Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography

A podcast that features conversations about photography, creativity and the world we live in. Photographer Pia Johnson talks to other photographers, curators, academics and researchers about their work, their artistic process, and how they feel about contemporary photography today.

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Produced by Pia Johnson

Recorded in Naarm at RMIT University Press Play Studios

Sound Engineer Alex Edward

Music by Steph O’Hara

Graphic Design by Brent Leideritz

SEASON 1 (2023)

Rebecca Nadjowski : About Landscape

Season 1 Episode 1

This episode is the first episode for Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography and features guest photographer Rebecca Nadjowski talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice, the landscape and photography.

Rebecca (b. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) is an American/Australian artist whose work examines imaging technologies, the mediation of nature, and visualizations of the climate emergency.

More on Rebecca : rebeccanajdowski.com

@rebeccanajdowski

Torika Bolatagici : About Bodies

Season 1 Episode 2

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Torika Bolatagici talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice, bodies and photography.

Torika is a Fijian-Australian artist, writer and academic working across multiple disciplines including photography, video, installation, publication, and curation. Her work explores the social, cultural and political movement of bodies.

More on Torika : bolatagici.com

@torika_b

Shannon McGrath : About Interiors

Season 1 Episode 3

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Shannon McGrath talking to host Pia Johnson about her love of interiors, architecture and photography.

Shannon has been photographing architecture and interior design works for 25 years. Her images are known for their beautiful portrayal of light and form, with a soft realism that celebrates the subject matter.

More on Shannon : shannonmcgrath.com

@shannonmcgrath7

Tammy Law : About Stories

Season 1 Episode 4

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Tammy Law talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice as a documentary art photographer and telling stories.

Tammy is an Asian Australian photographer whose practice speaks to issues of migration and diaspora; revealing the complexities of displacement and the emotional, psychological and physical dislocations that occur.

More on Tammy : tammylaw.com

@tammy_laws

Morganna Magee : About Darkness

Season 1 Episode 5

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Morganna Magee talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice as a photographer and themes of grief, melancholy and the darkness.

Morganna is based in Melbourne, Australia, living and working on the unceded land of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people. Her practice explores human relations to the more-than-human world using traditional photographic practices in non-traditional ways.

More on Morganna Magee: morgannamagee.com

@morgannamagee

SEASON 2 (2024)

Isadora Romero + Jemima Wyman + Carmen Winant: About Photography as Activism

Season 2 Episode 1 - PHOTO2024 Special

This episode of Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography is a special episode featuring three guest artists from PHOTO2024, Isadora Romero, Jemima Wyman and Carmen Winant talking to host Pia Johnson about each of the their practices and notions of photography as activism.

Isadora Romero is an Ecuadorian photographer and visual storyteller based in Quito. Her work is a frontier between documentary and art photography, focusing on social justice and environmental issues. Jemima Wyman’s practice encompasses performance, video, installation, collage, photography and painting. Her recent work focuses on protective coverings (patterns, masking and smoke) used by marginalized groups to gain power during conflict. Carmen Winant is an artist and the Roy Lichtenstein Chair of Studio Art at the Ohio State University. Her work utilizes installation and collage strategies to center modes of feminist exchange and social movement building, with particular emphasis on intergenerational and multiracial solidarity.

Follow them on @isadoraromerophoto, @jemimawyman and @carmen.winant & @photofestivalau

Jody Haines : About Portraiture

Season 2 Episode 2

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Jody Haines talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice as a lens-based artist, portraiture and yarning.

Jody Haines (palawa) is a contemporary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is known for her unique art practice, which combines elements of social practice, photomedia, and public art. Her approach is deeply rooted in Indigenous feminist k/new/known materialism and emphasises yarning, relationality, and standpoint as a way to explore themes of identity, representation, and the female gaze.

More on Jody Haines : www.jodyhaines.com

@jodyhaines_photography