Episode 5
Mentorship & Growth
Lina Collado in conversation with Kate Wool
Photographers Lina Collado and Kate Wool talk and discuss about 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 rejection, and the magical moments of personal development while imparting those lessons on to their students and mentees as educators.
(Image by Kate Wool)
Kate Salisbury Wool is a photographer and artist who has lived in Alaska since 1993, where she moved from her hometown of Asheville, NC. She is a member of Women Photograph, The Journal Collective, and is a partner with For Freedoms, Wide Awakes, and Wide Awakes Alaska.
Kate has had work recognized, published, and exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally. Publications include Americans for the Arts, The Washington Post, The Alaska Quarterly Review, The Art Newspaper, Together We Rise, The Women’s March Organizers, and Condé Nast, Politico.
Lina Collado García is a freelance documentary photographer and educator, born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and living in Jackson, Wyoming since 2013. She is a member of Women Photograph and The Journal Collective. Lina's work has been published in Puerto Rico, as well as the U.S.A; these publications include The Audubon Society, Jackson Hole Magazine, and El Nuevo Dia. This last publication focuses on an entire collection of Lina’s work that was exhibited at a national museum acting as the state’s first exhibit to be offered in Spanish and English.
© Kate Wool
© Lina Collado
© Kate Wool
© Lina Collado
© Kate Wool
© Lina Collado
© Kate Wool
Episode References:
University of Alaska Fairbanks (photography departments in journalism and art): https://www.uaf.edu/uaf/
Link to student work: https://www.instagram.com/uafportraits/
The Journal Collective: https://the-journal.org/
Alfred Eisenstaedt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Eisenstaedt
The University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art: https://www.uga.edu/
Alex Webb: www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/alex-webb/
Steve Morello: www.littleriverphotoworkshops.com/
Whitney Johnson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-johnson-latorre?trk=public_profile_samename-profile
Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Snowmass, Colorado): www.andersonranch.org/
An ever-growing list of inspirations, (mentioned in the podcast): Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gregory Crewdson, Joseph Sudek, Ralph Gibson, Mary Ruth Moore, Robert Frank, Roy Corral.
Episode Credits:
Conversation between: Lina Collado and Kate Wool
Podcast Editor: Lina Collado
Podcast subeditor: Nicola Muirhead
Introduction: Nicola Muirhead
Music: Ana Maria Arévalo Gosen (composition), Philipp Quante (piano), Bobby G (drums)
Podcast Team: Claudia Leisinger, Jayme Kaye Gershen, Lina Collado, Nicola Muirhead
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