Happy Halloween! It seems so appropriate that today we release our episode with the 'wildly interesting" Ed Bateman.Edward Bateman is an artist and professor at the University of Utah, where he heads the Photography and Digital Imaging area. The work of Edward Bateman exists in a space between photography and printmaking, although his extensive use of 3D modeling technologies is not common to either medium. Using constructed and often anachronistic imagery, he creates allegedly historical artifacts that examine our belief in the photograph as a reliable witness.In our conversation, we chatted with Ed about his artistic journey, his interest in science, and his love of all things photography, especially when time travel is involved.Recorded February 8, 2023. These are the Diffusion Tapes... Show notesEdward BatemanWasatch ComputersPhotoshop 2.0The Muse Project (Blue’s BFA thesis)AI Image GeneratorsWet Plate Collodion processIan RuhterDaguerreotype processAlphonse Eugène HubertShroud of TurinFrederick Douglass portraitUniversity of UtahLos Angeles Center of PhotographyAnne Kellyphoto-eye GalleryDiffusion AnnualRun The JewelsPaul NadarRipley’s Believe It Or Notcarte de visitecabinet cardsRapidograph pensGarry WinograndJerry UelsmannIndustrial Light and MagicAmerican Cinematographer MagazinePhillip's Gallery, Salt Lake CityHasselblad 907 cameraVery, Very Hungry (song)The Diffusion Tapes are produced and hosted by Blue Mitchell and co-hosted by Michael KirchoffThe Diffusion Tapes theme song composed by Jeff Louviere