E9: Creating Communities of Practice
Hanna-Katrina Jędrosz and Claudia Leisinger are two documentary photographers who within their photographic careers have greatly valued communities of practice. In this episode, Hanna-Katrina, founder of Photo Scratch and Claudia, co-founder of Collective Eye Podcast discuss the benefits and needs for these spaces. Both photographers shed light on the power and function of creative, grassroots communities, which challenge the established creative industry in hopes to make it more accessible for all.
Image by Claudia Leisinger
E8: Decolonizing the Lens
Tahila Mintz and Dakota Mace are two indigenous visual artists whose work amplifies and visualizes the narratives of indigenous communities across the Americas.
In this episode, Tahila and Dakota discuss how they have challenged a predominantly and historically white point of view within the photographic industry by way of their artistic practices. Through their extensive work, they have become important ambassadors for their communities by exploring themes of family lineage, community, and identity, all within the context of their ancestral land. Their work is currently being exhibited at Photoville.
Image by Dakota Mace
E7: The Psychology of a Portrait
In our seventh episode, Kit Ryall interviews Debbie Castro about the psychology of portraiture, a storytelling element that both photographers greatly value.
In this episode, Debie talks about her journey into photography and the questions that led her to find her voice as an artist. How her background in psychology and psychoanalysis help her investigate the inner landscape of her own world, and that of her sitters.
Image by Debbie Castro
E6: Leveling Up
Episode six is a conversation between fellow photographers Suzanne Plunkett and Tabatha Firemen, the founder of ‘ShotByWomen’.
‘ShotByWomen’ is a picture library whose mission is to raise the stats in published women-created content, ensuring that future generations are provided with a fairer, more truthful, gender-balanced visual representation of the world.
Image by Suzanne Plunkett
E5: Mentorship & Growth
Photographers Lina Collado and Kate Wool talk and discuss their experiences with mentorship, education, feedback, and how the pandemic changed the way in which they both connect with other photographers.
They share their growth as two female freelancers in the industry, touching on the importance of networking, overcoming rejections, and the magical moments of personal development while imparting those lessons onto their students and mentees as educators.
Image by Kate Wool
E4: Fame & Finance
For this fourth episode of Collective Eye, we share our platform with Laura Elisabeth Pohl and showcase her podcast Creative + Moneywise.
Laura’s podcast focuses on the financial challenges freelance photographers face and supports them with sound advice on how to navigate their creative path in the field.
In this episode photographers, Laura Elizabeth Pohl and Fati Abubakar talk about how Fati handles money and how she dealt with online fame after her photography went viral.
Image by Fati Abubakar
E3: Self-Defense
In this episode, Jodi Hilton speaks with Alison Baskerville, a former British Army soldier, a documentary photographer, and personal safety trainer and founder of ROAAR, a UK-based safety training collective tailored to women and non-binary people of the media community.
In their conversation, Alison talks about the importance of recognizing how our own identity shouldn't be a barrier to safety, and what we can do to build a support network and mental resources to prepare ourselves to face our challenges.
Image by Alison Baskerville
E2: Spirits Unseen
In this episode, documentary photographer, Nicola Muirhead interviews photographer and filmmaker Myrto Papadopoulos on her personal project ‘Spirits Unseen’.
‘Spirits Unseen’ explores the isolated villages of the Pomak minority in the Greek region of Thrace. Papadopolous talks about the themes within this work, her methodology in telling long-form stories, and both the gifts and challenges of pursuing personal documentary work.
Image by Myrto Papadopolous
E1: Parenthood
A conversation by Kisha Bari & Ali Lapetina
In this episode, friends and photographers, Kisha Bari and Ali Lapetina talk about parenthood and photography. Ali and Kisha discuss navigating freelance work and childcare balance, mental health, creative bandwidth, financial obstacles, as well as finding the silver linings during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Image by Ali Lapetina
Collective Eye Intro
Collective Eye is a podcast created by several members of The Journal Collective who saw a need to create space for more voices in photography.
This is a grassroots podcast that has no host.
We are not looking for one voice to define us, but rather a collection of voices that make up who we are.
Image Global Meeting of The Journal