The MOOD Podcast

Richard Sharum On 600 Deaths And His New Book 'American Homicide', E132

In this week’s podcast episode you'll learn why the photographs you're most proud of are probably the ones hiding you, and what a documentary photographer who h

Work Does Not Speak For Itself - Moments of Mood, 4.0

In this week’s Moments of Mood episode, you'll learn the 4 questions curators, juries, and publishers silently ask about every photography project, and how to answer

Why Should Anyone Care About Your Photography? Shana Lopes, E130

Learn exactly what an SFMOMA photography curator looks for, what she passes over, and how to get your work seen without an MFA, a gallery, or a 6-paragraph artist stateme

Stop Explaining Your Photographs - Moments of Mood, 3.9

In this Moments of Mood episode, I get into the question of whether we as photographers should explain our images or let them try and ‘speak for themselves’, why the read

Why Your Photos Are Boring - Photographer David Chancellor Explains..., E128

On this episode, I sat down with David Chancellor, the award-winning documentary photographer behind ‘Hunters’, ‘Handle Like Eggs’, and the Taylor Wessing Prize-winning p

One Photograph Is All You Get Now, and Why That's Good News for Photographers - Moments of Mood, 3.8

Attention has collapsed, and every photographer feels it. In this Moments of Mood episode, I make the case that this might be the best thing to happen to serious photogra

Odette England Answers Every Photographer's Worst Fear, E126

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

How To Find Your Voice Without Building a Signature Style - Moments of Mood, 3.7

In this Moments of Mood episode I sit with a single photograph from my own archive, one I made by accident in under ten seconds, and use it to unpack an idea Cristina Mit

Trent Davis Bailey: Every Photographer Hits The Wrong Notes Before Finding Their Voice, E124

Trent Davis Bailey spent 7 years photographing a remote farming valley in Colorado, convinced he was making documentary work. He wasn't. The pictures knew before he

The One Skill That Actually Makes Photography Beautiful (It's Not Composition) - Moments of Mood, 3.6

In this episode you'll discover why beauty in photography is made by your attention, not found in your subjects, and how reading your own form reveals the photograph

The Inner Voice That Stops You Taking the Photo And Lies to Every Photographer, with Rory King - E122

If you have ever felt technically capable but creatively lost, this conversation shows you how one photographer turned a decade of pictures, and the hardest years of his

What Koudelka's Photos Show Photographers About Finding Their Voice in the Age of AI - Moments of Mood, 3.5

In this solo episode of Moments of Mood, you'll learn why the flood of AI images is about to make real, human photography more valuable, not less, and how to find th

Why Photographer Ridwan Didot Asks Every Artist "What's Wrong With You?", E120

In this episode you'll learn how to tell whether your photography is actually art, why chasing technical perfection is holding your work back, and how to develop a p

Your Body Decides the Photograph Before You Do - Photographer Tim Carpenter, E119

Matt sits down with photographer, writer, and educator Tim Carpenter, author of 'To Photograph Is to Learn How to Die' and photobooks such as 'Local Object

Zahra Ciardi - The True Self, Limiting Beliefs & Why Photographers Crave Validation, E118

Matt talks with psychologist Zahra Ciardi, founder of Ascendant Bali, to explore the inner life of the creative person: why so many photographers feel their work isn&apos

Cristina Mittermeier Explains Why Being A Good Photographer Isn't Enough Anymore, E117

Cristina Mittermeier is a National Geographic photographer, co-founder of SeaLegacy, and author of "Hope." Her work has been featured in National Geographic's series

The One Question That Helped Rich-Joseph Facun Find His Photographic Voice, E116

In this episode, Matt sits down with Rich-Joseph Facun, a celebrated American documentary photographer, former photojournalist of 15 years, and founder of the independent

Pricing, Prestige & The Business Of Photography - Miriam Schulman, E115

In this episode, Matt sits down with Miriam Schulman, professional artist, art business coach, host of the Inspiration Place podcast, and bestselling author of Artpreneur

The Psychological Trap Quietly Destroying Your Photography - Moments of Mood 3.4

In this Moments of Mood episode of The MOOD Podcast, Matt returns after a road accident left him physically immobilised for several weeks, unable to photograph, travel, o

Mark Power - 14 Years Photographing America, The Democracy of Photography & Why Stillness Matters More Than The Decisive Moment, E114

In this episode, Matt sits down with Magnum photographer Mark Power for a wide-ranging conversation about long-term documentary photography, creative process, and what it