Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2025-09-03

Books mentioned on Seamus Murphy on Photographing Patterns Across Cultures

1 book · With Seamus Murphy · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Seamus Murphy is an Irish photographer and filmmaker who has spent decades documenting life in some of the world's most challenging places—from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to Nigeria's Boko Haram territories.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. On the Road

    Jack Kerouac · at 42:01

    On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a seminal Beat Generation novel that captures the spontaneous cross-country travels and countercultural ethos of post-war America.

    Discussed
    “well I I've been working on a project on America for a number of years and I wanted to first of all I wanted to do a book that was going to be in time for the the 50th the anniversary of On the Road, the Jack Carowak book, I thought if I did a book on America now, um”
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