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A Photography Podcast that doesn't always stay sharp.Welcome to the latest photography podcast you really don't need! Join Toby and Tom ramble and discuss ideas in photography from their shared point of view of teachers who studied Documentary Photography.
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Episode 25: AI in Documentary Photography (opens the original)
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Tom Warland and Tobias Beach-Wyld examine how AI is being used within documentary and photographic practice, asking whether it can support storytelling without pretending to be traditional photography. Looking at work by Magnum photographers including Carl De Keyzer, Philip Toledano and Jonas Bendiksen, they discuss where AI becomes a creative tool, a form of collage, or perhaps an entirely new visual language. Rather than approaching AI through moral panic, the conversation considers what happe
Episode 24: The Theory Books That Still Matter (opens the original)
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This episode is a guestless catch-up between TBW and Tom Warland , covering summer travels, film and digital camera adventures, alternative processes, and a long conversation about photographic theory. The main discussion looks at the photography books that have stuck with us: the texts that changed how we think about photographs, meaning, context, and making work. From Susan Sontag and John Berger to Geoff Dyer, Stuart Franklin, P. H. Emerson and beyond, we talk about theory at university, the
Episode 23: Photographic Community-Led Collaborations (opens the original)
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This week, Tom and Toby explore the value of collaboration in photography—how working together can strengthen projects, challenge creative assumptions, and build communities that are greater than the sum of their parts. The conversation ranges from exciting new collaborative initiatives such as Tri This and the Baby Holga Project , through funding opportunities for photographers, documentary practice, and reflections on competition, creativity, and photographic culture. Tri This – exploring a ne
Episode 22 - Dr Pete Davis (opens the original)
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There are photographers who make images, and there are photographers who shape the way we think about photography itself. Pete Davis is undoubtedly one of the latter. For more than sixty years Pete has photographed the landscapes, communities and everyday rituals of Wales with curiosity, generosity and quiet attentiveness. His photographs ask us not only to look, but to look again—to slow down, to spend time with an image and to discover something new each time we return to it. In this episode o
Into The Gallery with Laura Noble (opens the original)
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Laura Noble on Curating Photography, Collecting Art & Why Presentation Matters | Almost in FocusWhat makes a photograph worthy of a gallery wall? How do curators decide what gets exhibited? And in a world increasingly influenced by AI, what role does human creativity still play?In this episode of **Almost in Focus**, we're joined by **Laura Noble**—curator, gallery director, writer and author of *The Art of Collecting Photography*. Laura shares decades of experience working with photographers, c
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