When Harri Met Sally - A Photography Podcast

• S02 E10 - Michael Jalaru Torres

  Tune in this week to this wonderful conversation with Michael Jalaru Torres. Michael is an Indigenous fine art photographer and poet, as well as being a media professional from Broome, Western Australia. As a Djugun-Yawuru/ man with tribal connections to the Gooniyandi/Jabbir Jabbir/Ngarluma peoples, Michael is inspired by the unique landscapes and people of the Kimberley region, which feature prominently in his work. His photography draws on his own stories and personal history and explores contemporary social and political issues facing Indigenous people. Much of his work involves conceptual and innovative portraiture and abstract landscape photography. He is a self-taught photographer and was drawn to photography as a visual medium because of its accessibility and the challenge of capturing stories in single images. However, he is regularly experiment with different mediums. Michael is interested in expanding his photography into installations and motion work and pushing the boundaries of conceptual photography. Michael’s photography has appeared in exhibitions in China, Germany, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and regional Western Australia.   “You’ve got to follow your dreams, if you don’t follow them it’s just an idea.”    This is a heartfelt conversation full of warmth, that starts in Broome and travels right around Australia.  www.jalaru.com https://www.instagram.com/jalaruphotography/ Thanks as always to our amazing sponsors Nikon Australia, Ted’s Cameras, Collarts and A&L Artistic Framers. We couldn't do this without your support so thank you so much once again.

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• S02 E09 - Matilda Bauman & Tom Golsworthy - Collarts Students

  This week on the podcast we have two fabulous students from Collarts in Melbourne, Tom Golsworthy and our first returning guest, Matilda Baumann!   “I have more of a direction now. I really feel like I am going somewhere.” - Matilda   Tom is working primarily in the music industry and is just about to complete a Diploma in Photography at Collarts, after pursuing degrees in Law, Psychology and Journalism.  Matilda is a student photographer specialising in fashion and editorial photography. With a focus on vibrant, high-fashion aesthetics and experimental styling and visuals, she is always striving to push creative boundaries. For Matilda, the most rewarding part of her practice is witnessing the joy and confidence that shines through when her subjects see themselves reflected in her images.   “Capturing something that might only happen once or never happens again is really important” - Tom    @technicoloursuper888 @tomgolsworthy.jpeg/  http://tomgolsworthyphotography.myportfolio.com    This is such an engaging and inspirational conversation. We learnt so much from these intelligent and creative emerging artists.  Thanks as always to our amazing sponsors Nikon Australia, Ted’s Cameras, Collarts and A&L Artistic Framers. We couldn't do this without your support so thank you so much once again.      

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• S02 E08 - Tajette O’Halloran

  This weeks guest on the podcast is Tajette O’Halloran and we couldn’t be more delighted! Tajette is an Australian photographic artist known for her evocative explorations of human connection within the suburban and rural landscapes of Australia. Blending conceptual and documentary practices, her work draws heavily on personal memory to construct cinematic, emotionally resonant scenes that reflect the universal complexities of adolescence, family, and place. Her long-term series In Australia is a deeply personal reflection on growing up in small-town Australia. Through a lens shaped by her own experiences, Tajette captures the nuance of unconventional family dynamics, peer structures, friendship, and hardship—building a body of work that feels both intimately local and globally relatable. The Quarry centers on an abandoned brickworks quarry in rural New South Wales that has transformed into a community swimming hole. Through traditional documentary photography, the series examines the shifting relationship between people, environment, and time, revealing the site as a living, evolving microcosm. Tajette is currently undertaking a 12-month commission with the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, where she is documenting nightlife in the Northern Rivers, NSW. In July, she will present her first solo exhibition at Hillvale Gallery in Melbourne. Her work also features in In Suburbia – Recent Detours at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney and Agenda: The Lipstick Effect at the Sydney Opera House for International Women’s Day. She is a finalist in the 2025 Galah Prize and has previously exhibited and curated as part of ACTS I–VII at Benalla Art Gallery for PHOTO 2022. Tajette is also a member of the Oculi Collective. “If you can conjure some kind of community with what you are doing, it’s so important.”    Web: www.tajetteohalloran.com/ Instagram: @tajette.ohalloran/ Thanks as always to our amazing sponsors Nikon Australia, Ted’s Cameras, Collarts and A&L Artistic Framers. We couldn't do this without your support so thank you so much once again.

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• S02 E07 - Erhan Tirli

  On the podcast this week we have Erhan Tirli. An emerging photographer who shares his story of how he found his way into photography, and how he balances his personal photographic practice with starting a commercial one.  Erhan centres his practice around long-term ethnography of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Melbourne, Australia. Utilising a background in social work and psychology Erhan employs a collaborative approach to creating culturally intimate images of CALD people and communities. Erhan’s work can be characterised as expanded documentary that delves into the themes of cross-cultural identity and belonging. “What she taught me, knowing how to carry myself through this world, means inherently all of my images have an element of her in them, because I’m in them.” Tune in to hear how important Erhan’s family and community are to him, and the ideas he’s exploring around being a part of multiple cultures simultaneously.   @erhn.trl www.erhntrl.com Thanks as always to our amazing sponsors Nikon Australia, Ted’s Cameras, Collarts and A&L Artistic Framers. We couldn't do this without your support so thank you so much once again.  

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• S02 E06 - Christina Simons

  Today we have the captivating documentary photographer and educator, Christina Simons on the show.  Icelandic-American Christina, is an acclaimed international documentary photographer with over 25 years of experience in the visual arts. Her work has been showcased in various countries, including the US, UK, UAE, Europe, Russia, and Mexico. Based in Australia, Christina's photography has been featured in prominent publications like The New York Times, BBC Online, Newsweek, and The Guardian UK. She has collaborated with humanitarian organisations such as Medicines Sans Frontiers, the UN, Marie Stopes, and UNICEF. Simons’ passion for social justice and compulsion to observe has resulted in striking bodies of work that offer unique visual commentary upon important social, environmental and cultural issues. Recently Christina has started teaching at Collarts in Melbourne. She shares with us her stories of her travels through work and life, and also about her role in education and mentoring.  “I feel like I needed to do something and I didn’t know what that looked like. And then eventually I started being a photographer, and all of those things came together, things that I cared about and have passion for.” Christina has a way of absorbing us into her stories and transporting us into that experience. Tune in to hear this fabulous conversation.  Website - christinasimons.com Instagram - @christinasimons LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinasimons Thanks as always to our amazing sponsors Nikon Australia, Ted’s Cameras, Collarts and A&L Artistic Framers. We couldn't do this without your support so thank you so much once again.  

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