Subtext & Discourse | Art World Podcast

Boris Eldagsen was born in Pirmasens, West Germany, in 1970. He studied media and drama, philosophy, and German studies at the University of Cologne (1991–92). From 1992 to 1998 he concurrently studied philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and visual art at Mainz Academy of Fine Arts. During that time, he also studied visual art at the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication in the University of Hyderabad, India (1994); and conceptual art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic (1995). He has presented nine solo exhibitions in Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom including those at the Rencontres d’Arles, Edinburgh Art Festival, and the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. His work has featured in twenty-one group exhibitions and festivals in Asia, Europe, and South America including Chobi Mela in Bangladesh; Encontros da Imagem in Braga, Portugal; FestFoto in Porto Alegre, Brazil; FORMAT Festival in Derby, United Kingdom; and PhotoVisa in Krasnodar, Russia. He has won a number of awards including the Voies-Off Award, Arles (2014); best show at FORMAT festival, Derby (2015); and the Open Competition Creative prize at the Sony World Photography Awards (2023), which he declined to accept. Boris Eldagsen is a member of Deutsche Fotografische Akademie, responsible for their online activities, and, since 2019, a digital consultant to Roger Ballen. He lives and works in Berlin. Interview with Boris Eldagsen recorded by Michael Dooney on 6. July 2023 at the LUMA Foundation in Arles, France. NOTES http://www.eldagsen.com/https://www.instagram.com/boriseldagsen/https://www.facebook.com/boriseldagsenhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/boriseldagsen/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJz2sAaos322wGsuCtNpZHgTrauma PornRefusal of the 2023 Sony World Photography AwardsPromptography WorkshopsOur podcast from 2020 Michael Dooney | Website | Bluesky | Twitter | Instagram | Linkedin | YouTube Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | Website | Instagram JARVIS DOONEY Galerie | Website | Artsy | Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin

Stephanie O'Connor (she/her) is a Pākehā/tangata tiriti artist from Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (New Zealand). She is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Her work uses photography as a vehicle to rework memory through obsessive editing, rearranging and compositing. Interview with Stephanie O’Connor recorded by Michael Dooney on 29. June 2023 in Neukölln, Berlin. NOTES http://www.stephanieoconnor.co.nz/https://www.instagram.com/steph_oconnorhttps://www.lensculture.com/2023-lensculture-emerging-talent-award-winners Michael Dooney | Website | Bluesky | Twitter | Instagram | Linkedin | YouTube Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | Website | Instagram JARVIS DOONEY Galerie | Website | Artsy | Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin

Anne Schwanz co-founded OFFICE IMPART together with Johanna Neuschäffer in 2018. OFFICE IMPART is a multi-dimensional space and platform for contemporary art. Their activities take place on site in Berlin – or anywhere. The founders Anne and Johanna, are experts for (and on) changing the art world. They develop exhibitions on- and offline, with classically produced and digital works. They build bridges to art – and sell it. OFFICE IMPART recently received the 2023 VBKI Prize for Berlin Galleries with their exhibition Sandbox Mode, featuring the work of Mitchell F. Chan, Stine Deja, Andreas Gysin, Sara Ludy, Cezar Mocan, and The Roedalming Group. Interview with Anne Schwanz recorded by Michael Dooney on 29. June 2023 at OFFICE IMPART, Berlin. The artwork in the background of the portrait is by Jonathan Chomko 'Draw by Computer', 2022 Geometric primitives drawn by hand on a computer. NOTES https://officeimpart.com/https://www.instagram.com/office_impart/https://www.linkedin.com/company/office-impart/https://twitter.com/office_imparthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF0z3enlSNI4CDA3RlQdMKgVBKI Prize for Berlin GalleriesSandbox Modehttps://www.instagram.com/anne.schwanz/https://www.arttechreport.com/https://node-officeimpart.com/ Michael Dooney | Website | Bluesky | Twitter | Instagram | Linkedin | YouTube Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | Website | Instagram JARVIS DOONEY Galerie | Website | Artsy | Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin

Alessa Widmer is a young curator, PhD candidate and photography enthusiast based in Zurich, Switzerland. She is currently the artistic director of Photo Basel, Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography based art. Interview with Alessa Widmer recorded by Michael Dooney on 23. June 2023 in Zurich, Switzerland. NOTES https://www.alessawidmer.com/https://www.instagram.com/alessawidmer/https://www.facebook.com/alessa.widmerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alessa-widmer-6713aab9/https://www.photo-basel.com/https://www.instagram.com/photobasel/www.facebook.com/photobaselhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/photo-basel/https://www.keinmuseum.ch/https://www.facebook.com/keinmuseum/https://www.instagram.com/kein_museum/https://www.fundkunst.ch/https://www.facebook.com/fundkunst.ch/https://www.instagram.com/fundkunst.ch/https://fabian-claude-walter.com/https://www.facebook.com/Fabian-Claude-Walter-Galerie-167827779938268/https://www.instagram.com/fc_walter_galerie/ Michael Dooney | Website | Bluesky | Twitter | Instagram | Linkedin | YouTube Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | Website | Instagram JARVIS DOONEY Galerie | Website | Artsy | Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin

Hannah Watson is the co-founder and director of contemporary art gallery TJ Boulting, as well as the director of independent art publisher Trolley Books. TJ Boulting was founded in 2011 by current director Hannah Watson and the late Gigi Giannuzzi, taking its name from the landmark Grade II* listed Arts & Crafts building it inhabits in Fitzrovia, central London. The gallery represents a dynamic group of emerging and mid-career contemporary artists across all mediums, and introduces more established and historic artists through thematic group shows. These are often collaborations with invited curators, such as In The Company Of in 2018 with Katy Hessel, Birth in 2019 with Charlotte Jansen and The Gaze in 2021 with Louis Wise. TJ Boulting is also the home of independent publisher Trolley Books. Established in 2001, Trolley publish a diverse range of titles presenting unique stories in photography, photojournalism and contemporary art. In 2005 Trolley received a special commendation from the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards for its outstanding contribution to photography book publishing. Recent awards for the books include at the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards for Siân Davey's Looking For Alice (2016) and Maisie Cousins's Rubbish, Dipping Sauce, Grass Peonie Bum (2019). Interview with Hannah Watson recorded by Michael Dooney on 23. July 2022 at TJ Boulting, Fitzrovia London. NOTES https://www.tjboulting.com/https://www.instagram.com/tjboulting/https://trolleybooks.com/https://www.instagram.com/trolleybooks/Trolleyology - The First Ten Years of Trolley Bookshttps://www.fitzroviachapel.org/https://www.instagram.com/fitzroviachapel/https://twitter.com/Fitzroviachapel Michael Dooney | Website | Bluesky | Twitter | Instagram | Linkedin | YouTube Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | Website | Instagram JARVIS DOONEY Galerie | Website | Artsy | Facebook | Instagram | Linkedin

Laura Noble is the Director of L A Noble Gallery (LANG) in London. The gallery focuses on contemporary positions and features a majority female representation. Laura is also a writer, author of The Art of Collecting Photography, founder of FIX Photo Festival, a multidisciplinary artist, as well as being a judge on many photographic competitions and residency programmes, running workshops, participating on portfolio reviews and more. Interview with Laura Noble recorded by Michael Dooney on 21. July 2022 at The Nags Head, Walthamstow London. NOTES https://www.instagram.com/lauraannnoble/https://twitter.com/lauraannnoblehttps://www.lauraannnoble.com/https://www.instagram.com/lanoblegalleryhttps://twitter.com/LANobleGalleryhttps://www.lanoble.art/https://www.instagram.com/lanobleartist/https://www.lauraannnoble.com/fixphotofestivalawardshttps://www.instagram.com/fixphotofestivalhttps://twitter.com/fixphotofesthttps://www.londonartfair.co.uk/photo50-2020/https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-51047597https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ip9T8xKWIhttps://roymehta.com/projects/revival-london-1989-1993.aspxhttps://www.hoxtonminipress.com/products/revivalhttps://www.instagram.com/roymehta/ http://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/https://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.linkedin.com/company/jarvisdooney/

Barbara Wolff, born in 1951 in Kyritz in the Prignitz region of the State of Brandenburg, is the daughter of photographer Werner Hinz. After completing high school she trained as a photographer in her father’s photography business and then went on to study photography at the Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig. After gradating she worked as a freelance illustrator, photographer, and designer. During this period her style is defined by photographic collages and montages. Between 1982 and 1985 she lived in the village of Sechzehneichen in Brandenburg, where she pursued a personal, long term project about the village and its inhabitants. After applying to leave East Germany, Wolff moved to West Germany in 1985 and settled in Munich. Numerous trips to and stays in other countries followed, enabling her to discover places where she previously would not have been able to travel—such as Guatemala, Paris, and Vietnam. Since 1989 Wolff has worked as a freelance photographer and designer for the Linhof camera manufacturer in Munich. She taught Visual Communication and Photography as the Designschule München for twelve years. In the context of further freelance work, she has overseen the set-up and establishment of photographic studios in countries such as Brazil and Yemen, and she has held lectures on photography in China, Finland, and Vietnam. Today, Barbara Wolff lives and works in Berlin. Interview with Barbara Wolff recorded by Michael Dooney on 19. July 2022 in Berlin. NOTES Full episode transcript (online soon) https://www.barbarawolff.eu/https://www.instagram.com/barbara_wolff_berlin/https://www.facebook.com/barbara.wolff.1441/Barbara Wolff in Eigener SacheBarbara Wolff - Metropolishttp://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/https://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.linkedin.com/company/jarvisdooney/

Es­tab­lished in 2004, Robert Morat Ga­lerie is a con­tem­po­rary art gallery, pri­mar­ily fo­cussing on emerg­ing po­si­tions in con­tem­po­rary pho­tog­ra­phy and photo-based art. Founded in Ham­burg, the gallery has since moved to Berlin and is now lo­cated on Lin­ien­strasse in the Mitte art dis­trict. The gallery is a reg­u­lar ex­hibitor at in­ter­na­tional art fairs such as PARIS PHOTO, Photo Lon­don, UN­SEEN Am­s­ter­dam or The Pho­tog­ra­phy Show in New York. Interview with Robert Morat recorded by Michael Dooney on 13. July 2022 in Berlin. NOTES https://www.robertmorat.de/https://www.artsy.net/partner/robert-morathttps://www.instagram.com/robertmorat/OfficialInstagramTwitterFacebookVimeohttp://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/https://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.linkedin.com/company/jarvisdooney/

The Belgian collector, Alain Servais, started collecting art in the late 1990s. With a strong focus on emerging artists, Alain has built up a significant contemporary art collection which is highly versatile and forward-looking. Alain is also among the first to collect digital art and support young artists by offering residency program in his loft in Brussels where he keeps his collection. One of the most committed and passionate collectors today, Alain spends most of his leisure time visiting museums, biennials, galleries and art fairs, and sharing his insights in the art with his twitter fans. Interview with Alain Servais recorded by Michael Dooney on 7. July 2022 during the opening week of Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles, France. NOTES Full episode transcript (online soon) https://twitter.com/aservais1https://www.instagram.com/collectionservais/https://www.linkedin.com/company/collection-servais/https://linktr.ee/collectionservaisOfficialInstagramTwitterFacebookVimeo http://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/https://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.linkedin.com/company/jarvisdooney/

Narda van ‘t Veer, gallerist, photography collector and agent. In 1977 Narda van 't Veer stumbled upon the work of Guy Bourdin. Her love for photography was born and a few years later she graduated from her studies in marketing & economics at HTS, after which she founded an advertising agency specialised in fashion campaigns. Through her work as an art director she meets a variety of photographers and in 1988 she decides to start her own agency, Unit C.M.A. Today she represents national and international creatives working in the field of photography, illustration and film. In her thirty years as an agent van 't Veer also comes across a lot of art photography and many photobooks. This sparks the start of her own collection which features work by Helmut Newton and Collier Schorr among others. Next to that her extensive knowledge of and many connections in the field of photography lead to various projects like realising various photobooks. In 2012 van 't Veer starts her own gallery in collaboration with Jasper Bode. Via The Ravestijn Gallery she represents photographers like Inez & Vinoodh, Patrick Waterhouse and Michael Bailey-Gate Interview with Narda van ‘t Veer recorded by Michael Dooney on 6. July 2022 at L'Arlatan (Hôtel à Arles) in Arles, France. NOTES Full episode transcript (online soon) https://www.instagram.com/nardavantveer/https://www.facebook.com/narda.v.veer/https://www.linkedin.com/in/narda-van-t-veer-7410847/https://www.theravestijngallery.com/https://www.instagram.com/theravestijngallery/https://www.facebook.com/theRavestijnGallery‘One of a Kind’ - 10 Year Anniversary Show with Unique Pieceshttps://unit.nl/https://www.instagram.com/unitcma/https://vimeo.com/unitcmasGuy BourdinErwin OlafPatrick WaterhouseMonsanto: A Photographic Investigation — Mathieu AsselinOfficialInstagramTwitterFacebookVimeoOfficialInstagramFacebookLinkedinOfficialInstagramFacebook http://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/https://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.linkedin.com/company/jarvisdooney/

Marc Barbey, Collector and Founder of Collection Regard, Berlin. Collection Regard is the photographic collection of Marc Barbey focusing on German photography, especially photography related to Berlin. Marc Barbey is administering the estate of Hein Gorny (1904-1967). Acting as an archive as well as an exhibition space, publishing house and gallery, Collection Regard deliberately takes a position between museum and gallery. The aim is to show largely unknown photographic works which deserve attention in a curated context. Publications and art events in form of Salons Photographiques accompany the exhibitions that are also sent on tour. Marc Barbey (*1971) grew up in Paris and studied international business at the Grande École (ESSCA) in Angers, France, and the Heriott Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. The international businessman has been active in sales and business developments positions in the metal industry as well as the software business. In 2003 he moved to Berlin and founded a family. Berlin is the birthplace of his private collection and since 2016 he dedicates himself completely to the development of the different activities of Collection Regard. Interview with Marc Barbey recorded by Michael Dooney on 5. July 2022 at the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation in Arles, France. NOTES https://www.collectionregard-english.com/https://www.instagram.com/collectionregard/https://www.facebook.com/collectionregard/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2XR8ckPWu19Te4N_c7OReANew VisionNew ObjectivityHein GornyHommage à BerlinAntonio PanettaEnno KaufholdPublication of the exhibitionExhibition in Städel MuseumBienalle für Aktuelle Fotografie Mannheim 2020Heinrich RiebesehlOtto SteinertBerlin-Mitte Mai 1979LehmstedtSpector BooksEdition BrausWasmuth & Zohlen VerlagMatthias FlüggeKlaus HonnefUlrich WüstIndex/ LeporellosC/O Berlindokumenta 14Barbara WolffMetropolisExhibition in Arles at FotoHaus, MRO Foundation 2021MetropolisParcours FotoHaus Bordeaux 2022OfficialInstagramTwitterFacebookVimeoFotoHaus ParisBerlinParis Berlin Foto GroupFotoHaus Arles 2022Ostkreuz Schule BerlinDeutsche Börse Photography FoundationAmin El DibExhibition in Arles at FotoHaus, MRO Foundation 2022Artaud PortfoliosTheatre of CrueltyAntonin ArtaudExhibition in Berlin at Collection Regard, October 2022Susanne Husemann http://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/https://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.linkedin.com/company/jarvisdooney/

Christophe Guye was the owner and managing director of a communications agency in Zurich for 15 years, which was taken over by an international agency network in 2004. Since 2006 he has worked as a gallery owner and art dealer for contemporary photography. In the same year, he opened his gallery – formerly SCALO|GUYE Gallery – in Los Angeles, which has been based in Zurich since 2010 under the name Christophe Guye Galerie and represents numerous nationally and internationally renowned artists who have expanded the medium of photography in a broader sense context of contemporary art. During this time he has organized over a hundred exhibitions in cultural institutions, museums and partner galleries in Switzerland and abroad. The gallery is also represented at international art fairs such as Paris Photo, Photo London, Unseen Amsterdam and Photo Shanghai. In addition, he advises numerous private art collectors and institutional collections on the development and expansion of their collections. Since 2021, Christophe Guye has also been a guest lecturer at the teaching and research center for the theory and history of photography at the University of Zurich. Interview with Christophe Guye recorded by Michael Dooney on 1. July 2022 at Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, CH. NOTES https://christopheguye.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/christophe-guye-galeriehttps://www.instagram.com/christopheguyegalerie/https://www.facebook.com/christopheguyegaleriehttps://vimeo.com/christopheguyegaleriehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyBNuPELwPFB_Hnze3t5-qAl’art concretart concreteBalthasar BurkhardWalter KellerScalo Publishing HouseParkett Magazinefotomuseum winterturProvoke erapost WWII photographyAre, Bure, BokeRinko KawauchiNobuyoshi ArakiRisaku SuzukiJohn Yuyi http://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/https://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/https://www.linkedin.com/company/jarvisdooney/

Georgina Adam is a journalist and author who has been writing about the interactions of art and finance since the 1980’s. From 2000 until 2008 she was the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper where she is currently the Editor-at-Large. She is a contributor to the Financial Times Life & Arts Section, and lectures at Sotheby’s and Christie’s institutes in London. Georgina initially studied Islamic Art at the Ecole du Louvre and also lived for five years in Japan. She is the author of three books about the art market – Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2014), Dark Side of the Boom: The Excesses of the Art Market in the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2018); and most recently The Rise and Rise of The Private Museum (2021). She is membership chair of Cromwell Place in London, and a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and The International Art Market Studies Association (TIAMSA). Interview with Georgina Adam recorded by Michael Dooney on 4. November 2021 in London, UK. NOTES https://www.theartnewspaper.com/authors/georgina-adamhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/georgina-adam-15971b12a/https://www.instagram.com/georginacadam/Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st CenturyDark Side of the Boom: The Excesses of the Art Market in the 21st CenturyThe Rise and Rise of the Private Art MuseumHow the Scull Sale Changed the Art MarketCharles Saatchi: the man who reinvented artFrançois Pinault purchases Christie’s auction houseReady to plunge in? The rise and rise of immersive artLondon Grads Now.21The UBS and Art Basel Annual ReportNot so metadiverse: women account for just 16% of NFT art market http://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/https://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/

Dr. Susan Bright is an Australian/British curator currently based in London. She has a specialisation in lens-based arts and contemporary visual culture with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary and international programming. She was a curator at the National Portrait Gallery in London before deciding to work independently in the early 2000s. Her professional life has brought her to live in London, New York and Paris where she has worked with many institutions on a wide range of projects. These include: Tate, Barbican, The Royal Academy, The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Saint Louis Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, and The New York Public Library. In 2007 she co-curated the landmark exhibition How We Are at Tate Britain. This was the first major exhibition of British photography ever held at Tate. In the same year she curated Face of Fashion at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Other significant exhibitions include: Home Truths at The Photographers’ Gallery and The Foundling Museum, London (2014) and Playground at Serlachius Museum, Finland (2018). Her survey exhibition Feast for the Eyes toured to six major museums and galleries in Europe, Canada and the USA (2018-2021). In 2019 she was Guest Curator at PHotoESPAÑA. Exhibitions were held at Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, Museo Lázaro Galdiano and the Museo del Romanticismo in Madrid. In 2021 she was co-curator of f/stop 9: Festival für Fotografie in Leipzig. Bright is regularly invited to be a visiting speaker, critic and scholar at universities worldwide. She taught curatorial practice and visual culture to both art and art history students for fifteen years at institutions including Parsons and the School of Visual Arts in New York and Sotheby’s Institute and University of the Arts, London. She has authored and co-authored seven books. These include: Photography Decoded (Tate/Ilex, 2019); Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography (Aperture, 2017); Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood (Art/Books, 2013); Auto Focus: The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography (Thames & Hudson, 2010); How We Are: Photographing Britain (Tate, 2007); Face of Fashion (National Portrait Gallery, 2007) and Art Photography Now (Thames & Hudson, 2005). Bright holds a PhD in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London. Interview with Susan Bright recorded by Michael Dooney on 3. November 2021 in London, UK. Portrait photo supplied by interviewee NOTES https://susanbright.net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-susan-bright-0251b5134/https://www.instagram.com/susan_curator/Going the distance: my mid-life marathonbookbooksCharlotte CottonThe Photograph as Contemporary ArtDavid CampnyArt and PhotographyMother! http://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/http://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/

Michael Barnett is the art features writer for STATE-F22 magazine and special projects lead at Arts Bermondsey Project Space Gallery SE1. Cultural live interviewer for private views and events. Salon organiser for ARTPARTY & KARMA BASEMENT. Radio & TV work and Curator Exhibitions at Sea Spirit of Discovery Saga. Interview with Michael Barnett recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. November 2021 in London, UK. NOTES https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-barnett-8b87a52b/https://www.instagram.com/artygent/https://twitter.com/ArtyGenthttps://www.state-media.com/https://project-space.london/https://www.facebook.com/artbermondseyprojectspacehttps://twitter.com/bprojectspacehttps://www.instagram.com/bprojectspace/ http://www.michaeldooney.net/https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldooney/https://www.youtube.com/c/MichaelDooneyhttps://pod.link/1475402385https://www.instagram.com/subtextanddiscourse/http://www.jarvisdooney.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/jarvis-dooneyhttps://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/

Kerem Asfuroglu is a lighting designer, graphic artist and the founder of Dark Source - a lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values. Following his graduation from Wismar University - Architectural Lighting Design MA in 2010, Asfuroglu has worked at Speirs+Major as a senior member of the creative team for almost 8 years. He worked on a diverse range of projects which include Battersea Power Station and Covent Garden Masterplans, Shakespeare's New Place, Medius House and City Point. He won several awards including Red Dot, Vox Juventa, PLDC, LAMP and Future of Urban Lighting. He was awarded with the title of Dark Sky Defender by the IDA in 2017 for his works advocating the importance of darkness. He currently works on the Presteigne Dark Sky Masterplan in Wales. His graphic art has been commissioned by Penguin Random House, British Astronomical Association and published in Arc Magazine since 2013. Interview with Kerem Asfuroglu recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. November 2021 in Hyde Park, London. NOTES https://www.dark-source.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerem-ali-asfuroglu-24808914/https://www.instagram.com/darksourced/https://twitter.com/keremasfurogluARC MagazineKerem Asfuroglu and Odiri Ighamre: Dark Source/The Vessel UK

Saul Robbins is interested in the ways people interact within their surroundings and the psychological dynamics of intimacy. His photographs are motivated by observations of human behaviour and personal experience, especially those related to loss, unity, failure, and the latent potential residing in traditional photographic materials and personal history. Robbins is best known for “Initial Intake”, which examines the empty chairs of Manhattan-based psychotherapy professionals from their clients’ perspective; “How Can I Help? – An Artful Dialogue”, a pop-up office into which he invites strangers to speak with him about anything they wish for free and in complete confidence. Robbins is also the father of a young boy and since 2012 has created several series of abstract “photographic drawings” and sculptures made from physically altered chromogenic paper and chemistry in response to his desire and struggles to start a family, including: “Where’s My Happy Ending?;” “Chemical Peels;” “Fertile Gestures;” and a new series of traditional photographs. Exhibitions include The Bolinas Museum, Blue Sky Gallery, Busters, Deutsche Haus at NYU, chashama (Windows Installation), Griffin Museum, Humble Arts, ICP, KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO, Lilac Arts, MASQUELIBROS Artist Book Fair, Lilac Arts, Massachusetts General Hospital, MICA, Museum of Fine Arts – Houston, New Orleans Photo Alliance, Ost Gallery, Moscow, Pelican Bomb, Portland Art Museum, The Educational Alliance, Philoctetes Center, Skirball Center, Mark Woolley Gallery, White Gallery (PSU), and others. His photographs have been published in Aufbau, Berlin Tagesspiegel, CPW Quarterly, D - La Repubblica, Dummy, More, The New York Times, Real Simple, TAM, and Wired, among others. Grants and awards include The Covenant Foundation Ignition Grant, Sony World Photography Awards (Finalist), U.S. Embassy, Tblisi, GE, AJPA Rockower, Gunk Foundation, and New York Foundation for the Arts. Curatorial projects include Intervening Histories, OFF_Festival, Bratislava (2015), Projecting Freedom: Cinematic Interpretations of the Haggadah (2010), Regarding Intimacy (2007), and No Live Girls, Peep Show 28 (2002). Robbins was awarded a NICA Stipendium from Berlin's Hoch Schule der Kunste in 1998, and received his MFA from Hunter College (CUNY) in 1999, where he studied with Roy DeCarava, Mark Feldstein, Juan Sanchez, and Thomas Weaver. He teaches photography in New York City and has been leading Master Workshops internationally, helping photographers and artists to incorporate communication and professional development strategies into their creative practice. Interview with Saul Robbins recorded by Michael Dooney on 14. May 2021 between Berlin and New York via Squadcast. Portrait photo by Matthew J. Bernuca NOTES https://www.saulrobbins.com/https://www.instagram.com/Saul.Robbins/https://www.facebook.com/saulrobbins/https://www.linkedin.com/in/saulrobbins/

Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in an artistic family. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Here she met Gisele Freund in 1992, who became her mentor. In 1995 her passion for photography drew her to New York, where she assisted photographers, pursued her own projects and lived until 2009. Jessica Backhaus is regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary photography in Germany today. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, MARTa Herford and the Kunsthalle Erfurt. To date, she has ten publications to her name; Jesus and the Cherries, 2005, What Still Remains, 2008, One Day in November, 2008, I Wanted to See the World, 2010, One day – 10 photographers, 2010, Once, still and forever, 2012, Six degrees of freedom, 2015, A TRILOGY, 2017, Far away but close, 2019 and Cut Outs, 2021. All books are published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg except Far away but close that was published by Another Place Press, Scotland.Her work is also featured in the book: Women Photographers by Boris Friedewald (Prestel Verlag 2014 and 2018). Her photographs are in many prominent art collections including Taunus Sparkasse, Germany, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany, ING Art Collection, Belgium, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA and the Margulies Collection, Miami, USA. Jessica Backhaus is represented by Robert Morat Galerie in Berlin, Galerie Anja Knoess in Cologne, Petra Becker/ International Art Bridge in Meggen, Robert Klein Gallery in Boston, Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, MiCamera Gallery in Milan, Carlos Carvalho ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA in Lisbon and Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery in Amsterdam. Interview with Jessica Backhaus recorded by Michael Dooney on 21. May 2021 in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. NOTES http://jessicabackhaus.com/https://www.instagram.com/jessica_backhaus/https://www.facebook.com/jessicabackhaus70Photo bookThe Eye SeesPHOTO LONDONPHOTO BASELParis PhotoPhotoBook AwardsElles x Paris Photo 2021

Valerie von Meiss is the founder of The Curve a private project space and nomadic gallery in Berlin which has a focus on contemporary collage. the Curve is a private art space and nomadic gallery exclusively dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of contemporary collage art. Young emerging as well as established artists are given a platform here. Founded 2017 in the hallway of a private apartment in Berlin Mitte, the Curve regularly takes over pop-up spaces and believes in collaborations beyond the traditional gallery landscape. Interview with Valerie von Meiss recorded by Michael Dooney on 11. June 2021 at The Curve, Berlin. NOTES https://thecurveberlin.com/https://www.artsy.net/partner/the-curve-berlinhttps://berlinviews.com/#the-curvehttps://www.instagram.com/thecurve_berlin/https://www.facebook.com/thecurveberlin/https://gestalten.com/products/age-of-collage-3https://thecurveberlin.com/shows/the-age-of-collage-3-showhttps://www.artatberlin.com/portfolio-item/the-age-of-collage-3-show-the-curve-berlin-exhibition-special-360/https://www.instagram.com/dennis_busch_collage/https://www.instagram.com/gestalten/https://thecurveberlin.com/artists/justine-laeuferhttps://vimeo.com/552753597https://www.instagram.com/justine_laeufer/https://thecurveberlin.com/artists/anna-bu-kliewerhttps://youtu.be/Tk5eybe72ushttps://positions.de/

Elena Feijoo is the founder and managing director of the Berlin based art gallery Exgirlfriend EGF UG & the non-profit art studio building/art service provider Human Esthetic Resources HER gUG. Exgirlfriend is a contemporary art gallery showcasing experimental works from emerging artists, and HER is a studio complex and non-profit art service provider. Elena Feijoo is the majority shareholder of both businesses and currently manages all aspects of their daily operations. Interview with Elena Feijoo recorded by Michael Dooney on 18. May 2021 in Friedrichshain, Berlin. NOTES Exgirlfriendberlin.comhttps://www.instagram.com/exgirlfriendberlin/ WETLANDS by Marius PresterudHERcontemporary.comhttps://www.instagram.com/her_berlin/Google Image search results...Floria ManThe Florida Project by Sean Baker#1 Father DaughterHEAVEN GalleryBLMOfficial WebsiteVera KoxChristopher MeerdoChanneling