11th September 2024

2024

11 Sept

I hope you find something interesting or informative in this latest weekly newsletter, featuring all things A Small Voice podcast related, news and notes from Photoland and more besides...

THIS WEEK ON A SMALL VOICE PODCAST...

My guest this week on the podcast is visual storyteller Kiana Hayeri, who talks about, among other things, moving to Canada from Iran as a teenager, how photography helped her bridge the culture and language gap, gender apartheid, winning awards, Afghanistan, goal setting and the dangers of ‘dilettante hit and run journalism’.

Kiana is incredibly smart (she reluctantly lets slip that she attended a school for gifted kids in Iran) and thoughtful person. She's also very successful, having won just about every major award for photojournalists going. And she's still in her 30's!

Most recently, just a week ago at the Perpignan Festival, she won the Carmignac Photojournalism Award, jointly with her collaborator, the researcher, Mélissa Cornet.

Full bio and show notes for the episode here.

ALSO THIS WEEK...

More prize winners:

Full list of all the Visa Por L'image award and grant winners here.

Openings I’m going to:

Tonight (Wed 11th) at London's Photobook Cafe, the brand new, redesigned and expanded edition of All That Life Can Afford (Bluecoat Press) by the inimitable Matt Stuart

Tomorrow (Thu 12th), Robbie Lawrence's new book Long Walk Home (Stanley Barker) is launched at the Webber Gallery. Robbie is a coming soon on A Small Voice podcast!

Current photobook Kickstarter campaigns:

as far as they're concerned we are a normal family by Nik Roche
This Alabaster Grave by Cengiz Yar

YouTube channel to check out:

Pictures On My Mind by the always entertaining, straight talking and enlightening Edward Thompson

In return for all the wonderful and totally free content, could I ask a small favour? If you're a fan of the work of Aletheia Casey (below), who was my guest on episode 140 of the podcast, please take 30 seconds to vote for her here in the Prix Photo Dahinden, for which she is one of 3 shortlisted photographers. The winner gets a solo show at this year's Paris Photo!