Between Two Worlds - On Photography And...
In this episode, from my second salon titled, Between Two Worlds which took place in January 2026 at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts...
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The Messy Truth - Conversations on Photography
Photo Director Gem Fletcher hosts The Messy Truth, a podcast dedicated to the world of contemporary photography featuring exclusive interviews with emerging and leading artists, curators and...
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Aspen Mays - On Mystery
In this episode, On Mystery, Gem Fletcher talks to Aspen Mays about her archival interventions and darkroom transgressions that challenges u...
Naima Green - On Practice
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to Naima Green about her exhibition, ‘Instead, I spin fantasies’ presented at ICP in New York in 2025/26...
Daniel Shea - On Seeing and Knowing
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to Daniel Shea about his latest book, Distribution which began with a simple question: how do you photog...
Amelia Abraham - On Sex, Clubs and Dissent
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to Amelia Abraham about her latest book, Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife, where she cra...
Ahndraya Parlato - On the Inbetween
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to Ahndraya Parlato about her latest book, TIME TO KILL an interrogation of gendered aging, unpacking th...
Chieska Fortune Smith - On Collective Learning
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to Chieska Fortune Smith about her journey through photography and the role of collective learning in he...
Between Two Worlds - On Future Storytelling with Kathy Ryan
Welcome back. To celebrate reaching the 100th episode of the podcast, I collaborated with the team at the International Centre of Photograph...
Between Two Worlds - On Documentary
Welcome back. To celebrate reaching the 100th episode of the podcast, I collaborated with the team at the International Centre of Photograph...
Between Two Worlds - On Contemporary Art
Welcome back. To celebrate reaching the 100th episode of the podcast, I collaborated with the team at the International Centre of Photograph...
Between Two Worlds - On Portraiture
Welcome back. To celebrate reaching the 100th episode of the podcast, I collaborated with the team at the International Centre of Photograph...
Gideon Jacobs - On Images
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to writer and artist Gideon Jacobs. For the last few years, Gideon has been grappling with our relations...
Donna Ferrato - On Justice
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to Donna Ferrato, a fearless photojournalist who has redefined how the world sees domestic violence thro...
Lisa Barnard - On Perception
In this conversation Lisa Barnard talks to Gem Fletcher about her new exhibition, You Only Look Once, at c/o Berlin which considers percepti...
Liz Johnson Artur - On Taking Time
I Will Keep You in Good Company, the latest book by Liz Johnson Artur brings together pages and fragments from over twenty years of her pers...
Vince Aletti - On Collecting
In this episode Gem talks to writer and curator Vince Aletti about his most recent book Physique —which showcases rare photographic prints f...
Charlotte Jansen - On Discovery
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to Charlotte Jansen, writer and Photo London curator. They discuss mechanics behind photography fairs, h...
Carolyn Drake and Andres Gonzalez - On Collaboration
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to photographers and longtime partners Carolyn Drake and Andres Gonzalez about their collaborative proje...
Amak Mahmoodian - On Dreaming
In this episode, Gem Fletcher speaks to Amak Mahmoodian about her latest body of work, ‘One Hundred and Twenty Minutes’, in which she examin...
Paul Kooiker - On the Archive
In this episode, Gem Fletcher talks to artist Paul Kooiker. They discuss his process, unique way of seeing, his relationship to equipment, t...