Anna Morgan - Truth, Experience, and Beauty in Landscape Photography

<p>Welcome to episode 199 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen!</p> <p>This week on the podcast, I had a wonderful conversation with a landscape photographer living in Vancouver, British Columbia, <a href='https://www.bluetuskimages.com/'>Anna Morgan</a>.</p> <p>Anna grew up in the United Kingdom but later relocated to Vancouver, BC to practice veterinary medicine. She recently sold her veterinary practice to pursue a Master's Degree and start a family. Through her Master's Degree, she decided to write her thesis on quite a fascinating topic: The Role of Photography and the Photographer in Conservation. The frameworks by which Anna used to frame her thesis have far-reaching application to understanding photographers, photography, and how we can think about each from varied perspectives. Anna was gracious enough to send me a copy of her thesis, which I read prior to our conversation.</p> <p>Anna and I discuss some interesting topics this week, including:</p> <ul><li>The role of photography and the photographer in conservation,</li> <li>Content-driven themes including truth, experience, and beauty, and how these themes interplay with situated knowledge including emotions, interests, meanings, attitudes, beliefs, and values,</li> <li>How misrepresentation of truth in photography could hinder conservation efforts (and other impacts of misrepresentation),</li> <li>The importance of representation of women in photography and art and the roles women can play in addressing the climate crisis and other environmental issues,</li> <li>How Anna's thesis has helped me to understand and conceptualize how and why various photographers present their artwork the way they do in regards to digital manipulation,</li> <li>And lots more!</li> </ul> <p>Over on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/fstopandlisten'>Patreon</a> this week, Anna and I discuss the practice of Slow and Contemplative Photography and how it connects curiosity, creativity, and care for the environment.</p> <p>Here are the photographers that Anna re