“A photograph is not only an image, an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stencilled off the real, like a footprint.” —Susan Sontag

In our second podcast episode ONE Magazine discusses art and matter with international photographer Marcus Leatherdale. He called Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe friends, was a prominent member of New York's arts scene in the 80s and one of the first photographers to shoot Madonna. His 'Hidden Identities' series is featured in the latest of edition of ONE Magazine 8: Art and Matter.

In this conversation Leatherdale and ONE's Martin Belk discuss the birth of the his iconic 'Hidden Identities' series, downtown NYC in the 80s, photography as art and the effect of technology on creativity today.

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