Charles Mason has been snapping images since he was eleven. In his long career, he has earned international awards, and he’s passed along his knowledge to generations of students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He continues to explore the limits of his art, even if it means turning back to earlier times with “wet plate photography.” I talk to him about his career and what’s ahead for photojournalism.

Also on the show, Chris Lott examines, if one can use that expression in this context, the parenthetical aside on a new episode of Katexic Clippings.