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18th September 2024

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THIS WEEK ON A SMALL VOICE PODCAST MEMBERS ONLY EPISODE...

Last week's guest Kiana Hayeri returned to tackle the customary 'bonus questions'. 


This week's sample question: 
If you could meet your 20 year old self now what advise would you have for her? (audio link).

Kiana's picks for...

Favourite photographer(s):

Significant Photobook:

ALSO THIS WEEK...

Opening I'm going to:


The Prix DahindenUne autre empreinteis opening at l'Académie du Climat in Paris on Wednesday 18th September. The three exhibiting photographers featured are:

• Aletheia Casey - A Lost Place
• Sophie Alyz - Chère Maman, ici tout va bien
• Maxime Riché - Paradise

There is a public vote to decide which of the three photographers gets a solo show at Paris Photo in November.
If you're a fan of Aletheia's work and you'd like to support her, please take 30 seconds to vote for her here!

Festival I am going to:


Looking forward to getting the Eurostar from Paris to Amsterdam on Friday to spend the weekend checking out theUnseenfestival. I've never even been to Amsterdam before! So looking forward to that and will be working hard to bring you a podcast special from the event as well as, hopefully, getting a full chat in the can while I'm there. Mystery guest to be revealed in due course!


YouTube channel to check out:


Previous A Small Voice podcast guestHarry Bordenquite recently started his own YouTube channel in collaboration with his son, Fred. Featuring some great anecdotes about past shoots with the great and the good (and the not so great or good) and more besides. Have a browse of the episodeshere.


Photobook releases worth investigating:

  • Spina America GOST) by Richard Sharum, expected in November.

  • The Mothers I Might Have Had (Dewi Lewis) by Caroline Furneaux.

  • Dogbreath (Trespasser) by Matthew Genitempo - which was the subject of last night's member-only Photobook Focus session on Zoom. Matthew did a wonderful job of giving us an insight into his creative process. Recording now available on the member only page of my website.

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