Ulrich Baer is an author, editor, and a professor of photography at NYU.
I wanted to chat with someone about photography in the “iPhone” age (along with a bunch of other things!), and Uli was kind enough to indulge me.
I was dazzled by his breadth of learning and the expertise he has in so many different fields (poetry, philosophy, and literature, to name just a few).
In this wide-ranging conversation, Uli and I discuss:
Photography; Art; Nostalgia for Film; The iPhone Age; Mary Shelley; Frankenstein; Oscar Wilde; Being a “Perpetual Beginner”; How to approach the “Great Works”; Reading; Laughing; Loving; Connecting with our fellow humans; Kung Fu; And much more!
Links to Uli’s stuff:
Website:
https://www.ulrichbaer.com/
Podcasts:
https://www.ulrichbaer.com/podcasts
Think About It
The Proust Questionnaire
Books:
Links to my stuff:
X: @DanielEFinneran
My sister project, PNEUMA, on which I put out sleep stories, meditations, and mindfulness content. Search “Pneuma meditations” on any podcast streaming platform.
If you enjoy these conversations, please share them with family and friends!
Thank you.
What is Finneran's Wake?
Finneran’s Wake – where the ART OF CONVERSATION lives.
Here, no topic is untouchable, no idea inadmissible, and no one too heretical to be heard.
As the great French essayist Montaigne once said, “To my taste, the most fruitful and natural exercise of our minds is CONVERSATION. I find the practice of it the most delightful activity in our lives”.
It certainly is the most delightful activity in my life. I want it to be so in yours as well.
To that end, I humbly welcome you to my channel.
Here, we'll exercise our minds together. Here, we'll practice this delightful activity as friends. We'll engage, now and forever, in the art--the highest and most human art--of conversation!
With affection,
Daniel