The Documentary Photographer Podcast – Episode 13: Gina Glover – Bringing the Personal into Your Work

How do you choose the things that you want to photograph?

Our personal circumstances and interests play a big part in our choices, of course. But so does serendipity.

Gina Glover's story is a good example of this. She launched her career photographing something that was on her doorstep: a former nuclear missile launch site.

Gina's career has spanned several decades and in that time she has explored the missile site in detail – digging in and engaging with it from a number of angles and perspectives. Over time, her technique, gear and approach changed, but the topic remained the same – gradually being revealed layer by layer, deeper and deeper.

In this episode of of The Documentary Photographer podcast, we discuss her seminal Playgrounds of War, as well as practical issues such as gaining access to sensitive areas and her approach to colour.

Special thank you: this episode of the podcast owes much to the help of Richard West at Source magazine. Want to know why? Listen in.

© Gina Glover

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Gina Glover's website
Gina Glover's blog
Source (magazine)

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The Documentary Photographer Podcast – Episode 12: Dana Popa – The Role of Gender in Photography

I'm a man. You'll have gathered that. As a documentary photographer, I wonder how that colours my view of world, and whether it prevents me from access to certain subjects.

I've also been conscious that this podcast has been very male orientated. Out of 11 interviews so far, only one has been with a woman. I should apologize and make amends – starting with episode 12.

In this episode, I'm joined in conversation by Dana Popa, a Romanian photographer who is based in London. Dana has done work in very sensitive environments – among sex slaves, for instance. These environments made me wonder whether a man could have gained the access required to produce a visual story.

As always, our conversation opened my eyes and pricked through some unfounded preconceptions that I had.

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© Dana Popa

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Dana Popa's website

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