22nd January 2025
© Ian Howorth
THIS WEEK ON A SMALL VOICE PODCAST MEMBER-ONLY EPISODE...
A check-in with my guest from episode 9 of A Small Voice, Adam Hinton, in which we discuss his recent foray into AI imagery as part of an MFA, the extreme polarisation of opinions AI inspires, and the moral and ethical issues it throws up.
Plus last week's guest Ian Howorth returns to tackle the bonus questions.
This week's sample question:
How do you deal with self-doubt if and when it arises?
”I think once you go through periods of self-doubt throughout your career or throughout a lengthy period of time, I think you end up realizing that you need it as much as you need to be productive. I'm sure there's many of us that wish we could be up for 24 hours working so we can get everything in that we want to do in life and we don't waste 40% of our lives sleeping. But in actual fact, we need sleep in order to function when we're awake. And I think it's the same with self-doubt. I think you have to go through these periods of doubting your own work in order for it to create a kind of reset button, or it could be a reset button where you begin to think slightly differently or you take a break from shooting in order to kind of like come up with new ideas or test new ideas and see where you land. And I think for me in doing the work that I've done recently, going somewhere that doesn't yield any images rather than being a wasted trip, for me, it's like, 'well, that's one less place that I need to go to because I now know that I don't need to go there again'. And I think I see self-doubt in the same way. I think from self-doubt something will come. It might not be right now or tomorrow, but it's something will come from it and you will overcome it.”
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ALSO...
Re-Opening:
The Centre for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) in Kingston, NY has just re-opened having moved to a brand new building. Here are details of the opening shows:
Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81. This iconic 1976 series captures the lives of women in a locked psychiatric ward, demonstrating Mark’s empathetic and unflinching approach to complex subjects. Curated by Gaëlle Morel and Kaitlin Booher.
My Sister, My Self: Photographs by Colleen Kenyon and Kathleen Kenyon. A celebration of the photography and art of the Kenyon sisters, who co-directed CPW for nearly twenty-five years. Their work, shaped by their shared identity as twins, spans hand-colored photographs, collages, and collaborative projects. Curated by Tom Wolf and Laurie Dahlberg. At CPW in Kingston, NY, and at the Kleinert/James Center in Woodstock, NY.
Keisha Scarville: Recess. The inaugural Saltzman Prize winner’s exhibition explores diaspora, loss, and the unfixing of identity and body through striking images and textiles. Curated by Marina Chao.
Free, For All: An Open Call to Local Artists. Featuring works submitted through an open call during the first two weeks of January 2025, this exhibition will be on view in CPW’s new Community Gallery.
It’s not too late to submit. Artwork drop-off Jan 9th – Jan 11th. More info here.
UK Photography Auction:
Photographers United are testing the waters of photography auctions as a potential new source of passive income for their members. The auction, entitled Art of Exposure is being hosted by Morphets in Harrogate, North Yorkshire on February 1st. Info here.
YouTube Video
Previous guest and friend of the podcast Harry Borden has an interesting and provocative video up on his YouTube channel entitled 'We need to talk about the National Portrait Gallery', in which he discusses the potential for photographic institutions to be... how shall we put it?... unduly influenced in their decisions by the rich and the powerful.
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