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Series Three: Video podcasts
In Conversations is our latest video podcast series with artists and photographers in conversation with other photography professionals discussing their work and revealing some interesting new thoughts about their inspiring practices.
Produced by Fast Forward team and Lucia Scazzocchio / Social Broadcasts
Supported by University for the Creative Arts
Series Artwork: image by Helen Sear, from series “Forest Operations”, 2019
In Conversation with Helen Sear
The first video podcast In Conversations is with Helen Sear and Eugenie Shinkle. The conversation took place at Centre for British Photography on September 21st, 2023.
Series Two
In collaboration with Social Broadcasts, Fast Forward have produced a second series of podcasts. The series of 3 episodes titled Ways of Doing are about the various ways that women work in photography. The series was funded by the Knowledge Exchange Fund at University for the Creative Arts.
This series focuses on various aspects of career development for artists who work with photography through conversations with diverse professionals from the photographic industry.
Presented by Anna Fox and Maria Kapajeva / Fast Forward
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio / Social Broadcasts
Supported by University for the Creative Arts
Series Artwork from the images by Magdalena Kallenderger
Ways of Doing 1: Working collaboratively, collectively
Magdalena Kallenderger, Artist and Co-Founder of collective ‘Maternal Fantasies’, Germany
Tiera Ndlovu, Art Historian and Founder of ‘Baha Archives’, USA
NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Co-Founder of ‘photo.circle’, Co-Founder of Nepal Picture Library, Co-Founder and Director of Photo Kathmandu festival, Nepal
Cynthia R Matonhodze, Photographer and Co-Founder of The Zimbabwe Association of Female Photographers (ZAFP), Zimbabwe
Anna Fox, Professor of Photography at UCA, Director of Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Photographer
Maria Kapajeva, Project Manager at Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Artist
Ways of Doing 2: Working and selling in the art market place
In the second episode, Anna Fox and Maria Kapajeva unpack the issues of getting into the art market and working with the galleries that represent artists commercially. The conversations brought together two artists, two experts who run commercial galleries and a publication house.
Voices in this episode:
James Hyman, Founding Director of Centre for British Photography, Co-Founder of The Hyman Collection, UK
Hannah Watson, Director of TJ Boulting gallery and Director of Trolley Books, UK
Carolle Benitah, Artist, France / Morocco
Alys Tomlinson, Photographer, UK
Anna Fox, Professor of Photography at UCA, Director of Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Photographer
Maria Kapajeva, Project Manager at Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Artist
Ways of Doing 3: Sustaining and funding your practice
In the final episode of the series Anna Fox and Maria Kapajeva focus on the issues of sustaining the practice for photographic artists while working with commissions, applying for funding and grants. Awarded winning photographers and high-profile experts have shared their personal stories and have given various advices. Also, for this episode Elizabeth Ransom joined Anna Fox to interview Amalia Caputo.
Voices in this episode:
Shoair Malvian, Director of The Photographers’ Gallery, former Director of Photoworks, UK
Eileen Perrier, Photographer, UK
Amalia Caputo, Artist, Venezuela / USA
Natasha Caruana, Artists and Founder of ‘Work Show Grow’
Anna Fox, Professor of Photography at UCA, Director of Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Photographer
Maria Kapajeva, Project Manager at Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Artist
Elizabeth Ransom, Assistant Research at Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Artist
Series One
In collaboration with Social Broadcasts, Fast Forward have produced the Putting Ourselves in The Picture podcast series, which was funded through the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Engagement Fellowship from AHRC/UKRI.
This series focuses on conversations around the Fast Forward Manifesto for increased involvement of women in photography concerned with improving inclusivity and diversity in photography. It also features discussions about the project Putting Ourselves in The Picture created with a group of partner organisations, participants and other photography professionals. This project engaged with three groups of women migrants and refugees providing them with skills training and knowledge about photography as a tool of empowerment to give voice to their stories which in turn educate us.
Presented by Anna Fox and Maria Kapajeva / Fast Forward
Produced by Lucia Scazzocchio / Social Broadcasts
Supported by The Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of the UK Research Initiative and University for the Creative Arts
Episode 1: Fast Forward: An Introduction
In the first episode of the series Anna Fox and Maria Kapajeva introduce the project Fast Forward: Women in Photography looking at how the project started in 2014 and how it has developed since then. They discuss the ideas behind the creation of the Fast Forward Manifesto, which can be joined by organisations and individuals from all over the world.
Voices in this episode:
Anna Fox, Professor of Photography at UCA, Director of Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Photographer
Maria Kapajeva, Project Manager at Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Artist
Episode 2: Fast Forward Manifesto, Part One
Can the Fast Forward Manifesto change the world making it more diverse and representative? Anna Fox and Maria Kapajeva talk to different professionals in photography about their take on the points outlined in the Manifesto. How can we be sure the changes, suggested in the Manifesto, will be implemented in the future? The guests, Jean Wainwright, Karen Knorr and Hannah Starkey are sharing their personal experiences of working in the photography world and their opinions on how vital it is to include women’s stories in historical and contemporary conversations about photography. Aldeide Delgado shares the story of Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA): how and why it was founded and what can we learn from each other’s experiences.
Voices in this episode:
Jean Wainwright, Professor of Contemporary Art & Photography at UCA and a Steering Committee member of Fast Forward: Women in Photography
Karen Knorr, Professor of Photography at UCA, a Steering Committee member of Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Photographer
Hannah Starkey, Artist
Aldeide Delgado, Founder and Director of WOPHA and a Steering Committee member of Fast Forward: Women in Photography
Episode 3: Fast Forward Manifesto, Part Two
In this episode, Anna Fox and Maria Kapajeva continue the conversation about the Fast Forward Manifesto and how institutions and independent curators work on making the world of photography more inclusive and diverse. They have included in this conversation the Director of The Photographers’ Gallery in London, Brett Rogers, the Director of Impressions Gallery, Bradford, Anne McNeil and artist and independent curator Sunil Gupta.
Voices in this episode:
Brett Rogers, OBE, Director of The Photographers’ Gallery
Sunil Gupta, Artist and a Steering Committee member of Fast Forward: Women in Photography
Anne McNeill, Director of Impressions Gallery
Episode 4: Putting Ourselves in The Picture, Part One
In the next three episodes Anna Fox and Maria Kapajeva introduce their recent project Putting Ourselves in The Picture, which was run collaboratively with 5 partner organisations in London, Bradford, Edinburgh and online. The project was set to work with three groups of marginalised women, who are refugees and migrants, to teach them photographic skills, to increase their confidence and to give them an opportunity to share their stories and through this process educate us all. In this episode we are getting inside information about the process of the workshops and the participants’ impressions of their experience at National Galleries of Scotland and at Impressions Gallery.
Voices in this episode:
Anne Lyden, Chief Curator of Photography at National Galleries of Scotland
Sam Rutherford, Artist
Wendy McMurdo, Artist
Jane Hiley, Visitor Services and Bookshop Manager at Impressions Gallery
Carolyn Mendelsohn, Photographer and Filmmaker
Episode 5: Putting Ourselves in The Picture, Part Two
In this episode, Anna and Maria continue to talk about the processes, challenges and results of the year-long project Putting Ourselves in The Picture with groups of refugee and migrant women at different locations in the UK. This episode is focused on the conversation with Natasha Caruana, the founder Work Show Grow online school, about how and why Work Show Grow was founded, the nature of the school and the special workshops and activity set up for the participants.
Voice in this episode:
Natasha Caruana, Founder of Work Show Grow and Artist
Episode 6: Putting Ourselves in The Picture, Part Three
In the final episode, Anna and Maria continue to discuss the processes, challenges and results of the year-long project Putting Ourselves in The Picture with groups of refugee and migrant women at different locations in the UK. This episode focuses on the challenges and successes we have experienced, and learned from, through this project in conversation with Bindi Vora (Autograph), Sam Hudson (Women for Refugee Women) and Aida Silvestri (Artist Educator).
Voices in this episode:
Bindi Vora, Curator at Autograph and Artist
Aida Silvestri, Artist and Educator
Samantha Hudson, Communications and Fundraising Manager at Women for Refugee Women
