Interviews
Tune-in and connect to diverse voices working with lens-based media. Hosted by Executive Director, Laura Wzorek Pressley, the CENTER podcasts series provides insights on contemporary image-makers and industry leaders.
Interview Host
Laura Wzorek Pressley
© Gabriella Marks
Recorded
9.20.20
Queering the Biennial
Executive Director Laura Wzorek Pressley in conversation with Rubén Esparza, Independent Curator, Artists, Founder + Director, Queer Biennial discussing the genesis of the Queer Biennial, experimentation and his impressions of the submissions and winners of the 2020 CENTER Director’s Choice Awards
Listen on SoundCloud →9.25.20
Conversations in Time
Executive Director Laura Wzorek Pressley in conversation with Ann Thomas, Senior Curator of Photographs at the National Gallery of Canada discussing themes from the essay “From Conversations in Time to New Narratives: Building Photograph Collections for the Future."
Listen on SoundCloud →10.7.20
Behind The Visuals Of NPR
Executive Director Laura Wzorek Pressley in conversation with Nicole Werbeck, Senior Supervising Editor for Visuals and Engagement, NPR, discussing service journalism, the empathetic response and Nicole’s experience of "this past year with the pandemic, photographers are the only people that often have been out; and they are the ones finding the stories".
Listen on SoundCloud →1.12.21
Essential Worker
Executive Director Laura Wzorek Pressley in conversation with CENTER Alum, and photographer Eric Cousineau on his commissioned series "Essential Worker" in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. In this podcast, we hear more about the ongoing project created to honor the essential workers risking their health to keep our country’s infrastructure intact.
Listen on SoundCloud →Written
9.10.20
An Interview with Rafael Soldi
Rafael Soldi is in conversation with Matthew Contos, Curator of Public Engagement, about the personal and political, public and private constructs, and more from his winning project in this written interview.
Read Interview9.25.20
An Interview with Virgil DiBiase
Positioned at the intersection of Neurology and Photography, Virgil DiBiase creates stunning works with his patients depicting the complexities of living with dementia. Matthew Contos, Curator of Public Engagement, speaks with DiBiase about how his photographic practice shifted his relationship with his patients from doctor, to friend, and resulted in a stunning collection of photographs.
Read Interview10.6.20
An Interview with Catherine Hyland
Catherine Hyland shares her project, Traces Left Behind, and describes the collaborative process that brought the work to fruition. Hyland and Matthew Contos, Curator of Public Engagement, traverse the subjects of place, identity, memory, and the capacity for rewriting narratives against the backdrop of nationalist oppression. Created with North Korean defectors of the New Malden community in London, Traces Left Behind presents the beauty of personal agency in deciphering one’s power in preserving culture.
Read Interview12.3.20
An Interview with Cody Bratt
Cody Bratt, Director's Choice Award recipient, and Mathew Contos, Curator of Public Engagement at CENTER, discuss art, healing, family and photography.
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Laura Wzorek Pressley
© Gabriella Marks