Episode notes
In this episode, we discuss the image "Water Bearer" from her series entitled Carry Over. The image is displayed on the episode poster, but is also available in full screen at TheCarefulPhotograph.com/Sama-Alshaibi. Sama's work can be found at samalashaibi.com.
“The Careful Photograph” features the voices of photographers of color who are challenging, subverting, and highlighting some of the problems and paradoxes of the photographic medium in our current moment. In each episode we focus our conversation on a single photograph by the artist. From there, I try to let the artist shape the conversation, and what has emerged are nine episodes (so far) that can be used as a teaching tool, or a course in itself about how to look at photographs and look “with care.” Each episode ends with a praxis assignment, visual exercise, or creative prompt fo ...
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