About this episode

Odette England discusses her unique approach to photography and the deeper meanings behind her work.

Odette England makes her photographs and then damages them, and this conversation is about why that is the most honest thing she has ever done with her voice. Odette is an Australian artist, writer and photography professor at Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, whose latest book Isn't X Beautiful is an autobiographical reckoning with family, memory and the limits of what a photograph can hold. We talk about growing up on a 200 acre dairy farm in rural South Australia wh...

People in this episode

Host: Matt Jacob

Guest: Odette England

Topics covered

• photography
• art
• self-expression
• memory
• family
• honesty

Keywords

• photography
• art
• Odette England
• self-expression
• memory
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University

Books & works: Isn't X Beautiful

Places: South Australia

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