About this episode
The episode features a discussion with Caterina Ragg and Adriana Monsalve about their work with Homie House Press and the intersection of photography and storytelling.
Guests: Caterina Ragg and Adriana Monsalve Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on September 18, 2025 in Takoma Park, MD Caterina Ragg is a photographer, photo editor, designer, and cat lover based in Milan, Italy. Currently, her focus is on curating visual content and strategies, managing archives, and producing impactful editorial designs for diverse clients. She likes the 90s aesthetic, spicy food, and making books with Adriana Monsalve. Together they run Homie House Press . Adriana Monsalve (she /they) is an artist, educator, cultural worker and collaborative publisher working (mostly) in the photobook medium. Along with Caterina Ragg, Monsalve is co-founder of Homie House Press , a radical cooperative platform that challenges the ever-changing forms of storytelling with image and text. Within her photographic practice, Monsalve is an archivist and visual communicator who produces in-depth stories on identity through the nuances in between race, gender, and immigrant adjacent experiences. Within her cultural work as a collaborative publisher, she holds space for and with underrepresented communities through the multidisciplinary platform of Homie House Press (HHP); a…
People in this episode
Host: Christopher Kardambikis
Guests: Caterina Ragg, Adriana Monsalve
Topics covered
- photography
- publishing
- storytelling
- identity
- cooperative platforms
Keywords
- photobook
- visual content
- editorial design
- cultural work
- identity stories
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Homie House Press
Places: Milan, Italy, Takoma Park, MD
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