"I started recording The Messy Truth podcast back in 2018, in a tiny recording studio in Hackney Central. My mission: to share the conversations happening over coffee or whispered in the corners of private views with the broader community. I wanted the episodes - candid conversations with artists, editors, curators and thinkers - to serve as a companion for busy creatives, a cheat code for emerging talent, and a way to play a small role in dismantling gatekeeping in an industry where it's prevalent."
"I was never interested in chasing trends or big names; I wanted to nerd out with the outsiders, the rebels, the rulebreakers and the newbies. I wanted to talk to the people who go unrecognised, despite quietly doing the work for years, and the people who were willing to discuss the important issues, ranging from mental health, gatekeeping and the problems with awards, to how they manage their finances and how success has impacted their work."
"What do we want photography to do? Affirm us in our beliefs? Galvanise us into action? Shake us up? Persuade us? Provoke us? Rebuke us? All of them? None of them? I don't think we know right now. Most importantly, is it possible for new approaches to the medium to emerge that adequately express or make sense of the strange, unmapable shape of our present?"
Recording began in 2018 in a small Hackney Central studio with a mission to share conversations that occur over coffee or in private views with a broader community. Episodes feature candid talks with artists, editors, curators and thinkers, serving as a companion for busy creatives and a resource for emerging talent. The show prioritises outsiders, rebels, rulebreakers and quietly persistent practitioners, addressing topics such as mental health, gatekeeping, awards, finances and the effects of success. Across ten seasons the series surfaces multiple perspectives and asks what new photographic approaches can express the unsettled shape of the present.
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