A Small Voice: Conversations with photographers and filmmakers (exclusive member content)
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A Small Voice: Conversations with photographers and filmmakers (exclusive member content)

Ben Smith

  • 206 Episodes
  • English
  • Last updated May 27, 2026
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283 - Henri Kisielewski

Jun 03, 2026 • E283 • 01:15:06

Henri Kisielewski is a self-taught photographer whose work is concerned with the porous boundary between fact and fiction in documentary media.

His practice has been recognised and supported by several grants and awards, and he has exhibited in group shows and festivals internationally. In 2025, he was shortlisted for both the Prix Élysée and Grand Prix Images Vevey.

In 2021, Henri was employed by Magnum Photos to conduct the first complete review of their historic archive - he remains the only person to have seen the nearly 1 million images within. Informed by this experience, and his studies in human geography, Henri’s work operates at the intersection of real-world issues and their modes of representation.

His first book Non Fiction was published by Le Bec en l’air in 2024. It was selected by Clément Chéroux as one of his ten books of that year and shortlisted for the Prix Nadar in 2025.

Henri is also the founder of Soft Eyes, a new photography lecture series which runs three times a year at Reference Point in London. It aims to open up space for community and dialogue outside of institutional frameworks, inviting artists.

 

On episode 283, Henri discusses, among other things:

  • How A Small Voice has been part of his photographic education.
  • How he came to assist Magnum photographer, Olivia Arthur.
  • And run a dilapidated hotel for three years.
  • How a year in Valencia changed his life.
  • His decision to spend money on a.) a trip to Ibiza or b.) a camera.
  • Returning to the hotel for his first proper photo project.
  • Learning to edit from Olivia Arthur.
  • How his book project Non Fiction came about.
  • Photography and documentary media’s relationship to truth.
  • The cast of characters who appear in Non Fiction.
  • The amazing story behind his new book project, Agloe N.Y.
  • Post-truth America.
  • The new photography event in London he is curating, Soft Eyes.


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