12th February 2025

© Joseph Michael Lopez

THIS WEEK ON A SMALL VOICE PODCAST...

Joseph Michael Lopez on NYC, moving to Rome, working for Bruce Weber, shooting as a coping mechanism, light & sun, and how what we see is who we are. 

“Essentially, it’s about saying something and having a voice and having a perception of the world that is, like singing a loud song you know, your pictures have to say something. And how do you separate yourself from all the noise that’s out there already? You have to have an obsessive, empahtic way to perceive things. I think to a certain extent what we see is who we are in a way.” – JML

Full bio and show notes for the episode here.

ALSO...

Over on the A Small Voice members-only page of my website, a video recording of Australian photographer Adam Ferguson (Ep. 167) doing a brilliant Photobook Focus presentation and talk on his recent book Big Sky (GOST Books, 2024), for which he explored his own country, travelling 80,000km through the Australian outback. Sign up as a member at the link below.

Congratulations to A Small Voice member Jane Dee, who wins a copy of the book!

© Adam Ferguson

OpenWalls Spotlight: BJP x WePresent

You might want to enter this OpenWalls Spotlight competition from The British Journal of Photography, in partnership with WePresent and Galerie Huit Arles. Photographers are invited to explore Traditions in Transition — how modernity shapes cultural customs.

Unfortunately, there is no prize and no money to be won, but the series winner and three single image winners will exhibit their work at Galerie Huit Arles, alongside Les Rencontres d’Arles, opening the week of 7 July. Also, you have to pay to enter unless you are a BJP Access Member.

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