Michael Chovan-Dalton
@realphotoshow.bsky.social
Photographer, Educator, and Host of Real Photo Show and Producer of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf Podcasts.
https://realphotoshow.com
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Anika Burgess | Flashes of Brilliance, The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History
Anika Burgess is a writer and photo editor. She has been published in The New York Times and Atlas Obscura.
Photo credit: Amir Hamja
Sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin
Anika Burgess is a writer and photo editor. She has been published in The New York Times and Atlas Obscura.
Photo credit: Amir Hamja
Sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Anika Burgess | Flashes of Brilliance, The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History
Anika Burgess is a writer and photo editor. She has been published in The New York Times and Atlas Obscura.
Photo credit: Amir Hamja
Sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin
Anika Burgess is a writer and photo editor. She has been published in The New York Times and Atlas Obscura.
Photo credit: Amir Hamja
Sponsored by the Charcoal Book Club Begin
Reposted by Michael Chovan-Dalton
New classes just posted at StrudelmediaLive for Winter 2026, including two of mine.
Repetition as Practice: A Year of Deep Observation
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Mastering the Lightroom Print Module
strudelmedialive.com/classes/mast...
Repetition as Practice: A Year of Deep Observation
strudelmedialive.com/classes/repe...
Mastering the Lightroom Print Module
strudelmedialive.com/classes/mast...
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New classes just posted at StrudelmediaLive for Winter 2026, including two of mine.
Repetition as Practice: A Year of Deep Observation
strudelmedialive.com/classes/repe...
Mastering the Lightroom Print Module
strudelmedialive.com/classes/mast...
Repetition as Practice: A Year of Deep Observation
strudelmedialive.com/classes/repe...
Mastering the Lightroom Print Module
strudelmedialive.com/classes/mast...
Reposted by Michael Chovan-Dalton
If you come to Santa Fe, visit me at my new job at photo-eye books! Thursday to Saturday 11am-5pm.
October 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If you come to Santa Fe, visit me at my new job at photo-eye books! Thursday to Saturday 11am-5pm.
The 8th and final installment of the 2025 Chico Review Attendee recordings is not playing on Real Photo Show. Subscribe to Real Photo Show on YouTube to get notifications about our live-streaming events.
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The 8th and final installment of the 2025 Chico Review Attendee recordings is not playing on Real Photo Show. Subscribe to Real Photo Show on YouTube to get notifications about our live-streaming events.
Now Playing: 7th installment of attendee recordings. I'll be at Chico Review 2026!
September 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Now Playing: 7th installment of attendee recordings. I'll be at Chico Review 2026!
Ave Pildas | Star Struck
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ave Pildas worked early in his career as a photo stringer for Downbeat Magazine in the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania in the 1960's, and has been a successful photographer and educator for the past 40 years.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ave Pildas worked early in his career as a photo stringer for Downbeat Magazine in the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania in the 1960's, and has been a successful photographer and educator for the past 40 years.
September 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ave Pildas | Star Struck
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ave Pildas worked early in his career as a photo stringer for Downbeat Magazine in the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania in the 1960's, and has been a successful photographer and educator for the past 40 years.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ave Pildas worked early in his career as a photo stringer for Downbeat Magazine in the Ohio Valley and Pennsylvania in the 1960's, and has been a successful photographer and educator for the past 40 years.
Thank you Fordham Observer for this nice write up on the closing of my show.
fordhamobserver.com/80491/recent...
fordhamobserver.com/80491/recent...
Where the Water Waits: Michael Chovan-Dalton at Ildiko Butler Gallery
“Ground Meets Water,” a photography exhibition by Michael Chovan-Dalton, opened earlier this summer in the Ildiko Butler Gallery. Captured in and around bodies of water in New Jersey, this collection ...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Thank you Fordham Observer for this nice write up on the closing of my show.
fordhamobserver.com/80491/recent...
fordhamobserver.com/80491/recent...
More from 2025 Chico Review
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2025 Chico Review Attendees
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September 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
More from 2025 Chico Review
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The fifth installment of attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers. The Chico Review is the country’s premier Photobook Retreat. Organized by Charcoal Book Club.
August 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The fifth installment of attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers. The Chico Review is the country’s premier Photobook Retreat. Organized by Charcoal Book Club.
Nat Ward | DITCH: MONTAUK, NY 11954
Nat Ward lives in Queens, NY. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Parrish Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Nat Ward lives in Queens, NY. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Parrish Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
August 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Nat Ward | DITCH: MONTAUK, NY 11954
Nat Ward lives in Queens, NY. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Parrish Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Nat Ward lives in Queens, NY. His work is collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Parrish Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Siri Kaur | Sistermoon now playing on Real Photo Show. Siri Kaur has been photographing her family for over 30 years, and her youngest sister, Simran, is the central focus of her forthcoming book, Sistermoon. @voidphoto.bsky.social @sirikaur.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Siri Kaur | Sistermoon now playing on Real Photo Show. Siri Kaur has been photographing her family for over 30 years, and her youngest sister, Simran, is the central focus of her forthcoming book, Sistermoon. @voidphoto.bsky.social @sirikaur.bsky.social
Now Playing on PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf: Dana Lixenberg.
July 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Now Playing on PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf: Dana Lixenberg.
Now Playing: 2025 Chico Review Attendees, 4th installment.
July 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Now Playing: 2025 Chico Review Attendees, 4th installment.
Up now at @fordham.edu. A collection of my work from the mid 90's made in New Jersey, Ground Meets Water. Ildiko Butler Gallery. 113 W.60th St NYC. September closing reception TBA.
July 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Up now at @fordham.edu. A collection of my work from the mid 90's made in New Jersey, Ground Meets Water. Ildiko Butler Gallery. 113 W.60th St NYC. September closing reception TBA.
More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers.
@chicoreview @charcoalworkshops @charcoalbookclub
@chicoreview @charcoalworkshops @charcoalbookclub
June 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers.
@chicoreview @charcoalworkshops @charcoalbookclub
@chicoreview @charcoalworkshops @charcoalbookclub
Alejandro Cartagena joined me at the 2025 Chico Review. We talk about the many different ways in which Alejandro practices photography Alejandro also discusses his upcoming retrospective, Ground Rules, at SFMOMA, curated by Shana Lopes along with the accompanying book published by Aperture.
June 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Alejandro Cartagena joined me at the 2025 Chico Review. We talk about the many different ways in which Alejandro practices photography Alejandro also discusses his upcoming retrospective, Ground Rules, at SFMOMA, curated by Shana Lopes along with the accompanying book published by Aperture.
More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers. pnc.st/s/real-photo...
May 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
More wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers. pnc.st/s/real-photo...
Free Open Call for recent photo graduates of a 2 year, 4 year, or Grad program.
www.homecomingbiennial.com
www.homecomingbiennial.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Free Open Call for recent photo graduates of a 2 year, 4 year, or Grad program.
www.homecomingbiennial.com
www.homecomingbiennial.com
Photographer Daniel Arnold joined me at the 2025 Chico Review. We discussed how photography became a compulsion and a means of connection, transforming his life and leading him to leave his writing job at Nickelodeon.
pnc.st/s/real-photo...
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May 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Photographer Daniel Arnold joined me at the 2025 Chico Review. We discussed how photography became a compulsion and a means of connection, transforming his life and leading him to leave his writing job at Nickelodeon.
pnc.st/s/real-photo...
pnc.st/s/real-photo...
Primary Exposure: Fatherly Photography
Reception Tomorrow, 4/26 2-6pm.
Affirmation Arts - 415 W. 13th 8th fl. NYC
Reception Tomorrow, 4/26 2-6pm.
Affirmation Arts - 415 W. 13th 8th fl. NYC
April 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Primary Exposure: Fatherly Photography
Reception Tomorrow, 4/26 2-6pm.
Affirmation Arts - 415 W. 13th 8th fl. NYC
Reception Tomorrow, 4/26 2-6pm.
Affirmation Arts - 415 W. 13th 8th fl. NYC
New wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico Hot Springs to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers.
pnc.st/s/real-photo...
pnc.st/s/real-photo...
April 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New wonderful attendee recordings from the 2025 Chico Review with those who came to Chico Hot Springs to share their work and their stories with incredible reviewers.
pnc.st/s/real-photo...
pnc.st/s/real-photo...
VANISHING by ANNA ARENDT
Charcoal Book Club
Engraved in ghostly black and white, Anna Arendt’s debut monograph, Vanishing, conjures a world of dreamlike dread and beauty. Photographed mostly between Germany and Poland over 15 years, the work slides back and forth through time like a blood memory.
Charcoal Book Club
Engraved in ghostly black and white, Anna Arendt’s debut monograph, Vanishing, conjures a world of dreamlike dread and beauty. Photographed mostly between Germany and Poland over 15 years, the work slides back and forth through time like a blood memory.
April 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
VANISHING by ANNA ARENDT
Charcoal Book Club
Engraved in ghostly black and white, Anna Arendt’s debut monograph, Vanishing, conjures a world of dreamlike dread and beauty. Photographed mostly between Germany and Poland over 15 years, the work slides back and forth through time like a blood memory.
Charcoal Book Club
Engraved in ghostly black and white, Anna Arendt’s debut monograph, Vanishing, conjures a world of dreamlike dread and beauty. Photographed mostly between Germany and Poland over 15 years, the work slides back and forth through time like a blood memory.
I’m in a fantastic group show! April 26 2-6pm reception in NYC. Affirmation Arts - 415 W 13th St. 8th fl
April 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I’m in a fantastic group show! April 26 2-6pm reception in NYC. Affirmation Arts - 415 W 13th St. 8th fl
Brad Zellar | Till the Wheels Fall Off
Author Brad Zellar joined me at the 2025 Chico Review to talk about his life as a writer, including his work with Alec Soth and Little Brown Mushroom, and his novel, Till the Wheels Fall Off. (Cover photo: Eric Ruby) #bradzellar @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Author Brad Zellar joined me at the 2025 Chico Review to talk about his life as a writer, including his work with Alec Soth and Little Brown Mushroom, and his novel, Till the Wheels Fall Off. (Cover photo: Eric Ruby) #bradzellar @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Brad Zellar | Till the Wheels Fall Off
Author Brad Zellar joined me at the 2025 Chico Review to talk about his life as a writer, including his work with Alec Soth and Little Brown Mushroom, and his novel, Till the Wheels Fall Off. (Cover photo: Eric Ruby) #bradzellar @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Author Brad Zellar joined me at the 2025 Chico Review to talk about his life as a writer, including his work with Alec Soth and Little Brown Mushroom, and his novel, Till the Wheels Fall Off. (Cover photo: Eric Ruby) #bradzellar @coffeehousepress.bsky.social
Just spent a week with some of my favorite people in the photo world at Chico Review 25.
March 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just spent a week with some of my favorite people in the photo world at Chico Review 25.