Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography

Isabella Capezio : About Queering the Landscape

Out of the Frame : Conversations about Photography

Show Notes

This episode of Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography features guest artist Isabella Capezio talking to host Pia Johnson about their practice covering ideas about queering the landscape, bodies and making photographs in the darkroom. Isabella Capezio is a photographer, artist and a lecturer in Photography in the School of Art at RMIT. Isabella’s research and artwork engages in themes of failure, queerness and landscape. Isabella is experimenting with alternative ways to reflect on place, vision, ‘nature’ and colonial frameworks of power through landscape photography. Follow Isabella on @isabella_capezio and Pia @piajohnsonphotography on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us your feedback and subscribe. Thank you for listening to Out of the Frame: Conversations about Photography. For all requests, please email [email protected] This is the final episode for Season 2. Thanks for listening!

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