Joanne Coates - Documentary Photographer

Joanne Coates - Documentary Photographer

What really struck me about Joanne Coates was not only her work, but how in her biography and elsewhere she identifies as a working class photographer. I find that statement very powerful.

Smita Sharma - Documentary photographer

Smita Sharma - Documentary photographer

In this episode I’m speaking to Smita Sharma - a Delhi-based photojournalist and visual storyteller reporting on critical human rights, gender, social justice and environmental issues – both in India and throughout the Global South.

Natalie Keyssar - Documentary photographer

Natalie Keyssar - Documentary photographer

Natalie is a documentary photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. She is interested in inequality, youth culture, and the personal effects of political turmoil and violence, primarily in the US and Latin America.

Gemma Atkinson - Documentary filmmaker

Gemma Atkinson - Documentary filmmaker

This week I’m speaking to documentary filmmaker Gemma Atkinson, who is based between London and Barcelona, and co-founded the production company Fat Rat Films 15 years ago where she is the current creative director.

Michael Snyder - Documentary photographer and filmmaker

Michael Snyder - Documentary photographer and filmmaker

This week I’m speaking with Mike Snyder – a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Charlottesville in the US. In his work, Mike explores the dynamic relationship between environmental and cultural change.

Laurel Chor - Documentary photographer and filmmaker

Laurel Chor - Documentary photographer and filmmaker

This episode and features Laurel Chor – a documentary photographer, filmmaker and journalist who is exploring a range of different topics – from manta ray conservation to the war in the Ukraine, using a variety of media.

Klaus Thymann - photographer and filmmaker

Klaus Thymann - photographer and filmmaker

As a documentary storyteller, Klaus has walked an unconventional path, developing a range of different skills along the way that allow him to create and manage multidisciplinary projects.

Rebecca Conway - Documentary Photographer

Rebecca Conway - Documentary Photographer

In this first episode of the new Documentary Storytellers podcast,  I’m speaking to Rebecca Conway – a documentary photographer from the UK who won the Camille lepage prize at last year’s (2022) Visa pour L’Image photography festival in Perpignan, France.

Sean Gallagher - Photographer and Film-maker

Sean Gallagher - Photographer and Film-maker

Sean Gallagher, a British photographer and filmmaker, who has lived in China the past 15 years, and during that time has explored a broad diversity of stories on the frontline of the climate crisis in China and the wider Asian region.

Ashley Cooper - Environmental Photographer

Ashley Cooper - Environmental Photographer

Ashley Cooper, an environmental photographer who has witnessed an incredible amount of in terms of the impact of climate change to communities across the globe, and the mitigation and adaption efforts.

Afsaneh Rafii - Founder of Icarus Complex magazine

Afsaneh Rafii - Founder of Icarus Complex magazine

Afsaneh Angelina Rafii – founder and Editor-in-Chief of the independent magazine Icarus Complex. A bi-annual publication that Afsaneh launched last year, that offers and in-depth look at the issues surrounding climate change.

Damon Gameau - Documentary Film-maker

Damon Gameau - Documentary Film-maker

Damon Gameau – award-winning documentary film-maker, and the person behind a recently released feature-length documentary on climate change called 2040.

Toby Smith from Climate Visuals

Toby Smith from Climate Visuals

I’m really happy to share with you a conversation I had with Toby Smith – an award-winning environmental photographer, and Programme Lead for Climate Visuals.

Oddbox - bringing wonky fruit and veg to homes and offices

Oddbox - bringing wonky fruit and veg to homes and offices

Oddbox is a London-based box scheme that works directly with farmers and growers to take their wonky and surplus produce – so food that might otherwise have gone to waste - then deliver them straight to their members’ doors at a price that’s fair for both the farmer and their members.

Feedback - Ranking supermarkets on reducing food waste

Feedback - Ranking supermarkets on reducing food waste

In this episode of the Food Is Wasted podcast, I’ll be speaking to Christina O’Sullivan from Feedback – a London-based organisation running several campaigns related to food waste – such as the Gleaning Network and the Pig Idea – both of which feature on the Food Is Wasted website.

Selina Juul - Denmark's food waste champion

Selina Juul - Denmark's food waste champion

When I was over in Copenhagen last year for a few days, I got in touch with Selina Juul – founder of the organisation Stop Wasting Food – to see if she would be willing and able to be interviewed, and she very kindly said she was.

Chef Tom Hunt - Promoting 'Root to Fruit' eating

Chef Tom Hunt - Promoting 'Root to Fruit' eating

This podcast is a brief interview I conducted with the chef Tom Hunt. Tom is not just an award-winning chef and restaurant owner, but also a food writer, sustainability consultant and campaigner, as well as author of the book The Natural Cook.

Elysia - Meals and Catering using Surplus Food

Elysia - Meals and Catering using Surplus Food

In this episode I’m speaking to Sophie Andre from Elysia – a start-up social enterprise which buys food that would otherwise go to waste from various local, artisan suppliers in and around London, at a discounted rate, and uses them to create meals to order event catering.

SOS NI - Rescuing fresh food and redistributing to those in need

SOS NI - Rescuing fresh food and redistributing to those in need

I’m speaking to Pete Loughins from SOS Northern Ireland’s Food Programme, which gathers food and other goods from supermarkets that would otherwise go to waste, and redistributes them to other non-profit organisations which are providing frontline support to vulnerable members of the community.

Fruta Feia - Giving farmers a fair price for their wonky veg

Fruta Feia - Giving farmers a fair price for their wonky veg

In this episode I’m speaking to a couple of people from Fruta Feia a co-operative with hubs around Portugal, that buys food from farmers that has been rejected by the retailers they supply, and would otherwise have gone to waste – selling this seasonal and locally sourced produce on to its members.

ReFood - Hyperlocal food rescue and redistribution

ReFood - Hyperlocal food rescue and redistribution

In this episode I am speaking to Hunter Halder, founder of the ReFood movement in Portugal. Hunter is originally from the US, but has lived in Lisbon for many years. In the 5 years that ReFood has existed, it has gone from 1 volunteer to 4,000, and serving 2,500 people 46,000 meals in a month.

ChicP - Hummus from Surplus Fruit and Vegetables

ChicP - Hummus from Surplus Fruit and Vegetables

This first episode of the podcast - which was recorded just before Christmas, hence the references to Brussel sprouts and the festive season - introduces the work of Hannah McCollum who founded ChicP.