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Big Hugs Studio Presents... Utility
A show about nft photography and the people that surround it
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The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
Big Hugs Studio
We are a creative studio produce art and content @bighugsstudio
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
Chapters:
0:00 Beginning
3:22 How Leslie became a photographer
5:30 Leslie in Haiti
6:21 Wedding Photography
10:45 Leslie in NFTs
14:15 What photography is Leslie Drawn to
17:00 Reaching out to collectors in DMs
22:00 Building a business for your work
24:00 Scarcity
31:18 Protest Photography
40:33 Should Artists mint on Tezos
52:50 Daria Zaseda's work
Leslie Spurlock's work
https://foundation.app/@lesliespurlock
Daria Zaseda
https://foundation.app/@OhHungryArtist
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
Big Hugs Studio
We are a creative studio produce art and content @bighugsstudio
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
Chapters:
0:00 Beginning
1:25 How did Omar become an artist
8:00 Hesitancy on the stage of street photography
13:20 What came first the street photography or dance
15:07 One Week Later
15:45 Preference between staged and not staged
20:20 Coaching your models
23:36 Before the Summer Ends
28:50 Why Super Rare?
31:00 is curation gatekeeping
33:18 How to keep going in the bear market
36:55 What is next for Omar?
38:05 City Contours Preview
40:30 What is the point of scarcity in photography
47:15 the restaurant comparison is not perfect
50:50 Burning your unsold photos?
51:54 Jeff's flimsy counterpoint
56:00 Omar Highlights a lot of other artists
56:30 Grayson Lauffenburger, Isa Rus, The Film God, Mariam, Tobias Schult
Mariam Amurvelashvili
https://foundation.app/@mariamur
Tobias Schult
https://foundation.app/@tobiasschult
Quintavius Oliver
https://foundation.app/@FilmGod
Grayson Lauffenburger
https://foundation.app/@graysonlauffe...
Isa Rus
https://opensea.io/collection/elpoema
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
Big Hugs Studio
Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting soon. @bighugsnft
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
Chapters:
0:00 Beginning
2:00 How did you become an artist
11:35 Being pushed into practical professions
15:00 How she got into NFTs
17:30 Endless Questions
24:24 Her children as the subject
30:45 The Lenin Photo
34:30 What is next for Miriam
43:45 Is language a barrier?
47:45 Is web3 the answer
51:00 Peter Nitsch
54:05 Lisa Bukreyeva
Maraim Amurvelashvili
https://foundation.app/@mariamur
Peter Nitsch
https://foundation.app/collection/titbm
Lisa Bukreueva
bukreyeva.com
The Utility Podcast Christopher David Ryan, 13
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
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Big Hugs is an art studio that is minting a PFP project soon called Synonyms.
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Chapters:
0:00 Beginning
1:45 How did CDR become and artist
7:05 How did you get into NFTs
14:30 Big Hugs existed before NFTs
18:48 Casual AI chat when Jeff was getting baby
23:30 What is happening with Big Hugs Studio?
28:00 How did Synonyms come about
33:55 Synonyms cc0
38:30 Using a Generator
41:10 what comes next
47:40 Oh yeah we forgot to answer a twitter question
Come check out Big Hugs Studios
https://www.bighugsstudio.io/
https://www.synonymsnft.io/
The Utility Podcast Robert Leblanc, 12
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Chapters:
0:00 Beginning
1:25 How Robert got into photography
3:30 Why skateboarding makes good photographers
6:58 Why Robert is in NFTs
10:00 His vision of America
22:10 Stories Vegas
24:30 Albuquerque, NM
29:00 Sausage castle, Florida
32:15 fuck the law
35:15 integrating brands into your budget
44:00 What is next? Gloryland
47:35 Royalties/cc0 Hot Takes
50:35 Amy Woodward
54:25 Lilly Callisto
56:00 Niall O'Brien
Robert LeBlanc
https://superrare.com/robertleblanc
Amy Woodward
https://foundation.app/@AmyWoodward
Lilly Callisto
https://foundation.app/@lilycallisto
Niall O'Brien
https://foundation.app/collection/bluecrawfish?sortOrder=DEFAULT
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
Big Hugs Studio
Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting soon. @bighugsnft
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
Chapters:
0:00 Beginning
9:37 Best Quote ever about utility
14:55 Are Curation Platforms Tastemakers
24:10 How Selling NFT photos is different
26:10 Bernardo buys and education
29:05 Has the collector, artist relationship changed forever?
32:05 Trad Art vs Web3 artists
36:00 Alessandra Sanguienetti drop
46:49 Jeff's Selfish Question about delegating
52:20 The World Today Obscura
1:01:34 Pelle Cass
1:06:45 Jonas Bendiksen
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
Big Hugs Studio
Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting soon. @bighugsnft Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
Chapters
0:00 Start
Magnum Drop
https://foundation.app/collection/mpa75?sortOrder=DEFAULT
Drip Drop by Dave Krugman
https://opensea.io/collection/drip-drop-by-dave-krugman
Scott Strazante has a new sloika drop
https://sloika.xyz/strazzpix.eth/a-decade-of-shooting-from-the-hip
Cody Cobb SR drop
https://superrare.com/0x4d71881207c554d814cd2bea1414637883d0fe04/afterlife-2
Omar’s New SR drop
https://superrare.com/0xc7492a07cd68699b30b4eaef18dd2413351c563c/before-the-summer-ends-23
Summer’s new SR Drop
https://superrare.com/0xc7492a07cd68699b30b4eaef18dd2413351c563c/a-cornfield-in-july--26
Ben Zank has work up on SR
https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/i-think-i'm-falling-for-you-36221
Anna Condo’s new work
https://foundation.app/@a1111ac011d0
The proliferation of AI work! Dal-E and Midjourney in NFTs
Marina Abromavic’s Drop
https://nft.circa.art/
Richard Pilnick new community and portrait collection.
https://foundation.app/@RichardPilnick?tab=collections
Ahmet Sel has a new limited series on Foundation Lost Diaries
https://foundation.app/collection/diaries-d8a8?sortOrder=DEFAULT
Valintino Bellini La Mancha Urbana
https://foundation.app/@ValentinoBellini
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
Big Hugs Studio
Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting soon. @bighugsnft
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
CHAPTERS
0:00 Start
2:20 How Amit got into Photography
6:42 Lack of choice becomes an opportunity
8:13 Rock and Roll was a thing
12:35 Amit's disillusionment with aspirational photography
18:12 India Crypto tax
22:06 Amit's Sloika Drop
28:00 Art is not subjective
37:20 How to stay level headed through the dips
43:21 Amit's favorite artists right now
Amit’s Work
https://foundation.app/collection/indvsl?sortOrder=DEFAULT
https://sloika.xyz/agyaat.eth/man-nature-machine/2
Amit's favorite artists Right Now
Yalda Eskandari
https://foundation.app/collection/prjctr?sortOrder=DEFAULT
Peter Franck
https://foundation.app/@franckoberaspach
Pete Burkeet
https://foundation.app/@peteburkeet
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
Big Hugs Studio
Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting soon. @bighugsnft
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
CHAPTERS
0:00 Start
4:55 Citrus https://www.citrus.app/
9:45 The Burrow https://mint.theburrownft.xyz/
14:35 Summer Wagner
17:40 Beginnings of Summer
24:00 Shooting 53 photos in 8 months
25:00 The Parody of a Tangled Thread
30:15 Shooting with a signature style
36:30 NFTNYC
41:52 Being a woman in NFT Photography
59:00 What is Summer shooting?
1:01:50 Summers favorite artists
Summer's Work
https://foundation.app/@summerwagner
Summer's favorite artists Right Now
Alize Jireh
https://foundation.app/collection/sense-24b0?sortOrder=DEFAULT
Breanda Fedie
https://foundation.app/collection/nospa?sortOrder=DEFAULT
Isa Rus
https://foundation.app/@isarus
Our first episode in this series of Interviews is featuring Ben Zank a fantastic photographer and human.
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
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Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting soon. @bighugsnft
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
This episode we discuss:
Ben Zank's work,
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Toxic Positivity on Twitter
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Ben's life
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Curation Platforms
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How does a photographer go from selling a photo for .10 ETH to 10 ETH
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Are the OG NFT photographers going to always have an advantage on the market compared to other more known photographers from Web 2
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Ben's Camera Setup
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What does it mean to get "Zanked"
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The genius of Brooke DiDonato, Cody Cobb, and Summer Wagner
The Utility Podcast is brought to you by -
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Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting soon. @bighugsnft
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
This episode we discuss:
TJ Thorne’s new release Urban Archetypes
https://foundation.app/@tjthorne
Samantha Cavet is selling
https://superrare.com/samanthacavet
Ben Zank is selling -
https://superrare.com/benzank
Tobias Shulte - Against the Ropes
https://opensea.io/collection/against-the-ropes
Our guests work
Kristopher Shinn
https://opensea.io/collection/bywayofwater
https://superrare.com/kristophershinn
And his views on the state of NFT photography!
The Utility Podcast
Brought to you by -
Presented Big Hugs Studio
Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting on Optimism in July. @bighugsnft
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This episode we discuss:
- Magnum Photography joining the NFT world. the pros and cons of onboarding the "masters"
https://foundation.app/collection/mpa75?sortOrder=MINT_DATE_ASC
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Maria Norup dropped "Dryads The tree bound" https://foundation.app/collection/dryads
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Luis @dgntec tweet about scarcity
https://twitter.com/dgntec/status/1541819203312820227?s=20&t=DKa6q_-lFeiVyqDmrxiVog
- The In-Between by Summer Wagner Drop
https://foundation.app/@summerwagner
Our guests work
- Johan Lolas
His fabulous website
https://nftphotographers.xyz/
His photography
https://superrare.com/lebackpacker
And his views on the state of NFT photography!
Episode 04, with guest Michelle Viljoen. Hosted by Jeff Excell and Bernardo Caria.
Presented Big Hugs Studio
Big Hugs is a PFP project that is minting on Optimism in July. @bighugsnft
Or in our discord at: https://discord.gg/TDN8SRjgYZ
This episode we discuss:
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NFT NYC fomo
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Cath Simard minted on Solana
https://exchange.art/artists/Cath%20S...
- Louis Iruela’s fantastic oncyber gallery
https://oncyber.io/the-cooler-portraits
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Erik Bulckens drop on Rarible called re-enactments. https://rarible.com/collection/0xe4ac... https://twitter.com/Pistenbulcky/stat...
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Camera Person nft collection Is MINTING! https://cameraperson.xyz/
Our guests work
- Michelle Viljoen
Latest drop coming soon - https://www.hiddenstories.io/
From the other side - https://opensea.io/collection/from-th...
We ask Michelle if WAGMI
This episode of Utility is brought to you by Big Hugs NFT collection. You can check out our twitter page here:
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We talked about
Nathan Baunam and his new addition to "Hidden in Plain Sight"
https://opensea.io/collection/hiddeninplainsight
Summer Wagner “The Parody of a Tangled Thread”
https://foundation.app/collection/pott
Gregory Berg “A Sign of the Times”
https://opensea.io/collection/asignofthetimes
MONOLITH Gallery,
https://monolith.gallery/
Yael Malka - "NowNow"
https://monolith.gallery/hall/chelz/uh6fYiI2RkhoBBuQ37VF
Niall O'Brian "Blue Crawfish"
https://monolith.gallery/hall/chelz/uh6fYiI2RkhoBBuQ37VF
Karen Navarro "The Constructed Self"
https://foundation.app/collection/conself
Our Guest this week was Anna Condo a prolific artist, actor, and collector.
Here is her Foundation collection:
https://foundation.app/@a1111ac011d0?tab=collections
Her curated collection on 1st Dibs
https://www.1stdibs.com/the-mint/anna-condo-flower-gang
News
Trevor Traynor's Newstand collection
https://www.trevortraynor.com/themintingpress
Jimmy Limit collection Spring Summer
https://springsummer.xyz/
Quantum space and Assembly space
Punk 6529 sells an image
https://twitter.com/punk6529/status/1533872849940885504?s=21&t=lkE24VNUPGUyzp9Kp5vNPA
Koben, Carbon cities
https://opensea.io/collection/carbon-cities
Andrew Semark, Bombora
https://foundation.app/@Anjsemark
Anna Condo:
https://foundation.app/collection/pigeon
Come visit us at the Big Hugs discord where we talk about photography, Big Hugs the NFT collection and pretty much anything that comes up.
discord.gg/YCZYpezy2E
Intro
Why it is called Utility
News
Robert Leblanc
https://superrare.com/series/0x41b17fb66984cb2a46d806d31c493e4f8beee27f
Anna Condo/Flower Gang
https://www.1stdibs.com/nft-collections/featured/
Omar Robles
https://foundation.app/collection/city-dads
Barry Sutton
https://opensea.io/collection/7-atmospheres
Klea Mckenna
https://nft.assembly.art/collections/rainbow-bruise
Hannah Whitaker
https://obscura.io/collections/hannah-whitaker
Lisa Bukreyeva
https://foundation.app/collection/wib
Cody Cobb
https://foundation.app/collection/dead
We talk about 1/1 and editions and the talk of the NFT landscape over the last week.