After far too long, Around the Lens is BACK! The show you know and love featuring a wide variety of guests and topics, is back with a new title, "Roundtable Discussions." You might be asking, "Why change the show name?" Well, here's why: Around the Lens is more than just one show; it's a platform for visual creatives in photography, photojournalism, documentary, and narrative filmmaking to gather and discuss various aspects of our craft. This show, Roundtable Discussions, is just that: a group discussion about one or more topics that deserve introspection and analysis. The topic might be highly relevant and newsworthy, or it might be an evergreen topic that we're all just eager to discuss. Either way, we welcome you on this journey and hope you'll join us each week.

In this week's episode, we're joined by long-time AtL alums, Jamie Rose and Mike "Sharky" James. These guests, who have been with the show since the beginning, join co-hosts David J. Murphy and Zach Roberts for a riveting discussion about the effects and impacts of generative AI in the worlds of photography and photojournalism.

Links to subjects discussed in this episode:

AI: The New Nuclear Option - https://youtu.be/3df6rcsd2eY?si=YILYmma3tZFFTR5N

Parents of 16-year-old sue OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT advised on his suicide - https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/tech/openai-chatgpt-teen-suicide-lawsuit

Renowned commericial photographer Anthony Dawton speaks about his latest book Edge of Hope: The Rohingya Refugee Camp at Cox's Bazar. To purchase this book and support the effort to help the Rohingyan refugees, click here: https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/edge-of-hope/

David J. Murphy, Zach D. Roberts and Mark Doyle discuss consent, Thanksgiving, Black Friday deals and Mark and Zach's recent work.

On this week's episode of Around the Lens, episode 251, the first episode in a year, David J. Murphy, Zach Roberts and Matthew Callahan discuss various topics related to the world of visual information.

On this week's episode we interview Anthony Dawton, an award winning London based photographer with extensive experience of working overseas for NGOs, photographing in refugee camps and disaster areas. Anthony is also the author of Not London, a photo book showcasing portraits of homelessness around London, which came out earlier this month and is available for purchase at notlondon.uk.

Websites of note:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-london-58639151

www.notlondon.uk

www.waterstones.com/book/notlondon/anthony-dawton//9781843682080 www.dawton.com/

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Travis and Dave talk about the week's photo and video news.

Travis and Dave talk about the weeks photo and video news.

Travis and Dave talk about photo and video news of the week from May 10, 2021.