{"id":46028,"date":"2025-08-07T05:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=46028"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:07:41","slug":"photographer-neal-rantoul-discusses-the-role-of-books-in-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/46028\/photographer-neal-rantoul-discusses-the-role-of-books-in-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer Neal Rantoul Discusses The Role Of Books In His Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NealRantoul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"424\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1GzFFf863R4?si=EQAEwpotvgDYOXFd\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Larason (The Crit House) offers a second installment in his new series on photographers&#8217; books.<\/p>\n<p>Photographer Neal Rantoul shares insights on how creating books fuels his creative life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Neal Rantoul is a career artist and educator. 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