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Ximena Borrazás is a Uruguayan photographer and documentary filmmaker born in Montevideo in 1992. She focuses on armed conflicts, migration, and humanitarian crises. Her work combines visual sensitivity with a strong commitment to social justice, often addressing the experiences of women and displaced populations.
She has published with major international outlets, including National Geographic, The Guardian, BBC, CNN, DW, France 24, Al Jazeera, and the Associated Press, and has worked with institutions such as UNHCR, UNESCO, and IOM.
Ximena’s project in northern Ethiopia documents the devastating aftermath of the Tigray conflict, one of the deadliest wars of the 21st century. Her images portray survivors of sexual violence, displaced families, and the enduring effects of famine and trauma. This work earned her the 2024 Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence, the Gentex Corp Personal Safety Award from the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant, and the Africa Mundi Award for best photographic publication in Planeta Futuro of El País.
Her long-term documentary project The Scars of War, which began in Tigray, combines photography, testimony, and documentation to investigate conflict-related sexual violence through a forensic lens. Rather than treating sexual violence as an isolated act, the project traces it as a weapon of war, examining physical, psychological, and social evidence left behind, and the systems, or lack thereof, that respond to it.
Ximena is currently based in Ukraine where, aside from continuing to photograph, she has a full-time job as a Liaison and Communications Officer with the United Nations.
On episode 286, Ximena discusses, among other things:
Working for the UN in Ukraine Her first experience of visiting the Polish border The nature of working amidst drone warfare Challenges of being a freelancer in a conflict zone Why she doesn’t really want to be a photographer The experience of being in Kyiv on a daily basis Her life before photography Early forays into documentary work Her project in Tigray, Ethiopia and the context of the conflict there How she began The Scars of War, her work on conflict related sexual violence How serendipity on a HEFAT course led to publication in The Guardian How some X-rays changed everything and why they were so powerful How she has extended her project to other areas, and focussed on male victims How her job at the UN combines with her advocacy workWebsite | Instagram
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Sam Faulkner is a London-based photographer and the founder of Print Swap, an iOS app. where photographers and visual artists exchange gallery-quality physical prints directly. No buying, no selling, no follower counts.
Sam came to photography the hard way, travelling into Afghanistan in 1994 with a battered Canon, a few rolls of film and very little plan. His work has since moved between reportage, portraiture and long-form photographic projects, including Unseen Waterloo, his battlefield portrait series exhibited at Somerset House.
Print Swap began with a gap Sam’s own wall and a long-held habit among photographers: trading prints of each other's work. In a world of endless images and thin attention, it is built on a simple belief: a print on the wall changes the relationship.
In episode 285, Sam discusses, among other things:
How his new app., Print Swap, came to fruition. How he got into reportage photography in search of adventure. Kashmir and Afghanistan - talkng your way in and talking your way out. Coming back with the six rolls of film that won him the Ian Parry Award. The influence of Nick Danziger’s book Danziger’s Adventures. Changes in the industry. His global story about ‘the war on drugs’. Lessons learned from shooting Mario Testino. The threat of AI and the issue of trusted brands within the news media. His decision to step back from photojournalism. His new working life directing commercials. His Unseen Waterloo project.Referenced:
David Hurn Jonas Bendiksen Ian Teh Omar Ashtawy Neil Burgess Nick Danziger Aidan Sullivan Mario Testino Stephen DupontWebsite | Instagram
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Harriet Logan is a multi-award winning photographer who spent the first half of her career working on international assignments in places such as Sudan, Angola, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and Somalia for a range of international newspapers and magazines.
She subsequently turned her attention to working commercially on advertising campaigns for various big brand clients, including The Pictet Group and Canon, alongside some of the worlds largest advertising agencies.Today she curates the Incite Project, an issue driven collection of photographs broadly based around the subject of world events and conflict.
Harriet is also the executive director of The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant which has run for over 30 years and which she won in 1992. The grant has a mission to support young and emerging Photojournalists.
She co-parents 4 boys with her husband Mark, an owl, a peregrine falcon, three dogs, a dressage horse, and a bunch of sheep, cows, chickens and pigs.
On episode 284, Harriet discusses, among other things:
Her journey into photojournalism from art college in the USA Her early project on an Aids patient, with whom she became close Beginners luck at the Poll tax riots in London in 1990 Ending up in southern Sudan…and then Somalia Winning the The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant and how it changed everything The reality of being a female photojournalist in the 90’s An example of the danger of inadvertantly fucking over your subject He story about victims of rape in Kosovo during the Balkans conflict Being sent to Afghanistan for the first time by The Sunday Times… …And returning four years later to find the women and girls she had photographed there A close call on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad Motherhood, falling out of love with being a photographer, and the decision to quit photojournalism Becoming the Executive Director of the The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant The new Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence How The Incite Project came about and how she defines what it is The fundamental strangeness of having graphic and disturbing photojounalism framed on your walls
Eugene Richards, Exploding Into Life Don McCullin Les Wilson Len Greener Josef Koudelka Cartier Bresson Robert Capa W. Eugene Smith Colorific Aidan Sullivan Tom Stoddart Michael Rand Jillian Edelstein Simon Norfolk Jenny Matthews Jeremy Clarkson AA Gill Mark Hix Tristran Lund Giles Duley, Legacy of War Foundation Laura Pannack Omar Ashtawey Trevor Paglen Richard Mosse Ed Burtynsky Luke Delahey Ed Clark Network Photographers Simon Roberts Matt Black Lorenzo Meloni Chris Donovan
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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.
Alexander Meurice Erasmus Programme Joan Wakelin Bursary Charlie Engman Bruce Eeesly Melanie Mues
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Richard Young is a photographer who was once known as the “king of the paparazzi”.
His portfolio is a who’s who of some of the biggest stars in film, music, stage and popular culture from the past fifty years. From gatecrashing Elizabeth Taylor’s party for Richard Burton’s 50th at the Dorchester to later being invited to photograph her Damehood celebrations. He can count the first photographs of Paul Getty Jr. after his kidnapping as just one of his many scoops.
He was born in Hackney to a Jewish family and his father ran a hosiery stall in Berwick Street market for more than sixty years. Richard has dyslexia and after being expelled from school at fourteen, he went to Soho and landed a job in fashionable clothes shop frequented by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, David Hockney and Francis Bacon.
A two-year stint in New York followed, working as a studio assistant at Electric Lady Studios, before he returned to London and found himself in a bookshop handed a camera and told to get on with photographing authors.
For the past fifty years, he has lived a nocturnal, high octane life of private jets, parties and exclusive events, eventually becoming as much a fixture in the world of celebrity as the people he photographed.
Richard lives in London with his wife Susan. His photography gallery is in London and has visitors from around the world.
On episode 282, Richard discusses, among other things:
Wanting to escape school Learning that trust is currency Crashing Richard Burton’s birthday party And how the proceeds from the resulting picture bought him his first house How his journey into photography began with a roll of blank film Adventures in New York and Paris Having a guardian angel Still being sent on jobs at 79 Turning up to Freddie Mercury’s party in drag by mistake How he navigated the switch to digital Why he reccommends that young photographers experiment with film Photographing flowers …and the east end of London The importance of saying sorry when necessary His gallery in west London How the business has changedWebsite | Instagram
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Ilvy Njiokiktjien is a Dutch photojournalist, filmmaker, podcast host and educator who has been creating and sharing stories for almost two decades. She is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands and is a contributing photographer to VII Foundation. Ilvy is committed to documenting the social and political issues that shape our world. Her work is characterized by a sensitive eye and a compassionate and personal relationship with her subjects.
For nearly 2 decades, she chronicled South Africa’s first post-apartheid generation. Ilvy became intrigued by these young adults and portrayed them in her own, personal and intimate style. “Equality is there on paper, but a majority of young people believes white South Africans still have better chances, as the legacy of centuries of inequality is still there.” The result is the project Born Free – Mandela’s Generation of Hope, which sparked a documentary, an interactive website, a book, feature articles, and a traveling exhibition.
Her work with Ukraine’s LGBTQ community in March 2022 tells the tale of people’s loves and fears – and their resolve in the face of Russian aggression. Ilvy’s latest project on co-housing follows people who opt to live in non-traditional groups or who welcome extended family members into a shared home.
Ilvy was the first woman to win the Dutch Silver Camera Award for photographer of the year and was named the first ever Photographer Laureate of the Netherlands in 2013. In addition to numerous awards from international organizations such as World Press Photo and POYi, Ilvy’s images have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, The Guardian, Stern, Der Spiegel, TIME, and other major outlets. She has exhibited at Visa pour l’Image in France, New York’s Photoville, and museums and festivals around the world.
On episode 281, Ilvy discusses, among other things:
Her foray into podcasting for Canon The pattern of her work life How things have changed since she started Collaboration and the importance of writing and interviews Approach to personal long-term projects Her current project about ‘receiving states’ Her approach to research Why it’s good to reinvent yourself Using a simple Google search to generate ideas Her project in South Africa, Born Free Why she got kicked out of her internship on The Star newspaper Her interest in ‘interactive long reads’ and the book she made with one of her subjects The perils and advantages of social media Her family history project and the joint exhibition that came of it The tendency for younger documentary photographers to be introspective and why that might be Her foray into podcasting - asking her fellow VII photographers four questions The importance of failure Her 'dream story'Referenced:
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Jon McCormack is - as plainly stated on his Linked-In profile - a Photographer, Nerd, Educator and Conservationist
His photographic work is deeply informed by his upbringing in the stark, untamed landscapes of the Australian Outback, where early life among sheep and cattle fostered a profound respect for nature’s rhythms of resilience and fragility. Beginning as a teenager photographing quiet, often-overlooked moments in the bush, he developed a photographic voice rooted in patience, attention, and ecological empathy. Today, his images explore the intricate patterns and emotional textures of wild places, seeking to inspire both wonder and a sense of responsibility, and are widely published and used by global conservation organizations to advocate for the protection of fragile ecosystems.
In addition to photography Jon is also actively involved in conservation and social good organizations. He is a member of The Explorer’s Club, a founding board member of Sealegacy, co-founder of his non-profit in Kenya, The Kilgoris Project and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Alongside his creative work, Jon has a day job as a tech nerd. He is Vice President of Camera & Photos Software Engineering at Apple in California, leading the software team responsible for the iPhone camera.
His new photobook entitiled Patterns: Art Of The Natural World, is published by Damiani and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Vital Impacts, the non-profit founded in 2021 by photographer Ami Vitale and visual journalist Eileen Mignoni to advance conservation through visual storytelling, community partnership, and strategic investment in local solutions.
On episode 280, Jon discusses, among other things:
His formative experiences on a remote Australian farm and how that influenced the person he became Discovering his love of mathematics… and of nature… and photography How his ‘impossible to predict' career in tech began at a conference in Manchester, UK How is current role with Apple allows him to ‘live photography’ for his day job A couple of major technical advances in mobile phone photography His thoughts on the impact and implications of AI His new book, Patterns, and how it came from his experience of shooting during Covid The challenge of trying to resolve the tension between his environmentalism and working in the tech industry His close connection to Vital Impacts, to whom he is donating 100% of the proceeds from the book His level of optimism vs. pessimism re. the chances of environmental armageddonReferenced:
Ernst Haas Edwin Land Nick Brandt Edward Burtynsky Ami VitaleWebsite | Instagram
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Dragana Jurišić is a photographer, writer and filmmaker. She has exhibited extensively and won numerous awards. Dragana’s work is in several significant collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Arts Council Collection, the Irish State Art Collection (OPW), the Bank of Spain, and others.
Her first book, YU: The Lost Country, received accolades worldwide. Her second book, Museum, a collaboration with Paula Meehan, was published in July 2019 and is now in its 2nd edition. Her Own, published in December 2022, received outstanding reviews in El País, The Irish Times and RTE Culture. Dragana is currently working on her first feature-length documentary, The Last Balkan Cowboy (working title).
In episode 279, Dragana discusses, among other things:
Her forthcoming debut documentary. How everything she’s done is an attempt at making sense of her experience during the Balkan war Her book YU: The Lost Country The influence of Rebecca West’s book Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia How she would measure the success of the new film Wanting to reach as large an audience as possible The imposter syndrome she felt as a first time film maker Being ‘ergonomic’ about the way she approaches making The story of her Aunt and her book Her OwnWebsite | Instagram
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Featuring:
Sjef van Duin, Librarian Roderick van der Loos, Interim Director Zippora Elders, incoming General & Artistic Director Grace Wong-Si-Kwie, Head of Presentations and Public Outreach Guinevere Ras, Curator of opening exhibition Awakening in Blue Martijn van den Broek, Head of Collections Joop De Jong, Guest Curator of opening exhibition, Rotterdam In FocusWebsite | Instagram
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Zackary Canepari is an Emmy Award–winning filmmaker and Guggenheim Fellow whose work moves between documentary film and photography. He began as a photojournalist in India and Pakistan before creating the Sundance-screened series California Is a place, a portrait of the golden state unraveling at the edges.
He later co-directed the feature documentary T-Rex (SXSW), following teenage Olympic boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields as she fought her way toward gold; the film was adapted by MGM into the narrative feature The Fire Inside. His Guggenheim-supported project Flint Is a place expanded documentary storytelling across film, photography, archival material, and immersive media, earning a World Press Photo Award and recognition as Multimedia Photographer of the Year at POYi.
His monograph REX won POYi Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture First PhotoBook Prize.
Zackary's documentary Fire in Paradise won an Emmy and an Edward R. Murrow Award and was shortlisted for an Academy Award. He received a second Emmy for directing The Gallagher Effect for The New York Times Presents (FX/Hulu).
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In episode 277, Zackary discusses, among other things:
How he started in photography The experience of cutting his photographic teeth in India The complicated question of whether it's a good time to be a filmmaker His early project California Is a place, with his collaborator Drea Cooper Learning the ropes through experience His first feature documentary, T-Rex, and being smiled upon by the documentary gods Flint Town Thoughts & Prayers Fire in ParadiseBecome a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.
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Jessica Dimmock’s work focusses on humanistic and intimate storytelling. She is the recipient of numerous international awards for her photography and video work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, three World Press Photo Awards for short films, The Inge Morath Award from Magnum, the F Award for Concerned Photography from Forma and Fabrica, The Infinity Award for Photojournalist of the Year from the International Center of Photography, and The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography at the Hamptons International Film Festival. She is a Sundance Edit and Story Lab Fellow, and her first feature film The Pearl was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Dallas International Film Festival and was executive produced by Impact Partners. Her clients include HBO, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Microsoft, The UNFPA, Aperture, Showtime and PBS. She is the co-director of the Netflix series Flint Town as and directed on the reboot of Unsolved Mysteries and AppleTV’s Home.
In 2007 Jessica produced a photobook entitled The Ninth Floor (Contrasto).
Her most recent film, co-directed with her partner Zackery Canepari, is Thoughts & Prayers: How to Survive an Active Shooter in America, focussing on the USA's $3 billion active shooter preparadness industry and its effects on teachers and students, released in 2025.
In episode 276, Jessica Discusses, among other things:
Current projects Her attraction to dark subject matter Her TV mini series Captive Audience Forming close relationships with her subject The random coffee shop interaction that changed her direction forever The chance encounter that led to her first big photography project and subsequent book, The Ninth Floor How the musician Moby played a part in her journey Serendipity and her project The Pearl The challenge of landing lucrative commercial work The Netflix series she co-directed, Flint Town Her most recent film Thoughts & Prayers: How to Survive an Active Shooter in AmericaWebsite | Instagram
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On episode 275, Philip discusses, among other things:
His ‘cabinet of curiosities’ studio spaceA recent, powerful urge to photograph in AustraliaWhy he left the newspaper world there in favour of ThailandHis early project “The Cars That Ate Bangkok”His sense of anger at injusticeHis ‘near death experience’ on Sleeping Dog MountainProcess, shooting on film, and working close to the subjectThe influence of Koudelka’s book ExilesThe ways in which his old home of Bangkok has changed since he was thereWhy he moved to FranceWebsite | Instagram
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Joachim Ladefoged is a Danish photographer born in 1970. He has worked as a professional since 1991, and is a member of the international photo agency VII. Today he is a staff photographer at the Danish Daily Jyllands-Posten, but over the years he has worked regularly for magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Mare, The New Yorker and TIME.
Joachim has received numerous awards for his work from institutions such as Visa D'Or, World Press Photo, POYi, Eissie, and Agfa, as well as Picture of the Year in Denmark. Over the years he has published 3 monographs, Albanians, Mirror and Time After My Time.
Joachim photographs everything with the same inventiveness and diligence, whether sports, war or commerce. His highly accomplished career has seen him master complex, violent news stories, commercial assignments, daily news, and rich, vibrant, and spectacular feature stories. Joachim is credited with being one of the driving forces behind the new wave of Danish photojournalism.
In episode 274, Joachim discusses, among other things:
Having arthritis as a teenager and the impact it had on his life (good and bad)Starting his career as an intern at a local newspaperMoving on to ‘the best job in the world’ at national newspaper PolitikenWinning the World Press Photo awardWords of wisdom received from Magnum legend Constantine ManosGetting into Magnum… and being chucked out againBeing part of ‘the new wave of Danish photojounalists’Why changing direction on becoming a father was “the right decision, but a hard decision”Why three photographers were just made redundant on his newspaperHis approach to shooting and lighting portraitsHis book project Time After My TimePhotographing his kids with the iPhoneInstagram
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Lee Shulman is a visual artist, filmmaker, and founder of The Anonymous Project, one of the most significant archives of vernacular color photography in existence. Since 2017, the project has amassed nearly one million Kodachrome slides from the 1940s to the early 2000s — intimate, everyday images that might have otherwise been lost to time. Through curation and transformation, Lee reanimates these personal photographs, weaving them into compelling narratives that explore memory, family, love, and cultural shifts across generations.
Lee’s career also extends into film direction, notably with his debut feature documentary, "I Am Martin Parr," released in 2025. This film chronicles a road trip with renowned photographer Martin Parr, revisiting iconic locations from his oeuvre. Shulman's prior collaboration with Parr on the "Déjà View" project, which paired Parr's distinctive photographs with images from The Anonymous Project, laid the groundwork for their working relationship. The documentary provides an affectionate portrayal of Parr's artistic process and enduring work ethic, further cementing Lee’s engagement with the broader discourse of photography.
Born in London in 1973, Lee lives and works in Paris. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale and Rencontres d’Arles, and is held in major collections such as the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and Photo Elysée in Lausanne.
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Featuring:
Ed SykesIan HowarthDina LitovskyJoseph Michael LopezMike AbrahamsIan MacdonaldKatrin KoenningTomasz TomaszewskiMackenzie CalleMarc WilsonPaul SeawrightMohamed BourouissaAnna ArendtMarjolein MartinotRankinTony DocekalEli ReedMerlin DalemanMike BrodiePaul SngEd KashiRachel Elizabeth SeedBecome a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.
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Rachel Elizabeth Seed is a Brooklyn and Los Angeles-based nonfiction storyteller working in film, photography, and writing.
In 2025, she won the Truer Than Fiction Spirit Award for her debut feature film, A Photographic Memory, which is also a New York Times Critics Pick.
Rachel’s work has received support from the Sundance Institute, Chicken + Egg Films, the Jewish Film Institute, the California Film Institute, Jewish Story Partners, NYFA, Field of Vision, the Jerome Foundation, NYSCA, the Maine Media Workshops, the Roy W. Dean grant, the National Arts Club, IFP, and many others.
Formerly a photo editor at New York Magazine, her photography has been exhibited worldwide, including at the International Center of Photography, and she was a cameraperson on several award-winning feature documentaries. Rachel’s writing has been published by No Film School, the Sundance Institute, and Talkhouse and she is Executive Director / Co-founder of the Brooklyn Documentary Club, a NYC-based filmmaker collective with 250+ members.
In episode 271, Rachel discusses, among other things:
A summary of her mum’s characternature vs. nurtureHer mum’s Images of Man interviews for ICP/ScholasticWhat inspired her to make a filmHow her own story became interwined with her mum’sDiscovering a family archive of super 8 footageHow she recreated the interviews using actorsThe importance of working with good editorsThe challenge of funding and financingKey advice for anyone wanting to make a personal documentaryThe fine balance between collaboration and having the courage of your convitions as directorWriting for narration as opposed to for readingSharing her personal stories as the film evolved over a ten year period - How to balance life and art‘Selling the film’ and what that means in practiceThe Brooklyn Documentary ClubMoving to L.A.Projects she has in developmentWebsite | Instagram
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Featuring:
Yasuhiro OgawaMarshall ToLua RibeiraGianluca Gamberini (L'artiere books)Eleonora AgostiniPia-Paulina GuilmothAletheia CaseyBooks/Projects mentioned:
Lost in Kyoto, Yasuhiro OgawaBlank Notes, Marshall To44 Irvine Street 1970-1971, Susan MeiselasAgony In The Garden, Lua RibeiraCalling The Bird Home, Cheryl St. OngeAnother England, Phil ToledanoA Study On Waitressing, Eleonora AgostiniFlowers Drink The River, Pia Paulina GuilmothFishworm, Pia Paulina Guilmoth & Jesse B. SaffireA Lost Place, Aletheia CaseyBecome a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.
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Ed Kashi is a renowned photojournalist, filmmaker, speaker and educator who has been making images and telling stories for 40 years. His restless creativity has continually placed him at the forefront of new approaches to visual storytelling. Dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times, a sensitive eye and an intimate and compassionate relationship to his subjects are signatures of his intense and unsparing work. As a member of VII Photo, Ed has been recognized for his complex imagery and its compelling rendering of the human condition.
Ed’s innovative approach to photography and filmmaking has produced a number of influential short films and earned recognition by the POYi Awards as 2015’s Multimedia Photographer of the Year. Ed’s embrace of technology has led to creative social media projects for clients including National Geographic, The New Yorker, and MSNBC. From implementing a unique approach to photography and filmmaking in his 2006 Iraqi Kurdistan Flipbook, to paradigm shifting coverage of Hurricane Sandy for TIME in 2012, Ed continues to create compelling imagery and engage with the world in new ways.
Along with numerous awards from World Press Photo, POYi, CommArts and American Photography, Ed’s images have been published and exhibited worldwide. His editorial assignments and personal projects have generated fourteen books.
In 2002, Ed in partnership with his wife, writer + filmmaker Julie Winokur, founded Talking Eyes Media. The non-profit company has produced numerous award-winning short films, exhibits, books, and multimedia pieces that explore significant social issues.
In 2019, The Enigma Room, an immersive installation, premiered at NYC’s Photoville festival, and has since been seen in Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and New Mexico, USA.
HIs new book is, A Period In Time: Looking Back While Moving Forward, 1977 - 2022.
In episode 269, Ed discusses, among other things:
Wanting to contribute to positive changeDonating his archive and whyA lesson learned on being assertiveHis new book A Period In TimePublishing extracts from his journal entriesEditing language in response to modern sensibilitiesSeeing the impact of identity politics in the USAHis book project with his wife, Julie, American SketchesAmerica being less divided than we are being led to believeHis interest in ‘advocacy journalism’Website | Instagram
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Paul Sng is a bi-racial British Chinese filmmaker based in Edinburgh, Scotland whose work focuses on people who challenge the status quo. He has directed six feature documentaries, including Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliche (winner of BIFA 2021 Best Documentary, BIFA 2021 Raindance Discovery Award), Tish (Sheffield DocFest 2023 Opening Gala film) and Reality Is Not Enough (Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Closing Gala film). Paul strives to make bold and creatively ambitious films that connect emotionally with audiences, working collaboratively with great teams to tell stories about outsiders and amplify rebellious voices. In 2022 he was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Artist and directed Folding, his first short drama film, funded by Screen Scotland and BFI Network.
In episode 268, Paul discusses, among other things:
Growing up in London with a single mumHaving outsider syndrome… and imposter syndrome, and using that to your advantageHis educational history, including a couple of false startsMaking a feature as his first ever film with the ‘confidence of ignorance’The importance of finding a good Producer (and what their job involves)The important questions he asks himself in considering whether to make a filmStructure and working with an editorApplying the same narrative principles to documentary as are prevalent in fictionThe creative treatment of actualityFinding an audienceCurrently in production, Little WarriorReferenced:
TrainspottingSymposium, PlatoBruce LeeJackie ChanDavid YipJohn WooWong Kar-WaiColin McArthurSleaford ModsNathan HannawinBruce RobinsonOrson WellesRebecca Mark-LawsonJennifer CorcoranMoonage DaydreamThe Atrocity Exhibition, JG BallardThe Man In The White SuitEmma ButtWebsite | IMDB page | Instagram
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