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A Small Voice: Conversations with photographers and filmmakers

Ben Smith

Fortnightly in-depth interviews featuring a diverse range of talented, innovative, world-class photographers from established, award-winning and internationally exhibited stars to young and emerging talents discussing their lives, work and process with fellow photographer, Ben Smith. The most recent 50 episodes are on this free feed, 200+ more are in the archive!

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  • 52 episodes
  • Updated July 29

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  • July 29 · 1 hr 7 min

    287 - Lorenzo Meloni

    Italian photographer and Magnum Photos member Lorenzo Meloni on his transition from professional hacker to photographer, borders, history, the Islamic State, how the power of photography is metaphorical not descriptive, why the cover of his book is orange, his ongoing project 'Revelation', instability, freedom and focussing on one thing at a time.

  • July 15 · 1 hr 8 min

    286 - Ximena Borrazás

    Uruquayan photographer, Ximena Borrazás, on life before photography, early forays into documentary work, Ukraine, her job there with the UN, the challenges of being a freelancer in a conflict zone, and The Scars of War, her long-term project on conflict related sexual violence.

  • July 1 · 1 hr 16 min

    285 - Sam Faulkner

    British photographer Sam Faulkner on looking for adventure, coming back from Afghanistan with the six rolls of film that won him the Ian Parry Award, his global 'war on drugs' story, changes in the industry, the threat of AI, eroded trust in news brands, his decision to step back from photojournalism and his new iOS app., Print Swap.

  • June 17 · 1 hr 36 min

    284 - Harriet Logan

    British photojournalist Harriet Logan on falling in love with photography at art college in the USA, formative experiences in Sudan, Somalia, Kosovo and Afghanistan, the reality of being a female photographer in the 90s, motherhood and her subsequent move away from photojournalism, how she ended up as Executive Director of the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant, which she herself won in 1992, and her extraordinary collection of photographic prints - The Incite Project.

  • June 3 · 1 hr 15 min

    283 - Henri Kisielewski

    French/British photographer Henri Kisielewski on how this podcast has been part of his photographic education, lessons learned assisting Magnum photographer Olivia Arthur, including how to edit, how he ended up running a dilapidated hotel for three years, how a year in Valencia changed his life, photography and documentary media’s relationship to truth, his book Non Fiction, post-truth America and the amazing story behind his new book project, Agloe N.Y.

  • May 20 · 1 hr 2 min

    282 - Richard Young

    British society and celebrity photographer, Richard Young, on learning that trust is currency, how his journey into photography began with a roll of blank film, having a guardian angel, the importance of apologising, turning up to Freddie Mercury's party in drag by mistake, and how one picture paid for his first house.

  • May 6 · 1 hr 11 min

    281 - Ilvy Njiokiktjien

    Dutch photographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien on how things have changed since she started, why it’s good to reinvent yourself, using a simple Google search to generate ideas, why she got kicked out of her internship on The Star newspaper, her interest in interactive long reads, and the importance of failure.

  • April 22 · 1 hr 21 min

    280 - Jon McCormack

    Australian photographer, educator, conservationist and professional tech nerd Jon McCormack on his formative experience growing up in the outback, disovering a love of mathematics... nature... and photography, AI, how his ‘impossible to predict’ career in tech began, how his day job with Apple allows him to ‘live photography’ and his newly released photobook, Patterns: Art Of The Natural World.

  • April 8 · 1 hr 9 min

    279 - Dragana Jurišić

    Croatian photographer and filmmaker Dragana Jurišić on trying to make sense of her formative experiences during the war in the Balkans, family history, imposter syndrome, being 'ergonomic' about making things, her debut documentary, The Last Balkan Cowboy (working title), and how she would measure its success.

  • March 11 · 1 hr 21 min

    277 - Zackary Canepari

    American documentary filmmaker and photographer Zackary Canepari on the coming of age years, the experience of India, transitioning to filmmaking, learning from his collaborator Drea Cooper, being smiled on by the documentary gods, and his most recent co-directed film Thoughts & Prayers.

  • February 25 · 1 hr 11 min

    276 - Jessica Dimmock

    American photographer and documentary filmmaker Jessica Dimmock on her attraction to dark subject matter, forming close relationships with her subjects, the random coffee shop interaction that changed her direction forever, the chance encounter that led to her first big photography project and her transition into filmmaking.

  • February 11 · 1 hr 14 min

    275 - Philip Blenkinsop

    Australian photographer Philip Blenkinsop on his ‘cabinet of curiosities’ studio space, why he left Australia at 23, his recent powerful urge to return there to photograph, first impressions on arriving in Bangkok, anger at injustice, process, shooting film and working close up, a near death experience, and why he ultimately moved to rural France.

  • January 28 · 1 hr 15 min

    274 - Joachim Ladefoged

    Danish photographer Joachim Ladefoged on having arthritis as a teenager and the impact it had on his life (good and bad), getting ‘the best job in the world’ at the newspaper Politiken, winning the World Press Photo award, words of wisdom received from Magnum legend Constantine Manos and why changing direction on becoming a father was “the right decision, but a hard decision”.

  • January 14 · 1 hr 10 min

    273 - Lee Shulman

    British artist and film director, Lee Shulman on Martin Parr and the documentary he made about him, his love of making photo books, The Anonymous Project and his recent book Golden Memories.

  • Dec 31, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

    272 - Year In Review 2025

    A compilation of clips from all the guests who featured on the podcast in 2025

  • Dec 17, 2025 · 1 hr 5 min

    271 - Rachel Elizabeth Seed

    American filmmaker, Rachel Elizabeth Seed, on the feature documentary she made about her mum (and herself), A Photographic Memory.

  • Nov 19, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min

    269 - Ed Kashi (#2)

    Ed Kashi on, contributing to positive change, why he donated his archive to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, a lesson learned on assertiveness, journal entries, identity politics, advocacy journalism and his new retrospective book, A Period In Time.

  • Nov 5, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min

    268 - Paul Sng

    British Chinese filmmaker Paul Sng on early challenges, outsider syndrome, the 'confidence of ignorance', structure, narrative principles, the creative treatment of actuality, and finding an audience.