Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Tamara Dean talking to host Pia Johnson about their photographic practice and her exploration of ideas on humanity and the passages of time within our environments.Tamara Dean is a critically acclaimed photo media artist working in photography, installation and moving image. Her practice explores our connection to nature and rites of passage in contemporary life. She was awarded the 2020 Goulburn Art Prize and she has won the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (2019); Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award (2018); Meroogal Women’s Art Prize (2018); and the Olive Cotton Award (2011).More on Tamara www.tamaradean.com.au & https://michaelreid.com.au/artist/tamara-dean/Please follow @tamaradean or @piajohnsonphotography.If you're interested in learning more about the podcast, please don't hesitate to contact Pia Johnson directly on info@piajohnson.com. This episode was co-produced by Daniela Rodriguez.

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Hanna Moon talking to host Pia Johnson about their fashion photography, personal projects and being rebellious.Hanna Moon is an artist, photographer and creative interlocutor, born in South Korea, and based in London. Her first critically-acclaimed contribution to fashion culture was her launch of A Nice Magazine, created by Moon for her graduation from Central St Martins, London, in 2014. Intentionally working with ideas and subjects outside of the conventions of fashion photography, Moon has defined herself as an important new voice in the field. Moon has featured in publications including i-D, Dazed, AnOther, M le Monde, POP, Dazed & Confused, Re-Edition, Arena Homme+ and British Vogue as well as the visual identities of brands including Hermés, Gucci, Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs, Fendi and Supreme.More on Hanna @hannamoon69 and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com

This is a special episode for the group exhibition Refusal / Futurity at Platform Arts, Geelong.Exhibition dates: SAT 10 MAY—FRI 11 JUL 2025Curated by Jody Haines, Refusal / Futurity is a group exhibition of contemporary women's self-portraiture, exploring how the artists use lens-based media as a tool and mechanism to subvert the colonial, western and patriarchal gaze. The exhibition features Eddie Abd, Hayley Millar Baker, Amy Carkeek, Pia Johnson, Clare Rae, Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis, Jody Haines(C).The episode shares interviews with artist curator Jody Haines, Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis and Clare Rae in the studio, and artist talk recordings from the opening event by Amy Carkeek and Pia Johnson.Trigger Warning****Please note that this episode contains potentially distressing material, and discusses topics including the Aboriginal Stolen Generation, childbirth and mental health concerns.The essay written by Kelly Hussey-Smith relating to the exhibition can be found here.Please share, rate, review and subscribe to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For more information or any queries please contact Pia Johnson on info@piajohnson.com

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Matt Dunne talking to host Pia Johnson about photographing nature and seeing beyond the immediate story, as well as all things about publishing photobooks for Tall Poppy Press.Matt Dunne is an artist whose work explores Australia’s environment as a product of colonial legacy. Using photography and research as a basis, he develops publications, installations and education programs that engage wide-ranging and diverse audiences to deepen their connection to the world around them.Follow Matt on @matt.dunne @tallpoppypress and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Lesley Turnbull talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice, notions of growing up a tomboy, being a lesbian and photographing the Scottish landscape.Lesley is a Scottish Australian artist and teacher with a research-based art practice that investigates photo-based practices, performance, creative writing, and sculpture to explore how marginalisation shapes personal narratives and lived experiences.More on Lesley: https://www.lesley-turnbull.comFollow @lesleyturn_bull and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com

This episode of Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography features guest photographer Kate Robertson talking to host Pia Johnson about how she engages with community and landscape with authentic connection and mindfulness. Through experimental analogue and digital photographic techniques, Kate explores unseen yet felt phenomena relating to healing and connectedness within environmental community contexts. She works with camera-less photographic methods and with photographic processes that can act as a receptacle for absorbing and understanding imparted information, rather than merely a mechanism for capturing a descriptive likeness. Follow Kate @katerobertsonphoto and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com

This episode of Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography features guest artist Zoë Croggon talking to host Pia Johnson about how she uses collage, the body, dance and the material through her art practice. Melbourne based Zoë Croggon works with sculpture, video, drawing and primarily, collage. Her practice considers the relationship between the kinetic body and its surroundings, contemplating the role we play in our environment and how deeply our surroundings inform the cadence of our lives.Follow Zoë @zoecroggon & Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Jody Haines talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice as a lens-based artist, portraiture and yarning.Jody Haines (palawa) is a contemporary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is known for her unique art practice, which combines elements of social practice, photomedia, and public art. Her approach is deeply rooted in Indigenous feminist k/new/known materialism and emphasises yarning, relationality, and standpoint as a way to explore themes of identity, representation, and the female gaze.Follow Jody @jodyhaines_photography & Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Morganna Magee talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice as a photographer and themes of grief, melancholy and the darkness.Morganna is based in Melbourne, Australia, living and working on the unceded land of the Bunurong/Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nations. Her practice explores human relations to the more-than-human world using traditional photographic practices in non-traditional ways.Follow Morganna @morgannamagee & Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Shannon McGrath talking to host Pia Johnson about her love of interiors, architecture and photography.Shannon has been photographing architecture and interior design works for 25 years. Her images are known for their beautiful portrayal of light and form, with a soft realism that celebrates the subject matter. Follow Shannon @shannonmcgrath7 & Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com

This first episode for Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography and features guest photographer Rebecca Nadjowski talking to host Pia Johnson about her practice, the landscape and photography.Rebecca (b. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) is an American/Australian artist whose work examines imaging technologies, the mediation of nature, and visualizations of the climate emergency.Follow Rebecca @rebecca.najdowski & Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. New episode released each month. For all requests, please email info@piajohnson.com