Tuesday October 19, 2010
This week's "Your DNTO" - The Story Behind the Photo (Oct. 19)
A photograph is a moment frozen in time. But what was happening
immediately before... and what happened after? And what was going on
just outside the frame?
This week, "Your DNTO" looks at the stories behind some of our favourite photos. Read on to find out what's on the show.
Chris dela Torre's vacation photos from Mexico show him and his girlfriend having a great time in the sun. But here's the thing: they weren't having such a great time leading up to that "vacation." And here's the other thing: their Mexican vacation photos weren't exactly taken in Mexico. Chris will tell us the story.
Alex Voutsinas and his wife Donna are happily married and living in Florida. But before they got married, a photo revealed that they'd had a chance encounter there before. Alex will tell us the story of Disney World, a photograph, and a remarkable statistical unlikelihood:
(Photo courtesy Alex Voutsinas)
A DNTO listener shares her story of finding her soul mate... and the connection a mug from Germany has to the story.
If your house was on fire, which photo would you save? Sook-Yin takes her mic to the street to find out what matters most to you.
A whole family dressed in Star Trek uniforms. A pregnant lady gazing lovingly at her husband... while draped over a tire. And so many, many mullets. Why do we love those awkward family portraits so much... and what are they actually telling us about our familial units? We'll get the answers from Doug Chernack, one of the founders of Awkward Family Photos, and a co-author of the Awkward Family Photos book. (Doug will also tell us the story behind "The Space Between," the awkward family photo you can see below):
(Photo courtesy of Awkward Family Photos)
Not every photo is a keeper. If you could erase one photo, what would it be? Sook-Yin gets your answers.
Shannon Butcher calls in to tell us about the photo that inspired her song, "Better Kisser."
Sometimes, taking a seemingly innocuous photo - like the one below - can have deadly consequences. In 2001, Mike Odongkara worked as a professional photo journalist for the Daily Monitor in Uganda. He was out late one night in Kampala, when he snapped this photo that changed the course of his and his family's life. He'll tell us how:
(Photo by Mike Odongkara)
(Photo courtesy Nancy Gershman)
And here's this week's playlist:
Ash Koley - "Brighter At Night"
Paula Cole - "Carmen"
Shannon Butcher - "Better Kisser"
M'bilia Bel - "Residence Marina"
Yukon Blonde - "Ghosts On Film"
This week, "Your DNTO" looks at the stories behind some of our favourite photos. Read on to find out what's on the show.
Chris dela Torre's vacation photos from Mexico show him and his girlfriend having a great time in the sun. But here's the thing: they weren't having such a great time leading up to that "vacation." And here's the other thing: their Mexican vacation photos weren't exactly taken in Mexico. Chris will tell us the story.
Alex Voutsinas and his wife Donna are happily married and living in Florida. But before they got married, a photo revealed that they'd had a chance encounter there before. Alex will tell us the story of Disney World, a photograph, and a remarkable statistical unlikelihood:
(Photo courtesy Alex Voutsinas)
A DNTO listener shares her story of finding her soul mate... and the connection a mug from Germany has to the story.
If your house was on fire, which photo would you save? Sook-Yin takes her mic to the street to find out what matters most to you.
A whole family dressed in Star Trek uniforms. A pregnant lady gazing lovingly at her husband... while draped over a tire. And so many, many mullets. Why do we love those awkward family portraits so much... and what are they actually telling us about our familial units? We'll get the answers from Doug Chernack, one of the founders of Awkward Family Photos, and a co-author of the Awkward Family Photos book. (Doug will also tell us the story behind "The Space Between," the awkward family photo you can see below):
(Photo courtesy of Awkward Family Photos)
Not every photo is a keeper. If you could erase one photo, what would it be? Sook-Yin gets your answers.
Shannon Butcher calls in to tell us about the photo that inspired her song, "Better Kisser."
Sometimes, taking a seemingly innocuous photo - like the one below - can have deadly consequences. In 2001, Mike Odongkara worked as a professional photo journalist for the Daily Monitor in Uganda. He was out late one night in Kampala, when he snapped this photo that changed the course of his and his family's life. He'll tell us how:
(Photo by Mike Odongkara)
We tend to think that a photograph is a perfect snapshot of reality. But
it's pretty easy to mess with a photo. You can take out the red eye, make the
sunset more orange, even airbrush a person out of a picture. Nancy Gershman is a
prescriptive artist who makes what she calls "healing dreamscapes" using
photographs. And one of the people she's done this for is bereaved mother
Shirley Heard. We'll find out what Nancy had to "alter" for Shirley (and you can
see the photo below):
(Photo courtesy Nancy Gershman)
And here's this week's playlist:
Ash Koley - "Brighter At Night"
Paula Cole - "Carmen"
Shannon Butcher - "Better Kisser"
M'bilia Bel - "Residence Marina"
Yukon Blonde - "Ghosts On Film"
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