A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers (exclusive member content)
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A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers (exclusive member content)

Ben Smith

  • 184 Episodes
  • English
  • Last updated Jun 11, 2025
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214 - The 1 Million Downloads Episode

Sep 27, 2023 • E214 • 01:40:26

In episode 214:

An audio clip from each of the top 10 most downloaded episodes of all time (as of September 2023).

And a swift tour of the Bonus Questions which all guests now answer for the member-only podcast:

  • What has photography taught you about yourself or life in general?
  • What is your greatest strength and your main weakness as a photographer?
  • If you could meet your 20 year-old self now, what advice would you give to her/him?
  • What’s the one most essential lesson you would pass on to someone considering a photography ‘career’ today?
  • How has a failure, or what seemed like a failure at the time, set you up for later success? Do you have a “favourite failure” of yours?
  • Can you think of any ideas or beliefs - whether about photography or anything else in life - that you have now reversed or totally changed your position on?
  • Is there a photobook that has a special place in your heart or a particular significance, or that has been especially influential or inspiring to you?
  • Do you have a favourite photographer, if you absolutely had to pick someone? Why them?
  • Are there any notable photobooks or photographers that you have only just discovered for the first time in recent years?
  • If and when you feel creatively exhausted, uninspired or blocked what do you do to get yourself moving forward again?
  • How do you deal with self doubt if and when it arises? Do you have any strategies or habits that you come back to?
  • What other artforms or cultural output, either highbrow or popular, do you consume, enjoy or take inspiration from?
  • What is the thing you like most about photography or about being a photographer? What is the thing you like the least?
  • How do you deal with juggling the need to make a living with finding time to pursue personal projects that don’t necessarily earn you any money?
  • How do you manage a work/life balance and deal with juggling career with relationship/home/family life?
  • What do you think you might have ended up doing if you hadn’t become a photographer and would you have been good at it?
  • What are you hopes for the future?

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