Photography Down The Line

Mar 29 2024 43
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Photography Down The Line is a series of conversations initiated by Director of Stills, Ben Harman, about and around photography. Started during the challenging time of the Coronavirus lockdown, this series aims to discuss, celebrate and share the ideas of artists, photographers and others from the sector. Stills is a registered charity and centre for photography based in Edinburgh, UK.

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Photography Down The Line with Kavi Pujara (recorded 26 March 2024)

Mar 29 2024 66 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Kavi Pujara. Kavi Pujara is a self-taught photographer making personal, long-term documentary photo projects in his home town of Leicester. His work is included in this years Hayward Gallery touring group exhibition: After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989-2024. His debut projec

Photography Down The Line with Craig Atkinson from Café Royal Books (recorded 8 December 2023)

Dec 21 2023 37 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Craig Atkinson from Café Royal Books. This episode was recorded to coincide with the exhibition CAFÉ ROYAL BOOKS at Stills which ran from 10 November 2023 to 10 February 2024. Craig Atkinson is an artist and lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire. In 2005 he founded Café Royal Books and sin

Photography Down The Line with Alicia Bruce (recorded 19 September 2023)

Oct 20 2023 43 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Alicia Bruce. Alicia Bruce is an award-winning, working-class photographer, community collaborator, educator, and activist based in Scotland. Her photography sits between documentary and staged imagery focusing on communities, environments, and human rights. Alicia Bruce is a member of the collective Wom

Photography Down The Line with Markéta Luskačová (recorded 12 August 2023)

Sep 29 2023 61 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Markéta Luskačová. This special episode of Photography Down The Line is a recording of a conversation between Ben Harman and the photographer Markéta Luskačová at a public event held at Stills, Edinburgh on 12th August 2023. The event marked the launch of Luskačová's solo exhibition at Stills

Photography Down The Line with Kelly O'Brien (recorded: 30 August 2023)

Sep 08 2023 50 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Kelly O'Brien. Kelly O'Brien is a creative worker, documentary photographic artist, educator and PhD researcher. Within her working practice, Kelly explores visual transformation and storytelling in connection to personal and political narratives through making and theory. She is interested in t

Photography Down The Line with Marilena Vlachopoulou (recorded: 15 May 2023)

May 31 2023 37 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Marilena Vlachopoulou. Marilena Vlachopoulou is a documentary and portrait photographer from Athens based in Glasgow. Since graduating from Kelvin College in 2018, she has been documenting Glasgow’s music scene and gig landscape in a variety of analogue formats. Her work has been featured widely, from

Photography Down The Line with Sophie Gerrard (recorded: 19 April 2023)

May 03 2023 45 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Sophie Gerrard. Sophie Gerrard (Scottish, b.1978) is an award-winning international artist working within the field of photography. Her practice is characterised by sensitive and evocative visual exploration of the natural environment and our relationship to it. Sophie’s work has been included in pu

Photography Down The Line with Jonjo Borrill (recorded: 13 December 2022)

Jan 20 2023 36 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Jonjo Borrill. Jonjo Borrill was born on the North-East coast of England. After a childhood of struggling to express himself, photography became a cathartic outlet for his thoughts and feelings about the world. As his photographic practice matured, Borrill's interest became documenting others' stories an

Photography Down The Line with Ishiuchi Miyako (recorded: 2 August 2022)

Sep 16 2022 66 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Ishiuchi Miyako. This special episode of Photography Down The Line is a recording of a conversation between Ben Harman and the photographer Ishiuchi Miyako at a public event held at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh on 2nd August 2022. The event marked the launch of Miyako's solo exhibition at S

Photography Down The Line with Oliver Raymond Barker (recorded: 20 July 2022)

Aug 26 2022 43 mins  
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Oliver Raymond Barker. Oliver Raymond Barker works with the mechanics and alchemy of photography to make images, objects and structures that expand upon what photography is and can be. Working predominantly with alternative analogue techniques he uses photography as a tool to uncover imagined narratives