Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography

Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography

by Pia Johnson
Visual Arts
Season 4
Tamara Dean : About Humanity
This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Tamara Dean talking to host Pia Johnson about their photographic practice and her exploration of ideas on humanity and the passages of time within our environments. Tamara Dean is a critically acclaimed photo media artist working in photography, installation and moving image. Her practice explores our connection to nature and rites of passage in contemporary life. She was awarded the 2020 Goulburn Art Prize and she has won the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (2019); Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award (2018); Meroogal Women’s Art Prize (2018); and the Olive Cotton Award (2011). More on Tamara www.tamaradean.com.au & https://michaelreid.com.au/artist/tamara-dean/ Please follow @tamaradean or @piajohnsonphotography. If you're interested in learning more about the podcast, please don't hesitate to contact Pia Johnson directly on info@piajohnson.com. This episode was co-produced by Daniela Rodriguez.
S4 · E1
May 11, 2026
49:48
Season 3
Kirsten Garner Lyttle: About Ancestors
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This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Kirsten Garner Lyttle talking to host Pia Johnson about her photography practice, ancestors and archives, considering indigenous knowledges and perspectives. Dr Kirsten Garner Lyttle is a Māori Australian academic, and creative practice-led researcher (Waka: Tainui; Hapū: Ngāti Tahinga) who has exhibited her work globally. She is the inaugural Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Monash University’s Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous Research Lab, where her work focuses on the intersection of photography and customary Māori art practices. More on Kirsten @kirstlyttle and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com
S3 · E6
Oct 30, 2025
1:00:47
Hanna Moon : About Fashion Photography
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This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Hanna Moon talking to host Pia Johnson about their fashion photography, personal projects and being rebellious. Hanna Moon is an artist, photographer and creative interlocutor, born in South Korea, and based in London. Her first critically-acclaimed contribution to fashion culture was her launch of A Nice Magazine, created by Moon for her graduation from Central St Martins, London, in 2014. Intentionally working with ideas and subjects outside of the conventions of fashion photography, Moon has defined herself as an important new voice in the field. Moon has featured in publications including i-D, Dazed, AnOther, M le Monde, POP, Dazed & Confused, Re-Edition, Arena Homme+ and British Vogue as well as the visual identities of brands including Hermés, Gucci, Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs, Fendi and Supreme. More on Hanna @hannamoon69 and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com
S3 · E5
Sep 15, 2025
1:02:39
Minami Ivory : About Personal Trauma
This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Minami Ivory talking to host Pia Johnson about their artistic practice and self-portraiture, personal stories and trauma. Minami Ivory is a photographic artist based in Tasmania, Australia. Born and raised in Hokkaido, Japan, she moved to Australia at the age of fifteen. Her practice blends analogue and digital photography, incorporating paint, text, and collage to deepen meaning. Centred on issues affecting women in Japanese society, her work has been showcased in art prizes and photography festivals both nationally and internationally. Trigger Warning***Please note that this episode contains potentially distressing material, and discusses violence and trauma to women, young women and mental health concerns. Follow Minami @minamiivory and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com
S3 · E4
Aug 5, 2025
48:32
Special Episode : About Refusal / Futurity : Jody Haines, Jahkarli Felicita Romanis, Clare Rae & Amy Carkeek
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This is a special episode for the group exhibition Refusal / Futurity at Platform Arts, Geelong. Exhibition dates: SAT 10 MAY—FRI 11 JUL 2025 Curated by Jody Haines, Refusal / Futurity is a group exhibition of contemporary women's self-portraiture, exploring how the artists use lens-based media as a tool and mechanism to subvert the colonial, western and patriarchal gaze. The exhibition features Eddie Abd, Hayley Millar Baker, Amy Carkeek, Pia Johnson, Clare Rae, Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis, Jody Haines(C). The episode shares interviews with artist curator Jody Haines, Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis and Clare Rae in the studio, and artist talk recordings from the opening event by Amy Carkeek and Pia Johnson. Trigger Warning****Please note that this episode contains potentially distressing material, and discusses topics including the Aboriginal Stolen Generation, childbirth and mental health concerns. The essay written by Kelly Hussey-Smith relating to the exhibition can be found here. Please share, rate, review and subscribe to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For more information or any queries please contact Pia Johnson on info@piajohnson.com
S3 · E3
Jun 22, 2025
1:06:34
Katrin Koenning : About Drawing Closer
This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Katrin Koenning talking to host Pia Johnson about photography as a process and the idea of drawing closer. Katrin Koenning’s work centres around practice as relational encounter. In extended image-dialogues, Katrin uses fragments and slippages to suggest narrative spaces, communities and lived experiences that are allied, fluid and multiplicit. Please note, this episode includes discussion about mental health and suicide, which may be triggering for some listeners. If you have concerns about your own situation, please reach out to a professional or get support from https://www.beyondblue.org.au. Follow Katrin @k_koenning and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com
S3 · E2
Jun 2, 2025
42:30
Matt Dunne : About the Grey Area
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This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Matt Dunne talking to host Pia Johnson about photographing nature and seeing beyond the immediate story, as well as all things about publishing photobooks for Tall Poppy Press. Matt Dunne is an artist whose work explores Australia’s environment as a product of colonial legacy. Using photography and research as a basis, he develops publications, installations and education programs that engage wide-ranging and diverse audiences to deepen their connection to the world around them. Follow Matt on @matt.dunne @tallpoppypress and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com
S3 · E1
May 1, 2025
1:00:56
Season 2
Isabella Capezio : About Queering the Landscape
This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Isabella Capezio talking to host Pia Johnson about their practice covering ideas about queering the landscape, bodies and making photographs in the darkroom. Isabella Capezio is a photographer, artist and a lecturer in Photography in the School of Art at RMIT. Isabella’s research and artwork engages in themes of failure, queerness and landscape. Isabella is experimenting with alternative ways to reflect on place, vision, ‘nature’ and colonial frameworks of power through landscape photography. Follow Isabella on @isabella_capezio and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com This is the final episode for Season 2. Thanks for listening!
S2 · E9
Dec 24, 2024
1:00:48
Lesley Turnbull: About Tomboys and Lesbians
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This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Lesley Turnbull talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice, notions of growing up a tomboy, being a lesbian and photographing the Scottish landscape. Lesley is a Scottish Australian artist and teacher with a research-based art practice that investigates photo-based practices, performance, creative writing, and sculpture to explore how marginalisation shapes personal narratives and lived experiences. More on Lesley: https://www.lesley-turnbull.com Follow @lesleyturn_bull and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com
S2 · E8
Nov 30, 2024
55:56
Emma Phillips: About People
This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Emma Phillips talking to host Pia Johnson about her love of photographing people, being a feminist and advocating for the sexy-selfie. Emma Phillips is a photographer and researcher/lecturer in Visual Communication with the University of Canberra. Her work uses photographic methodologies which foreground the representational experiences of women and non-binary people. More on Emma www.emmaphillips.com.au Follow Emma on @emmatremora and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com
S2 · E7
Oct 18, 2024
58:20
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