A Small Voice: Conversations with photographers and filmmakers

Ben Smith
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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! TO ACCESS THE FULL ARCHIVE OF PAST EPISODES + SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, BECOME A MEMBER FOR £5 PER MONTH!

  1. 285 - Sam Faulkner

    hace 23 h

    285 - Sam Faulkner

    Sam Faulkner is a London-based photographer and the founder of Print Swap, an iOS app. where photographers and visual artists exchange gallery-quality physical prints directly. No buying, no selling, no follower counts. Sam came to photography the hard way, travelling into Afghanistan in 1994 with a battered Canon, a few rolls of film and very little plan. His work has since moved between reportage, portraiture and long-form photographic projects, including Unseen Waterloo, his battlefield portrait series exhibited at Somerset House. Print Swap began with a gap Sam’s own wall and a long-held habit among photographers: trading prints of each other's work. In a world of endless images and thin attention, it is built on a simple belief: a print on the wall changes the relationship.   In episode 285, Sam discusses, among other things: How his new app., Print Swap, came to fruition. How he got into reportage photography in search of adventure. Kashmir and Afghanistan - talkng your way in and talking your way out. Coming back with the six rolls of film that won him the Ian Parry Award. The influence of Nick Danziger’s book Danziger’s Adventures. Changes in the industry. His global story about ‘the war on drugs’. Lessons learned from shooting Mario Testino. The threat of AI and the issue of trusted brands within the news media. His decision to step back from photojournalism. His new working life directing commercials. His Unseen Waterloo project. Referenced: David Hurn Jonas Bendiksen Ian Teh Omar Ashtawy Neil Burgess Nick Danziger Aidan Sullivan Mario Testino Stephen Dupont Website | Instagram   Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.  Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.  Follow me on Instagram here.  Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

    1 h 16 min
  2. 284 - Harriet Logan

    17 jun

    284 - Harriet Logan

    Harriet Logan is a multi-award winning photographer who spent the first half of her career working on international assignments in places such as Sudan, Angola, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and Somalia for a range of international newspapers and magazines. She subsequently turned her attention to working commercially on advertising campaigns for various big brand clients, including The Pictet Group and Canon, alongside some of the worlds largest advertising agencies. Today she curates the Incite Project, an issue driven collection of photographs broadly based around the subject of world events and conflict. Harriet is also the executive director of The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant which has run for over 30 years and which she won in 1992. The grant has a mission to support young and emerging Photojournalists. She co-parents 4 boys with her husband Mark, an owl, a peregrine falcon, three dogs, a dressage horse, and a bunch of sheep, cows, chickens and pigs. On episode 284, Harriet discusses, among other things: Her journey into photojournalism from art college in the USA Her early project on an Aids patient, with whom she became close Beginners luck at the Poll tax riots in London in 1990 Ending up in southern Sudan…and then Somalia Winning the The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant and how it changed everything The reality of being a female photojournalist in the 90’s An example of the danger of inadvertantly fucking over your subject He story about victims of rape in Kosovo during the Balkans conflict Being sent to Afghanistan for the first time by The Sunday Times… …And returning four years later to find the women and girls she had photographed there A close call on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad Motherhood, falling out of love with being a photographer, and the decision to quit photojournalism Becoming the Executive Director of the The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant The new Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence How The Incite Project came about and how she defines what it is The fundamental strangeness of having graphic and disturbing photojounalism framed on your walls Referenced: Eugene Richards, Exploding Into Life Don McCullin Les Wilson Len Greener Josef Koudelka Cartier Bresson Robert Capa W. Eugene Smith Colorific Aidan Sullivan Tom Stoddart Michael Rand Jillian Edelstein Simon Norfolk Jenny Matthews Jeremy Clarkson AA Gill Mark Hix Tristran Lund Giles Duley, Legacy of War Foundation Laura Pannack Omar Ashtawey Trevor Paglen Richard Mosse Ed Burtynsky Luke Delahey Ed Clarke Network Photographers Simon Roberts Matt Black Lorenzo Meloni Chris Donovan   Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.  Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.  Follow me on Instagram here.  Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

    1 h 36 min
  3. 283 - Henri Kisielewski

    3 jun

    283 - Henri Kisielewski

    Henri Kisielewski is a self-taught photographer whose work is concerned with the porous boundary between fact and fiction in documentary media. His practice has been recognised and supported by several grants and awards, and he has exhibited in group shows and festivals internationally. In 2025, he was shortlisted for both the Prix Élysée and Grand Prix Images Vevey. In 2021, Henri was employed by Magnum Photos to conduct the first complete review of their historic archive - he remains the only person to have seen the nearly 1 million images within. Informed by this experience, and his studies in human geography, Henri’s work operates at the intersection of real-world issues and their modes of representation. His first book Non Fiction was published by Le Bec en l’air in 2024. It was selected by Clément Chéroux as one of his ten books of that year and shortlisted for the Prix Nadar in 2025. Henri is also the founder of Soft Eyes, a new photography lecture series which runs three times a year at Reference Point in London. It aims to open up space for community and dialogue outside of institutional frameworks, inviting artists.   On episode 283, Henri discusses, among other things: How A Small Voice has been part of his photographic education. How he came to assist Magnum photographer, Olivia Arthur. And run a dilapidated hotel for three years. How a year in Valencia changed his life. His decision to spend money on a.) a trip to Ibiza or b.) a camera. Returning to the hotel for his first proper photo project. Learning to edit from Olivia Arthur. How his book project Non Fiction came about. Photography and documentary media’s relationship to truth. The cast of characters who appear in Non Fiction. The amazing story behind his new book project, Agloe N.Y. Post-truth America. The new photography event in London he is curating, Soft Eyes. Referenced: Alexander Meurice Erasmus Programme Joan Wakelin Bursary Charlie Engman Bruce Eeesly Melanie Mues   Website | Instagram   Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.  Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.  Follow me on Instagram here.  Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

    1 h 15 min
  4. 282 - Richard Young

    20 may

    282 - Richard Young

    Richard Young is a photographer who was once known as the “king of the paparazzi”. His portfolio is a who’s who of some of the biggest stars in film, music, stage and popular culture from the past fifty years. From gatecrashing Elizabeth Taylor’s party for Richard Burton’s 50th at the Dorchester to later being invited to photograph her Damehood celebrations. He can count the first photographs of Paul Getty Jr. after his kidnapping as just one of his many scoops. He was born in Hackney to a Jewish family and his father ran a hosiery stall in Berwick Street market for more than sixty years. Richard has dyslexia and after being expelled from school at fourteen, he went to Soho and landed a job in fashionable clothes shop frequented by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, David Hockney and Francis Bacon. A two-year stint in New York followed, working as a studio assistant at Electric Lady Studios, before he returned to London and found himself in a bookshop handed a camera and told to get on with photographing authors. For the past fifty years, he has lived a nocturnal, high octane life of private jets, parties and exclusive events, eventually becoming as much a fixture in the world of celebrity as the people he photographed. Richard lives in London with his wife Susan. His photography gallery is in London and has visitors from around the world. On episode 282, Richard discusses, among other things: Wanting to escape school Learning that trust is currency Crashing Richard Burton’s birthday party And how the proceeds from the resulting picture bought him his first house How his journey into photography began with a roll of blank film Adventures in New York and Paris Having a guardian angel Still being sent on jobs at 79 Turning up to Freddie Mercury’s party in drag by mistake How he navigated the switch to digital Why he reccommends that young photographers experiment with film Photographing flowers …and the east end of London The importance of saying sorry when necessary His gallery in west London How the business has changed Website | Instagram   Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.  Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.  Follow me on Instagram here.  Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

    1 h 3 min
  5. 281 - Ilvy Njiokiktjien

    6 may

    281 - Ilvy Njiokiktjien

    Ilvy Njiokiktjien is a Dutch photojournalist, filmmaker, podcast host and educator who has been creating and sharing stories for almost two decades. She is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands and is a contributing photographer to VII Foundation. Ilvy is committed to documenting the social and political issues that shape our world. Her work is characterized by a sensitive eye and a compassionate and personal relationship with her subjects.  For nearly 2 decades, she chronicled South Africa’s first post-apartheid generation. Ilvy became intrigued by these young adults and portrayed them in her own, personal and intimate style. “Equality is there on paper, but a majority of young people believes white South Africans still have better chances, as the legacy of centuries of inequality is still there.” The result is the project Born Free – Mandela’s Generation of Hope, which sparked a documentary, an interactive website, a book, feature articles, and a traveling exhibition. Her work with Ukraine’s LGBTQ community in March 2022 tells the tale of people’s loves and fears – and their resolve in the face of Russian aggression. Ilvy’s latest project on co-housing follows people who opt to live in non-traditional groups or who welcome extended family members into a shared home.  Ilvy was the first woman to win the Dutch Silver Camera Award for photographer of the year and was named the first ever Photographer Laureate of the Netherlands in 2013. In addition to numerous awards from international organizations such as World Press Photo and POYi, Ilvy’s images have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, The Guardian, Stern, Der Spiegel, TIME, and other major outlets. She has exhibited at Visa pour l’Image in France, New York’s Photoville, and museums and festivals around the world.  On episode 281, Ilvy discusses, among other things: Her foray into podcasting for Canon The pattern of her work life How things have changed since she started Collaboration and the importance of writing and interviews Approach to personal long-term projects Her current project about ‘receiving states’ Her approach to research Why it’s good to reinvent yourself Using a simple Google search to generate ideas Her project in South Africa, Born Free Why she got kicked out of her internship on The Star newspaper Her interest in ‘interactive long reads’ and the book she made with one of her subjects The perils and advantages of social media Her family history project and the joint exhibition that came of it The tendency for younger documentary photographers to be introspective and why that might be Her foray into podcasting - asking her fellow VII photographers four questions The importance of failure Her 'dream story' Referenced: Carl De Keyser Matt Black Sara Terry   Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.  Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.  Follow me on Instagram here.  Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

    1 h 11 min
  6. 280 - Jon McCormack

    22 abr

    280 - Jon McCormack

    Jon McCormack is - as plainly stated on his Linked-In profile - a Photographer, Nerd, Educator and Conservationist His photographic work is deeply informed by his upbringing in the stark, untamed landscapes of the Australian Outback, where early life among sheep and cattle fostered a profound respect for nature’s rhythms of resilience and fragility. Beginning as a teenager photographing quiet, often-overlooked moments in the bush, he developed a photographic voice rooted in patience, attention, and ecological empathy. Today, his images explore the intricate patterns and emotional textures of wild places, seeking to inspire both wonder and a sense of responsibility, and are widely published and used by global conservation organizations to advocate for the protection of fragile ecosystems. In addition to photography Jon is also actively involved in conservation and social good organizations. He is a member of The Explorer’s Club, a founding board member of Sealegacy, co-founder of his non-profit in Kenya, The Kilgoris Project and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Alongside his creative work, Jon has a day job as a tech nerd. He is Vice President of Camera & Photos Software Engineering at Apple in California, leading the software team responsible for the iPhone camera. His new photobook entitiled Patterns: Art Of The Natural World, is published by Damiani and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Vital Impacts, the non-profit founded in 2021 by photographer Ami Vitale and visual journalist Eileen Mignoni to advance conservation through visual storytelling, community partnership, and strategic investment in local solutions. On episode 280, Jon discusses, among other things: His formative experiences on a remote Australian farm and how that influenced the person he became Discovering his love of mathematics… and of nature… and photography How his ‘impossible to predict' career in tech began at a conference in Manchester, UK How is current role with Apple allows him to ‘live photography’ for his day job A couple of major technical advances in mobile phone photography His thoughts on the impact and implications of AI His new book, Patterns, and how it came from his experience of shooting during Covid The challenge of trying to resolve the tension between his environmentalism and working in the tech industry His close connection to Vital Impacts, to whom he is donating 100% of the proceeds from the book His level of optimism vs. pessimism re. the chances of environmental armageddon Referenced: Ernst Haas Edwin Land Nick Brandt Edward Burtynsky Ami Vitale   Website | Instagram       Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.  Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.  Follow me on Instagram here.  Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

    1 h 21 min
  7. 279 - Dragana Jurišić

    8 abr

    279 - Dragana Jurišić

    Dragana Jurišić is a photographer, writer and filmmaker. She has exhibited extensively and won numerous awards.  Dragana’s work is in several significant collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Arts Council Collection, the Irish State Art Collection (OPW), the Bank of Spain, and others. Her first book, YU: The Lost Country, received accolades worldwide. Her second book, Museum, a collaboration with Paula Meehan, was published in July 2019 and is now in its 2nd edition. Her Own, published in December 2022, received outstanding reviews in El País, The Irish Times and RTE Culture. Dragana is currently working on her first feature-length documentary, The Last Balkan Cowboy (working title). In episode 279, Dragana discusses, among other things: Her forthcoming debut documentary. How everything she’s done is an attempt at making sense of her experience during the Balkan war Her book YU: The Lost Country The influence of Rebecca West’s book Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia How she would measure the success of the new film Wanting to reach as large an audience as possible The imposter syndrome she felt as a first time film maker Being ‘ergonomic’ about the way she approaches making The story of her Aunt and her book Her Own Website | Instagram   Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.  Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.  Follow me on Instagram here.  Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

    1 h 10 min
  8. 278 - Nederlands Foto Museum Special

    25 mar

    278 - Nederlands Foto Museum Special

    Featuring: Sjef van Duin, Librarian Roderick van der Loos, Interim Director Zippora Elders, incoming General & Artistic Director Grace Wong-Si-Kwie, Head of Presentations and Public Outreach Guinevere Ras, Curator of opening exhibition Awakening in Blue Martijn van den Broek,  Head of Collections Joop De Jong, Guest Curator of opening exhibition, Rotterdam In Focus Website | Instagram   Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month.  Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides.  Follow me on Instagram here.  Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

    1 h 1 min
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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! TO ACCESS THE FULL ARCHIVE OF PAST EPISODES + SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, BECOME A MEMBER FOR £5 PER MONTH!

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