Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography

by Pia Johnson

A podcast that features conversations about photography, creativity and the world we live in. Photographer Pia Johnson talks to other photographers, curators, academics and researchers about their work, their artistic process, and how they feel about contemporary photography today.

Podcast episodes

  • Season 2

  • Jody Haines : About Portraiture

    Jody Haines : About Portraiture

    This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Jody Haines talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice as a lens-based artist, portraiture and yarning. Jody Haines (palawa) is a contemporary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is known for her unique art practice, which combines elements of social practice, photomedia, and public art. Her approach is deeply rooted in Indigenous feminist k/new/known materialism and emphasises yarning, relationality, and standpoint as a way to explore themes of identity, representation, and the female gaze. Follow Jody @jodyhaines_photography & 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

  • Isadora Romero, Jemima Wyman & Carmen Winant: About Activism

    Isadora Romero, Jemima Wyman & Carmen Winant: About Activism

    This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artists from the Photo2024 Festival, Isadora Romero, Jemima Wyman and Carmen Winant talking about photography as activism. Isadora Romero is an Ecuadorian photographer and visual storyteller based in Quito. Her work is a frontier between documentary and art photography, focusing on social justice and environmental issues. Jemima Wyman’s practice encompasses performance, video, installation, collage, photography and painting. Her recent work focuses on protective coverings (patterns, masking and smoke) used by marginalized groups to gain power during conflict. Carmen Winant is an artist and the Roy Lichtenstein Chair of Studio Art at the Ohio State University. Her work utilizes installation and collage strategies to center modes of feminist exchange and social movement building, with particular emphasis on intergenerational and multiracial solidarity. Follow them on @isadoraromerophoto, @jemimawyman and @carmen.winant, and Pia on @piajohnsonphotography 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

  • Season 1

  • Morganna Magee : About Darkness

    Morganna Magee : About Darkness

    This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Morganna Magee talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice as a photographer and themes of grief, melancholy and the darkness. Morganna is based in Melbourne, Australia, living and working on the unceded land of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nations. Her practice explores human relations to the more-than-human world using traditional photographic practices in non-traditional ways. Follow Morganna @morgannamagee & 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

  • Tammy Law : About Stories

    Tammy Law : About Stories

    This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest Brisbane based photographer Tammy Law talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice as a documentary art photographer. Tammy is an Asian Australian photographer whose practice speaks to issues of migration and diaspora; revealing the complexities of displacement and the emotional, psychological and physical dislocations that occur. Follow Tammy @tammy_laws & 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

  • Shannon McGrath : About Interiors

    Shannon McGrath : About Interiors

    This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Shannon McGrath talking to host Pia Johnson about her love of interiors, architecture and photography. Shannon has been photographing architecture and interior design works for 25 years. Her images are known for their beautiful portrayal of light and form, with a soft realism that celebrates the subject matter. Follow Shannon @shannonmcgrath7 & 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