desert island photo book – Josef Koudelka, “Exiles”: https://amzn.to/436NQvh