Episode 1: The Archive
Landscape photographs contain a multitude of stories about natural spaces and the people connected to them. In the first episode of Widening the Lens,...
Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape
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Widening the Lens is a six-episode podcast series hosted by tennis champion, entrepreneur, and arts advocate Venus Williams. Each of the six episodes spotlights different facets of the relationship between photography and the environment. The podcast features artists, writers, poets, philosophers, and environmentalists in dialogue alongside archival audio, historical anecdotes, sonic experiences, and curatorial interviews.
Episode 2: The Archive, Revisited
Photographic archives offer a powerful means to narrate history and produce knowledge, but how can they be used in a recuperative way to confront the ...
Episode 3: Dominion
The third episode of Widening the Lens looks at how artists are thinking about the history of public land and the ways in which discriminatory policie...
Episode 4: Mythmaking
Since its inception, photography has helped perpetuate myths about the American landscape that obscure more complex experiences. To get a sense of how...
Episode 5: Attachment
Photography can be a tool to visualize bodily attachments to land. In Episode 5, artist David O. Alekhuogie and geologist Kathryn Yusoff engage in a p...
Episode 6: Impressions
How can photography help people better understand their environment amidst an era of rapid development and climate change? In the final episode of Wid...
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Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape is a podcast that spotlights different facets of the relationship between phot...