Paul interviews video and electronic music artist, poet, and scientist Ian Gibbins. The conversation touches on environmentalism, memory, how our vision system works and all things art.

Ian Gibbins; https://www.iangibbins.com.au

The Taken Path: https://www.iangibbins.com.au/projects/the-taken-path-a-durational-project-carrick-hill-2025-adelaide-festival/

Physalia: https://vimeo.com/903237124 (Portuguese Man O’ War)

and furthermore (indexed): https://vimeo.com/708043875 (newspaper text on city walls and windows)

MAGPIE: https://vimeo.com/735315663

The Bilgestruck: https://vimeo.com/780950931 (invented language and AI background, but all the water animation is real!)

floodtide: https://vimeo.com/287607315 (my most widely screened video about climate change, with nearly every scene composited from multiple sources, including many around Port Adelaide)

Paul catches up with Sarah Black to talk about seeing beyond the binary, art, photography, and life and where joy fits into it all.

Sarah's website: https://www.sarahblackphotography.com.au
Courses: https://www.sarahblackphotography.com.au/learn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahblack_was_here?igsh=bnluNm9lNHhuZTNy
Recent exhibition: https://ladderartspace.com.au/product-category/artworks/art_exhibition_in_melbourne_art_gallery_ladderartspace_dog_piss-poems-sarah-black/
Maggie Smith's Poem Beginning with a retweet: https://blueflowerarts.com/illuminations/poem-beginning-with-a-retweet/
Korean poetry form SIJO: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/sijo
Mary Ruefle poetry: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-ruefle
Mary's After a Rain: https://www.hws.edu/offices/senecareview/pdf/SR342-ruefle.pdf
Robert Frank: https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/robert-frank
André Kertész: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Kertész
Kim Selby: https://www.kimselbyphotography.com.au
Amy Woodward: https://www.amywoodward.com.au
Jonathan Canlas: https://thefindlab.com/author/infothefindlab-com/
Nat Finney, large format portraits: https://www.nataliefinney.com

Paul and three friends, Simon Casson, Claudio Raschella, and David Seivers get together to discuss GAS. Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

Scott Tin house studio
The Camera Doesn’t Matter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnOfx38jYc

Simon Casson:
https://www.casson.com.au
https://www.instagram.com/simoncassonphotographer/

Claudio Raschella:
https://www.instagram.com/claudio.raschella/
https://claudioraschella.com

David Seivers:
https://www.instagram.com/david_sievers_photography/?hl=en
https://www.davidsievers.com/

Vivian Maier:
https://www.vivianmaier.com/

Brigitte Lacombe:
https://www.instagram.com/brigittelacombe?igsh=cXFrMzR3OTZsa2xi

C Stands:
https://secure.johnbarry.com.au/c-stands

Milton and I sit down together to discuss his long career as an editorial photographer, which has been interspersed with running a major studio, photographing streakers at Lords, starting a first class E6 lab and devoting more than most to our photographic community.

Milton's website: https://wordley.com.au
Milton's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miltonwordleyphotographer/
Cathy’s Child: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy%27s_Child
Sam Wordley: https://samwordley.com

Yana is a Melbourne based portrait and family photographer, born in Siberia grew up in Moscow, educated in North America, Yana also works with Pic-Time here in Australia.

A photographer of feelings, Yana brings her unique perspective to portrait photography and the Australian Photographic industry.

"Drawn to those who seek beauty in simplicity and the magic within dreams, I explore the depth of human nature through intimate portraiture, whether capturing the quiet connections of family or the vulnerability and empowerment of boudoir.

Creating an immersive experience as my goal is not just to see you, but to help you see yourself fully as well, embracing creative exploration and  allowing authentic emotions to surface and be preserved in the most meaningful way."

www.yanaklein.com
https://www.instagram.com/yanakleinphoto
https://www.instagram.com/yanakleinboudoirphoto
https://vimeo.com/233267231

SALA SOLO Opportunity winner Yasemin Sabunco joins Paul for a chat about her award winning show, Axis Mundi. While this show is photographic, Yasemin also works in moving image and performance. This episode tackles issues of social media, self image, culture and life as an artist and online personality.

https://www.instagram.com/hi_yasemin/
https://www.salafestival.com/awards/
https://inreview.com.au/inreview/visual-art/2024/09/04/eerie-images-shine-fresh-light-on-our-selfie-obsession/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYUO4fMnaFF85L6KbHmjVB-Nz1medFaCqNMcv6o6XI1Pjkkzx3IueJrnvY_aem_HjMKxc0ka0wYaY-V22pQRg
https://www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/news/aff-expand-lab-2025-commission-recipients
https://www.ccp.sa.edu.au/
https://www.praxisartspace.com/

Paul interviews Bec Griffiths from Melbourne. Bec is a photographic artist with a corporate marketing background. One of those rare people holding two quite different skills. Adding a third foundational skill, Bec is a great communicator.

Combining all this, Bec mentors artists, aiming to assist them to make the best of their practise.

https://www.becgriffithsphotography.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bec__griffiths/
https://www.nakedmarketingschool.com/
https://photocollective.com.au/australian-photography-awards/
https://www.instagram.com/laura_aziz_/
https://www.instagram.com/nataliefinney_photo/
https://www.salafestival.com/

SALA is here, the South Australian Living Artists' Festival runs through the month of August and features around 10,000 artists' work. A stellar effort by our little State.

In this episode, I've travelled to Ervin and Belinda's cottage in the Adelaide Hills to record this episode. Ervin's SALA show is entitled "Last Dash to the Finishing Line", suggesting this may be his last solo exhibition at 85 years old.

Ervin is a refugee from Hungary, this exhibition is a reflection on his life, on his psychological growth after experiencing more difficulties than any one of us should. Ervin is a beautiful optimist, a true humanist.

Belinda, his partner, has written a book of poetry on his life called "Sparrow", I'd encourage anyone to read it, it is remarkable : https://www.ginninderrapress.com.au/store.php?product/page/366/Belinda+Broughton+%2F+Sparrow+%3A+poems+of+a+Refugee

Please visit Ervin's exhibition, and spend some time looking at his photography, it is remarkable: https://www.instagram.com/ervinjanek/

More about the exhibition, including Paul's notes from the opening speech can be found here: https://www.atkins.com.au/paul-atkins-the-captains-blog/ervin-belinda-and-sala

Paul sit's down with Craig to discuss his life as a  photographer. This is particularly interesting for those who struggle to promote themselves, as Craig has wrestled with introversion his whole life.
Craig's website: https://www.shecreative.com.au
Craig's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ishuttertothink/
Craig's knife making: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ncU61ysO-/?igsh=MTdwcDEyNzQ4MHg1Zg%3D%3D
One of Craig's favourite photographic subjects: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7nvPvMSxVm/?igsh=Y3FpZGVobXR3Y2R6
And the jewler's website: https://www.kathinglis.com
Craig's networking group: https://bnisas.com.au

Paul interviews Chloe Ireland of Catguts Universe. Chloe is a portrait and wedding photographer working from Brisbane, Australia. Chloe's style is truly unique and her work seems to stop the lab every time. With influences from Japanese culture, Ridley Scott, and her time in the Funeral industry,  she produces some stunningly memorable and arresting work.

http://www.catgutsuniverse.com
https://www.instagram.com/catgutsphoto/

In episode 45, Paul interviews Mark Kimber, an Australian based photographic artist.
Mark has been exhibiting his photographic art for over 40 years and is internationally collected.
Mark has also been head of photography at the University of SA, and a teacher there for most of his working life.
He is uniquely positioned to reflect on creativity and art as Mark lives a life driven by making work. His latest series was made using AI, he previous using Wet Plate Collodion, quite the contrast of medium.
https://www.markkimber.net/
https://www.instagram.com/mark.kimber

Show notes:
Birth of surrealism
The first photographer:  Nicéphore Niépce
Eadweard Muybridge
Ed Douglas
Peter Fisher
Blow Up the movie
Saudade, Mark's recent Tin Type exhibition
James Tylor
Craig Tuffin's Daguerrotype series
The Little Machine Gallery
Mornington Penninsular Gallery
Albrecht Dürer

This week Paul chats with Morgane of Petite Visuals. Morgane is a Fashion/Documentary/Wedding photographer who has a keen interest in art direction.
Recently Morgane has been looking closely at her process in preparation for a series of presentations. At any one time she can be seen with four camera’s being operated almost simultaneously. She delivers highly personalised services to her clients, this is a a real story teller talking about their process.

Enjoy!

Morgane’s wedding related work
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petite_visuals/
Website: https://www.petitevisuals.com.au
Commercial / fashion work
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petite_visuals_studio/
Website: https://www.petitevisuals.studio

David Hume is the inaugural winner of the SALA SOLO Photographic Opportunity.
This art ‘prize’ was devised by Paul Atkins, Gavin Blake and Patty Chehade as a collaborative opportunity to develop and show a new body of work with the guidance of all three prize givers. The prize directly includes mentoring from Gavin Blake of the Centre for Creative Photography (CCP)  the printing and framing of the artwork buy Atkins Lab, and the staging of the exhibition at Praxis Art Space.

David lept on the opportunity, and we are only days away from the exhibition opening as part of the 2023 South Australian Living Artists Festival (SALA).

This interview with David tells the story of him tackling the opportunity, it’s loaded with helpful guidance for any artist chasing success in their field.

Details on this opportunity can be found on the SALA website at this link: https://www.salafestival.com/opportunities/

This week Rowena joins Paul for a bunch of pointy questions aiming to find out how she has developed her family documentary photography work.

Rowena works from Melbourne, but is regularly invited to shoot around Australia and overseas. Her unique style engages in the righteous struggle to bring a warm reality to the photography of family life.

You are going to love listening to this, make sure visit Rowena’s website, those pictures will stay in your mind forever.

https://www.rowenameadows.com.au

Paul interviews Rick Liston, a wedding photographer who has made it his mission to not only give his clients the best experience, but to make the business of wedding photography run as smoothly as possible. Rick has spent years systematising every background process that can be, allowing him to focus on his clients and have a full life outside the demanding world of a wedding photographer.

Rick’s Wedding Workflow business is the culmination of his efforts, where he helps others set up their systems and optimise their web store.

Like we all should, Rick is keenly aware of the ticking clock of life. He is inspirational in his drive to regain his time from wherever he can. He’s had an amazing life including being a contestant on The Amazing Race… 

You’ll enjoy this!

https://rickliston.com
https://weddingworkflows.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Amazing_Race:_China_Rush_contestants
https://www.pic-time.com/

Another stroll in the park with Frank draws out conversation about Succession the TV show and making art.
Enjoy!

In the first interview recorded in a year or more, Paul talks with Kym Vulling from the Refocus Retreat.

Refocus Retreat was first run in 2014, it is a female focussed conference that has survived the ons and offs of COVID and the challenges that our representative industry bodies have been through.

Paul attended the event in April 2022 and had a blast, and he cannot recommend it enough. With speakers presenting their work, discussing business, and sharing techniques, and a small trade show (where Atkins will have a table!) it is a feast of information on photography. This year it is being run concurrently with the Ballarat International Photo Bienale, a month long festival, both of which, should not be missed.
Kym has a discount code for listeners who book in the next week, it is ATKINS23. So get in there and book now.

Kym also discusses her amazing personal work. Kym works with the sex positive community and embraces and celebrates this important slice of the human condition. You can find out more at https://wilderminds.com.au
Enjoy this fresh episode!

Refocus Retreat
https://refocusretreat.com.au

We’re back at it again, totally not recorded at the same time as the episode 36!
Frank is again showing us the way. Meanwhile we discuss product cycles, new design templates, some staff updates, some frustrations.
Enjoy!

Refocus Retreat
https://refocusretreat.com.au

Ha ha! Finally we get our little podcast rolling again. We’ve tweaked the format to separate our chats with the interviews. This will give listeners some more choice and enable more episodes to hit the airwaves.

Be patient with us as we’re both nervous in this fresh episode, and we are trying a new, more informal recording format, this time out walking the company CEO, Frank the dog.
Enjoy!

Refocus Retreat
https://refocusretreat.com.au

The Adelaide Fringe Festival was in town and Paul sat down with Sydney based festival and event photographer Robert McGrath. Robert has been covering Fringe Festivals as both a photographerr for many years and has added writing to broaden his offerings. Robert’s approach is unique as he strives to get behind the canned PR that is typical in theatre, and delve deeper into the performances. This is a pivotal time for festivals and events, and Robert sees it burgeoning with opportunity.

Robert’s Website: 
https://itsoutnow.co
On Vimeo: 
https://vimeo.com/itsoutnow
Robert’s page on his Photomotions: 
https://itsoutnow.co/blog/showreels-as-photomotion
Refocus Retreat
https://refocusretreat.com.au
Absolutely Fabulous
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105929/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
EMANATIONS The Art of the Cameraless Photograph
https://govettbrewster.com/shop/books/emanations-the-art-of-the-cameraless-photograph
Anna Atkins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Atkins
Ian North
http://gagprojects.com/index.php/artists/ian-north/
Gee Greenslade
https://www.geegreenslade.com

In a first for the podcast, Paul interviews the six members of PRISM, a group exhibition formed as part of a biennial class the Centre for Creative Photography runs. Lead by Gavin Blake, it is a heroic undertaking to bring a group of students through the process of staging a truly cohesive show.

The members of PRISM are John King, Paul Watson, Alifiya Haidermota, Thomas Gloyn, Jiri Bruderhans and Geoff Borg.

Paul and Kate also discuss Non Fungible Tokens (NFT), just for fun.

The PRISM website:
https://prismexhibition.com/home-1
Bookings for the launch event:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/prism-exhibition-opening-registration-141922176049
Print sales:
 https://prism-exhibition.myshopify.com/
The Centre for Creative Photography (the CCP):
 https://www.ccp.sa.edu.au
Gavin Blake interviewed on our podcast: 
https://atkins.com.au/atkins-labcast/atkins-labcast-podcast-episode-22-gavin-blake
Nathan Kaso: 
https://www.nathankaso.com
NFT’s, Non Fungible Tokens: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token
Beeple: 
https://www.beeple-crap.com
Microsoft men dancing: 
https://youtu.be/lAkuJXGldrM

In a Skype call with Martine Perret, the conversation follows Matrine’s career and then swings from humanitarianism to photojournalism to fine art and back. Martine and her camera have worked for the United Nations for over 10 years after working for a major Australian newspaper, she is now using her art to document indigenous culture and languages. With such a strong diversity of work and a strong desire to tell others’ stories, there is much discussed.

Martine Perret’s website:
https://martineperret.photoshelter.com/index
Martine’s Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/martineperret/
Martine’s archive of available images
https://martineperret.photoshelter.com/archive
Adelaide Fringe Festival:
https://adelaidefringe.com.au
Chris Herzfeld and Erin Fowler Dance
https://www.themilladelaide.com/events/2020/10/27/exhibition-chrisherzfeld
https://www.erinfowlerprojects.com/blank
https://camlight.com.au/street-dance
Adelaide Festival:
https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au
Giles Bettison Glass Artist
https://www.adriansassoon.com/artists/giles-bettison/

In a long awaited sit down with one of Atkins’ web gallery partners, Paul catches up with Derek Clapham, Engineering Czar and Co-founder of Fotomerchant. Derek is a programmer who has some unique talents and has built one of the world’s best online sales tools for photographers. Derek is a force of nature with a fascinating perspective. Paul and Derek talk about online sales, inperson sales, web development and the state of the industry.

Derek’s Fotomerchant website:
https://www.fotomerchant.com
Derek on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekclapham/detail/recent-activity/
SPAC School photographers’ Conference:
https://www.spac-usa.org

The SA Maritime Museum exhibtion Pamela and the Duchess:
https://maritime.history.sa.gov.au/events/pamela-and-the-duchess-life-on-the-last-windjammers/
Christ Hertzfeld’s exhibtions for 2021:
https://camlight.com.au/erin-fowler
Ballarat International Foto Bienale:
https://ballaratfoto.org
SALA:
https://www.salafestival.com
Shimmer Festival:
https://atkins.com.au/blog/2020/9/10/shimmer-festival-2020

Leanne McPhee is Paul’s guest for this episode. Leanne is a photographer who predominantly works in the field of alternative processes. She has recently written and had published a book on the Chrysotype process.

Leanne’s website:
http://leannemcphee.com
Leanne on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/chrysotyper/?hl=en
Leanne’s book “Chrysotype” on Booktopia:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/chrysotype-leanne-mcphee/book/9781138344990.html
Leanne, Senior Social Innovator on TACSI:
https://www.tacsi.org.au/our-people/leanne-mcphee/
Leanne on Alternative Photography website:
http://www.alternativephotography.com/gallery/artists-a-z-by-first-name/leanne-mcphee/
Hidden Places Hidden Lives Exhibition
http://leannemcphee.com/hidden-places-hidden-lives
Mike Ware - Prints of Gold: the Chrysotype Process Re-invented
https://www.mikeware.co.uk/mikeware/Prints_of_Gold.html
Gold Street Studios
https://www.goldstreetstudios.com.au

This week Paul catches up with long time friend Terry Hann, one of the more innovative photographers who both works full-time running a successful photographic business  and puts a great deal of his personal time into chasing more artistic photographic pursuits. Terry has some great methods to hop yourself out a photographic rut and continue growing.

Terry's business website:
https://atkinsphotography.com.au
Terry's personal instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/terry.hann/?hl=en
Terry on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/terry.downunder
Hilary Hann's website:
http://hilaryhann.com.au
Step Hann equestrian:
https://www.facebook.com/InTheSaddlewithStephHann/
Pat Quigley, Terry's original mentor featured on a council website:
https://www.playford.sa.gov.au/explore/playford-news/a-tribute-to-elizabeths-favourite-photographer
Umberto Verdoliva street photographer:
https://www.umbertoverdoliva.it
Adam Marelli:
https://amworkshops.com
http://www.adammarelli.com
Micro Adventures:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microadventure