Episodes
A special report from the annual Chico Hotsprings Portfolio Review which took place in Montana, USA in March.
Published 06/07/23
A special report from the annual Photo London fair.
Published 05/24/23
Irish photojournalist Ivor Prickett on how he got started, needing to get closer to the source, Mosul, Ukraine, the times he wanted to quit and why he didn’t and the implications of AI for photojournalism.
Published 05/10/23
American photographer Stacy Kranitz on the grey areas, violence as catharsis, blurring her professional and personal lives, stereotypes and representation and how she ‘accidentally’ ended up living in her car for three years.
Published 04/26/23
Russian-born New York-based Igor Posner on his night walks, the New York Photo League, the language he employs, his two books and how his mum inadvertently sabotaged her own hopes by gifting him a camera.
Published 04/12/23
French photographer and Magnum Photos member Antoine D'Agata on sacrifice, situationism, critics, Covid, contamination, and crystal meth.
Published 03/29/23
British photographer Emma Hardy on beauty and lyricism, trying to transmit how she felt in her work, the issue of permission and consent and whether art is more pure if it’s done for the joy of it.
Published 03/15/23
English photographer Nick Brandt on why he moved to the USA, his 18 ‘wasted’ years making commercial films, his level of optimism over climage breakdown and how he goes into each project both ‘excited and scared shitless’.
Published 03/01/23
Gregory Crewdson on the abiding themes in his work, how every artist has one story to tell, the significance of nudity, the relationship between true beauty and sadness, and windows.
Published 02/15/23
Returning for a second chat, the man who the Daily Telegraph declared to be, “arguably Britain’s greatest living photographer”, Martin Parr, on formative influences, scraping into Magnum by one vote, taking lots of bad pictures, and why he may eventually ditch his DSLR in favour of his phone.
Published 02/01/23
American documentary photographer Eugene Richards on why he self-publishes, the 'obsessive experience' of revisiting his contact sheets, being out of touch with what journalism is, tips on getting to know the subjects of a story, and why he left Magnum.
Published 01/18/23
American photographer, curator, writer and educator, Aaron Schuman on takeaways from assisting Annie Leibowitz and printing for Wolfgang Tilmans, documentary, balance, seeing the world through clear, fresh eyes and how a letter to Richard Avedon changed everything.
Published 01/04/23
The traditional year-end summary of all the brilliant photographers who had a chat with me on the podcast in 2022. Happy new year!
Published 12/21/22
British photographer Paddy Summerfield on Mother and Father, early years, abandonment, loss, and hope, lyric writing and why seven other photographers have been traipsing around his garden.
Published 12/07/22
Legendary American photographer Stephen Shore on experimentation, ambition, the three phases of mastering a discipline and being attentive in the midst of life.
Published 11/23/22
Russian-born, Miami-based American photographer Anastasia Samoylova on Miami, collage, abstraction, climate anxiety and her reasons for having a strong work ethic.
Published 11/09/22
A special report from the third annual BoP Bristol photobook festival at the Martin Parr Foundation, in conjunction with the Royal Photographic Society.
Published 10/26/22
Ben Brody on joining the army as a route to photography, reappropriating the reappropriated, vernacular vs. ‘professional’ images of war and his new book, 300M.
Published 10/12/22
Self-taught Photographer, Kavi Pujara, on family history, his early years in Leicester, screenwriting, Brexit, Britain’s colonial past, patriotism and Parr.
Published 09/28/22
American photographer Bryan Schutmaat on finding the commonalities between people and place, the close relationship between photography and poetry, the pros and cons of talking about your work as an artist and why the American West ‘breaks his heart’.
Published 09/14/22
Acclaimed American photographer and documentary film-maker, Sam Jones, on the unholy trinity of skateboarding, bands and zines, confidence, making documentaries and finishing what you started.
Published 08/31/22
Rich-Joseph Facun on Appalachia, how he ended up living in rural Ohio, becoming a dad at 17, his book Black Diamonds and why doing a follow-up with no people in it is ‘scary’.
Published 08/17/22
English documentary photographer Joanne Coates on class, social mobility, Northern culture, community, tall poppy syndrome and being diagnosed with autism.
Published 08/03/22
A special report from this year’s annual Rencontres d'Arles photo festival.
Published 07/20/22
British photographer, Greg Williams on the “transformative” impact of having a huge Instagram folllowing, colloboration with his subjects, his early taste of conflict photography, James Bond, keeping it simple, and show jumping bunny rabbits.
Published 07/06/22