Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Craig Easton and Lottie Davies.Craig Easton is a Scottish photographer whose work is deeply rooted in the documentary tradition. He makes long-term projects exploring issues around social policy, identity and a sense of place, in a researc... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Kavi Pujara.Kavi Pujara is a self-taught photographer making personal, long-term documentary photo projects in his home town of Leicester. His work is included in this years Hayward Gallery touring group exhibition: After the End of Histor... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Craig Atkinson from Café Royal Books.This episode was recorded to coincide with the exhibition CAFÉ ROYAL BOOKS at Stills which ran from 10 November 2023 to 10 February 2024.Craig Atkinson is an artist and lecturer at the University of Ce... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Alicia Bruce.Alicia Bruce is an award-winning, working-class photographer, community collaborator, educator, and activist based in Scotland. Her photography sits between documentary and staged imagery focusing on communities, environments,... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Markéta Luskačová.This special episode of Photography Down The Line is a recording of a conversation between Ben Harman and the photographer Markéta Luskačová at a public event held at Stills, Edinburgh on 12th August 2023. The event marked... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Kelly O'Brien.Kelly O'Brien is a creative worker, documentary photographic artist, educator and PhD researcher.Within her working practice, Kelly explores visual transformation and storytelling in connection to personal and political narr... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Marilena Vlachopoulou.Marilena Vlachopoulou is a documentary and portrait photographer from Athens based in Glasgow. Since graduating from Kelvin College in 2018, she has been documenting Glasgow’s music scene and gig landscape in a variet... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Sophie Gerrard.Sophie Gerrard (Scottish, b.1978) is an award-winning international artist working within the field of photography. Her practice is characterised by sensitive and evocative visual exploration of the natural environment and o... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Jonjo Borrill.Jonjo Borrill was born on the North-East coast of England. After a childhood of struggling to express himself, photography became a cathartic outlet for his thoughts and feelings about the world. As his photographic practice m... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Ishiuchi Miyako.This special episode of Photography Down The Line is a recording of a conversation between Ben Harman and the photographer Ishiuchi Miyako at a public event held at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh on 2nd August 20... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Oliver Raymond Barker.Oliver Raymond Barker works with the mechanics and alchemy of photography to make images, objects and structures that expand upon what photography is and can be. Working predominantly with alternative analogue techniqu... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Kirsty Mackay.Kirsty Mackay is a documentary photographer, activist and filmmaker.Her research-led documentary practice highlights social issues surrounding gender, class and discrimination. She has an MA in Documentary photography from Un... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Ada Trillo.Ada Trillo is a Philadelphia-based photographer. Born and raised in the U.S/ Mexican border region of Juarez and El Paso, her work focuses on sex trafficking, climate and violence-related international migration, and long-standin... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Oana Stanciu.Oana Stanciu is a visual artist from Romania, living and working in Edinburgh. Her work combines performance, photography and moving image to create unnatural and subtly distorted self-portraits. As a student, she began experim... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Caroline Douglas.Caroline Douglas is an artist working with photography and moving image. She is undertaking a PhD by practice at the Royal College of Art, researching the role of women in early Scottish photography, and is a recipient of ... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Marilyn Stafford.Marilyn Stafford was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA in 1925. She planned to become an actress and singer following her training at the Cleveland Playhouse. In 1947, having moved to New York City where she was given small acti... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks Stephen Koch, Director of The Peter Hujar Archive.Stephen Koch is the author of two novels and five books of nonfiction, ranging from history to literary history and a handbook on creative writing called The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop. K... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Rosy Martin.Rosy Martin (born in London, 1946) is an artist-photographer, psychological-therapist, workshop leader, lecturer and writer. She explores the relationships between photography, memory, identities and unconscious processes using ... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Chris Leslie.BAFTA Scotland (New Talent) Award Winning photographer and filmmaker Chris Leslie began taking photographs whilst volunteering in the Former Yugoslavia in 1996. He then went on to work as a photographer, filmmaker and communica... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Lorna Macintyre.Lorna Macintyre is an artist based in Glasgow. She studied for both a BA (1999) and MFA (2007) at The Glasgow School of Art. Her solo exhibitions include: Pieces of You Are Here, Dundee Contemporary Arts (2018); Spolia, Camp... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Paul Hill.Paul Hill is a photographer, journalist, author and teacher who is widely regarded as a major influence on contemporary British photography, Born in 1941 in Ludlow, Shropshire, Hill worked as a newspaper reporter from the late 195... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Crystal Bennes.Crystal Bennes is an American-born artist and writer based in Scotland. Her mixed media practice is grounded in long-term projects that foreground archival research, durational fieldwork and material experimentation. Since 20... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Simon Murphy.Simon Murphy is a photographer based in Glasgow. His career has enabled him to travel extensively shooting human interest stories in countries such as Bangladesh, The Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda and Cambodia. His portr... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to David Brittain.Since 1980 David Brittain has been engaged with photography as a writer, reviewer, editor of 'Creative Camera', documentary maker, curator and academic researcher. David wrote 'Inside Photography: Ten Interviews with Editors'... more
Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Matthew Arthur Williams.Matthew Arthur Williams (b. 1989 London) is a visual & sound artist, freelance photographer and DJ. Living and working in Glasgow. Matthew's work, which takes a multi-disciplinary approach, sits to continuously encou... more