After a six-month sabbatical from the Photopocene podcast, what a great way to start back!

I'm joined on the first episode of 2024 (and episode 40!) by the delightful Rachel Wright, a photographer whose practice mixes other disciplines, processes and collaborations.

She sums this up in her tagline, "photography, mainly".

We not only chat about her interests in relation to challenging habitual ways of seeing the world, but how her work responds to the potential of the arts to deconstruct notions of nature/culture dualism.

Rachel is keen to address the human tendency to see our species as separate from nature, and how this can influence our desire to care for it, with many of her photo series considering the multi-layers and entanglements of life.

We found much common ground in our conversation, such as sand and abstraction, with Rachel's work providing a means for those who view it to contemplate, consider and challenge their notions of nature.

Intuition, curiosity and play all inform Rachel's working style, and are reflected in her images - listen out for Barn Jam too.

Do take a look at her website but if you are close to Diss, Norfolk, head to the Corn Hall on St Nicholas Street (IP22 4LB) from 17 Feb - 16 March to see her work as part of a collectiveTransformative Nature (Conversations) exhibition.

Visit: rachelwrightphotography.com

Instagram: instagram.com/rachelwrightstudio

It is always a joy to chat with photo-artists employing photography in various forms to share their creative response to environmental matters.

Do contact me, Josie, via instagram.com/josieshutterpod or my website josiepurcellphotography.com to apply to take part, whether you are just starting out on your eco-conscious photo journey or have a ton of photo tales to tell.