A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers (members)
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A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers (members)

Ben Smith

  • 178 Episodes
  • English
  • Last updated Nov 27, 2024
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57 Latest episodes

236 - Louis Quail

Jul 31, 2024 • E236 • 01:14:46

British documentary photographer Louis Quail on his childhood with a schizophrenic mum, his book Big Brother and its subject, Justin, how he found his way into photography, his career as a jobbing editorial photographer and the importance of tolereance.

235 - Debi Cornwall

Jul 17, 2024 • E235 • 01:11:15

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.

233 - Chloé Jafé

Jun 19, 2024 • E233 • 01:08:13

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.

230 - Julia Kochetova

May 08, 2024 • E230 • 01:10:33

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.

229 - Michael Ackerman

Apr 24, 2024 • E229 • 01:08:32

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.

228 - Valerie Belin

Apr 10, 2024 • E228 • 01:06:12

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 pract...

227 - Linda Troeller

Mar 27, 2024 • E227 • 01:12:10

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 palett...

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