The Westphoto Podcast

This episode was recorded and edited by Ludovica Colacino. Ludovica is a Westminster alumni and current MA Writing student at the Royal college of Art. The episode features Susan Aldworth. Susan is a visual artist living and working in London. She is an associate lecturer on the Art & Science MA at Central Saint Martin’s, London. She is an experimental printmaker and filmmaker with a strong interest in investigating the workings of the human mind, especially consciousness, sleep and our sense of self.

Aldworth’s practice has included exhibitions, residencies and commissions nationally and internationally. Her work is held in many public and private collections including the V&A, The British Museum and The Wellcome Collection.

This episode features to Mishka Henner. Exhibited at MoMA New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Turner Contemporary, Margate, Hasselblad Foundation, Goterborg, and Örebro konsthall amongst others. Mishka talks on aerial imagery, working with tin tin books and his current project using eye tracking technology.

This episode features Spanish photographer Bego Anton. Bego was in Paris to sign copies of her book; The Earth Is Only A Little Dust Under Our Feet published by Overlapse in 2018. The project immerses itself within the legends of mythical beings in Iceland. She talks on how she came to the project and her experience of turning it into a book.

The episode was recorded at Polycopies book fair in November of 2018 during the Paris Photo weekend.

This episode features Brussels based artist Max Pinckers. A researcher and lecturer at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Pinckers has created many publications and recently won the 2018 Leica Oskar Burnack Award. Max talks on his approach to photo documentary practice, his project Red Ink set in North Korea, self publishing and the way in which he uses visual strategies to represent his subjects.

The episode was recorded at Polycopies book fair in November of 2018 during the Paris Photo weekend.

This episode features Tiffany Jones, Founder and Director of Overlapse, an independant publisher based in London. Tiffany answers questions on producing books, the way Overlapse oversees its projects and Lewis Bush’s Publication Metropole. The episode was recorded at Polycopies book fair in November of 2018 during the Paris Photo weekend.

This episode features photographic artist Dafna Talmor. Her chosen topic was an exhibition by Masahisa Fukase - Private Scenes. She also explains her constructed landscapes projects and talks on how she got started in photography. Apologies for the background noises, we didn't have access to the radio studio for this recording.

The Westphoto Podcast is back from a hiatus...

This week we have author, artist and educator Michelle Henning. Michelle talks on what she has been finding in the Ilford archive, a recent exhibition she has enjoyed and outlines what she does in her own working practice.