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189 - The Only One in the Room: Race, Respect, and Turning Bias into Fuel in Photography
In this episode, Casey Fatchett talks with nature and landscape photographer Vicky Thompson about her journey from a teenage film photographer to a respected voice in her photography community — and about the recurring experience of being underestimated, doubted, or outright told she was in the wrong place because of what she looks like.
In this episode:
Vicky's start in photography at 13, using babysitting money to buy her first film camera
How Gordon Parks' civil-rights-era photography shaped her eye and her values
The role Instagram played in leveling up her technical skills
Being mistaken…
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