Debi Cornwall on her twelve years as a civil rights lawyer, working around restrictions, the ightbulb moment that took her to Guantanamo Bay, the performance of American power and her current solo show in Arles.

A special report from the rebooted London portfolio review Photomeet 2024.

French visual artist and photographer Chloé Jafé on photography as ‘a tool’, how a night of drinking took her to Japan, how tenacity and perseverance finally paid off, tattoos, the women of the Yakuza and her trilogy of books.

A special report from the 2024 Photo London fair at Somerset House, London.

A special report from the 2024 Fotografia Europea festival in Reggio Emillia, Italy.

Ukraininan photojournalist and recent World Press Photo winnerJulia Kochetova on not being a war photographer, why it’s about the pictures she hasn’t taken, consent, ethics, her film ‘See You Later’ and how war has erased her capacity for joy.

Michael Ackerman on family history, photographing animals, and ‘life’, mood, longing, the impossible to-do list and transcending the facts while keeping a strong hold on a deeper truth.

French photographic artist Valerie Belin on on the dual influence of American minimal art and Italian baroque art, presence and absence, the theme of beauty, how women are ‘attacked’ by stereotypes, comic books and the importance of Photoshop to her practice.

American photogrpaher Linda Troeller on modelling for Ansel Adams, a lifetime of self-portraiture, nudity, prudishness, women’s lib, the erotic life of women, living in the Chelsea Hotel for 20 years and how Alexander MacQueen influenced her visual palette.

Photojournalist Nicole Tung on working in Ukraine, drone warfare, risk management, social media and the question of whether photojournalist is an ‘important’ job.

Esteemed American photographer Mitch Epstein on New York, editing, India, Garry Winogrand, working on films and trial and error.

Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky on ‘moving through grief to land on meaning’, ambiguity through scale, lessons learned from entrepreneurship, vertical integration and the importance of hope.

Italian photographer Lorenzo Castore on formative experiences, a picture that changed everything, the importance of finding stories and making life an adventure and his lifelong project Time Maze.

I've taken this chat (originally published as Episode 061 on 6th September 2017) out of the archive to repost here as a tribute to the wonderful Brian Griffin, who sadly has died aged 75 and will be greatly missed by many.

American freelance photographer Natalie Keyssar on what is happening in Gaza, how she views her Jewish identity, her Ukranian roots, her love of Venezuela and why she wants her work to tell you how it feels.

Esteemed American Magnum photographer Richard Kalvar on playing with things he has trouble dealing with, humour, changing public attitudes towards being photographed, his new book of pictures, Selected Writings, and why his interest is in single images that stand alone.

The traditional year-end summary of all the wonderful photographers who had a chat with me on the podcast in 2023. Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Belgian-Congolese photographer and visual artist Leonard Pongo on his book The Uncanny, the limits of photography to show the truth, defining which stories matter and sensory overwhelm.

A Special report from the 2023 Paris Photo fair.

Australian photographer Max Pam on being saved by surfing, Diane Arbus, the magic of film, failing to get into Magnum, typhoid fever and ‘marrying up’.

American photojournalist and human rights researcher, Corinne Dufka on her journey from social worker to photojournalist, baptism by fire in Bosnia, the epiphany that led her to walk away from photojournalism, curiosity, compassion, having an impact and why she doesn’t do ‘hopeless’.

Italian 'environmental visual storyteller', Luca Locatelli, on the circular economy, technological and nature based solutions to the climate crisis, food, fast fashion, creating disorientation in the viewer and how a drip down the Amazon changed his life.

A special celebratory episode to mark the small milestone of A Small Voice podcast reaching one million total dowloads. 🎉🥳👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

English photographer Ian Berry, on his new book, Water, the importance of luck, getting into Magnum after tea with Henri Cartier Bresson, what you can learn from contact sheets, the huge changes in photography and everything being ‘too woke’.