The MOOD Podcast

Long-form conversations on photography, creativity and the artistic life AI summary

Matt Jacob Visit website › Arts · EN · 169 episodes · latest 2026-11-12 · explicit

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The MOOD Podcast is a long-form conversation series exploring photography, creativity, identity, and the inner life of artists. Hosted by Matt Jacob, the show moves beyond technique and trends to examine why people make work, how creative voices are formed, and what it takes to sustain a meaningful artistic life.Through thoughtful, unhurried conversations with photographers, filmmakers, and creative thinkers from around the world, the podcast explores themes of process, mental health, ethics, purpose, legacy, and the tension between art and industry. Episodes are grounded, reflective, and often philosophical, offering listeners provocation of thought rather than formulaic answers to copy.The MOOD Podcast is less about instruction and more about understanding, aimed at emerging and established creatives who care not just about what they make, but why they make it. At its core, The MOOD Podcast is the art of conversation, one frame at a time.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@the_moodpodcastInstagram: @the_moodpodcast /@mattyj_ayWebsite: https://themoodpodcast.com

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  1. Fight for Your Work, Not Yourself: Photographer Damien Daufresne on Ego And Social Media

    2026-11-12 · 1 hr 22 min

    This week I'm joined by Damien Daufresne, a French photographer and painter living in Berlin, whose photobooks Undertow (Blow Up Press, 2022) and The Overmorrow (Lamaindonne, 2025) bring black and white film photography…

  2. Why Your Photography Looks Like Everyone Else’s, and It’s Not a Lack of Ideas - Moments of Mood, 4.3

    2026-11-05 · 23 min

    In this solo episode I bring together 3 recent conversations: with photographer Matthew Genitempo, author of Jasper, psychologist Zahra Ciardi and photographer Emiliano Zúñiga Hernández, whose photobook Paraíso grew out…

  3. Feeling Like a Fraud Doesn’t Make You One, Says Photographer Emiliano Zúñiga Hernández

    2026-10-29 · 2 hr 14 min

    In this episode I’m joined by Emiliano Zúñiga Hernández, a Costa Rican photographer whose photobook Paraíso, published by Trespasser in 2023, grew out of one of the hardest chapters of his life. We talk about the…

  4. What If a Photographer’s Fear of Failure Isn’t Fear at All? Psychologist Zahra Ciardi Explains

    2026-10-22 · 1 hr 8 min

    I'm joined again by Zahra Ciardi, a registered psychologist and the founder of Ascendant Bali, for a second conversation about the psychology behind photography and creativity. We talk about what happens when a…

  5. Q&A: Why Your Photos Might Feel Stagnant (And How to Fix It) - Moments of Mood, 4.2

    2026-10-15 · 51 min

    This is a Q&A with questions sent in by photographers from my community. I answer whether your audience needs to understand your photography, if a project shot in a few days can have real depth, how to deal with…

  6. Why Photobooks Will Outlast the Internet - Matthew Genitempo (Part 2)

    2026-10-08 · 1 hr 11 min

    THIS IS PART 2 OF A 2 PART CONVERSATION WITH MATTHEW GENITEMPO. In Part 2 of my conversation with photographer and publisher Matthew Genitempo, we go deep into his photobooks Mother of Dogs and Dogbreath, and into…

  7. If You Still Question Your Photography, You Are Not Alone, So Does Matthew Genitempo (Part 1)

    2026-10-01 · 1 hr 5 min

    THIS IS PART 1 OF A 2 PART CONVERSATION WITH MATTHEW GENITEMPO. I sat down with photographer Matthew Genitempo, the graphic designer turned photographer and publisher behind the photobooks Jasper, Mother of Dogs and…

  8. Andrea Modica's answer to the question every photographer asks eventually: what's the point?

    2026-09-24 · 1 hr 1 min

    I sat down with Andrea Modica, the ‘Italian Story’ photographer (as well many other books) who has made every photograph since 1980 with an 8x10 view camera and prints all her work herself. Andrea studied with Richard…

  9. Your Worst Thoughts Arrive Dressed as Your Best Ideas - Moments of Mood, 4.1

    2026-09-17 · 19 min

    In this week’s Moments of Mood episode, you’ll learn why I believe meditation is the most direct route to a photographic voice that is unmistakably yours, and exactly what it does to your attention, your creativity and…

  10. Richard Sharum On 600 Deaths And His New Book 'American Homicide', E132

    2026-09-10 · 1 hr 51 min

    In this week’s podcast episode you'll learn why the photographs you're most proud of are probably the ones hiding you, and what a documentary photographer who has stood at 600 deaths says it actually costs to make work…

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Oldest episode in feed
03/2023 · over 3 years
Typical length
1 hr 9 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords
photography, art, videography, visual arts, creator, content creator

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