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S2 Ep 7: Stephen Shore reads from 'Modern Instances'
S2 Ep 7: Stephen Shore reads from 'Modern Instances'

In this final episode of Thought Pieces S2, listen to photographer Stephen Shore read from his experimental memoir Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography. Citing Mozart and Shakespeare, Shore writes about the importance of attending to the everyday, revealing the influences behind his seminal project ‘American Surfaces’ (1972-73).⁠
S2 Ep 6: Amelia Abraham reads from 'Sex, Clubs, Dissent'
S2 Ep 6: Amelia Abraham reads from 'Sex, Clubs, Dissent'

In this episode, Amelia Abraham reads her essay 'Paradise Lost: The Life and Death of Sexual Subcultures' from her new book Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife.
S2 Ep 5: Kelly & Maxwell Sultan read from 'Water Over Thunder'
S2 Ep 5: Kelly & Maxwell Sultan read from 'Water Over Thunder'

In this episode, listen to Kelly & Maxwell Sultan read their favourite passages from ⁠Water Over Thunder: Selected Writings⁠ by their beloved husband & father, the great photographer Larry Sultan. They read extracts from throughout the collection, illuminating Sultan’s approach to photography, teaching and popular culture.
S2 Ep 4: Tracy K. Smith reads from 'Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body'
S2 Ep 4: Tracy K. Smith reads from 'Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body'

Listen to Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and educator Tracy K. Smith interpret the photography of RaMell Ross into a lyrical and uncanny text. Taking five images from ⁠Spell, Time, Practice, American, Body⁠ (2023), Smith’s poem complements photographs taken by Ross in Hale County, Alabama, the setting of his Academy Award-nominated documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018).
S2 Ep 3: Moyra Davey reads from 'The Shabbiness of Beauty'
S2 Ep 3: Moyra Davey reads from 'The Shabbiness of Beauty'

In this episode, artist Moyra Davey describes encountering Peter Hujar’s photographs through the archive. Reading from The Shabbiness of Beauty (2021), Davey focuses on Hujar’s lesser-known work of farm animals and babies, culminating in a thoughtful reflection on the artist’s legacy and the inherent mystery of photography.
S2 Ep 2: Ishion Hutchinson reads from 'Fugitive Tilts'
S2 Ep 2: Ishion Hutchinson reads from 'Fugitive Tilts'

Jamaican poet and essayist Ishion Hutchinson reads ‘Splash Crowns: On Donald Rodney’ from Fugitive Tilts (2025).