True stories about the money, clients and disasters behind the camera, told like a heist.
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The Latent Image
Every photograph hides a second story: how it was made, who it changed, and what it can no longer prove. Two curious hosts follow one image, one idea or one argument from the world of photography each week, start with the simple version, and dig until they hit something nobody tells you.
Hosted by Wren and Theo, performed by synthetic voices. Verified to the FactUnion Standard. Sources are in every episode's notes.
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Episodes
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The Kodak Fiends Are Back
In 1888 the camera hid in a waistcoat button; in 2026 it sits on a face with a small warning light, and that light decides for itself what counts as watching.
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One Gram of Silver
Silver hit a record and film got more expensive, just like in 1980. But a roll holds about a gram of silver, and the bigger risk to film may be the old machines that coat it.
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Certified Real: What a Signed Photo Can't Prove
Apple wants your iPhone to swear a photo is real, but a Nikon camera, a spirit photographer from 1869 and a Gaza freelancer show what a signature can and can't vouch for.
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