#140 DISCOS, MIKE TYSON & THE DIVING HORSE!

An American photographer who mastered the art of telling photographic stories as series studies. Andy Warhol helped and inspired his Disco series of the 70s, he photographed Mike Tyson before he was, well, Mike Tyson for the Boxing series and his American Moments two parter featured scenes of life in the States that no longer exists.

Toby Old, former conscript soldier for a short while, former dentist for a little longer and professional photographer for far longer and that’s a good thing, because as much as I’m sure he’d have been a credit to the art of pulling teeth, he’s been a shining light to art of making series photographic stories.

Toby Old’s work and studies are an important historical American archive, curated by learning how to see the long tail story. If you’re looking to make a project, this is the photographer to listen to.

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Neale James

Creator, podcaster, photographer and film maker

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